# Magic Spell - first words — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Magic Spell by TabTale LTD, rated 4.40/5 from 10 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-spell-first-words/id492113375/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-spell-first-words/id492113375.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 4/5 — Good *2013-02-09, version 1.1* Everything is good, it helps my daughter to read. The tile moves very slow, it would also be great if we can select the length of the words so that we can select a particular word length to practice. ### 4/5 — Wow.... *2012-11-28, version 1.1* It's superb and fantastic... ### 4/5 — Mini pets *2012-08-29, version 1.1* Great fun. Lovely cute girls game. ### 3/5 — Slow actions *2012-07-17, version 1.1* Good idea, but the action to move the blocks is slow and don't pop into place well. Discouraging to younger users. ### 3/5 — Very fustrated with adverts *2012-07-01, version 1.1* My child get a chance to use the app properly because of the constant flow of silly add running at the top of the screen:( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Teacher & Mom of 3 *2014-03-22, version 1.2* Learning writing and reading -especially in English- relies on understanding of phonics and how they work together to form words. - Spelling "si" "ai" "ti" = cat is NOT helpful to relay this skill to beginning readers! App producers who have not understood this basic fact & requirement for successful teaching of reading and writing are not trustworthy. Besides that, "completed" is misspelled in settings. - And this app wants to teach spelling?? But, most annoyingly, this app is overlayed by an ad solicitation to buy other apps - in a way that makes it impossible to have kids try it without being led to the app store every 2 seconds. - Completely WORTHLESS! ### 1/5 — Misspelled word *2014-02-05, version 1.2* You misspelled effects in your settings. Just lost this teacher's trust. ### 1/5 — Three words only *2013-07-04, version 1.1* Three words is not enough to decide if your child likes an app. ### 1/5 — Frustrating to use! *2013-02-25, version 1.1* The letters bounce all over the place, buts it's very difficult to get them to stop in their spot, most the time they just float past. My son is constantly lining the blocks up with the correct letter, then lets it go and it floats down. He loses interest quickly, so not effect for teaching! ### 1/5 — Not impressed *2013-02-24* Not good! ### 1/5 — Nargh, no good in uk *2012-06-01, version 1.0* Does not use phonics but capital letter sounds , shame ### 2/5 — Repetitive *2012-04-14, version 1.0* Kind of boring. Only one single activity to do with all words. ### 3/5 — No sound on iPad Air 2 *2016-01-14, version 1.3* There is no sound on iPad Air 2 ### 3/5 — Good but could use a tutorial *2013-01-14, version 1.1* It's easy to use, but since it doesn't have a tutorial I had to search the settings to see if I could have this work for older students. I did see that you can turn off and on the spelling hints so it will work with older kids. ### 3/5 — Not phonics *2012-09-10, version 1.1* Does not use phonics but letter names, real shame ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Magic *2015-10-13, version 1.3* Love it ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-09-17, version 1.2* My 20mo old loves it. It's great way to teach letters. Not over run with ads, so it gave my baby enough time to really get the hang of it, then she loved it so much, I bought the full version. Well worth it! I'd add some puzzle activities or something interactive using the word, just to show variations but it's still a great app. ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2013-11-12, version 1.2* My 3year old son loves this game! I recommended this game for girl or boy it's a very great way to learn!! :) ### 5/5 — Rio's Fun *2013-01-01, version 1.1* 4yr old Son loves this App and it is well worth buying the full version, he loves the music interaction and spelling... Excellent fun... ### 5/5 — Too good *2012-10-29, version 1.1* Very useful ### 5/5 — Great😄 *2012-09-10, version 1.1* I tested it out before I let my baby sister play with it. It's a really fun app for her and hope she likes it! ### 5/5 — Love it *2012-08-05, version 1.1* I love this game so much ### 5/5 — Magic spell *2012-06-27, version 1.0* It's great my daughter plays for hours ### 5/5 — My little one loved it taught her loads!!! *2012-04-19, version 1.0* She played it for hours ! She learned loads and enjoyed it! ### 5/5 — Good app *2012-04-02, version 1.0* My four year old enjoys using this 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 2026-06-20.*