Frequently asked questions.

PhonoLogic uses Reading Levels (L1–L6) based on phonics skill progression, not age or school grade. They reflect which patterns a learner has actually mastered.

Here's what each level covers:

• L1 — CVC words, blends, digraphs
• L2 — Inflections (-s/-ed/-ing), Silent E (VCe)
• L3 — R-controlled vowels, vowel teams
• L4 — Complex vowels, compound words
• L5 — Final stable syllables, silent letters
• L6 — Soft C/G, common suffixes

A learner's level is set by our assessment. A 3rd grader might be at L2, while a strong 1st grader could be at L3. It just depends on where they are with phonics.

The quickest way is to take the assessment. It only takes about 5 minutes and sets everything up automatically. But if you'd rather get a rough idea first, ask your learner to read these words:

Start at the level where they begin to struggle. When in doubt, go one level lower. It's better to build confidence than frustration.

Phonics Focus creates stories that emphasize specific patterns you're working on. Words with your "Focus" patterns show up frequently so your learner gets lots of practice with them.

Fluency Review creates stories using only patterns the learner already knows. It's great for building reading speed and confidence without throwing in anything new.

We've got three plans, named for how many readers sit behind them:

• Page ($15/mo, $125/yr) — one reader on their own shelf. Good for a single homeschooler, a grandparent reading with one grandkid, or anyone testing the waters.
• Chapter ($30/mo, $250/yr) — up to four readers share one account, one bill, and one dashboard. Designed for families.
• Library ($10/seat/mo, $8/seat/mo billed annually, minimum 5 seats) — a roster of readers with curriculum tools, CSV export, and the ability to invite parents or loan profiles to another Library. Designed for tutors, co-ops, and small schools.

All plans include every phonics scope, every story world (20 per reader), progress tracking, assessments, and the ability to buy overage packs when a reader runs through their monthly stories.

Library bills one seat per reader, with a five-seat minimum. When you sign up you pick how many seats you need, and that's what Stripe charges you for — so 5 seats on monthly is $50/month, 12 seats on monthly is $120/month, and so on.

Adding a seat charges the prorated amount right away. Removing a seat applies at your next cycle so you're not double-charged for time you've already paid for. You can't drop below five — if a reader leaves, the seat stays available for the next one.

Annual billing works the same way but locks the rate at $8/seat/month ($96/seat/year) and is billed in one yearly charge.

We tell you, and we offer an overage pack. Two sizes:

• 50 stories — $7.50
• 150 stories — $15

One-time purchase. Packs roll over month to month and last two years from the date you buy them, so you're never wasting stories you've paid for. On Library, packs pool across all readers on the account — buy once, use anywhere.

Your monthly allowance is always consumed first; the pack only kicks in after that runs out.

Yes. Switching is one of the reasons we structured the plans this way.

• Upgrades (Page → Chapter, Chapter → Library, monthly → annual) apply immediately. Stripe prorates the rest of the cycle so you only pay for the difference.
• Downgrades (Chapter → Page, Library → Chapter) take effect at your next billing anniversary — you keep everything you've paid for up to that point.
• Downgrading removes learner profiles above the new plan's cap. We archive (never delete) them so they're restorable if you upgrade again.

Sharing is a Library feature. From a Library account you can:

• Invite a parent to a free account with read-only access to one linked reader. The parent sees progress, story history, and assessments but doesn't generate new stories or change settings. COPPA consent is inherited from the existing flow — no separate sign-off needed.
• Share a reader with another Library (e.g., a tutor hands a learner back to the school) — read-only, unlimited recipients, no seat-count change on the receiving Library.
• Transfer ownership of a reader to another Library outright. The original owner stays on as read-only by default; the new owner decides whether to keep them or remove access.

Page and Chapter accounts can receive a shared reader (as the parent) but can't send one — outbound sharing is Library-only.

You get a 14-day window after we send the migration notice to pick a plan. During that window, your account keeps working as it does today.

If you pick a plan before the deadline, you move straight onto it. If you don't, your account switches to read-only on May 5 — you can still view every reader, story, assessment, and world, but you won't be able to generate new content or add profiles until you pick a plan.

