# Fish School – 123 ABC for Kids — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of Fish School by Duck Duck Moose LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-school-123-abc-for-kids/id367567922/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-school-123-abc-for-kids/id367567922.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Fish School? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🐠 Cute and engaging fish theme - 🎨 Bright and cheerful graphics - 🎶 Pleasant music and sound quality - 👍 Easy to use for toddlers - 📚 Covers core preschool concepts (letters, numbers, shapes, colors) - 💡 Variety of educational games and activities - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Keeps children engaged and entertained - 🌟 Good for early learners - 🚀 Smooth animations and transitions - 🆓 Free and no ads (mentioned in one review) - 🧠 Encourages visual scanning and comparison skills **Cons** - 🗣️ Child voiceover has speech impediments (lisp, mispronunciations) - 🤔 Letters formed by fish are abstract/unclear - ⏳ Letters/numbers cycle too quickly - 🕹️ Navigation can be difficult (no main menu, accidental button presses) - 😴 Games can be dull or repetitive - 📉 Low resolution (mentioned in one older review) - 🚫 Not phonetic (uses letter names instead of sounds) - ⬆️ Capital letters only (mentioned in one older review) - 🧩 Limited number of shapes - 💰 Perceived as a waste of money by some - 🎦 Links to buy more apps can be annoying **Commonly reported bugs** - Speech error 'a baby fis' for 'a baby fish' - Sound stopped working on older devices/iOS versions - App freezes or crashes - Not iOS 5 compatible (mentioned in one older review) - Low resolution graphics **Most requested features** - Fix child speech impediments for clearer pronunciation - Add an option for adult voiceover - Improve clarity of letters formed by fish - Implement a delay for letter/number cycling - Add a main menu for easier navigation - Introduce levels of difficulty or adaptive learning - Add more shapes - Allow tracing of letters, numbers, and shapes - Include progress monitoring for teachers/parents - Add Spanish language support - Make the play mode more rewarding and fun - Allow counting above 20 - Move the game-changing button to a less intrusive location ## Newest reviews (15 of 80) ### 3/5 — Speech error repeated *2025-10-18, version 2.2.2* This is a cute, simple app for little ones to practice letters, numbers, and shapes-no ads either. !In the play mode where kids can move around the fish on the screen, a voice inexplicably announces “a baby fis” for ‘a baby fish’. This is repeated each and every time any fish is touched, until on another screen, and it’s really annoying to hear, plus a wrong model for kids to hear. Five stars if that is fixed. ### 3/5 — Teach your child to lisp *2017-12-01, version 2.1* Some cute things in the app, but I take issue with the fact that the child chosen to say the letters and numbers has a severe lisp. How is my toddler supposed to learn to say the words correctly when she imitates a speech impediment. I would have preferred an adult as voiceover. ### 2/5 — Unimpressed *2014-11-04, version 2.0.5* Just bought this and I find the letter formations (by fish) to be imprecise. Also, there is no "game" element to hold the child's interest. ### 2/5 — Poor graphics *2014-10-31, version 2.0.5* Some letters are unclear and would be confusing to toddlers. The fish idea is cute but not conducive to showing some letters in a way toddlers could understand. ### 2/5 — Aheuer08 *2014-10-20, version 2.0.5* I would not recommend this app for the classroom. This app doesn’t allow the students to move the fish or trace the numbers, letters or shapes that are shown. If this app is changed so it allows students to trace the letters, numbers and shapes it would be more helpful. With that being said, I think there should be a menu to let the student or teacher choose what activity the student should be working on. Also, this app would be much better if the teacher was able to monitor the students progress. I also didn’t like how this app didn’t allow students to write the numbers, letters or shapes. It lacked interaction. I think these are all good and beneficial concepts for a student to know, however it would be a more affective app if it was more interactive. ### 2/5 — I wanted to like it... *2014-01-20, version 2.0.2* I really wanted to like this app, but within minutes I knew this just wasn't good. I just don't see how any child could learn from it! Letters & numbers created by the fish are so abstract that a child would have to have a basic knowledge of them to understand what they are seeing. And that defeats the whole purpose of this app! Please refund my money! ### 3/5 — Poor narrative *2014-01-11, version 2.0.2* The app is great with the exception of poor narration. The child used cannot properly enunciate the words and although I like the app I would prefer my child to learn how to pronounce words correctly instead of listening to the narration incorrectly pronounce words. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2013-04-17, version 1.1.3* Great!!!! ### 5/5 — Good Beginner App *2013-03-14, version 1.1.2* Purchased this app for a toddler just beginning to recognize letters. Has voice identification for each letter & corresponding animal), numbers (up to 20) and shapes. App has the alphabet song, pick the fish that is different, a matching game and learn colors and shapes. ### 5/5 — nice app. *2013-01-17, version 1.1.1* like others i ran into sound issues, but solved them by going to the support page on the duckduckmoose website. since then, very happy ### 3/5 — Needs more *2012-12-27, version 1.1.1* The app looks great but the games are dull and my 3 year old son gets bored of this app very quickly. ### 3/5 — Great app - sound stopped working, no longer iOS5 compatible? *2012-11-03, version 1.1.1* My son (special needs) loves this app but for some strange reason the sound has stopped functioning (and not on any other app) so we wonder if it is not compatible with iOS 5 ? Very strange, otherwise I'd give it 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2012-09-19, version 1.1.1* We love all of the duck duck moose apps! Lots to do, cute graphics, nice music, pretty colors! ### 5/5 — So many options *2012-08-25, version 1.1.1* What a great app. Educational and fun. Not easy to outgrow with so many options. Loving this. ### 5/5 — Lovely interactive and educational game *2012-07-11, version 1.0.5* Very nicely presented with a range of different activities. My 3.7yo boy flicks through the letters, and numbers, finds the odd fish in the school, matches the pattern, makes me singe the alphabet song... Lovely app and well worth the price. I have bought other apps from the same seller which my boy also enjoys. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Child speech model *2015-09-22, version 2.0.5* I would not recommend purchasing this app because of the child during the 'play' portion. They have several speech sound errors. The correct pronunciation of the sounds would be more appropriate model for children learning to speak. ### 1/5 — Boring, not phonetic, don't bother *2015-06-12, version 2.0.5* Very limited interaction. For example you click and it tells you the label eg colour or letter name. The letters are capitals and you should learn lower case first. The letter names are used rather than the sound. My four year old was bored of this ap after three minutes. Disappointing. ### 1/5 — Terrible, terrible apps *2013-04-07, version 1.1.2* This is the worst of the alphabet apps I have downloaded. Many of the letters are indecipherable because the fish are too big and gives no definition. The letters can be flicked through without each letter being pronounced fully so my son presses the next button so quickly he never actually hears what the letter is. Can't believe this app was recommended on the Internet. ### 1/5 — Mama_of_2 *2013-01-17, version 1.1.1* Sound doesn't work on iPad 2 ### 1/5 — Not working *2012-07-28, version 1.1* It just freezes with the latest update. ### 1/5 — bad *2012-02-21, version 1.0.5* it crashes. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2012-01-04, version 1.0.5* Games are useless. The alphabet and numbers are displayed by an array of fish so it's hard to distinguish letters from. The fish sig the alphabet and despite being incredibly annoying, my daughter doesn't understand what they're saying! Complete waste of money! ### 1/5 — Low res *2011-11-18, version 1.0.5* I bought it because it was advertised on a sister app on the iPad. So I bought it and it's low resolution... And therefore crappy. A waste of money. ### 1/5 — Not enough interaction *2011-08-24, version 1.0.3* First off, there is no BACK button or main menu to find a specific spot. Also after each section there is no interaction at all. No game asking the kids to find the letter or find the number..shape, colour... This is not an interactive educational activity at all. Just a glorified video. Very disappointing!! ### 1/5 — Make sure your kid is 2! *2011-04-19, version 1.0.1* My kids are 4 and 5 and a half and they were both bored with this app in 5 minutes. The ratings systems need to be improved drastically. What a waste of money! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I still love it *2025-11-08, version 2.2.2* I’m ten now, and I still love this app. It’s very cute and it has fish. Thanks for making this app! ### 5/5 — Good game *2025-08-15, version 2.2.2* Good game, a plus version on Apple Arcade could be good, as well as a unity update. Also, played at school, at kinder garten (I passed kindergarten at the time) that’s why I downloaded on my I pad ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-04-24, version 2.2.2* My Granddaughter absolutely loves this app. Learning while having fun. ### 5/5 — Simple but fun for toddler *2019-09-15, version 2.2* My 2 year old son really enjoys this app. It doesn’t keep his attention quite as long as some others but my favorite part is he’s begun to sing along with the ABC song! It’s a sweet, easy, app that I don’t have to worry about where he’ll click or tap. Good for toddlers. ### 5/5 — Great app *2017-02-07, version 2.1* Great free app. Fun and bright. Thank you ### 5/5 — Great *2016-12-23, version 2.1* My 2 years old daughter loves it ### 5/5 — Recommended! *2013-09-27, version 2.0.2* Fish School HD - by Duck Duck Moose is a comprehensive preschool app that is also very entertaining. Watch the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes as well as games like spot the difference, memory matching, and following direction. This is meant for early learners, and also helps teach beginning iPad skills. Soundtrack for play is a classically arranged rendition to the ABC Song, which is refreshing. The graphics, like all Duck Duck Moose apps are bright and cheerful, and given the undersea environment quite calming also. I would recommend this app for parents to play with along side of their children, or as a reinforcer. ### 5/5 — Well done! *2013-07-24, version 1.1.3* A perfect app for preschoolers...nice variety of options and very easy to use. Well worth a download! ### 5/5 — Fish school *2013-06-30* Very cool, 6 month old entranced by the colours of the fish plus loves alphabet song. Should hold his interest as he gets older also and learns shapes and letters. ### 5/5 — Great app for toddlers *2013-04-27, version 1.1.3* Hands down one of the best apps out there for toddlers. Educational, fun, and well done! --- *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 2026-09-01.*