Phonics Race
Forward Alpha, LLC Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Phonics Race is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Forward Alpha, LLC. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 15, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 30 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 15
- 2026 · v1.3
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About Phonics Race
Phonics Race turns reading practice into a collecting adventure. Spell a word, then win a race car, hatch a baby dinosaur or meet a new unicorn friend. Made for kids ages 4–7. PICK A WORLD • Cars: race across the track and fill a garage with 38 collectible cars • Dinos: crack open an egg and fill a Dino Park with 38 friendly dinosaurs, from Compy to Rex • Unicorns: watch a star burst open and fill a meadow with 38 unicorns, cloud ponies and baby dragons • Switch worlds any time from the Home screen. Each world keeps its own progress. YOUR CHILD WILL: • See a picture clue and spell the word by tapping letters • Hear every word read aloud, and tap the picture to hear it again • Earn a new car, dino or unicorn every 3 words • Replay a finished series to earn up to three stars • Move through 6 phonics levels, from 3-letter words to long vowels 6 PHONICS LEVELS IN EVERY WORLD: • 3-letter CVC words (cat, dog, sun) • 4-letter words (fish, frog, moon) • Silent-e words (cake, bike, wave) • Consonant blends (truck, brick, snow) • Digraphs (ship, chain, tooth) • Long vowels (beach, tiger, piano) PARENTS LOVE IT BECAUSE: • Free to start: two car series, plus the first series of Dinos and of Unicorns, free forever • One $4.99 unlock opens every series in every world, now and in the future. No subscription. • No ads of any kind • No data collection, COPPA compliant • Works 100% offline, no accounts or sign-ups • Purchases sit behind a grown-ups gate Phonics Race isn't an app that teaches reading through cars, dinosaurs and unicorns. It's a game kids want to play that happens to teach reading. For kids who won't sit through flashcards but will do anything for the next car, dino or unicorn, this is for them. Built by a parent. For a kid who just needed the right reason to read.
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated October 15, 2026
Version 1.3 • New words in every world! Dinos and Unicorns now have their own 120 words each, so every world feels fresh. That is over 350 different words to spell across the app. • Dino words fit the dino world (lava, fern, roar) and unicorn words fit the meadow (fairy, castle, bloom). • Long words now fit on smaller screens. • Small fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Forward Alpha, LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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