# ASL Fingerspell Dictionary — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of ASL Fingerspell Dictionary by Software Studios LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 38 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/asl-fingerspell-dictionary/id1110489445/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/asl-fingerspell-dictionary/id1110489445.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (5 of 24) ### 5/5 — Great help in practice *2016-10-09* As a beginner at ASL, I am finding this a great help with my finger spelling. ### 5/5 — Great way to practice reading finger spelling! *2016-08-09* It's fun to use and I'm noticeably better at understanding fingerspelled words. Love the ability to playback in slow mode **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you like the app and its helping you recognize peoples fingerspelling. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — First app I've found of its kind *2016-07-03* I like the large variety of words, the quizzes, etc. It is easy to use. I like that you can slow down the video. I found myself learning immediately. **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you are enjoying the app and all its features. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2016-06-29, version 1.1* this app is great for practicing your finger spelling 👍🏽👍🏽 ### 5/5 — 10/10 *2016-06-16* Great app! Helps me improve my signing! Highly recommend! **Developer response:** Thank you for your support. We're glad you are using and enjoying the app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not my thing. *2024-05-17* This app only teaches you how to spell the words with the letters. I want an app that teaches me the words, not letters. ### 2/5 — Certain signs are not correct. *2020-11-29* I’ve only recently started using this app and I’ve noticed the the person does not sign the letter W in the word Week. I’ve replayed it several times and Fingerspelled along with her. She spells eek. I guest and added the letter M to spell meek, and got it wrong. If this app was free that would be no big deal. But I expect 0 flaws and errors from an app that I paid money for. Doesn’t matter how small the amount is I still paid for it. **Developer response:** They are correct, please go to the word "Week" you spoke about in the LEARN option and you can clearly see the W as the starting position. We worked very hard to make this app correct and to help people, if there was a mistake we would fix it immediately, however this word looks correct. Thank you for your feedback. ### 2/5 — Hard to make out the letters *2020-04-26* I agree with the other reviews- the woman doing the finger spelling is terrible. It’s like trying to learn a language from someone who mumbles with a heavy accent. Not good for beginners at all. I can’t believe that why she signs the E, with her hand turned to herself so you can barely see it. It’s frustrating, and not in a good way. **Developer response:** We tried to create a realistic and natural design how people sign complete words in conversation, yes letters blend together without a pause. Everyone fingerspells differently, learning to recognize different peoples fingerspelling can be difficult. Beginners may choose to start with pictures of single letters. Designed to challenge you, we include levels, quizzes, multiple choice and harder typing your answer. We hope you enjoy the app and it helps you learn and communicate. Thank you for your support. ### 2/5 — Ok *2016-10-15, version 1.2* This app is more for people who already know ASL basics, and wasn't very helpful ### 3/5 — Landscape mode please *2019-10-24* I want to be able to use landscape mode for typing the answer, why? Because I have a Smart Keyboard and its easier to type with that than portrate. **Developer response:** We can try to add landscape for the "Type Answer Quiz" It will work fine for iPad but for an iPhone user their is not enough room on the screen for the keyboard and to display the videos and other items, but we will work on some ideas. Thank you for your feedback and support. ### 3/5 — Hand position *2019-06-02* -At times it’s very difficult to make out some letters as she doesn’t have good positioning of her hand facing the receiver (us using the app) -Also with the poor positioning of her hand... when she blends letters halfway (which is common in FSing)... you can’t make out what letter it is, even in slow motion because of the bad positioning of her hand. You have to guess or fill in the blank. -adding more words / higher letter count words would be awesome. And please have the signer face her hand out front, not inward to herself. That’s so weird, even with beginners all the way to full on Deaf people and instructors, never have I see someone fingerspell inward. -3 stars because of her hand positioning. Otherwise this would be a great app. -maybe make a 2nd version (I would pay) or add on this one for higher count words + add numbers. Something like the price of an item, years, age of a person, would be good for number practice. **Developer response:** Thank you. Yes we tried to create a realistic and natural design how people sign complete words in conversation. Everyone fingerspells differently, learning to read it can be difficult. Beginners may choose to start with pictures of single letters. Designed to challenge you, we include levels, quizzes, multiple choice and harder typing your answer. Yes we can add longer words. Thank you for your feedback, we hope you enjoy the app and it helps you learn and communicate. Thank you for your support. ### 3/5 — Good practice, but... *2018-09-25* The signer finger-spells with her hand near her bellybutton and her hand facing away from the camera. It’s not very clear, but is good practice for real life conversation between multiple people as you’re not always going to have the person fingerspelling facing you. **Developer response:** Thank you. I also wish people would fingerspell clearly facing me, but you are right, real life conversation is different than pictures in a book. We designed this app to be natural and realistic to challenge you and help you practice. We hope you enjoyed the app, thank you for your feedback and support. ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect - 2 Suggestions *2025-09-07* This is a great little app. It helps me practice what I’m learning in class, and i LOVE that it works w/o wifi or cell signal. If the developer doesn’t mind a few suggestions: (1) instead of holding the first and last letters for a while in FS quiz (which I assume is so fist and last aren’t cut off by video), hold a still hand or hold hand out of site for a second or two. Having the first and last letters held for a long time makes it too easy and unlike IRL. (2) For the FS quiz where you type in answers, set it to work in landscape as well as portrait. It’s annoying to have to rearrange my tablet to portrait mode for this app. ### 4/5 — It is great but... *2018-09-24* I love this app as a person getting back into ASL. My only problem is the person’s hands are not facing the screen which makes it difficult to see what handshape she is displaying. At times I think she signed one letter when really it was the other because her hand was facing to the side. Hope this helps! Otherwise, love how challenging it can get. **Developer response:** Thank you. Yes, the app can be challenging. We designed it to be realistic and natural. Everyone signs differently and it takes practice to recognize complete words in conversation. Thank you for your feedback and support. ### 5/5 — Receptive skills! *2025-09-01* This app has been super useful in improving my receptive finger spelling skills! The small fee is worth it! ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ASL Fingerspell Dictionary *2020-12-30* I became severely deaf in the last five years. I have been learning ASL with a tutor during the last year. I find receptive fingerspelling one of the harder aspects of learning to communicate in ASL. The ASL Fingerspell Dictionary is very helpful in this regard and fills a need not available otherwise . The displays are clear. The pace of presentation very adequate. The progression of difficulty well chosen. And to top it all, after finding a bug in the application and contacting Tech Support I received a reply within two hours acknowledging the problem and promising a prompt fix. Two days later I received an email alerting me that an update was available in the App Store. Installed and working!!! ### 5/5 — Great App! *2019-09-24* This is an awesome app. Thank you to the people that made it. **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you are using and like the app. We worked hard to make it and love knowing its helping people communicate. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Wanna-be-interpreter *2019-09-09* This is a great app! Still needing practice “reading” asl, this app does a great job. I mostly use the Learn feature and set it to play-all. True the app only goes uo to 5-letter words but it’s a great start. I highly recommend this app to all non-expert signers!! **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you like the app and the 'Play All" feature which lets you play through all 1000 fingerspelled words seamlessly. Thank you for your feedback and support. ### 5/5 — Read what is app offers *2019-04-04* I only read the reviews and decided to purchase based on that. The app it self is good. The app offers and does everything it says it will do. Since I did not read it fully I didn’t see that it only goes up to 5 letter words. This is app seems more for beginners or those still in ASL classes. I went through the levels very fast. I’m currently an interpreting student. I still have trouble with finger spelling. The app however is not comprehensive enough for my level. I need more than 5 letters words. Also the speed is good but I wish it could be made faster. In my experience I often come across a lot of deaf who Fingerspell faster than what is provided in the video. Hopefully the developer can add more levels that include larger words. 6+ letter. Also provide an option to make the speed faster, not only slower..... After using the app more. I would still buy it knowing what it is. it is really good practice. Also I think I may have misspoke saying this app was not comprehensive enough. At its current level it is still a challenge. Long term In order to remain a challenge i believe more words should be added. Either new words 3-5 letters. Or expanding to longer words. **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you like the app and its helping you. Its easy for you but hard for others. Thank you for the suggestions, yes we can add longer words the next time we film and make a fast mode advanced users. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Best by far *2018-07-08, version 1.3* I tried several different apps and this is the best by far. Only complaint I have is that I can’t find it for my android phone. If it came in both Android and Apple, it would be nearly perfect. Thanks for making an app with real people signing real words making it really easy to learn. ### 5/5 — Excellent Learning Tool *2017-12-22* This app is fantastic...it allows you to adjust the speed, quickly replay and get comfortable with the natural transitions between letters. Finger spelling has always been the most challenging part of learning ASL for me...this app has really helped me improve quickly. **Developer response:** Thank you. We're glad you like the app and its helping you recognize complete words and the transitions between letters. The app can be challenging. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2017-08-27* I love this app. I only been learning this for a month and I'm already getting the hang of it. The quiz is helping me learn the sign languages more. I absolutely love this app. If you want to learn and understand sign language then this is the app for you **Developer response:** Thank you for your support. This app is only fingerspelling, but e also make two ASL Dictionary apps for ASL Signs which have over 5000 videos each. Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Great app for learning to read fingerspelling *2017-08-18* A great tool for improving your fingerspelling reading skills, lots of levels, great practice. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support. ### 5/5 — Excellent, real life app *2016-10-25* Other fingerspelling apps simply show a sequence of static letters, But this app actually shows whole words as they are, thus showing the transitions between letters which are very important for developing fluency. The inclusion of a dictionary, the ability to mark favorites, and the quizzes, are valuable features, too. A simply superb app! **Developer response:** Thank you. Yes we have lots of features, we worked hard to create this app and we're really happy to know you are using and enjoying the app. Thank you for your support. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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