HOMER User Reviews

HOMER: Fun Learning For Kids

HomerLearning, Inc.

Education

Entertainment

Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasEngaging and fun learning games

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This app hasCreative story-making with stickers and voice recordings

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This app hasTeaches letters, sounds, and early reading skills

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This app hasPersonalized learning pathway for each child

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This app hasHelpful for pre-K and kindergarten readiness

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This app hasAdaptive to child's level and progress

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This app hasAffordable monthly subscription

Negative highlights

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This app hasBuggy and inconsistent performance, with frequent crashes and freezes

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This app hasSlow loading times and animations that distract from learning

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This app hasLack of difficulty adjustment or parental controls

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This app hasLimited diversity and representation in content

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This app hasIssues with account management and subscription cancellation

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This app hasToo many distracting games and activities that don't support learning

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This app hasNo option to opt out of religious or holiday-themed content

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Great in so many ways, spotty execution

This app has been amazing in helping our 4 year old learn to read. The games and exercises are engaging and well thought out. My son is definitely learning and enjoys it. Win!

Some things, especially after the last big release are not so hot. The animations for the listening exercises slowed down SO much! They add what feels like an extra 5 minutes to each day’s lesson. Worse, it gives him time for his attention to wander. Also, the scene building game at the end of each lesson is just broken. Plain broken- we can’t scroll after we put down the first picture.

Otherwise, we are quite happy with the app, though I do wish the exercises would challenge him a bit more. There’s a fine line between being easy enough to not get frustrated and challenging enough to make faster progress.

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DoyleOwl

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to leave this review! We would love to look into this issue for you. If you could, please write to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com.

Expensive but good app

My daughter has been using this as a very beginner(to reading). She really enjoyed it for a while, but has quickly become too easy. I wish there was a way to skip ahead if the child finds a part too simple. To make it more challenging/more interesting.
She has now lost interest.
Very good app to start tho.

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Ynaffits

4 years ago

Response from developer

We are so sorry to hear this, but we are here to help! Please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com, with the email address you used to create your HOMER Reading account with, so we can help you with this as quickly as possible.

Disappointing update

I had finally found an app that was simple, that my daughter could use to help learn how to read, that was progressive, that I didn’t have to look over her shoulder and make sure she was doing something educational unlike ABC mouse which I found to be a mishmash of overstimulation but that has all changed with this update. I can no longer get to her to focus on one thing, she only wants to watch the videos, stories and play the games. Even the math section is just a total mess, when we first signed up, the app asked what reading skills she had but did nothing of the sort when they introduced math, the activities aren’t linear so she keeps doing the same activities that she enjoys instead of moving onto other ones, I can’t seem to find any parental controls in terms of what she has access to, how much time she spends on certain things... I literally cannot express how much I hate it.

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Nouvellevague220

4 years ago

Crashing with latest update

This app is great and my 3 year old son loves it. But with the most recent update it crashes after being open for a few minutes. I think I will cancel the £10 a month subscription until this is resolved because at the moment it’s unusable (I use a iPhone XR on latest OS).

lukeferrand

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there! If you could, please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com, so that we may assist you further. Please include the email address your account was created with.

Good app!

We have been using homer for almost a year now and I can say my son has absolutely been learning to read because of it. I love how easy it is to use and how clear the directions are, without a lot of distracting pictures or sounds like others learning apps that are difficult to follow for an early reader. I am thankful for the update as my son was getting bored with the same pictures, etc. My only couple of critiques with new update is that the little reader books on the learning pathway seemed to be timed after you tap the record button, so the recorded voice starts to play back before my son has finished reading the sentence. Prior to update you could tap record and drag your finger to follow the words until the end of the sentence (at your own pace). In addition, the new letter tracing lesson doesn’t offer any directions, which is different in the new update. Sometimes the lessons can be a bit repetitive and my son gets frustrated/bored, but we try to move through those ones faster so I can keep him interested. All in all it’s a good app we will continue using. He would not know what he knows now if we had not began using this app, so for that I am grateful!

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CR 316

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your experience. We are continuously improving Learn & Grow and we rely on feedback like yours to help us do just that.

I cant do my r and I downloaded this but can u make it free no payment plz cause u heard what I said me poor so plz I also
Inked ie because homer is a Simpson characters name but other than that it’s good I actually haven’t even started it because of that payment so plz oh plz homer producers creators directors plz

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X5 series

4 years ago

Takes a while to open

Great app but sometimes it won’t open and I have to deleted it and download it again. For it to work I think needs a update besides that it’s amazing and my kids love it!!

qwscftyhn

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience! Pease don't hesitate to reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com if you need any additional assistance.