The Bee shows the way
Every word is spoken first — sounded out syllable by syllable, then said whole. Nothing on screen goes unsaid.
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Every learner reads with confidence.
The Bee shows every word, listens as you read it out loud, and helps in the moment — for four-year-olds sounding out first letters, for adults building confidence, and for everyone in between.
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How a lesson works
You read it out loud
The app listens while you read, word by word, and hears which sounds landed.
Help arrives in the moment
A miss is never a red X. The Bee sounds the word out with you and the lesson keeps going.
Honey fills the comb
Finished work seals a cell of the honeycomb, so progress is something you can see.
Kind by design
Never negative
Readers who find it hard are why this exists. Three tries means practiced, never failed: the Bee reveals the word and the lesson moves forward.
Grown-ups set it up
A child never signs themselves up. A grown-up creates each learner and can lock the Bee’s voice, the reading speed and how long the Bee waits before helping.
Legibility is never locked
Text size, typeface, spacing, contrast, reduced motion and calm mode stay with the reader — they sit outside the parent lock, on purpose.
What is here today
22 reading packs, covering all 6 starting points the app places a reader at. Every one of them opens on a free account.
What it costs
One free plan and one paid plan. The free plan stays free. There is no payment path on this site today, so a free account is the only thing you can start here.