Teach Your Monster to Read Downloads & RevenueTeach Your Monster to Read · App Store & Google Play
Teach Your Monster to Read gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Teach Your Monster to Read by Teach Your Monster is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Teach Your Monster to Read update history & changes
Last change · 48 events since 23 Jul 2014Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 47 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read new best rank in the overall chart: #18iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS
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· ES, VN - ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · TH, JP
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read charting in a new countryiOSPoland
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · CO
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · TW
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read hit #1AndroidTop Paid · Educational · TR
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Family · TH
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · DE
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · FR
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 12.0 → iOS 15.0
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · 12 countries
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · KR
- ✏️Teach Your Monster to Read: new iconiOS → · MY
- 📦Teach Your Monster to Read updated to version 5.4.9iOSKeeping things fresh with some more small fixes and updates whilst we prepare a brand new version for you. We want to make this award-winning game even better for you, so please drop us a review to let us know what you think. We read every single one (and do a happy dance for every 5 star rating)!… more
- 📊Teach Your Monster to Read passed 1M monthly usersAndroidour estimate
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · MY
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Educational · NL
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Educational · TR · Top Grossing · Family · VN
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read hit #1 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Educational · TH · Top Paid · Educational · VN
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10 in 5 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Family · NL · Top Paid · Family · TH · Top Paid · Family · TR · Top Paid · Educational · TR · +1 more
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Educational · NL · Top Grossing · Educational · TH · Top Grossing · Educational · VN
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · FR
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Education · FR · Top Paid · All Apps · TH
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · ID
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · IT
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read hit #1 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Educational · AE · Top Paid · Educational · ID · Top Paid · Educational · IN · Top Paid · Educational · SA
- 📦Teach Your Monster to Read updated to version 5.4.7AndroidImprovements to age screen functions.
Keeping things fresh with some small fixes and updates whilst we prepare a brand new version for you.
We want to make this award-winning game even better for you, so please drop us a review to let us know what you think. We read every single one (and do a happy dance for every 5 star rating)!… more - 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · RU
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · IN
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10 in 3 chartsiOSTop Paid · Education · AU · Top Paid · Education · GB · Top Paid · Education · SA
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read new best rank in the overall chart: #19iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Educational · GB · Top Paid · Family · ID
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Education · AE
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Education · JP · Top Paid · All Apps · US
- 🆕Teach Your Monster to Read first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Teach Your Monster to Read first spotted by AppInsideriOS#4 in Top Paid · Education · United States
- 📈Teach Your Monster to Read new best rank in the overall chart: #49iOSTop Paid · All Apps · GB
- 📦Teach Your Monster to Read version 5.4.4iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Teach Your Monster to Read released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Teach Your Monster to Read released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Education PaidTeach Your Monster to Read at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Teach Your Monster to Read is a paid phonics and literacy game for children aged 3-6 that uses interactive adventures to teach letter sounds and reading skills. The app maintains strong visibility in the Education Paid charts across multiple regions, notably ranking #2 in Canada and #6 in both the US and Australia.
Similar apps: Starfall ABCs, Endless Alphabet, Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Teach Your Monster to Read’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 3 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.3.3, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Teach Your Monster to Read downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 5M+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 5k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Teach Your Monster to Read's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Teach Your Monster to Read makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #2 Education Paid | 10 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #2 Games › Educational Paid | 10 of 23 countries | – | #39 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in 
Japan ▲ ×7.3 · United States ▲ +47% · 
Australia ▲ +38%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 238 | 56% | ▲ +47% |
 United Kingdom | 100 | 23% | ▲ +18% |
| Canada | 44 | 10% | ▲ +27% |
| Australia | 31 | 7% | ▲ +38% |
| Japan | 5.8 | 1% | ▲ ×7.3 |
 Germany | 1.8 | 0% | – |
 Taiwan | 1.6 | 0% | – |
 India | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 South Korea | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 South Africa | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | 0% | – |
 Thailand | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.5 ★ | 31k |
| Google Play | 4.3 ★ | 4k 651 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 35k |
What users say about Teach Your Monster to Read
From the 59 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's engaging gameplay and effectiveness in teaching early literacy skills, with many noting nostalgic value or success for children with dyslexia. However, recent complaints focus heavily on a controversial shift to a subscription model that invalidated previous one-time purchases, alongside technical issues with family sharing and audio pronunciation errors.
Mostly positive (78% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and not being useful.
What people like
- Fun: “It’s actually really fun in his games”
- Price & subscription: “Great game for no subscription!”
