# Noodle Words — user reviews > 64 indexed App Store user reviews of Noodle Words by Yadong Liu, rated 4.20/5 from 56 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/noodle-words/id477765985/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/noodle-words/id477765985.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (13 of 64) ### 4/5 — Love it!!!! *2013-05-10, version 1.3* Worth every penny!!! MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Ejones *2012-11-25, version 1.3* This is a great app. My 18m old daughter thinks the bugs are hilarious and she loves all the word actions. Really encourages her to learn new intesting words. MORE SETS PLEEASE! ### 4/5 — Brilliant *2012-10-05, version 1.3* My daughter loves this app, the animations are fun and creative! I just wish their we're more words added. Come on guys lets get a new list. ### 4/5 — A Wanderful Start! *2012-08-25, version 1.3* Fun and interactive like one would expect from the father of Living Books. Great job so far, Mark! We look forward to additional content! ### 4/5 — Great start! *2012-08-12, version 1.3* This is a great beginning! Hope the developers follow through. Needs more word sets, obviously. I'd also like to see the ability to silence the spoken word when it first pops up. See if the player can guess the word from the action alone. Or even have just the word alone appear, and then touch trigger the action, and another touch to trigger the spoken answer. Worth buying as is. ### 5/5 — Great fun app! *2012-06-28, version 1.3* We built and designed app with excellent features. My 3 year old goes back to this one. ### 5/5 — Simple and Great! *2012-05-25, version 1.3* When I first laid eyes on this, it didn't excite me. But when I actually watched how it worked, I was very impressed. The greatness of this app lies in its simplicity and its ability to do all the right things in a simple but effective manner. It's fun, educational, and entertaining. Simply a very well thought out design. This is well worth every penny! My only request/hope is that they have updates which adds new words without requiring in-app purchases. ### 5/5 — Giggling *2012-05-22, version 1.3* So great. Giggling, followed by clear and quick retention of sight words. More words, please! ### 5/5 — Love it *2012-05-20, version 1.3* Please add more verbs for the people who have paid for this app. So good for my speech kids! ### 4/5 — Action set 1 *2012-05-11, version 1.3* It's really cute- but the title implies there will be more than one set. This set is limited but i love the concept... I'm ready for more. When will other sets be available? ### 5/5 — One of the best apps for my 4 yr old *2012-04-16, version 1.3* I am a reading specialist and love this app! It actually is purposeful, teaches vocab and over repeated exposures, word learning! Make more! We will buy them! ### 5/5 — What fun! *2012-04-07, version 1.3* My boys with speech, language and communication difficulties will love this. They've not played with it yet but I just know that they will love discovering all the effects. They cannot make mistakes, there is nothing too taxing for them but by just fiddling, experimenting and having fun (the 3 things they do best) they will slowly absorb the words and their meaning. ### 5/5 — Great Action Word Vocabulary App *2012-04-04, version 1.3* It's a simple enough concept -- the printed words do what they mean. But it's all in the execution and everything is done perfectly. The animations and sound effects are beautifully synchronized and the bugs are adorable. I am a school speech language pathologist and I love using this to teach action words to my younger students. This app is particularly great for my students on the autism spectrum who learn so well through video modeling. More words would make it even more wonderful but I absolutely feel like I've gotten my money's worth. Everything is cleverly thought out and the production quality is top notch. Great for school, great for families. Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2020-02-09, version 1.5* Really disappointed only a few word for 2.99 it s not worth even 10p ### 1/5 — Only few words *2018-02-26, version 1.4* Over priced. Only have few words. ### 1/5 — Wasted Money *2016-12-05, version 1.3* Did I seriously just pay $3 for 18 words in a box?!?! This app didn't even entertain my child for 2 minutes... then she asked me to delete it! Waste of money! ### 1/5 — Limited Words! *2012-02-14, version 1.1* I was excited for this app, it seemed like a great concept. My son loved it as well, however after a few days he knew all the words. I thought for sure the words would refresh, but that was it! My 4year old can learn these words in a few hours. Very disappointed and will not recommend. ### 1/5 — Pointless for older *2012-01-23, version 1.0* I was expecting a lot more than 18 words and not sure what age this is aimed at- lovely motions but not educational! ### 1/5 — Noodle words *2011-12-29, version 1.0* Game is crashing. ### 2/5 — It’s my fault *2020-02-01, version 1.5* It’s my fault because I just glanced at the description, but this app has ONLY 18 *WORDS*. Period. It is a lovely app for those 18 words, really it is! But did I mention the app has only 18 words? When I glanced at the description somehow my brain thought “18 LISTS of words”. Nope. Like I said, it’s my fault for not reading carefully, and the concept is amazing, but I can’t give more than 2 stars because of the lack of a decent core of words. 