Nothing is ever deleted. Your data waits for you.

A small group of our earliest beta users who gave us detailed feedback and shaped the product get a 100%-off coupon for 12 months on whichever plan they pick at migration. The coupon is attached to specific email addresses — if you're on the list, it applies automatically at checkout.

After the 12 months, normal pricing resumes. No renewal traps, no surprise charges.

All major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express) through Stripe. We don't store card details ourselves — Stripe handles the payment page and the renewal.

No BNPL, ACH, or invoicing at launch. Schools that need PO/invoice billing, get in touch — we're planning a district tier for June.

Yes. Cancel in Settings → Subscription and you keep full access until the end of your billing cycle. Your readers, stories, progress, and worlds stay put in case you come back.

Each phonics pattern has three states you can set:

Yes. Your phonics pattern selections (Focus, Known, Unknown) are saved automatically for each learner profile. There are two ways settings get updated:

• Assessments and calibration set your learner's patterns based on their reading ability.
• Manual changes you make on the Create Story page are saved as you go.

Whichever was changed most recently is what gets used next time. For example, if you tweak the toggles after an assessment, your manual changes take priority. If your learner completes a new assessment later, the assessment results take priority until you change them again.

Both are always saved separately, so nothing is lost.

Those are your focus words. They contain the phonics patterns you marked as "Focus". They're the words your learner should practice sounding out.

We aim for about 10-15% of the story to be focus words. That's enough practice to be useful without overwhelming the reader.

A decodable story only uses words a learner can sound out based on patterns they've already learned. Regular books use whatever words they want, but decodable stories are carefully matched to what the reader actually knows.

PhonoLogic checks every single word against your learner's known and focus patterns before including it in a story.

While your learner reads a story, you can tap on individual words to mark how they did:

Trouble words show up on the Progress page so you can see exactly which words need more practice.

Worlds let you build a story universe your learner can return to again and again. When a World is active:

• Characters, settings, and plot details carry over between stories
• New stories continue adventures with familiar faces and places
• Your learner gets invested in characters they already know

You can create multiple Worlds per profile, like one for fantasy quests and another for everyday adventures. Manage them from the Worlds page.

Flashcards give your learner quick, targeted practice with individual words outside of stories. You can:

• Practice words from specific phonics patterns you're teaching
• Review trouble words your learner has struggled with
• Build custom decks focused on whatever your learner needs

Each flashcard shows the word along with phonetic pronunciation to help with decoding. Find them under Flashcards in the navigation.

The assessment takes about 5 minutes. Your learner sees flashcards with individual words, and you mark whether they read each one correctly or not. The words are pulled from our phonics wordbank and cover the patterns for the selected level.

Based on the results, PhonoLogic figures out which patterns your learner has down and which ones still need work, then automatically sets up their profile so stories match their abilities.

After the assessment, PhonoLogic identifies which phonics patterns your learner has mastered and which ones still need practice. Their profile is automatically updated so stories and flashcards match their current abilities.

There's no strict schedule, but here's a good rule of thumb:

• Every 4–6 weeks if you're doing regular phonics instruction
• After finishing a major phonics unit
• Whenever you notice a big change in reading performance

When you reassess, your learner's profile updates automatically, and their stories and flashcards will adjust to match.

Quick Generate lets you make a story without signing into a profile. It's handy for trying things out or making a quick one-off story. Nothing gets saved.

Profiles are where the real value is. They remember assessment results, track progress, save stories to a library, and keep your learner's phonics settings between sessions.

Yes! Each account supports up to 4 learner profiles. Each one tracks its own:

• Assessment results and reading level
• Phonics pattern settings (focus, known, unknown)
• Saved story library
• Strong and trouble words

You can switch between profiles using the dropdown in the header.

Stories are automatically saved to whichever profile is active when you generate them. To find them:

• Make sure you have the right profile selected in the header
• Click Story Library in the navigation
• Browse or search your saved stories

Stories made with Quick Generate (no profile) aren't saved anywhere.

