# Fry Words — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of Fry Words by Innovative Mobile Apps, rated 3.60/5 from 44 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fry-words/id470926345/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fry-words/id470926345.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Fry Words? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Highly customizable word lists - 👍 Excellent for learning Fry words - 👍 Good variety of modes (flashcard, game) - 👍 Useful for various age groups (kindergarten to adult) - 👍 Offers spoken pronunciation of words - 👍 Good value for the price - 👍 Simple and effective interface - 👍 Great for teachers and parents - 👍 Allows adding custom words - 👍 Helpful for ESL learners - 👍 Engaging for children - 👍 Good for reading intervention **Cons** - 🐛 Sound issues (not working, low volume) - 🐛 App freezes/crashes frequently - 🐛 Recording feature doesn't work - 🐛 Basic functionality, lacks instructions - 🐛 Some words not capitalized correctly - 🐛 Custom lists can be lost after crashes - 🐛 Font issues (e.g., 'a' shape) - 🐛 No clear way to ask for help **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound unavailable/not working - Volume is too low - App freezes often - Recording option doesn't work - Sound does not remain on in settings - App freezes and requires reinstallation - Lost custom lists after app freezes - Edit mode not working correctly - App freezes on iPhone 6 - Customized lists not opening - Problems recording voice - Record option worked once then stopped - Buggy app - App not working correctly with new iOS **Most requested features** - Ability to mark mastered cards - Option to create quick lists from all words - Improvement to the recording section - Update app for new iOS compatibility - Correct capitalization of 'I' - Change font for 'a' to circle with a stick - Improve edit mode functionality - Group words according to current Fry lists - Add more games (rhyming, meaning) - Add a back button - Change transition motion to two-finger tap/swipe - Option to put custom lists first - Record keeping component for multiple students - Ability to self-check by clicking for pronunciation after word is presented ## Newest reviews (11 of 79) ### 4/5 — Cool *2020-03-22, version 6.1* Cool,but boring. I used to think this app wasn’t cool but soon,my sister had to learn words then I showed my mom this app and she liked it! So now my sister uses this app and I am really proud.-Oliver day ### 4/5 — Nice reading app *2020-02-15* Nice app. I wish there was a way to mark the cards off that have been mastered so they know what needs to be worked on. ### 4/5 — Update *2017-01-11, version 4.3* Please update this app!!! I absolutely love it, but it isn't working correctly with the new iOS. ### 3/5 — Teach *2016-12-13, version 4.3* This looks pretty cool except the pronoun I isn't capitalized and should be. Please correct that. Thank you ### 4/5 — App freezes *2016-02-24, version 4.3* The app freezes often and I have to delete it completely and then download it again. It does this on my iPhone and my sons iPad. Other than that everything is great! ### 3/5 — Please fix the sight word capital I *2015-12-10, version 4.3* I would recommend this app if you could fix the capital I in the first 100 Words. It should always be a capital even if every other word is not capitalized. ### 3/5 — Great until it locks up *2015-09-01, version 4.3* This app is great when it works correctly. I love that I can add word lists. However, I have had it lock up twice which requires me to delete and reinstall the app. Unfortunately I lost all of my custom lists twice. I will have to go back to using flash cards for my custom lists. ### 3/5 — Good app but can we change the a? *2015-08-31, version 4.3* Love the app and helpful as a classroom resource, but is there anyway we could change the font so the a is a circle with a stick (how kids write it)? ### 2/5 — Great, but buggy *2015-07-16* This would be a terrific app if the edit mode worked right. The recording option doesn't work at all and the app freezes, forcing you to close and reopen just to keep going. Also, the words aren't grouped according to the current fry lists sent home by teachers or the ones you find online - an easy fix if the edit mode worked properly. ### 4/5 — Easier than flash cards *2014-12-02, version 4.3* It is basically flashcards but without all the writing and piles of cards banded up in rubber bands. He seems slightly more interested because it is on my iPad (which he normally doesn't get to touch). ### 5/5 — Fry Word App *2014-10-30, version 4.3* This is the best app I've used. It's list is comprehensive and you can add word, delete or change order. Fantastic!