# Baby Shark ABC Phonics: Games — user reviews > 201 indexed App Store user reviews of Baby Shark ABC Phonics by The Pinkfong Company, Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 1,579 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baby-shark-abc-phonics-games/id875193091/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baby-shark-abc-phonics-games/id875193091.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,000 · 4★ 254 · 3★ 151 · 2★ 76 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Baby Shark ABC Phonics? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤩 Engaging and educational - 🎶 Catchy songs and music - 👍 Helps kids learn alphabet and phonics - 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing **Cons** - 💰 Expensive for full version - 🔒 Purchases not transferable across devices - 📺 Too many ads even in paid version - 🐛 Bugs and glitches with app functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Purchased content not unlocking - App crashing or freezing - No sound or audio issues **Most requested features** - Family sharing option - Multilingual support - Improved letter sound pronunciations ## Newest reviews (11 of 201) ### 4/5 — It’s good but he presses to hard on it so it doesn’t move🤣🤣 *2023-11-04, version 25.1* It’s nice ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad mini *2022-06-29, version 22.3* It closes out of the blue while my kid is playing ### 2/5 — Mediocre *2021-12-26, version 22.2* I paid $59 for a year subscription. My 2 year old loves it, however the teacher in me hates it. This is supposed to be a phonics app to help kids learn their letters and sounds, yet so many of the sounds are wrong! Continuous sounds like /f/, /v/, and /s/ are given “fuh” and “suh” sounds. R-controlled vowels are added to the songs for vowels. For example in the “Aa” song they use the word “airplane” to teach the /a/ sound. That word doesn’t make the short or long a sounds because it’s an r-controlled vowel. The same can be said for the “o” sound. They use words like “orange.” There are so many of these instances. Another nuance is the fact that they use “xylophone” to teach the /x/ sounds when it starts with the /z/ sound. This would be so confusing for a child actually using the app to learn their letter names and sounds. In the tracing app for the letter “m” there is a picture of a monkey chasing bananas, it should be making the /m/ sounds but repeats the /b/ sound for the letter m…there are so many mistakes in this app!!! This app has so much potential but the creators need to take a lesson in phonics themselves. ### 4/5 — Great app! *2021-01-05, version 21.5* Great app but I bought the premium pack to unlock all the alphabets but I still can’t access them. Help? Also my daughter was hyped about it too. ### 2/5 — Good app, bad business model *2020-12-29, version 21.5* The app doesn’t transfer within iTunes... so if you upgrade your device, you have to repurchase the app. Horrible model but great app... but maybe that is their business model. Just beware when purchasing ### 1/5 — アップデートしたら見れない *2020-12-05* 3年くらい前に購入。アップデートしたら　iPhoneもiPadも見れず　お試しのみ。 購入確認をしても　全然進まない。登録情報は何も変わっていないのに　何で？ 高かったのに　インチキだ‼️ ### 2/5 — Purchasing issues *2020-11-30, version 21.5* My daughter loves her alphabet game but every time I try to purchase the entire pack it won’t load. I have been trying for three days. I also uninstalled and reinstalled the app with no luck. ### 3/5 — Great but why pop ups!? *2020-09-16, version 21.5* This is a good app to practice with but if you buy the app please don’t put pop ups for your other apps! ### 1/5 — Restore won’t work *2020-08-23, version 21.5* I purchased the full version of this app on my old iPad and now it won’t restore the full version onto my new iPad. It’s disappointing as I paid $20 and my daughter loves the game. ### 1/5 — I thought learning was free *2020-08-17, version 21.5* Why do you have to pay to learn ### 2/5 — If this is educational... *2020-07-22, version 21.5* Why are you doing locks 🔒 on the games? Why can’t it just be all free and kids get upset because you force them money. Please dear Pink Fong don’t do locks anymore! