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

Top reviews

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Very glitchy and bad free trial

App was good when it was working but it had so many glitches, that my child got very annoyed and it made them not want use it.

Also I was supposed to have a free trial for a month but a week after downloading, it wouldn’t allow me to progress and it was forcing me to pay to continue. Terrible!

Would not recommend.

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Littlerooster2016

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there, for assistance with your HOMER membership please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com and please include the email address your membership is under. They will be better able to assist you with any account issues you are experiencing. Thank you for your efforts!

Disappointed

I initially downloaded the app and was able to navigate it enough to register an account and signed up for the one month free trial. However, since signing up I am unable to get into the app as it is constantly loading and doesn’t load any thing further.
In my opinion, the free trial is a ploy to get parent’s personal and payment details after which they are blocked access to the app so that they are not able to cancel the subscription.
Very disappointing. Was considering continuing the monthly subscription initially but not any longer.

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eyeuriir

4 years ago

Response from developer

We would love the chance to assist you! If you could, please write to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

I had problems with it crashing but a reinstall fixed it

This is such a great app. My two boys 2 and 6 love it and it really helps with reading and spelling. I had issues with both the reading and stories apps crashing but uninstalling them and reinstalling them fixed it. Because the kids' progress is stored with the login it was all retire when reinstalling. Hopefully it doesn't happen again, but the developers reached out to help immediately anyway so that's a good sign :-)

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Dan from New Zealand

4 years ago

Response from developer

We are so sorry to hear this, but we are here to help! If you could, please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com, so that we may assist you.

We love it

We love it and have used it since our little guy was 2 years old. He’s now three. He’s learned a lot from the app and really enjoys playing it. It’s the only app he uses on his iPad. I don’t mind the monthly fee because we get so much use out of it and the levels keep coming. He has learned colours and letters and a bunch of songs etc from this. He was speech delayed so some of the little videos have also helped with that. It’s worth the money.

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Ali573926

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience and for giving us this amazing review! We are thrilled to hear you are having such a great experience with HOMER Reading.

Won’t let me in!

I’m not sure what to rate this app so I rated it three for now. I subscribed the 8$ a month to see what it was like, and after the transaction was complete it did nothing. No next button or arrow. I thought something must of gone wrong so I went back and pressed continue. It lead me to the subscription page again. I tried to subscribe again, but it said I had already, and that I could manage it. I tried pressing the manage button but when I did, it just said I could cancel or change it to the annual subscription. I kept trying different things. I’m not sure if I’m just missing something obvious, or there is a bug. If the developers can fix this, or point out the obvious, that would mean a lot. Anyway, I will write another review when (hopefully) I get into the app for my little sis.

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GIGI10164

5 years ago

Fraud..!!! WARNING!! Dodgy..!!!

This HOMER App was stolen my credit card details through Apple. I paid and purchased through Apple Apps Store for 3 mths of this apps. HOMER took my payment details and charged me automatically direct debit without my authorisation through their third party company since July 2019 throughout April 2020. Please please check your bank statement. The cancellation of subscription from Apple Apps will not stop HOMER continuously charged you directly monthly. BEWARE..!!! I reported to Apple and currently is under the process of investigation.
I emailed the company, HOMER refund only the past 2 mths for almost 1 year they stole my money. SHAME..!! BECAREFUL!!

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Lenong16

5 years ago

Response from developer

We would love the chance to help! For assistance with your HOMER membership please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com and please include the email address your membership is under. They will be better able to assist you with any account issues you are experiencing. Thank you for your efforts!

Awesome reading app... my 4 yr old is reading

Downloaded the app mid January and began doing a lesson (level) every other day with my 4 yo son. He already knew his letters and phonics but was having difficulty putting sounds with multiple letters together. As we started to go through levels I really noticed improvement and by end of March he was able to read simple sentences with the words in each level. Each level has a story at the end for reading practice and after a month and a half he is reading them on his own. We also practice reading books with simple sentences and he can read most of the words. He does need some additional practice for reinforcement outside the app so we practice the words that confuse him. Overall, I would totally recommend this for preschoolers and kindergarten age children. Note the app needs to be utilized regularly as repetition is the key for learning in this app. Having your child do one level a week will probably not be the most helpful.

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ViviSs893

5 years ago

Response from developer

We cannot thank you enough for taking the time to share your awesome experience with HOMER Reading. We are so happy to hear that you are enjoying the program.

Watching dots spin

The app doesn’t work, if I’m going to pay for something I expect to be able to use it! All I see is the dots spinning around. Fix this now please!

Cholo....

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are so sorry to hear that you are having trouble with the program. We are here to help! Please reach out to us at support@homerapp.com and include your device information as well as the email address associated with the account.

Charging for education

I understand that this an application and the developers would like to get what they put in, but how sick is it that you will charge for education instead of investing in someone’s life free of charge just to have the satisfaction that someone learned through your work. I’ve been a teacher for a very long time for young learners. I still don’t like the idea that if I download a GAME it’s all free..I download EDUCATION oh, I have to pay. I don’t live in the states, I don’t make dollars, and I sure as HELL don’t think ANY parent should pay to teach their kid their ABCs. Here’s the thing, I’m not paying for an app that just tells me it’s great. You have subjected education to only those with affordable incomes that can benefit you. Even though I can’t be one of those parents for my kid, my kid deserves educational apps as well. And IM SO SICK of seeing that every child educational application has a fee. IM DONE with the greed of the world that they only see MONEY! I hope you rot with your app money.

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concha tu mare

5 years ago

Response from developer

We understand your frustration. HOMER Reading is classified as a free app because it is free to download and has a limited free-use option. It is our priority that kids enjoy a safe, ad-free learning environment. So, rather than taking revenue from ads, we charge a low monthly fee. Please reach out to us at support@homerapp.com for more information.

Thought it was good at first

Tried the app as a trail, and it worked fine , my son seemed to enjoy it . After subscribing to the app I found that I could no longer access it or the email account I used to open it with .. I had no problems with the account until I actually made the payment for it .. and I cannot use it at all .. there goes 80 dollars down the drain ...

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Chandachan

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are here to help! Please reach out to us at support@homerapp.com and include the email address associated with your account. Someone will be with you shortly.