- Useful: “This game is so memorable, highly recommend”
- Updates: “I just wish you could update it so that people up to 6th grade could use it”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Stealing from Paying Customers”
- Useful: “The app was helpful and made it fun”
- Updates: “I have made sure my screen is clean and my phone is updated”
- Fun: “The app was helpful and made it fun”
About Teach Your Monster to Read
TEACH YOUR MONSTER TO READ FEATURES
INTERACTIVE KIDS READING GAMES
• Take your custom-designed monster through educational games that are suitable for ages 3-6.
• Improve letter sound recognition with reading games
• Explore a world of phonics and educational games that teach your child to read sentences
• Easily track their player’s progress to identify areas where their reader may need extra support
PHONICS & READING GAMES DESIGNED BY EXPERTS
• Designed in collaboration with Roehampton University and leading game designers
• Phonics tools and educational games that complement phases 2-5 of UK Government-approved Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programmes
• 3 reading games designed for those in preschool, primary school, kindergarten, and first grade
EDUCATIONAL PLAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
• Teach Your Monster to Read is available on iPad and iPhone
• Explore phonics and educational games without in-app purchases, hidden costs, or in-game adverts
• Teach Your Monster to Read supports your child through every step of their reading journey
HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO USE OUR READING GAMES
"This game is the absolute best quality phonics game I have come across for educational and fun value."
Marie Lewis, Rochdale
“My class have reaped loads of benefits from using the programme and the difference in some of their reading skills has been dramatic."
Maria Andrews, Foundation Phase Teacher
"This is a fabulous game. I'm not kidding when I say that my daughter essentially learned all her letter sounds using First steps, with relatively minimal input from me! Great for parents to practise their letter sounds too."
Eleanor Jones
PART OF THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY
Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health.
Teach a monster today when you download our educational app!
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.
Teach Your Monster to Read App Store
Teach Your Monster to Read gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Teach Your Monster to Read is #5 in Education Paid in United States and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Education PaidTeach Your Monster to Read at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Teach Your Monster to Read is a paid phonics and literacy game for children aged 3-6 that uses interactive adventures to teach letter sounds and reading skills. The app maintains strong visibility in the Education Paid charts across multiple regions, notably ranking #2 in Canada and #6 in both the US and Australia.
Similar apps: Starfall ABCs, Endless Alphabet, Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read
Teach Your Monster to Read on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Teach Your Monster to Read’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 3 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Teach Your Monster to Read downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Teach Your Monster to Read's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Teach Your Monster to Read before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Teach Your Monster to Read makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EducationPaid | #5 |
| Canada | EducationPaid | #2 |
| United Kingdom | EducationPaid | #10 |
| Australia | EducationPaid | #9 |
| United Arab Emirates | EducationPaid | #4 |
 France | EducationPaid | #15 |
| United Kingdom | All AppsPaid | #87 |
| Japan | EducationPaid | #57 |
| United Arab Emirates | All AppsPaid | #18 |
| Canada | All AppsPaid | #73 |
| South Korea | EducationPaid | #43 |
| India | EducationPaid | #64 |
 Indonesia | EducationPaid | #125 |
Apps near Teach Your Monster to Read on the chart
Education Paid, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Japan ▲ ×7.3 · United States ▲ +47% · Australia ▲ +38%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 238 | 56% | ▲ +47% |
| United Kingdom | 100 | 23% | ▲ +18% |
| Canada | 44 | 10% | ▲ +27% |
| Australia | 31 | 7% | ▲ +38% |
| Japan | 5.8 | 1% | ▲ ×7.3 |
| Germany | 1.8 | 0% | – |
| Taiwan | 1.6 | 0% | – |
| India | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| South Korea | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| South Africa | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | 0% | – |
| Thailand | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Teach Your Monster to Read
From the 59 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's engaging gameplay and effectiveness in teaching early literacy skills, with many noting nostalgic value or success for children with dyslexia. However, recent complaints focus heavily on a controversial shift to a subscription model that invalidated previous one-time purchases, alongside technical issues with family sharing and audio pronunciation errors.
Mostly positive (78% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and not being useful.
What people like
- Fun: “It’s actually really fun in his games”
- Price & subscription: “Great game for no subscription!”
- Useful: “This game is so memorable, highly recommend”
- Updates: “I just wish you could update it so that people up to 6th grade could use it”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Stealing from Paying Customers”
- Useful: “The app was helpful and made it fun”
- Updates: “I have made sure my screen is clean and my phone is updated”
- Fun: “The app was helpful and made it fun”
About Teach Your Monster to Read
TEACH YOUR MONSTER TO READ FEATURES
INTERACTIVE KIDS READING GAMES
• Take your custom-designed monster through educational games that are suitable for ages 3-6.
