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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How do I cancel!!??

Can’t seem to get this overpriced app cancelled! I don’t want it!

christinajohston

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Christina, we would love the chance to help! Please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com and include the email address associated with your account. Thank you.

Love

I absolutely love this app, I wasn’t completely sure how well it was working until I went to the movies with my 3 and a half year old and she saw the numbers on the seats and said, look mummy that’s the number forty three! My friend and I were in shock. It has taught my daughter so much!!

Mumma Tegan

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us! We are so thrilled to hear that your daughter is learning with HOMER Reading, and we cannot wait to share this with the rest of our team! We are honored to have you and your family in our community.

The app is ok

I’m a lab elementary teacher and I was looking for some apps that would help get my own children off on the right foot for reading! They did enjoy the app, however my daughter became bored quickly with the sight words part of the game. They enjoyed the different songs, books, etc., however they have to download all of them. This obviously became a problem with each item. They also claim to be able to track your child’s progress. This isn’t accurate. You can see what your child sees in the app. No progress, no data, etc. I emailed to company a while back about this and didn’t receive a response. My kids enjoyed it, however didn’t learn very much. Looking for a new app...

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Halfwaytomygoal!

5 years ago

It’s fun for a 4 yo

My 4 year old uses homer. We like it because the activities are short and easy unlike some other educational games we’ve tried and the levels are passed quickly which builds confidence and make it more enjoyable for my child

harmalia

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind words, and for taking the time to share your experience. We are thrilled to hear you and your family are enjoying HOMER Reading!

Great for young minds

My son loves this app. Great games and activities whilst being educational and age appropriate. An amazing tool in learning to read

MuggleLitLover

5 years ago

Response from developer

We are so glad to hear that you and your family are enjoying HOMER Reading! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful feedback with us.

Terrible and doesn’t work

I had to enter the details over a dozen times for the free trial and it wouldn’t let us open any of the activities. I’m worried I have accidentally subscribed but can’t find where to cancel it in the settings in the App Store.
The sounds are also very difficult to understand due to the strong American accent.
Please help me unsubscribe before I am charged. I only downloaded it and set it up an hour ago and it has been nothing but trouble.

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Cooks Thing

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to share your review. We would love the chance to help! If you could, please write to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com. Please include the email address your membership is under. We look forward to assisting you!

Almost perfect

I use Homer for four of my five children. The app has a great interface and has engaged one of my reluctant learners. The only (and it's tiny) thing I would love to see included is the option to upload an image of the child for their profile for those who can not yet identify their name - my youngest child is two years old and enjoys the app but struggles with the ”who is playing section” and with her growing independence of ”me do it pweeze” a photo option would make this so much easier.

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ctippett

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. Your feedback is really important to us, and we will be sharing this with the rest of our team. Please let us know if you have any other thoughts, questions, or concerns, by emailing our Member Experience Team at support@homerapp.com. We always love to hear from our members!

Finally something that keeps his attention

We homeschool and my son (just turned 6) is so dang brilliant! Sometimes however, certain things do not hold his interest. Reading is one of those things. We’ve tried different curriculum, workbooks, other apps, flash cards, reading books, you tube videos... nothing held his attention (and other apps left him wandering around the page without actually working on the educational part of it). HOMER is the only app that has held his attention. It’s also the only app that is MAKING A DIFFERENCE! He actually enjoys learning how to read when it used to be the last thing on his mind. I’m so happy I’ve discovered homer for him.

And get this! His 3 year old sister is also using the app and loving it. I am so happy to have this tool to use as an aid in their education!

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Loveformod

6 years ago

Was asking me to creat account every time!

I was so excited about this app, but every time it was asking me to creat account although I was already subscribed and agreed to the monthly payment and received the confirmation email!

When it was going through successfully the orientation of the screen was not right and I was not able to change it to landscape no matter how many times I tried different approach!

Maybe it hasn’t been designed for iPhone 10

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ellemogh

6 years ago

Response from developer

We're here to help! If you could, please reach out to our Member Experience team at support@homerapp.com. Please include the email address your HOMER membership is under, as well as the device you are using to access HOMER Reading. We look forward to assisting you!

Extremely frustrating

Learning to read can be a very emotional task. This app unfortunately does not help. I really wanted to like this app but after watching my daughter in tears for the 4th time because the app didn’t save her accomplished levels and dropped her back 2 levels, I realized it wasn’t worth the frustration. The app is very exciting when it works. Great celebration and sense of accomplishment but when that accomplishment is essentially taken away, that’s too much for a beginner to handle.
Also, the app does not track progress between different devices. So if my daughter primarily works on her iPad and then maybe wants to use my phone, her progress will not display. To be fair, this is something they know and have admitted in there FAQ.
All in all, there are many apps out there, find the one that will make the wonderful world of reading fun and not frustrating. One more thing, don’t bother contacting customer service, you will get no where fast.

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Gold iPhone ;)