Research shows that children learn to read better when they hear sounds flow together smoothly. Saying sounds separately before blending is less effective than connecting them in one continuous motion.
Watch Your Child Go From Letters to Reading
The only phonics app that teaches blending - the skill that turns letter sounds into real words.
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Your child knows the alphabet. So why can't they read yet?
The Missing Piece
Most children can name letters and even make their sounds. But reading requires one more skill: smoothly blending those sounds together into words.
The Research
Children who learn to blend sounds in one continuous motion (rather than choppy, segmented sounds) become stronger, more confident readers.
Based on connected phonation research
Ehri & Gonzalez-Frey, 2020
Three Steps to Real Reading
BLEND
Your child drags their finger across the letters and hears the sounds flow together smoothly into a word
SAY
They say the whole word out loud, and the app listens to confirm they understood it
SPELL
Now they spell it themselves, tapping each letter in order to lock the word into memory
BLEND
Your child drags their finger across the letters and hears the sounds flow together smoothly into a word
SAY
They say the whole word out loud, and the app listens to confirm they understood it
SPELL
Now they spell it themselves, tapping each letter in order to lock the word into memory
Reading and spelling reinforce each other. By practicing both in every session, your child builds stronger, longer-lasting word knowledge.
What's Included
100 words organized by difficulty, starting with simple consonant-vowel patterns (like 'at' and 'in') and progressing to words with blends and digraphs
10 structured levels, each introducing new letter patterns only after your child has mastered the previous ones
Speech recognition that listens to your child say each word, providing gentle correction when needed, all processed privately on your device
Works offline once downloaded, so learning continues during car rides, flights, or anywhere without internet
Pay once, own it forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no data collection.
COPPA Compliant
Your child's privacy is protected by federal law. We collect zero personal data - no accounts, no tracking, no information leaves the device.
What Reading Research Tells Us
Studies confirm that phonemic awareness - the ability to hear and work with the sounds in words - is one of the two best predictors of how well children will learn to read in their first two years of school.
Multisensory instruction - where children can see, hear, and touch at the same time - strengthens learning. Dragging a finger while hearing sounds creates multiple pathways to reading.
Rev & Read teaches the smooth blending technique that reading researchers recommend—your child hears "mmmaaat" flowing together, not choppy "muh-ah-tuh" segments.
Help Your Child Become a Reader
100 words across 10 levels. Works offline. No subscriptions ever.
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No data collected
Works offline
For children who know their letters but haven't yet made the leap to reading
Coming Soon to App Store
Jennifer Chen
Mom of two, Austin TX (Beta tester)
Patricia Williams
Retired K-1 teacher, 28 years
Built by a parent, for parents. Rev & Read was created when I couldn't find an app that actually taught my daughter to blend sounds—not just tap letters. No venture capital, no growth metrics—just a tool that works.