Press - Readigo: Reading Practice for Kids 6–12
Writing about Readigo? Here's what most journalists ask for - facts, framing, and research explainers.
About Readigo
Readigo is an iOS app for kids ages 6–12. It listens while a child reads aloud and scores the reading in real time. Readigo uses speech recognition tuned for children's voices, then grades four things: accuracy, fluency, pace, and clarity, using phonics rules from the Science of Reading. Most apps for this age don't score reading aloud. Readigo is built to do exactly that. It aligns with structured literacy and the five pillars of the National Reading Panel (2000): phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Tested with 1,000+ families before launch. Manga Mode adds comic-panel stories with the same pronunciation scoring. COPPA-compliant, with no ads and no third-party tracking of kids.
Key Facts
- Founded
- 2025
- Product
- Reading practice app for kids 6–12 (iOS), built on the Science of Reading
- Method
- Science of Reading · structured literacy · NRP 2000 five pillars
- Pricing
- $14.99/mo or $99/yr · 7-day free trial
- What stands out
- 4-metric read-aloud scoring, Manga Mode, weekly parent report, COPPA-compliant
- Website
- readigo.app
Useful material
Writing about kids' reading? Start here - explainers grounded in the Science of Reading, with sources you can quote and link. (Recurring anchors: 1 in 5 kids has dyslexia - IDA; 15 minutes of daily reading aloud moves the needle - Trelease; five pillars of literacy - NRP 2000.)
- The Science of Reading: a parent's guide →
How the brain learns to read, and why phonics-based instruction is back in the spotlight.
- How to tell if a kid is reading below grade level →
The quiet signs, what "grade level" really means, and what helps kids catch up.
- Reading apps compared: Readigo vs Reading Eggs vs ABCmouse vs Khan Academy Kids →
Side-by-side on the four biggest players - features, pricing, teaching approach.
- How Readigo works →
A step-by-step walkthrough of the product, from first launch to the weekly parent report.
Logos, app screenshots, and Igo illustrations - DM us on Instagram and we'll send them over.
Press contact
Reach us on Instagram - we reply within a day:
@readigoapp