No grade over 3
If you need to study but you can’t study with anyone don’t get this app. It tells you it doesn’t cost money but if you need to find words other than ones of spellers from the 3rd grade you have to use coins which I originally thought would just be spelling words and earning coins. I was wrong you get bees for spelling words but you don’t get coins unless you buy them. I needed the rest of the packs because I am a school spelling bee winner and I have to study for district so I need all the words for champions packs but I couldn’t get them because it costs money. I just wanted an app to help me study and thought this was the app to do so but I was really wrong. Don’t let this app trick you.
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Very good
Great App, just a few changes that it needs
It is so much easier to learn and remember these words with all of the different ways to test yourself. I wish that when you missed a word, the correct spelling and your spelling were shown together so that you can see what you did wrong. I also wish that when you miss a word in a quiz, you can bookmark it right then and don’t have to find it in flash cards. It would also be nice if there was a list option for the words that could be printed out for a physical copy and, as an option in settings, to have the words appear in the same order every time. If even one of these get changed, as a speller, I would very much appreciate it!
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Good, but only for serious spellers
anna.m
Hi! I’m in fourth grade and just lost state bee, so I’m going back next year to defend my title. I got this app because I needed to study harder, and I thought, if its Scripps you’re studying for, why don’t you study with something Scripps made? This is a great app, but with a few quirks. Also I would only recommend this app who are really serious about spelling, because it drains your allowance savings. You pay around thirty dollars and sometimes your bee coins don’t even register that you have made your payment. It takes your money, but doesn’t give you coins. This happens on occasion only, but it still happens. I would also like to point out that if you get a word wrong, it doesn’t show you the correct spelling. Over all, this does help you study, but it needs an update.
- Anna M
Hi! I’m in fourth grade and just lost state bee, so I’m going back next year to defend my title. I got this app because I needed to study harder, and I thought, if its Scripps you’re studying for, why don’t you study with something Scripps made? This is a great app, but with a few quirks. Also I would only recommend this app who are really serious about spelling, because it drains your allowance savings. You pay around thirty dollars and sometimes your bee coins don’t even register that you have made your payment. It takes your money, but doesn’t give you coins. This happens on occasion only, but it still happens. I would also like to point out that if you get a word wrong, it doesn’t show you the correct spelling. Over all, this does help you study, but it needs an update.
- Anna M
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Great idea! But expensive
When I downloaded this app, it seemed like a great idea especially since I qualified for my regional bee. Plus, when I was getting started with the easiest test, the app was well made... but in order to continue I have to pay around $25 to access the rest of the spelling words. This is even more unfortunate since all I need is the platform, not the words since my coach has given me all of the lists already. Maybe to solve this problem you could consider an option for spellers to add their own words, which would make the app more versatile, or in the future you could give codes to customers of the spelling lists that act as coupons for the on-app lists. As a whole, the app works nicely, but the price for the additional lists is a feature that keeps spellers from using the app.
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Great help for spellers, but totally unfair!
This has been a huge help to study with for my spelling bee, but the money this is awful! I understand the app needs to make money, so why not ads? An ad, 1 ad, after every level! Depending on hardness and lenght, 1 level takes maybe 5-15 minutes, so 1 ad would make good timing. Also, 10 coins cost a buck. How bout when you complete a level, u get certain amount of coins, so by working hard and spelling, you can unlock more THAT way, and not with money. Other than that, the app is amazing and has been A HUGE help, and if ur willing to spend money, i think it might be worth it if u are studying for a spelling bee, although, if you are, the paper or electronic list is really good too. All this app adds is that u can hear the pronunciation, know the definition, origin, and all of that in one place.
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I want a computer version, and a list on the app.
I downloaded this app to study, and I bought all of the coins. This app was a great app but I would definitely like there to be a version on the computer. I am currently doing this on both my iPad and phone, but sometimes it’s easier to hit the right keys on a laptop. Overall this is a good app, but there is no full list. So I have to print out the actual list online, and it takes A LOT of ink. I would like for there to be an easier way to look at the words before quizzing myself.
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One of the best ways to study! But.....
This app is so fun. It is the best app ever! It can make you memorize. There are flash cards to study. When you get wrong with a word, answers are in the end. In “fill in the blanks”, you can make spaces. In order to do that, tap the next box and you can enjoy. You can answer words with hyphens. I also like how Dr. Jacques Bailly pronounces. Tap the results button and you’ll see what you get wrong or right. I have 3 problems. First, the problem is that I cannot share my results. Second, I can’t save my results. Finally, what are bees for? I still love this game. I still rate it 5 star. Please fix the problems.
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We have added a See Results button that is available at the conclusion of each quiz. If you click that button, you can view the words you spelled correctly and incorrectly and select the Share Results button to email your quiz results. With future versions of the app we plan to give you ways to spend the bees you earn by spelling words correctly.
Good study tool, but has room for improvement
This app is a great study tool for spellers. It has different levels of words to study (when you purchase buzz coins) and different modes of studying. It also tests you on vocabulary. The annoying thing though, is when you finish a test, you can see your results right after the test. That’s good and all, but if you want to look at your results again after doing a couple other tests or exiting out of the app, you can’t check your results! I have tried going in the History section and tapping on the test, but it would only highlight it grey instead of showing me the results. Also, it would be really helpful if you had the option to review ONLY the words you got wrong the previous time you did the test. This way, you could improve faster and memorize more words and definitions.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback about our new app. With the most recent release we added the ability to bookmark words you want to practice again. When you are using the Flashcards quiz format you will see a small “Add Bookmark” option in the center of the screen. If you tap “Add Bookmark,” it will add that word to your Bookmarks list (accessible from the home page of the app) for future review. Also, at the conclusion of a quiz a speller can now see both the number of words missed and (by clicking the “See Results” button) which words within a quiz they spelled correctly and incorrectly. They may also click “Share Results” and email a list of words spelled correctly and incorrectly to themselves, a parent or a teacher.
Please no money
I turned to this app to help study for a spelling bee at school, because I was hoping to go far in the competition, but within the first ten minutes of using this app I quickly deleted it. I downloaded it to help drill in the words I already had on the packet I received. When I saw that you needed coins for the words, I assumed you would earn coins based on your spelling skill and achievements. When I finished the free test with a perfect score and received nothing but useless bees in return, I realized I would have to pay to study words I already had and could study on my own. I am not willing to waste money on an app I don’t need. If coins could be earned through practice, that would solve my issue, and really help me in the spelling bee. Unfortunately, I suppose for now I’ll have to continue the lackluster method of getting a family member to quiz me on the words in the packet over and over again.
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