Finds the real gap
A 6-minute checkup pinpoints exactly where decoding breaks down — not a guess by age or grade.
For parents of K–2 readers
Reading isn't guessing. It's decoding — and it's teachable.
Your child sees this word. What will they say?
map
Tip: try a wrong one on purpose — see what guessing feels like.
Three sounds, not one shape. Tap each one.
Grounded in NRP · UFLI · DIBELS 8 · NCII DBI · COPPA-built · you control the data
Adapts every day
Short, playful practice that intensifies or eases based on how your child actually responds.
Shows you it's working
Plain-language progress a teacher would recognize — every change explained, never a black box.
One word
Every word leads to the next. Chosen for your child, not from a list.
A path, not a word list.
Most apps run every child through the same fixed sequence. Banana Flip chooses the next word to practice the exact sound yours is ready for, built from what they just mastered. No busywork, no guessing.
sat map pin ship chop flag
↑ next for Sam: digraph /sh/
One day
Each day is a short session — not a worksheet.
▢ real app screenshot
Today · Sam WEEK 4 / 16
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Blending drill · short-a
2
Decode & say · CVC words
3
Speed round · letter sounds
● 11-min streak · 4 days running
8–12 minutes. Three quick activities.
Hear the sounds, blend the words, build speed. Voice-scored, so your child gets instant feedback — and you get to be the cheerleader, not the judge.
Every week
And it changes — for your child, not the average child.
The part other apps skip. Banana Flip watches how your child responds, adjusts the plan, and tells you exactly why.
↑ Speeding up
Mastered it fast?
We accelerate — skip the reps they don't need and introduce the next pattern early.
↓ More support
Struggling?
We slow down, add repetition and scaffolding, and break the skill into smaller bites.
= Holding
In the zone?
We keep intensity steady — changing only on real, converging evidence.
Mastered short-a faster than expected. Tomorrow we accelerate to short-i and reduce repetition 15%. Why: 92% accuracy for 3 sessions, latency 2.1s → 1.3s.
So you can answer the only question that matters.
"Is it actually working?"
We track the same benchmark skills schools use — and the plan bends to your child. Watch it slow where they struggled, and surge where support kicked in.
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Nonsense-word decoding
Tests decoding brand-new words — not recalling memorized ones.
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Adapts to the response
We intensify or ease on converging evidence — never a fixed track on a calendar.
T
Transparent, not guaranteed
Projection updates weekly with honest bands. No fixed promise in a fixed number of weeks.
Projected NWF · Correct Letter Sounds
measured projected confidence band ▲accelerated +support added
Built for parents. Trusted by educators.
every letter is a sound waiting to click