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Will Not Work On Amazon Fire Kids Account *2026-05-07, version 26.61(1)* My son loves this app and I’ve been trying to get access to the full app (I’ve already created an account and paid for a subscription) on his Amazon Fire kids account. I have followed all the instructions and troubleshooting options provided by Amazon and various Googling, but to no avail. Every time I go to sign in on the kids account it says “ask your parent to download the application” even though I’m using the application to sign in. I can sign in and access the full app on my parent account, but not the kids. ### 1/5 — Ads *2025-05-29, version 26.4(1)* Too many ads. All this app, and the other ones associated with it, care about is making money through excessive ads which makes it very difficult for kids to learn/play ### 1/5 — 規約が英語でわからん *2025-04-20* タイトル通り規約同意してからと記載あるが、日本語選択しても日本語にならず、英語読めないから同意もできず、始める事できませんでした。 規約に何書いているかわからないのに進めるのは危険と判断しました。 **Developer response:** Dear もりしばこ, Thank you for reaching out to us. We'd like to learn more about this issue. To make sure we are providing accurate information, reach out to Pinkfong Help Center with the details below. ※ App name/Device model name/OS version/screenshot or detailed description of the problem. E-mail: help@pinkfong.com Thank you. Best regards, The Pinkfong Company Customer Service Team ### 1/5 — Link the description below. *2024-02-16, version 25.1* Valentina. The word’ E/e’ means digoxin. Valentina doesn’t have a letter of recommendation. Because we are buying the property letters. I don’t have Pinkfong apps anymore! ### 1/5 — Purchased app and cannot restore my account *2023-03-21, version 25.0* I'm trying to restore my purchase and can not sign in. My kids love the app, but it's a was of money ### 1/5 — Help *2022-09-20, version 22.3* I purchased the full phonics set on here to unlock other apps and when I go on the other apps it’s still locked. Why isn’t it working? ### 1/5 — No Family Sharing! *2021-10-10, version 22.1* I never would have purchased it even once if I had known or even thought for a second that a company, like Pinkfong, would not offer family sharing on a $13 kids app. Never again. ### 1/5 — Helpless *2021-04-30, version 21.5* Order the full pack for all the alphabet...monies have been deducted, but no access to full alphabet...please help ### 1/5 — Only a to d ?!? *2021-04-13, version 21.5* Clearly says it’s A to Z but is not. I can’t even find a way to buy e through z. ### 1/5 — Family share does not work *2020-12-28, version 21.5* We purchased all the package on my phone however when installed the app on our child’s iPad, none of the purchased items were accessible and are locked pending repayment! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Unknown date *2025-12-27, version 26.5(1)* 15th April 2028 ### 5/5 — Baby shark ABC phonics *2025-08-31, version 26.4(1)* songs, Tracing and Games ### 5/5 — 1년구독 구입 *2024-11-03* 1년 구독권이었지만 한달이용료로 중간 취소 얼만든지 가능이라고 되어있는데 지금 구독취소하면 자동 처리가 되어 나머지 차익금 들어오나요? **Developer response:** 안녕하세요. 핑크퐁입니다. 앱 상품의 환불 권한은 애플 사에만 있으므로, 현재는 정확한 안내가 어려운점 양해 부탁드립니다. 이에 따라, 애플 스토어 고객센터 또는 제 영수증 메일의 [문제 신고] 버튼을 통해 신청하여 주시기 바랍니다. ※ iOS 설정 > Apple ID 선택 > 미디어 및 구입 항목 > 구입내역 > 결제 대금 터치 > [문제신고] 버튼을 이용하시거나 Apple 고객센터로 문의를 부탁드립니다. 고맙습니다. ### 5/5 — 어린이 영어 앱 추천해요~~ *2024-09-04* 귀엽고 다양하게 배울 수 있어서 좋아요 ~~~ **Developer response:** 안녕하세요! 핑크퐁이예요. ^^ 보내주신 많은 성원과 관심에 진심으로 감사드립니다! 항상 보다 나은 서비스를 제공해드릴 수 있도록 최선을 다할게요. 고맙습니다. ### 5/5 — 좋아요 *2024-09-04* 애기가 좋아해요 알차네요 ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2023-12-23* My kids can’t stop singing your catchy songs. This taught them the alphabet. Amazing. Everyone should have this!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🇩🇪 ### 5/5 — MAJOR FLAW IN THE APP! PLEASE READ *2022-07-03, version 22.3* Huge, major flaw in the app. Whenever my daughter (3yrs) is doing the letter tracing & misses a point, skips a point, etc & the tracing character laughs & runs off screen, she laughs so hard spit gets on the screen & we have to stop & wipe the laughter spit off to register her finger after a while. Pinkfong needs to seriously consider why making a 3yr laugh so hard that it puts mom into stitches is necessary….. if it fixed this “fatal” flaw I may be willing to give is 6 stars, but I don’t see this company caring enough that it puts a mother & child into LITERAL stitches* to fix the grotesque error………. /s *literal laughter stitches ### 5/5 — Helps *2020-08-20, version 21.5* This game use to help me learn but now I cannot play it anyway because I know my letters now ### 5/5 — Kayden *2020-08-07, version 21.5* Super s ### 5/5 — Great app for learning the letters *2020-06-23, version 21.5* We love this app! Our almost 2 year old son has practically learned all of the letters and can now recognize them on shirts and other items. My wife and I also find ourselves humming the songs because they’re so catchy. Thanks for the great learning app! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*