Go to Settings and click Generate Invite. This creates a code that's good for 72 hours. Send that code to your child's teacher or tutor (by text, email, however you like). Once they enter the code on their end and accept the invitation, they'll be able to see your child's full progress dashboard — word mastery, assessment scores, stories, all of it — but they can't change anything. It's completely view-only.

Ask the parent to generate an invite code from their Settings page. Once you have the code, you'll see a prompt to accept the invitation. After accepting, the student's profile appears in your header dropdown under "Shared with you" and on your class progress page under "Linked Profiles."

Click into any linked profile to see their full dashboard: word mastery, assessment history, story library — everything the parent sees, in read-only mode. You can also open a Tutor Report, a simplified, print-friendly summary you can bring to a parent-teacher meeting or attach to progress notes.

Everything on the progress dashboard, but nothing else. Specifically, they can see:

• Word mastery breakdown (which patterns are strong, which need work)
• Assessment history and scores
• Saved stories in the story library
• Strong words and trouble words

They cannot change the learning plan, delete stories, modify settings, or generate new content on your child's profile. All write actions are hidden.

Yes, and either side can do it. Parents can revoke access from the Settings page. Teachers and tutors can remove themselves from their own dashboard. Either way, access is cut immediately — the disconnected account loses access the moment the link is removed.

Removal is permanent. If you want to reconnect later, you'll need to generate a new invite code and go through the process again. There's no "undo."

Yes! On any saved story, click Share Story to create a public link. Anyone with the link can read the story — no login required. The shared view includes text size controls, a focus reading mode, and PDF export.

This is separate from profile sharing. Story links are for showing off a single story (great for grandparents or family). Profile sharing gives a teacher or tutor ongoing access to the full dashboard.

There's no hard limit on the number of linked accounts per profile. In practice, most families share with one or two people (a classroom teacher and perhaps a reading tutor). You can see everyone who has access and manage links from your Settings page at any time.

Each profile can save up to 100 stories. When you hit the limit, the oldest non-favorited stories are automatically removed to make room for new ones.

You can favorite up to 25 stories per profile to protect them from ever being replaced.

Here are the current limits per account:

• Up to 4 learner profiles per account
• 100 saved stories per profile (25 can be favorited)
• 1,000 strong words and 1,000 trouble words tracked per profile
• 10 story worlds per profile, each with up to 240 memories

These limits are generous for typical use. If you're running into them, let us know.

Yes. Go to Settings → Request Data Export and we'll email you a JSON file with all your account data — profiles, stories, assessments, word ratings, and worlds. You can request one export per hour.

Usually 1–3 minutes, though longer or more complex stories can take up to 5 minutes.

Behind the scenes, the AI writes multiple versions of the story and checks each one against your phonics settings. It picks the best one that actually meets your requirements, which is what takes the extra time.

Every story is checked against your phonics settings. Sometimes the AI can't perfectly hit every target. Here's what the common warnings mean:

• Low focus word %: Not enough of your focus patterns ended up in the story. Try selecting fewer focus areas next time.
• Disallowed words: A few words slipped in that use patterns marked "Unknown". We still show the best attempt.
• Word count: The story came out too short or too long for the selected length.

You'll always see the best version the AI came up with, so you can use it as-is, edit it, or regenerate.

Absolutely. A few options:

• Edit directly: Click "Edit Story" to change wording, fix anything, or add your own touch
• Regenerate: Hit "Edit & Retry" to get a fresh version with the same settings
• Export as PDF: Download for printing or sharing
• Copy text: Paste it into Google Docs, Word, or wherever you need it

Story generation can take up to 5 minutes, and that's normal. If it seems stuck:

• Stay on the tab because switching tabs on mobile can pause the request
• Check your connection since a dropped connection will cause it to hang
• Give it a minute and after about 6 minutes, you'll see either the result or an error
• Try again with a shorter story or fewer focus areas if it keeps timing out

Sessions expire after a period of inactivity for security. Just log in again. All your profiles, stories, and assessment data are safely stored and will be right where you left them.

A few things to check:

• Make sure the right profile is selected in the header dropdown
• The profile needs at least one completed assessment to show progress
• Quick Generate mode doesn't track progress, so you need an active profile