😕 ### 2/5 — Great app *2018-05-03, version 1.4* Let me start with I have used this app many years and loved it. It introduced many children with ASD to the world of actions. However with the new and improved version. I am no longer able to open the app . It goes from booting up to blank. I’ve rebooting ot several times. I have the new versión 11. So I give it two stars for the memory of what was. Ps when it works its worth 5 stars. ### 2/5 — Great idea not enough content *2012-09-11, version 1.3* Great idea and is designed well, but needs more sets and words for what you are paying for. ### 2/5 — Only 18 words? *2012-05-04, version 1.3* This app shows great promise- I'm a teacher and always looking for ways to play with words. However, at £1.99 you should really highlight that there are (currently? Do you plan updates?) just EIGHTEEN words on the app. Selectable word banks, a hundred or more words, and free (as we've paid a fair price for the app already) additional words as you animate them are a must. Honestly, all you need to do is spend half an hour picking relevant words from a Dolch list! At the moment I really feel like I've wasted my money. The app is so unique that your target should be making sure I feel really happy to have found this. You can make it happen by adding a decent amount of content before I delete the app and avoid future purchases from your company. "Could be good but currently offers insanely poor value for money" ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Educational game that is creative and fun *2020-12-31, version 1.5* Why won’t you do a second app?!!! Best app that keeps kids interested while learning. Use this for language therapy as well. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2019-03-21, version 1.5* All my students love this- we use it to revise verbs when doing Jolly Grammar. Just wish they would develop set 2 and 3........ Victoria Carlton teacher and teacher trainer ### 5/5 — Love want more *2016-01-29, version 1.3* This app is great!! I keep looking for more sets of words. Pleeeeease make more sets ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-06-01, version 1.3* This app makes my 3 year old giggle like crazy. Although, after a couple of months, I think he is growing a bit tired of the same words. Time for the developers to release new ones. Maybe as an in-app purchase. ### 5/5 — It is ok to play with your words! *2013-11-10, version 1.3* Noodle Words HD - Action Set 1. What a joyful and just plain fun app to teach action words and basic iPad skills. This is not a flash card or drill game....it is learning by literally playing with words. For example, the word stretch can be stretched and then snaps like a rubber band across the page. The word sparkle, lights up and sparkles! And if that isn't enough, you have two delightful bug hosts, acting out the words to help reinforce learning. Skills such as dragging and dropping, using both hands to shake things up, and using fine motor skills to pinch and pull words apart is presented in such an original and unique way that it helps kids gain meaning to words and retain what they are doing. This is certainly an app that helps bridge using letters to form words. There are no ads or IAPs- and this is one of the few times that I wish there were as I wanted more. Highly Recommended. ### 5/5 — Noodle Words HD - Action Set 1 *2013-11-03, version 1.3* I was a little nervous to get my son this app as I was not sure what it would offer him or if he would enjoy it. It turns out he is LOVING this app! The little bugs that animate the words are cute and he loves seeing them interact with each other and act out the words (spin, jump, and other action words). He has many fun games and books on his iPad but he has been going back to Noodle Words since I downloaded it earlier this week. If you have a child who is learning vocabulary words and may be reluctant to work with action word flashcards, like mine is, this is a fantastic app for letting your child work on his own, but still getting great words practiced both to hear and to see the spelling. ### 5/5 — Great *2013-04-26, version 1.3* Really love this and so do my students but I too would love to see more sets or other new apps that use these cute bugs to teach and entertain! ### 5/5 — Fantastic concept *2013-03-28, version 1.3* My students love this app. Would like to see more word lists. Maybe antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, or rhymes. ### 5/5 — Giggles *2013-01-15, version 1.3* My 3 year old giggles with delight every time we play this app! She thinks the bugs are hilarious & shouts the words. I hope they come out w more versions & it would b great to use this same concept for abc & 123!!! ### 5/5 — Fun app to use with students *2013-01-11, version 1.3* I have used this app in my speech therapy sessions with elementary aged students. They really enjoy it and there is really a lot you can do with it. I love the variety of things each word can do, how each letter in "sparkle" has its own different sparkle or if you tap "grow" enough time you get flowers! Would love to see you come out with more word lists or lists that can be customized. --- *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 2026-06-09.*