# Monkey Word School Adventure — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of Monkey Word School Adventure by THUP Games, rated 4.60/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monkey-word-school-adventure/id565951597/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monkey-word-school-adventure/id565951597.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 23 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Monkey Word School Adventure? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great for learning letters/reading - 👍 Engaging and fun for kids - 👍 Good for short attention spans - 👍 Positive reinforcement - 👍 Multiple user profiles - 👍 Adjusts to difficulty level - 👍 Terrarium prizes are motivating - 👍 Well-designed and visually appealing - 👍 Intuitive interface - 👍 Good value for money (bundles) - 👍 Keeps kids excited to learn - 👍 Helps with early reading skills - 👍 Good for children with autism - 👍 Helps reinforce classroom learning - 👍 Well-made and thought-out - 👍 Makes learning fun and secret - 👍 Good sound effects and graphics - 👍 Keeps kids amused with supervision **Cons** - 🐛 Trace the letter portion broken/buggy - 🐛 Latest update issues - 🐛 No sound in latest update - 🐛 Hint button broken (always on) - 🐛 Too advanced for under 5s (American accent) - 🐛 No difficulty settings (same words) - 🐛 Price of bundle vs individual apps - 🐛 Losing terrarium progress (crashes) - 🐛 Only 3 player spaces - 🐛 American accent pronunciation confusing - 🐛 Hints appear too quickly/are answers - 🐛 Long loads between activities - 🐛 Tracing letters not fluid - 🐛 Sound issues on iPad 2/iPad 3 - 🐛 Too much praise for no reason - 🐛 Wrong reading scheme for UK (word names vs sounds) - 🐛 Letters should be sounded out (phonics) - 🐛 Phonetic pronunciation odd/writing wrong - 🐛 Need option for upper/lower case only - 🐛 Hints are frustrating/frustrate child - 🐛 Not enough content - 🐛 Need more challenging levels for older kids - 🐛 Need more player spaces - 🐛 Monkey screen drags down pace - 🐛 Hints are not really hints, they are answers - 🐛 Need more interesting prizes for terrarium - 🐛 Not enough parental control options (hints, rewards) **Commonly reported bugs** - Trace the letter portion is completely broken and buggy - Latest update issues: random completion of writing, no sound - Hint button appears to be broken, always on - App crashes and loses terrarium progress - App won't open/respond - Cannot add player or hit support - No sound on iPad 2/iPad 3 - Sound option is greyed out - Hints popup too quickly - Long loads between activities - The writing of some letters in the sand is wrong - Phonetic pronunciation of some letters is odd - Not responding - Hasn't worked since last iOS update **Most requested features** - Update trace the letter portion - Fix latest update issues - Fix no sound issue - Fix hint button always on - Add difficulty settings - Fix bundle pricing - Fix losing terrarium progress - Increase player spaces - Improve letter tracing fluidity - Fix sound issues on specific iPads - Add more challenging levels - Add more parental control options (hints, rewards) - Add more interesting terrarium prizes - Add option for upper or lower case letters only - Add phonetic pronunciation only option - Add picture rhyme option - Add section for matching beginning sounds - Add more content - Fix monkey screen pace - Allow turning off hints - Improve hint functionality (less intrusive) - Add more player spaces (up to 20 ideal) - Make tracing of letters more like handwriting - Fix UK reading scheme issue - Sound out letters instead of saying names - Fix odd phonetic pronunciation - Fix incorrect letter writing - Adjust praise system (less generic) - Fix long loads between activities ## Newest reviews (12 of 80) ### 3/5 — No difficulty settings *2018-04-08* Very well presented but it's always the same words and there is no difficulty setting. It would be much better if you could limit it to 1-3 letter words (dog, cat, man, boy, sky...), then 1-4 letter words (girl, ball, game, play....), then 1-5 letter words (horse, house, woman, lorry....). ### 5/5 — Simple and well done *2014-07-21, version 1.08* Pur daughter loves the little monkeys, esp when they talk! She has a huge smile on her face. Very well done app. ### 5/5 — Best reading app, but needs update *2014-03-09* 1. My daughter is learning to read from this app. It is OUTSTANDING. Well designed, tracks her progress, fun. So much fun the little brother wants to watch, which greatly increases its value in her eyes. 2. It needs an update to allow a backup of progress per child. This is important because a) it can currently only be played on one ipad, and b) it crashed the other day and lost all her progress. She didn't care about getting the easy words again, but she was unspeakably upset when it gave her a reward for her terrarium and it turned out all the previous rewards had gone and her terrarium was empty. It was devastating. ### 4/5 — Teacher *2014-02-05* Engaging, and educational in that it uses alphabet names, letter formation, rhyming and sight word practise, but not really 'synthetic phonics' approach. More advanced than a lot of early reading apps. Love the prize terrarium although like the aquarium in the maths equivalent I often need to remind them to get back to the learning! ### 5/5 — Homeschool mom *2014-01-07, version 1.08* My 4 1/2 yr old loves this app. He also loves Monkey Math. I recommend this for beginning readers. And I do like the game that has both lowercase and uppercase letters. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-12-30, version 1.08* We love all the Thup Monkey apps. This one is a great educational app for reading/writing. Perfect companion to the Mathschool app. Both my 3 year old and my 6 year old love it! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-12-25, version 1.08* My son has autism and loves using this app. It has helped him read and spell simple words. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — This is great! *2013-12-07, version 1.08* Love that the settings allowed me to modify this so my 2 year old can play! ### 5/5 — Super! *2013-11-24, version 1.08* A great start at early reading for my 4 year old. ### 5/5 — My kid loves this *2013-11-17, version 1.07* Hes 3. 6 yr old nephew loves it too. Great game ### 5/5 — Finally a learning app for multiple ages *2013-11-07* Not sure what I love most, that I can set up multiple children with profiles or the range of learning. I have a 2 1/2 yr old and 6 yr old, just started Kindergarten, and they both love this app. My youngest is a little young, but we don't let her on our iPad without an adult, so we are right there to help. We have been using the Lunchbox app for awhile now and love that as well. Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2013-11-02* Once again Monkey Preschool has launched a game that is super fun for kids play and yet teaches them essential skills. Our 3 and 4 year old love this game!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I don’t like the latest update that came out in the past!!👎👎👎 *2023-05-15* I don’t know what you just did for the latest update but it is not cool!😡 So the first issue is when I am writing a letter and then stop, something randomly makes it get complete. When I write again, then it’s finished already! Don’t like that at all!! The next issue is the music! Oh no! Not cool either! Alright, what’s wrong with the music? Well, the issue is that there is no sound and I can’t be able to hear so there no way you’ll listen to it, because I can’t find the audio to turn it back up so I can hear it again. That WOULD be great, but the update is awful!😖😭😣😢☹️🥺🙁😩😕😫 I love this so much. Well for now I’m deleting it anyway! I HATE THE UPDATE SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Bad😢🤯🤭 *2018-10-29* There is something that is wrong with this app **Developer response:** Sorry for the trouble! If you contact our support at support@thup.com and let us know what isn't working for you, we can help fix the problem ASAP. Best, -Thup Games ### 1/5 — The price!!! *2017-12-22, version 1.21* So for the bundle package of 8 apps you charge $14.99. I have 6 of these that I purchased previously, missing only 2 apps it wants me to pay $11 for those 2 that I’m missing. I can purchase them separately for $6. Are you trying to rip people off??? Or is this just a glitch in the programming???? ### 1/5 — Please fix *2013-11-17, version 1.07* Hasn't worked since last iOS update please fix or refund! ### 1/5 — Wrong Reading Scheme for UK *2013-11-15* We love THUPs other games but this one has a serious problem as far as we are concerned and I have uninstalled it. Most schools in the UK follow a phonetic reading scheme. This app uses word names rather than sounds and our son's school strongly discourages us from deviating from the recommended reading scheme. ### 1/5 — Not working! *2013-10-10, version 1.06* Please fix this. I just bought this application and it won't open. ### 1/5 — won't respond *2012-11-30, version 1.03* let me start by saying i LOVE these monkey apps...however, this one won't open/respond. i have shut ipad down, relaunched it, and even uninstalled it. i cannot add player and i can't hit support. no idea what's going on but its frustrating. ### 2/5 — I’d like to recommend this *2021-04-08* I wish I could recommend this but the trace the letter portion is completely broken and buggy. It often doesn’t work and requires restarting the game. I hope they take the time to update this. ### 2/5 — Hint *2020-09-24* I really love this app but recently the hint button appears to be broken. I’m having a student of mine practice only tracing the letters and I had turned off the hint option. But for some weird reason, the hints would continue to come on every few seconds. It