# My First Words - Flashcards & Games — user reviews > 152 indexed App Store user reviews of My First Words by Innovative Mobile Apps, rated 4.40/5 from 394 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-first-words-flashcards-and-games/id443902005/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-first-words-flashcards-and-games/id443902005.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 295 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of My First Words? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Customizable flashcards - 👍 Ability to record own voice - 👍 Great for speech therapy - 👍 Helpful for language development - 👍 Simple and user-friendly **Cons** - 🐛 Freezing/crashing issues - 🐛 Sound/recording problems - 🐛 Locked content after updates - 🐛 Compatibility issues on certain devices - 💸 Nickel-and-diming for unlocking content **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezing and becoming unresponsive - Recording feature not working as expected - Purchased content getting locked after updates - Compatibility issues on iPad and older devices - Expansion pack not working across devices **Most requested features** - Option to password protect app - Ability to create multiple folders for flashcards - Customizable audio prompts and feedback - More language and accent options - Data tracking and progress reporting ## Newest reviews (12 of 152) ### 3/5 — Decent *2023-07-16* Decent app, would get 5 stars if they could lock onto a screen. My 1 year old keeps going back to the Home Screen. ### 2/5 — RECORDING *2023-05-14* YOU HAVE TO RECORD THE WORDS ALL OVER EACH TIME YOU USE THE APP, VERY ANNOYING AND WASTE OF TIME. PLEASE FIX THIS! ### 4/5 — Great speech app for anyone *2022-09-05* My almost 2-year old doesn’t have many words, and this app was exactly what I was looking for. The interface is very simple to use and minimal. I love that you can make your own custom flash cards specific to your child, and I appreciate that there are no distracting colors or excessive sounds (like the other speech apps for children). My only suggestions are to enable flash cards to be copied or moved to different folders and to allow photos within a folder to be draggable and placed in whatever order you want. This is a great tool to learn language, and I highly recommend! ### 2/5 — Wowza *2020-10-23, version 4.1* I like it but at the same time I really don't because my daughter gets mad at this game all the time because you can not play any fun games unless you pay for them!!! ### 3/5 — Sound issue *2020-03-27* I’m about to test it but I think you need to record the sound yourself. You go to settings and customize the cards by recording yourself saying the words. If it works I’ll give better rating. ### 2/5 — One huge flaw! *2018-09-11* Everything I need it to be! But why does the Audio come from the call speaker, and not the main speakers?? We can’t hear the audio unless it’s up to our ear! ### 4/5 — Nearly Perfect *2018-05-14* This is such a helpful app for creating flash cards. When I try to customize a new list, however, it does not allow me to create a new photo from my existing photos, even though that option is available. I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if I’m missing something obvious, but I’ve not been able to use that function. But for a free app, it’s really quite amazing. ### 4/5 — Really great app *2018-03-05* My 18mo old loves this app. Especially all the personal custom flash cards we made ### 2/5 — Sound *2018-02-02* The sound on this app doesn’t always work!! But when it does it’s a great app ### 2/5 — Great app but custom cards not possible *2017-11-23* When trying to build your own library of cards the app doesn’t record your voice and will save a set of cards that you can’t later edit and build to! Not user friendly. ### 3/5 — Needs to update *2016-12-18, version 4.1* You can't add any of your own pictures and record it's name like a pet. It freezes the whole app up. 😡 ### 4/5 — App stopped working *2016-08-20* My daughter was enjoying this app. All of a sudden this & other apps stopped working. Does this app not work in India? We came on vacation to India, & downloaded Alligator apps in my dad's iPad. It was working for almost a month with a few glitches(stops working when left unattended),now it is not working at all. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Issues and no support *2022-07-30* I have been having issues with some of the apps but have been getting no support and there is no one getting back to me and I have tried sending email but apparently the email Id by the developer is also not right. I’m having issues with 4 apps that I got full version of. Really disappointed! ### 1/5 — No sound *2020-02-29* No sound. Have tried to reset. The app is simple and yet always has an issue. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on IPad 5th gen *2019-01-12* My 18 month old loves playing on this app on my phone. We go over the words together, it’s such a great learning tool. However; I decided to add it to my 5th gen iPad so we could see it on the bigger screen. I even paid the .99 upgrade just like I did on my iPhone. I was disappointed when I pulled it up to find that it won’t make any sounds (saying the words). I checked the volume, even went into the settings on the app to make sure it showed the sound was on. Frustrated, I deleted the app and reinstalled it to see if it would work, but it still won’t say any of the words with the pictures. On top of that, because I deleted the app, it took away my expanded package and has locked half of the flash cards again. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2017-04-24, version 4.1* After I purchased an upgrade, it glitched out on me. Redownloaded and such but no luck. Was good for a brief time - now it's just a waste. ### 1/5 — Mom82 *2016-12-07* I bought the full version and it keeps freezing. It leaves a white box on it and you can not do anything even closing the app and shutting the phone off doesn't work. Annoying. ### 1/5 — App quit working *2016-09-06, version 4.1* Can't get any "buttons" to respond. Worked once then stopped. It is now deleted from my iPad gen 3. ### 1/5 — Don't buy the expansion pack *2016-08-17* Purchase the expansion pack charged me more than advertised no longer works at all. Opens and that's it. ### 1/5 — App is frozen *2016-06-21, version 4.1* Paid for this and none of the flash cards will open. Waste. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2016-04-08, version 4.1* As others have been saying for over a year, this app no longer works. ### 1/5 — Record doesnt work *2016-03-09, version 4.1* If u want to use this to create a bunch of audio flashcards don't bother. Recording doesn't work on my brand new ipad mini even though i have granted the app permission. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thank you *2024-03-19* Using only this app and a handful of screenshots, I was able to customize speech therapy cards for the exact needs of my child. Thank you for the simplicity and user-friendliness, as well as all of the amazing ‘extras’ at such a low cost. While I believe the target audience is intended to be babies and toddlers, it’s an invaluable tool for anyone needing practice with speech and/or word/image association. ### 5/5 — HELP- 😭💅 *2023-05-20* I was playing and I got the word STRIPPER AND THERE WAS A WOMAN IN A LINGIRE 💀💀💀💀 ### 5/5 — My wish *2021-10-02* Once I turned 3 years old, I loved to play this game! ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-08-17* Love customizing options ### 5/5 — Therapy *2020-01-29* I am a Speech-Language therapist so being able to present cards in a field of 1, 2, 3, or 4 is really helpful for teaching. Being able to add your own customized cards is fab too ! ### 5/5 — One Year Old *2019-02-06* I love this app for my toddler. I especially like the “My Photos” section that I can add pictures of our family on. I highly recommend this app for speech development. ### 5/5 — AWESOME APP *2017-09-01* I am a school-based speech-language pathologist who absolutely LOVES using this app with my early language students. I have found the "My Photos" part of the app especially helpful, because I can have my students work on matching real objects to their corresponding pictures. ### 5/5 — The best! *2017-06-08* My kids love this app! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2016-12-10* My 3 year old son who has learning difficulties is enjoying this. ### 5/5 — What an awesome app *2016-05-25, version 4.1* I use this with little ones in therapy. Great 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 2026-08-25.*