# Freckle by Renaissance — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of Freckle by Renaissance by Freckle Education, Inc., rated 3.30/5 from 511 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/freckle-by-renaissance/id708421745/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/freckle-by-renaissance/id708421745.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 237 · 4★ 44 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 177 ## What do users think of Freckle by Renaissance? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Customizable characters - 🚀 Wide range of educational content - 👍 Fun and competitive learning experience - 🚀 Accurate placement tests **Cons** - 🐛 Glitches and bugs - 🐛 Keyboard issues - 🐛 Inconsistent scoring and feedback - 🐛 Laggy performance - 👎 Boring and repetitive content for older students - 👎 Lack of inclusivity in character customization **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect answers marked wrong - Freezing and crashing issues - Keyboard and screen layout problems - Inconsistent coin/progress tracking **Most requested features** - Add more levels and content for each topic - Allow placement tests for adaptive learning - Improve save/login functionality to prevent data loss - Optimize for mobile devices - Hire human narrators for stories ## Newest reviews (16 of 88) ### 2/5 — 👎👎👎👎👎👎😤 *2024-09-05, version 2.0.4* So many bad things and I would not be able to tell you all the bad stuff I also have to do it because I’m in third grade so the worst part is they are not teaching you the right things it said what dose down in the dumps mean and I said sad it said looking for stuff in the trash and the math is bad I am in the beginning of the year in third grade like two weeks in and I am doing times✖️ and division ➗ not adding ➕and subtracting➖at least I put two stars ### 2/5 — mid *2024-07-16, version 2.0.4* ITS MID ### 4/5 — Great app *2022-11-19, version 2.0.1* It is a great app but they should add more concepts in math and more Lovelace and at the store they should add more items ### 3/5 — Teaches me the right stuff but wonky *2022-11-07, version 2.0.1* It’s very glitchy and always zooms out and sometimes it just freezes out of now where and I’m forced to stop ### 1/5 — Boring. *2022-06-13, version 2.0.1* The app is fine I think the store is fun but when you get something wrong it shows a video and it’s OFF TOPIC. But the app is garbage and boring ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work well on my lower spec device *2022-02-16, version 2.0.1* My child really enjoys this app at school but she has problems seeing the whole screen when doing it on our home iPad and occasionally we cannot load the assignment. Our iOS is up to date but Unfortunately we are not able to upgrade our device to a newer one at this time. It would also be great if the programme could save our login and give notifications when work is set by the teacher. ### 1/5 — boring *2022-01-11, version 2.0.1* it’s bad ### 1/5 — :( *2021-12-14, version 2.0.1* Literally the worst app for bribing children ### 4/5 — Very fun but wonky *2021-10-14, version 2.0.1* One thing to note: the app is super fun for learning new math topics and the placement tests are SUPER ACCURATE. Most placement tests I do in elementary school are kinda trash, while I’m at home doing high leveled competition math, the test claims that I am at a 50*6 level. Tbh, after I got my base ten results, I was SHOCKED to see decimal division problems. The bugs are small and subtle, but they are still pretty annoying. In the math facts practice, the freckle keyboard pops up, but so does the iPad keyboard. The iPad keyboard blocks the way of the freckle one and it’s just overall trouble. Also, this isn’t really a bug, more of a suggestion: When a student does a placement test for a topic in math, they might score a really high level, thus, they complete a topic after 3 lessons. So I’m just suggesting you guys to add more levels to each topic, but other than that, the app is a super fun game where you can customize your character and practice math. ### 4/5 — Could be better *2021-07-24, version 2.0.0* It’s good for its wide range of educational content, however most of that content is only available for premium members. And you cant buy premium unless you are a teacher at an actual school. It’s currently not available for homeschoolers or parents in general. And premium would cost $2000 a year anyway. Another thing I dont like about this app is that the voice that reads the stories is a robot, not a human. So the reading sounds clunky and inauthentic, especially the “s/he said” parts. If they are going to charge you $2000, you’d think they could afford to hire a human to read the stories aloud. I recommend Starfall instead. ### 4/5 — If I’m being honest, it’s not that bad… *2021-07-15, version 2.0.0* Scrolling through the ratings, I’ve seen plenty of reviews trashing freckles reputation saying all kinds of things from “using real hair colors” to it not letting it log you in. If I’m being completely honest, my freckle experience hasn’t been nearly as bad so far. I feel as if I’ve