got to the point where he can’t do anything because the hinting arrows would prevent him from tracing. ### 2/5 — A little too advanced for under 5s *2015-01-22* I love the monkey preschool range, but this app is a little too advanced for the recommended age of under 5s. My 3 year old is learning to recognise the alphabetic and their phonetics and the American accent doesn't really help ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-06-07* The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the fact that the first thing that came to mind was the fact the first thing you said was you had a good time with me I don’t care about your birthday but if you’re happy to be here and you can always go out to eat and I don’t want you know what you need to do that is that you have to do it and you don’t need it to be a good day I just don’t want it in your life and I’m sorry I know I can’t be there ### 5/5 — Trash *2021-02-11* Garbage😡 ### 5/5 — THIS GAME WAS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD *2020-08-29* I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS GAME SO MUCH IN SCHOOL AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT I GOT IT ON MY OWN IPAD THE MONKEY IS ADORABLE AND IM SO HAPPY THIS GAME IS STILL BEING UPDATED AND KEPT ALIVE BECAUSE TOO MANY OF MY FAVORITE GAMES AS A CHILD ARE BEING REMOVED AND STOPPED UPDATING SO THIS COMPLETELY MADE MY DAY AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO LLAY THIS AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER!! ### 5/5 — How It Works! But It Needs Update... *2019-08-19* [Cool Game! (But It Needs Update...)]How To Play: {If You Get A Game Correct. You Can Choose A Bug and/or Plant! The More You Get Correct. The Higher The Chance You Can Choose A Bug and/or Plant! Then, The Bug and/or Plant You Chosen Goes Into Your Terrarium! The Tray Below Your Terrarium Is Where You Can Store Your Bugs and/or Plants! (Even New Bugs and/or Plants!)The More Bugs and/or Plants You Have, The Higher The Chance You’ll Get A Duplicate Of One Of Your Bugs and/or Plants! There’s Only 3 Player Spaces... Each First Launch Of An Player, Starts The Player Without A Bug and/or Plant! Remember This Phrase?(The More Bugs and/or Plants You Have, The Higher The Chance You’ll Get A Duplicate Of One Of Your Bugs and/or Plants!)Yeah! That!}Why It Needs Updates: {[Reason 1(Multiple iPad Play)] There Should Be An Option To Play With The Same Player On Multiple iPads!(Only When Multiple iPads Have This App)[Reason 2(Losing The Entirety (Or Part) Of Your Terrarium)]You Can Actually Lose The Entirety (Or Part) Of Your Terrarium... (Usually When It Crashes)That Shall Be Fixed![Reason 3(More Collectibles)]There Should Be New Bugs and/or Plants To Collect![And Reason 4(Big Fixes)]Fix The Bugs! ### 5/5 — Good app for short attention spans *2015-12-15* As the title says this app is great for those struggling to persist and maintain attention when learning focus. ### 5/5 — Fabulous Fun! *2015-10-28* My 4 year old loves this app (along with the other Thup educational ones). Easy to follow & lots of positive reinforcement. ### 5/5 — The BEST Pre-K Learning Games out there! *2015-06-04* Trust me.. As a mom who has downloaded 100's of games.. I've mentioned it before.. but if you're looking for THE BEST Pre-K Super Charged Learning games on a tablet!.., $5 for all 3 games is a STEAL! Monkey Math School Sunshine and Monkey Word School Adventure.. are the best games out there.. and they are both in this inexpensive bundle.. My daughter devoured these 2 apps when she was little and now she tutors other kids in math and can read easily at age 7. My other child is 3 and is constantly doing math and writing letters.. I know these games makes them crazy excited to learn.. It's super fun and my children earn fish and other prizes for a virtual aquarium.. (That I even love to play with..) Just trust me on this! You will NOT be disappointed! I NEVER write reviews but .. This app deserves it.. Well done.. Hope to see more games by this developer for kids age 5-7, 8-10.. Etc etc.. ### 5/5 — Great Quality Educational Game *2015-04-06* We took a chance and bought the whole pack because my kids loved Monkey Preschool Lunchbox. My 5 year old loves this, especially the terrarium prizes! We love that there are multiple users and that it adjusts to her difficulty level based on her success in the games. Soon my younger one will be interested too and they can each have their own user in the game. ### 5/5 — Great for preschoolers *2014-10-12, version 1.10* My 3 year old is into this. She's learning and playing. She also loved Monkey Lunchbox when she was a toddler. ### 5/5 — Tremendous game *2014-10-09* My 4 & 5 year old love this! We have the other (educational) games in the THUP range, and this one is as good at keeping my kids wanting to come back to play it. --- *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 2026-09-08.*