# Fish School - 123 ABC for Kids — user reviews > 100 indexed App Store user reviews of Fish School by Duck Duck Moose LLC, rated 3.70/5 from 98 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-school-123-abc-for-kids/id367567459/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-school-123-abc-for-kids/id367567459.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 56 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of Fish School? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👶 Excellent for toddlers and young children (1-3 years old) - 🎨 Beautiful, colorful graphics and engaging fish animations - 📚 Educational content covering letters, numbers, shapes, and colors - 🎵 Soothing classical music and pleasant voice-overs - 🆓 Free app with no ads or in-app purchases - 🎮 Multiple games and activities in one app - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Intuitive interface that children can navigate independently - ⏱️ Keeps children entertained for extended periods - 🧠 Effective learning tool for alphabet and number recognition - 🎯 Well-designed for self-directed exploration and play **Cons** - 📱 iPad display scaling issues - skewed, cropped, and stretched visuals - 🔘 Navigation buttons not visible on iPad - 🔊 Audio quality is poor and difficult to understand - 🎯 Limited interactivity compared to other Duck Duck Moose apps - 👴 Too simple for children over 3-4 years old - 🎮 Repetitive gameplay that gets boring quickly for older toddlers - 🔤 Letter shapes formed by fish are unclear and hard to read - 📊 Numbers displayed as fish shapes rather than actual numerals - 🎓 Lacks phonetic instruction and proper letter sound teaching - ❌ Accidental button presses trigger unwanted actions **Commonly reported bugs** - iPad display not scaling correctly - content skewed and cropped - Navigation buttons invisible on iPad in certain orientations - Black boxes blocking content on iPad - Music button accidentally triggered by children - Sound stops working after receiving a phone call - Screen size toggle (1x/2x) causes frustration and confusion - Accidental activation of 'buy more apps' button on start page - Tapping sometimes doesn't register or change activities - Two versions of the app exist on App Store causing confusion **Most requested features** - Fix iPad compatibility and scaling issues - Add main menu to select activities directly instead of scrolling - Improve audio quality and clarity - Use 'Zed' instead of 'Zee' for British English version - Hide or disable music button to prevent accidental activation - Remove or hide the 1x/2x screen size toggle button - Add phonetic letter sounds for better reading instruction - Increase difficulty levels for older children - More interactive and engaging gameplay mechanics - Add tracing or letter writing activities ## Newest reviews (14 of 100) ### 3/5 — Good except the Audio is terrible *2023-04-30, version 2.2.2* Good except but the Audi is Terrible and difficult to understand especially for small children. Credit to the developer for using a child voice, but would appreciate if they can change the voice in next update…if there is going to be one. ### 3/5 — Duck duck moose *2021-09-27, version 2.2.2* Unfortunately the audio is not clear. Letter and number formation is too square and might be confusing for youngsters. ### 3/5 — Fun in Kindergarten *2021-08-27* I was a 3-year-old girl and I poked so many fish! ### 3/5 — 星星 *2019-07-05* 后面的音乐不好听。 ### 4/5 — Learn letters and a bunch of mini games *2017-09-14* Cool and colorful learning game for 2+ years. Has abc's, matching and various other learning tools. Would definitely recommend since it's free without ads. ### 5/5 — Duck Duck Moose Bundle *2014-09-24, version 2.0.3* I promise this is a person and not a scam. Please check out the bundle of their apps instead. You'll save money because your kids will love all of their apps. Fish School and Wheels on the Bus were my sons favorites. ### 5/5 — Consistent favourite! *2014-02-17* My 3 year old daughter always comes back to this ap. A consistent favourite of hers, loads of fun and great for letter recognition. ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2013-07-17* My 2 yr old loves this app. It's currently his favorite. He practices letters, numbers, shapes, colors, it's great. He's also learned how to play the memory game with this app and has gotten pretty good at it. Duck duck moose makes fantastic apps, but fish school is probably one of my favorites, both for educational content and ability to appeal to kids and hold their attention. After all, a great app is useless if your kids don't want to play with it. ### 5/5 — One of my 2 year olds favorite apps *2013-07-08, version 1.1.3* He likes that there are things you can discover and play with in each screen. Mom likes that he is learning no matter what he does. There are several different things to learn: alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors and differences/comparisons. All are set to nice music and let him play with fish. Great app! ### 3/5 — Fun but not DDM best *2013-05-02, version 1.1.3* This is a far simpler and less