• Improve letter sound recognition with reading games
• Explore a world of phonics and educational games that teach your child to read sentences
• Easily track their player’s progress to identify areas where their reader may need extra support
PHONICS & READING GAMES DESIGNED BY EXPERTS
• Designed in collaboration with Roehampton University and leading game designers
• Phonics tools and educational games that complement phases 2-5 of UK Government-approved Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programmes
• 3 reading games designed for those in preschool, primary school, kindergarten, and first grade
EDUCATIONAL PLAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
• Teach Your Monster to Read is available on iPad and iPhone
• Explore phonics and educational games without in-app purchases, hidden costs, or in-game adverts
• Teach Your Monster to Read supports your child through every step of their reading journey
HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO USE OUR READING GAMES
"This game is the absolute best quality phonics game I have come across for educational and fun value."
Marie Lewis, Rochdale
“My class have reaped loads of benefits from using the programme and the difference in some of their reading skills has been dramatic."
Maria Andrews, Foundation Phase Teacher
"This is a fabulous game. I'm not kidding when I say that my daughter essentially learned all her letter sounds using First steps, with relatively minimal input from me! Great for parents to practise their letter sounds too."
Eleanor Jones
PART OF THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY
Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health.
Teach a monster today when you download our educational app!
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.
Latest updates
Store changes
What Teach Your Monster to Read changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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Teach Your Monster to Read Android
Teach Your Monster to Read gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Teach Your Monster to Read is #2 in Games › Educational Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Games › Educational PaidTeach Your Monster to Read at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid phonics and reading game for children aged 3-6 that uses a monster-themed adventure to teach letter-sound combinations and sentence reading. The app holds the #1 spot in Paid Educational charts in Indonesia and ranks within the top 2 in major markets including the US, India, and Turkey, indicating strong global demand for premium literacy tools.
Similar apps: Starfall ABCs, Endless Alphabet, Hooked on Phonics Learn & Read
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Teach Your Monster to Read on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.3.3, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Teach Your Monster to Read downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Teach Your Monster to Read's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Teach Your Monster to Read before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Teach Your Monster to Read makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Turkey
VietnamApps near Teach Your Monster to Read on the chart
Games › Educational Paid, around #2.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Teach Your Monster to Read
From the 107 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are predominantly angry about the forced migration from a one-time purchase to a subscription model, which renders previous purchases useless and requires mandatory logins. While some parents still praise the educational value and engaging gameplay for early readers, technical bugs like login loops and app crashes have severely degraded the user experience.
Mixed (51% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “Very cute, educational& fun!”
- Useful: “Would definitely recommend!”
- Features & content: “The boys were both engaged and the levels were perfect for where the level they're at”
- Login & account: “1) Did I have to login to create players”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I should be refunded for my purchase”
- Crashes & bugs: “App keeps freezing and closes on me”
- Login & account: “Can't log in despite reseting password”
- Updates: “Can you remove that in the next update please?”
About Teach Your Monster to Read
Kids create their own unique monster to take on a magical journey across three reading games, encouraging them to learn to read by improving their skills as they progress while meeting a host of colourful characters along the way. The app also contains a host of minigames, which help children to develop speed and phonics accuracy.
Games 1, 2 and 3
1. First Steps – for children starting to learn phonics through letters and sounds
2. Fun With Words – for children who are confident with early letter-sound combinations and are starting to read sentences
3. Champion Reader – for children who are confidently reading short sentences and know all of the basic letter-sound combinations
Developed in collaboration with leading academics at the UK’s University of Roehampton,
Teach Your Monster to Read offers a rigorous program that works with any phonics scheme, making it perfect for use in school or at home.
Why Teach Your Monster to Read?
• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books
• Covers everything from phonics to reading full sentences
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics to compliment programs used in schools
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks
• Kids love learning through play
• There are no in-app purchases, hidden costs or in-game adverts
PROCEEDS GO TO THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY
Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health. Funds raised from the game go back into the charity, to help us become sustainable and build new projects.
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales (1121957)
What's new in 5.4.7
Keeping things fresh with some small fixes and updates whilst we prepare a brand new version for you.
We want to make this award-winning game even better for you, so please drop us a review to let us know what you think. We read every single one (and do a happy dance for every 5 star rating)!
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