Based on a survey of 115 parent users.
“Phonics Hero is an excellent support for extra independent practice and motivation at home”
— Educational App Store, 2025
Your child joins our superhero, Zak, on a mission to rescue his friends from Dr. Lazybones. To save each hero, they’ll play lively and varied phonics games; catching flying spaceships, feeding hungry tigers, dressing pooches and more!
26 levels take your child all the way from their first sound to confident, independent reading — at whatever pace suits them.
In-depth reporting will track your child’s achievements and enable you to give the extra support that makes all the difference.
Step 1 – Knowing the sounds
Your child learns a group of sounds and matches the sound with a letter.
Step 2 – Reading words with these sounds
Your child learns to blend (or glue) these sounds together to read words.
Step 3 – Spelling words with these sounds
Next your child is taught to listen for the sounds in a word and to identify the letter associated with it – spelling!
Step 4 – Reading camera/tricky words
Tricky words, such as ‘the’ and ‘was’ are harder to read, but are essential because they occur so often in children’s books and writing.
Step 5 – Spell camera/tricky words
Next, your child learns to spell these tricky words so they can move onto writing sentences.
Step 6 – Sentence reading
We put all these skills together to read sentences and stories; growing your child’s confidence for a love of reading!
