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Glitch
I rally like the content in the app but two things need to be fixed. Each letter has 7 steps to complete. Lately, when you have to drag a letter, the letter disappears and you have to restart the letter, it doesn’t restart where you left off. Secondly, there’s this alien that applauds you when you get it right but it’s so obnoxious that my daughter doesn’t like to use this app. Please fix it!Show lessLeahBr8
Great tool for parents and teachers!
As a parent and a SENCO I think this app is amazing. Really interactive and fun, it’s keeps children engaged while learning/revising their phonics. My five yr old loves it, as does older children that I work with as a SENCO. Great deals for schools as well.TenToo
Don’t believe the hype
The app worked to some extent, but the main issue when you’re trying to move on. I’ve been trying to close my account and the company has been silent. No returned emails to my request to shut my account down. I’m going to be reporting the app to apple in the hopes that they might be able to help me out.
I would recommend trying an app where the company who develops the app is more responsive to there clients.Show lessPp4698
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for your review. Please email support@readwithphonics.com so we can help you with your query. Thanks.Fun but with a few flaws
I am a primary TA and I bought my son (3.5) this app to help prepare him for starting school in September. I thought £7.99 was a bit pricy but was prepared to pay for all the sounds after he enjoyed the demo so much and showed a real willingness to learn from it.
For the most part it’s great and my son loves it but there are a couple of issues that really need addressing. Some of the sounds aren’t very clear, e.g. s and ss come out as ‘psssss’ and I have to address it and correct it every time. The other problem is with some of the words in the games (particularly the alien words one) - my son has only just completed phase two sounds but some of the words are coming out with sounds that are at the end of phase three so he is not yet able to read them independently. These fixes would really benefit children using the app who are just starting out with reading.Show lessthedalmeny
App won't load
I found this app really helpful for my daughter but thanks to apple being greedy and not adding updates for the iPad 4 it won't load anymore I think this is disgusting as I had paid for the full app I have managed too get a refund but still it was very helpful for my daughterqwertyuioasffdgfgjj
Excellent
I use it as a teacher and a parent. As a teacher the ability to see areas of learning is great for assessments and it really prepares for the phonics screening. As a parent my son loves it and can get on with his learning independently.26@j
5 stars
The kids love it, it covers a great range of abilities and stages.
We particularly like the sound the alien makes when he eats the made up words.
Also really great customer service, quick response.jurn grood
Love the game, shame about the bug
Really love this app and my children like it. Paid for full game. Would have given 5 stars but unfortunately, some sort of bug on the game, so that now the game freezes when a level has been reached and the game on other levels cannot not be played, as it shows a blank screen. It can take a day before the game/level can be played again before it happens again. I have emailed support and initially helpful, they said this has never happened before (according to previous app reviews, it has) and an update would be available the following day. 2 weeks later no new updates.... waiting...Show lessTriplestep8
Pronunciation issues
First impression this app seems to be a hit! I paid for the whole bundle. It’s a shame you can’t have a parent control to allow only certain sounds at a time. My boys are trying to play games with sounds I know they aren’t quite ready for yet and trying to learn too many in one go. Also why is ‘a’ pronounced as ar? For example c ar stle. A is for apple, not arpple!Show lessdpoppakpop
Definitely teaches
We’ve only tried the free parts as of yet, but it’s definitely taught the 4 year old some more phonics before she stars school, has taught me how to help teach her too and is very easy to use.
She often has trouble with apps not registering her tiny fingers or being too fiddly, this app doesn’t have that.Show lessLotlottie
