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SpellBoard...AMAZING!
As a teacher and parent I have used this App for a long time and always recommended it to parents and staff. I recently emailed the developer asking if it was possible to change the fonts in the App and within two weeks they have done this! Absolutely incredible customer service...thank you for listening, responding and DOING! Very much appreciated :o)Show lessiPlayiPad
Love it!
My eight year old daughter uses this to study her weekly spelling words. The activities help tremendously. We love it! We haven't had much use for the photo of the word but we're glad it's there just in case.
Wish list:
I wish there would be an easier way of uploading the words. Making a text file and adding it to iTunes, though effective, is tedious. I wish I could just email it or save it to "the cloud."
Can there be more activities? Maybe an hang man/or some similar concept? Or perhaps be able to select the ease of current activities?
I didn't understand that each list is independent from each level. Every new list I increased a level so by week 13 I had run out of levels! Wish there was an explanation before.
Over all, though, we love this app. Gets the job of learning custom spelling words done is a fun way.
Cheers!
Update: I updated to the new version hoping to import .txt or native "proprietary" files from DropBox but I can't. It won't read them. I tried multiple times and it just won't read it. I ended up purchasing the mac version and creating my list that way. Then exporting a native SpellBoard file and emailing it to myself then double clicking the file to open it in and was asked if I wanted SpellBoard for my iPad open it. I tried saving the native file to DropBox and it wouldn't read it. What a disappointment ... however, this is still the best app for studying spelling words. Though not the most intuitive.Show lessgirl_with_brown_eyes
Great Customer Service
My favorite thing about this app is that I can use my children's spelling lists from school. It is very easy to add words to the database, and create the quizzes for them. They really hate practicing their words each week, but after using this today they said the games were really fun, and it made it easy for them to do. I was able to create the quizzes on my iPad and it was pretty simple to share it with their devices. I was having a minor issue with sending some quizzes to my daughter's device, but after emailing palasoftware I was able to get it resolved. They were extremely quick in their responses to me, which I appreciated. I am certainly going to look at purchasing some of their other apps for my kids.Show lessFickleyoda
Superb!
My children use this app to learn their spellings each week for school. I put in the words for them and they study ... wordsearches are most popular ... Then take the test until they have got them all correct. Simple to use and way more fun than reading a list of words over and over again.JayJayEmEye
Good Purchase
(From a homeschool family) - This app allows for the user to input spelling words and then with those words the app creates a word search, a missing letter exercise, a word scramble, and finally a test for those words. I don't know if there is a limit of how many words you can add to the word bank, or if there is a cap number of list you can make, but so far I haven't experienced the app telling me I'm at my word or list limit. If this app continues to allow me to input it will be worth every penny as my younger children achieve the level of spelling my older child is currently doing (meaning I can reuse the test I create).
I would really like to see the programmers of this app add a couple of more challenges, but this app so far is the most customizable and useful spelling app I've found on iTunes. It is simple and to the point without flashy distractions for a very straight forward study.Show lesspeasecm
Ds friendly app
My 8 yo daughter with Down syndrome loves this app. I can enter her word lists from school and she loves learning through the games. However, she figured out the pattern of the missing letter game and flies through the exercise because she knows it is always the middle letter missing out of all of the choices. If the developer would mix them up, I would give this 5 stars. Downloading the math app after I submit this as I have heard good things about it.Show lessAvery'sDaddy71
Has Potential...
One of the best apps for spelling BUT could be the best with a little work. Needs Leitner method, the ability to import from txt, csv and speech from a downloadable library More word games would be nice. For math buy their MathBoard, by far the best of the best math apps out there. This one needs a bit of work and hope that PalaSoftware refines this one like they did for MathBoard!Show lessSchoolVouchersNow!
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HerpHalfstepz
100%
You do NOT have to buy any additional apps, but I did have to look up the tutorial online to learn how to use the app. If you don't have the words and quizzes loaded properly it won't access the activities button. Not very user friendly for that reason.
With that being said....once I was able to load the spelling words in correctly it worked GREAT! My 8 year old now enjoys loading his spelling words each week (he likes to do the microphone and make up funny sentences to go along with his word). He practices his words each day of the week and takes the quiz each day for h
is spelling homework. He has gotten 100% both weeks we have used it so far. So worth the money for us!Show lessKandyq
Don't buy it
Biggest con for 3 pounds, I bought it for my son. We can't use it, doesn't tell u how to, just asking u put your words in. When u want to do a quiz, it's say quiz is empty. :-(Scottish European