learned a good bit. The stories are a little too easy, the math is challenging enough I guess and I haven’t discovered any major inconveniences so far that would ruin how I view this app. Sure, it doesn’t go above and beyond but it’s a decent game that could help some kids learn a lot. I don’t think it deserves a 3.3 as an average rating. Maybe a 4.3? The main idea is: it’s not bad, but it’s not amazing. ### 1/5 — BAAD *2021-05-28, version 2.0.0* Don’t get teachers I did a review of who liked prodigy and who liked freckle 10% liked freckle 90% prodigy ### 1/5 — HAVE ACTUAL HAIR COLORS! *2021-05-28, version 2.0.0* In the piggy shop HAVE COLORS LIKE BROWN, ORANGE, AND BLACK! THE KIDS WHO PLAYED THIS PROBS NEVER DIED THEIR HAIR! ### 1/5 — I hate It *2021-05-25, version 2.0.0* We use freckle in my class. I had 23,564 coins. The next day I only have 44. Freckle needs better protection… ### 1/5 — Terrible 😞 *2021-05-18, version 2.0.0* So in school I use freckle, so I thought I could get the game on Freckle. So I wasTyping the code and my name and it kept making me put it in again so please someone FIX THE GAME PLEASE NOW!😡 ### 1/5 — Worse app ever *2021-02-25, version 1.1.52* This app only bring failurre and madness to your life, this does not help in math in any way. And will only make you fail school. This is so trax and brings anxjety to people. I HATE this ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hellll *2026-06-02, version 2.0.4* So, Freckle is great ### 1/5 — No use *2026-05-17, version 2.0.4* Extremely laggy and glitches a lot. Does not improve my child’s education. Doesn’t count time properly. Very bad and not recommended. The only reason I use it is because my child’s school requires my child to do it ### 1/5 — Not for me!🚮💔🙅🏻😡😞 *2025-10-22, version 2.0.4* Stupid store I just hate it closed and it’s kind of mean to say “you need to practice more”like that ### 1/5 — Super bad *2025-07-23, version 2.0.4* First of all it doesn’t help you learn looks nothing like the picture and gives you the wrong time that you were doing freckle so you will have to do a lot extra ### 1/5 — 🤨🧐😂🤣🥲😥😰😨😱🤯😳😭😭😭😭😭😭 *2025-03-03, version 2.0.4* My coins where stolen ### 1/5 — Fix this *2025-01-26, version 2.0.4* Doesn’t load 👎😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Not good at all *2024-04-18, version 2.0.4* When my kid uses this, it continues to lag and break so many times! I’ve had to message the teacher or try to fix it countlessly. The lessons don’t teach them anything and is just review which you can find online as a worksheet faster and not as buggy. The only good thing about it is the fact you can dress up, even then, the items aren’t exactly the most inclusive and when they are, they are always locked behind thousands of coins. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2023-10-27, version 2.0.2* I don’t know why this was even invented Made my kid have stress ### 1/5 — Uhm wired *2023-06-27, version 2.0.1* It okay not cool ### 1/5 — TRASH *2023-05-17, version 2.0.1* As a student I have to use this app but I went from A’s to A-B’s with this app because when I type something like 4.30 it says it’s wrong then I keep on typing it because I usually think I missed typed it but NO the answer is 4.3! LIKE WHAT THEY ARE THE SAME THING WHY DID I GET THIS WRONG. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game but I suggest *2024-12-19, version 2.0.4* That we should be able to take the placement test for the adaptive math ### 5/5 — See you soon ❤️🥹 *2024-10-22, version 2.0.4* My childhood I may still be a child but all the memory’s with this app in my class and at home ❤️‍🩹 wish I could log back in !,but my account and school doesn’t use it anymore ,my account is gone 🥲🥹! See you soon freckle’s! ❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Recommend *2021-06-16, version 2.0.0* Has some glitches but overall it is amazing. ### 5/5 — Hi my name is Jenna and I love freckles so much I have that in my laptop to *2021-05-27, version 2.0.0* 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 ### 5/5 — Awesome app!!! *2020-11-20, version 1.1.52* This game makes me sooooo competitive! I’m like “they don’t know what’s coming...” when I am doing a challenge! This app is SO much worth getting!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 ### 5/5 — Worst app *2020-09-06, version 1.1.52* This is not educational it does not do good My grandma doesn’t even like it ### 5/5 — Goood *2020-08-14, version 1.1.52* Ood ### 5/5 — You can hack into people account *2020-07-12, version 1.1.52* This is fun because you can hack into people in your class😂 ### 5/5 — I love freckle *2020-06-12, version 1.1.52* I like freckle because they give me so much fun stuff I get so many good grades they make it fun I can update my avatar get coins and all that fun stuff there is no reason why someone shouldn’t like this. ### 5/5 — This app is fun *2020-04-24, version 1.1.52* You get money 💵 with the money you can buy clothes so you can dress up your guys ya it’s kinda glitched but it’s fun --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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