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sound unavailable *2025-02-21* Sound not working. Reset the app, restarted app and iPad, still no sound. ### 1/5 — What's the point? *2023-09-21* I downloaded this at the recommendation of my daughter's school, and it's so basic with no instructions. What's the point of this app? If I use it like a flash card, a voice says the word first which prevents my daughter from "reading" it. I must be missing something, but there's no way to ask for help. ### 1/5 — Sound doesn't work *2021-11-17* The audio does not work. And when it does it is so low that you have to put the phone to your ear just to hear it? Please fix it! ### 1/5 — Why is the volume so low?? *2018-08-13* Volume is too low ### 1/5 — Basic *2017-09-06* This app is simply a blank screen with one fry word in the center. You tap the word and the app says the word out loud and then replaces it with the next word. You can customize it – find, capitalization, audio, etc. I can't imagine that it would be engaging for a kid but i'm sure there are some people who are less something just like this. ### 1/5 — Sound *2016-10-14, version 4.3* Sound does not remain on in settings. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2016-09-01, version 4.3* I love this app. I use it in my classroom everyday! This year it will NOT work on my phone or any of my iPads. I hope this get resolved because I love using it in my room!! ### 1/5 — Used to be awesome *2015-03-03, version 4.3* Why is this app no longer working on my iphone6? It just freezes. ### 1/5 — Buggy app *2014-01-04, version 4.3* This would be great due to the customization option of adding and recording your own words such as foreign language vocabulary. The record option worked on one word then never again-even after multiple tries of new downloads. Not worth the frustration. And yes, I checked that the app was granted access to the microphone in iPad settings and sound was on in the apps settings. ### 2/5 — Can't record *2016-04-27, version 4.3* Why can't I record voice I granted access to microphone ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed! *2024-08-01* My Kindergartner-to-be needed to learn the top 100 Fry words. I tried many different apps but none hit the mark until this one. What’s great about this app: it speaks the word, it has all the Fry word lists, it allows customizing lists (for example I combined 10 built-in Fry lists into 1), it lets you change font/color and other settings, and best of all it has a flash card mode AND a game mode. In the latter it shows the word surrounded by X (you choose) number of other words, and the child picks which written word matches the spoken word. This gives much better variety and a different mental pathway than only using flash cards. Kudos to the developer - and all for only $0.99!! ### 5/5 — Great for Fry words *2018-05-07* I don’t even want to know how many sight word apps I downloaded before finding this one. It does almost everything I need without a bunch of unnecessary games. Each set of Fry words is broken down into their 10 word list making it easy for me to make a favorite list for my kids to practice. My only complaint is I have to set it up on a different device for each kid as their practice words are all different and I don’t want to create my own list with sounds every week. If I could just create a quick list from all words that would be ideal. Regardless, I’m thankful I didn’t have to build an app myself. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2018-01-11* Great app for working with my students on sight words! ### 5/5 — Excellent flexibility *2017-07-22* I'm trying to help a senior citizen learn to read, and this app is probably the most helpful thing we've used so far. The reading expert we've consulted recommends we try to add just three words at a time, so the flexibility afforded in the "controls" is perfect for our needs. ### 5/5 — Fry 1000 words *2017-03-07, version 4.3* I use this with students in my tutoring groups. They enjoy all the different activities that we can do. It is the way we start every session. Thanks for such a good app and making it free. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-12-20, version 4.3* This app is great ### 5/5 — Finally!! *2015-11-16* Finally!! A fantastic app to help my Pre-K & Kindergartener! As we have learned from our older children, the earlier they are introduced to these words, in any way, the easier learning is for them (& therefore, easier, less stressful on Moms & dads!). I love the customizable portions and have even created little spelling tests in groups of 5-8 words. I showed this to my children's teachers and they love it too! Thank you Alligator Apps! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2014-12-30, version 4.3* This app is great for beginner readers. You can have sound enabled to learn and then mute sound to test readers. You can add words to the lists too. ### 5/5 — Great app. *2014-11-27, version 4.3* This developer has fantastic apps. Can't go wrong. This app is no different. Love that you can customize the word lists for each level. The app does sometimes not load on the iPad, but I have never had a problem with the iPhone version. ### 5/5 — Great App -Review by a Teacher *2014-11-25* This is a great app. Very customizable. Most of the criticisms come from people who don't understand the methodology behind Fry's First Sight Words (Do a Google search), or haven't played with the settings enough. The only thing I would ask for is them to work on the recording section. As far as I can tell it doesn't work. However, this sight word tool is miles ahead of anything else on the market. --- *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 2026-09-05.*