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24 alternatives to Space Readers

A fun and simple way to help your child learn to read

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Space Readers launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Starwords▲70
Engage your child in reading and track their progress
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier▲739
2013 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →
3
alphaben▲58
Smart reading for kids
2021 · alphaben.app · its alternatives →
4
Read Between The Lines▲82
Train to read faster by using your peripheral vision
2018 · its alternatives →
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Reader Vision▲66
Read dimly lit menus with ease
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Learning With Voice▲61
A suite of Alexa skills to aid children learning Phonics
2018 · its alternatives →
7
Read My World by Microsoft▲87
An Android AR app for improving English literacy
2019 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →
8
StoryMate▲92
Reading goals and rewards for children's bedtime books
2024 · kids.storymate.ai · its alternatives →
9
Easy Sight Words▲67
Easy to Learn Sight Words!
2019 · its alternatives →
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02Books – An open source web app to teach kids to read▲63
I wanted to share a project that I've been working on designed to help young kids go from reading single words to reading whole books. My husband and I started spending a lot of time teaching our 5-year-old (Alex) to read because our school district is exclusively doing remote learning and I was skeptical that he could learn to read over Zoom. We used flashcards (which Alex found boring) and then combined them into sentences (which Alex found interesting). But the sentence approach requires a lot of arranging pieces of paper and remembering which words you are working on. So I developed…
2020 · its alternatives →
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Word Buddy▲80
Flashcard for kids to learn their first 1000 words
2023 · wordbuddy.carrd.co · its alternatives →
12
Zora Learning▲119
Adaptive storytelling app to teach kids how to read
2024 · zoralearning.com · its alternatives →
13
DreamBooks▲96
Discover children’s books and track reading together.
Apr 2026 · dreambooks.club · its alternatives →
14
Immersion▲64
Reimagining ebooks for children
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
Blitz Read▲2
Helps practice and track number of sight words kids can read
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Readaboo▲66
Readaboo reads the words out letter by letter.
2022 · readaboo.app · its alternatives →
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Mentava▲87
Teach your 3-year-old to read
2024 · mentava.com · its alternatives →
18
Glide▲81
Enhanced reading experience
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Prismatext▲70
Read a book. Learn a language.
2022 · prismatext.com · its alternatives →
20
FlowReads 2▲92
Manage reading lists and discover books to help you grow 📚
2019 · flowreads.com · its alternatives →
21
Omoguru▲66
Improves dyslexics reading skills in an enjoyable way
2019 · omoguru.com · its alternatives →
22
Open-source early-reading reader with phonics help▲23
A free reading app for kids who just learned their phonics sounds: every word in a story can be sounded out, tap a word for its sounds. Bring your own agent (MCP). Cloudflare Workers. - finereli/yarareads
8d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Read with Amira▲65
Voice AI-based reading tutor for kids
2021 · its alternatives →
24
WhimsyWorks▲70
An interactive reading app for kids, powered by GPT-4.
2023 · whimsyaudio.com · its alternatives →

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