involved app than the other DDM apps. Except for the matching game, kids get bored pretty easy. ### 5/5 — My kids love it. *2013-01-29, version 1.1* I have a 5 year old that started with this app at age 3. And now my 1 year old enjoys it as well. ### 3/5 — Apps to not buy *2013-01-14, version 1.1* I was expecting something much more interactive. Good for babies. Not great for bigger kids ### 5/5 — Kids love it *2013-01-11, version 1.1* 3, 5, and 1 year old love it ### 5/5 — 2 year old loves it *2013-01-01, version 1.1* My son loves numbers and letters an he likes this app bc he gets to 'swipe' the letters, etc. makes it easier for him to navigate through it. I actually enjoy listening to it. The string music is really sweet. They did a great job with this app :) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Confused *2024-11-22* There are now two versions of this game on the App Store for some reason. This one is broken download the other one. ### 1/5 — The picture is skewed and doesn’t fill iPad screen *2023-09-06* I’ve deleted and redownloaded this twice and it will not open full screen, nor in the normal ratio. It’s skewed in a strange way and black boxes are blocking the necessary parts even if we chose to accept the skewed view. So frustrating because it seems like a game my son would love :( ### 1/5 — Unplayable on iPads *2023-05-01, version 2.2.2* Had a good experience on iPhone so I installed on my iPad for my child but it’s cropped and stretched and the navigation buttons aren’t visible. There’s no fixing it with changing the orientation either. ### 1/5 — Diamond is not a shape *2020-07-23* Very disappointed that they use the name diamond to represent the rhombus. As a mom and a math teacher, I hate when children’s toys, apps, etc. tell children the wrong information. It just confuses them when they go to school. ### 1/5 — Hs1hs)_))_ *2019-06-04* Absolute doodoo! ### 1/5 — Not great! *2012-04-10, version 1.0.6* Firstly could do with a menu option as you have to scroll through each game to get to the one you want. Games could be a bit more fun, involve the child more, just a list of numbers and letters. Nice graphics though. ### 1/5 — Needs improvement *2012-02-20, version 1.0.6* This app was a disappointment. My 4&2 year olds have little interest. If only I could get a refund... ### 1/5 — Disappointed! *2010-06-12, version 0* LOVE the other apps by this co.but Fish school is V disappointing....boring! Expecting more things to happen as in Wheels on Bus & Itsy Bitsy. Also v annoying sing-songy voice & appalled that the alphabet is named letters not phonic sounds - children are not taught the letters any more rather, the sounds are identified for reading words. ### 1/5 — Dissapointing *2010-04-19, version 0* I love the rest of the duck duck apps so I bought this one for my toddler son.....snore it's so boring and all it is is fish making letter and number shapes...i suppose I had high expectations-waste of money I am afraid, stick to songs this one is a one show poney ### 2/5 — Not great *2013-04-08, version 1.1.2* Just bought it, wished I hadn't. Not very interactive. For under age two at best. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this App! *2024-11-24* We love fish school! Please update so it works on the iPad ### 5/5 — Please fix scaling on iPad *2023-05-06, version 2.2.2* Big lover of your products. Only downside Fish School doesn’t scale correctly on my son’s iPad and there doesn’t seem to be a way to make it work with the built-in settings. I’m a developer myself if you pointed me to source code I could help out. ### 5/5 — love *2022-11-14* the nostalgia bro ### 5/5 — Game *2021-03-09* I remember this game on my iPhone 1 or something I now have iPhone 10 ### 5/5 — So Cute~~ *2021-02-26* Thanks ### 5/5 — What a greet children’s app! *2019-08-30* I rarely write reviews for apps, but I just wanted to say thanks for making such a beautifully designed learning game. Not only is it entertaining with the fundamental games for letters, numbers, matching (and more) but the simple design with a lack of menu is perfect. I can’t stress how nice it is to have an app that my son (who loves to find and press buttons) doesn’t end up stuck in a menu accidentally and can honestly just keep exploring within the game to his heart’s content. Thanks for all the hard work and thought you put into this game, I’ll be sure to recommend it to anyone! ### 5/5 — Love this one! *2018-10-20* This app says it’s for 4 year old but my 2 year old loves it. She pokes the fish and just watches them. Thanks duck duck moose! ### 5/5 — Great! Fun & educational *2017-05-09* Suitable for a variety of ages. I even enjoyed playing 😝 thanks. Great free app. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2016-04-27, version 2.0.5* A year later my two year old still loves this app! It is great for learning the basics- counting, ABC, shapes, colors. ### 5/5 — Best learning app! *2014-09-29, version 2.0.2* Both my kids love this app! My son is 1 and he knows his abcs, 1-10 and some colors! This app is great! --- *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 2026-09-07.*