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Sight Words by Little Speller

Sight Words by Little Speller

by Innovative Investments Limited

179 ratings
109 reviews
🎮 Games
📚 Education
👪 Family
$0.99

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • February 23, 2011
  • May 11, 2017

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Developer

Innovative Investments Limited
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About

This app helps young children learn to read, write, and spell by recognizing words and letters through sight, sound, and touch. It offers extensive customization, allowing parents to add their own voices, photos, and words for a personalized learning experience.

✓Learn by sight, sound, and touch
✓Add own voice and photos
✓Multi-sensory learning
✓Fully customizable items and letters
✓Adjustable learning settings
✓Multi-language support
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Sight Words by Little Speller. Based on 179 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 11 positives and 12 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • ✏️Highly customizable word lists and difficulty levels
  • 🎤Ability to record your own voice for words and letters
  • 📸Can add custom pictures to represent words
  • 🎯Effective for learning sight words and spelling
  • 👨‍👧‍👦Great for special needs and struggling readers
  • 🆓Free or affordable pricing
  • 🎨Simple, clean, distraction-free interface
  • 📚Pre-loaded Dolch word lists included
  • 🔒Parental lock feature prevents accidental changes
  • 🌍Works well for bilingual learning
  • ⭐Excellent for children with autism and developmental delays

Negative things

  • 🐛Recording feature frequently broken or non-functional
  • 🔐Parental lock/settings access issues causing app crashes
  • ⚙️Settings menu problems and navigation difficulties
  • 🔊Audio/sound functionality broken after iOS updates
  • 📱Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🎯Letters automatically snap to correct positions (limits learning)
  • 🔤Font style confuses children (doesn't match handwriting)
  • 🔤Uses letter names instead of letter sounds
  • ⏱️No progress tracking or quiz/test mode
  • 📤No ability to import/export custom lists
  • 🔔Unwanted push notifications at inconvenient times
  • 🎮App can be too easy for advanced learners
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What's New in Sight Words by Little Speller

3.0

May 11, 2017

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. - Updated app to work for latest version of iOS - Updated app to work on all of the latest iOS devices - Minor bug fixes and improvements

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User reviews

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Couldn’t add my own site words

I downloaded this app because it said I can add my own site words but every time I go to the settings it has me use the parental lock and then shuts down on me. Also the app to add stuff just keeps circling. Definitely has a lot of bugs to fix and I wouldn’t have paid for it if I knew that
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Great app

I used this app years ago to help my little patient who was unable to write. She could use an iPad. In researching and trying to help find an app that could help her with spelling and sight words, I came across this app. Now my first grandbaby is on the way and I hope this app is still available for him to learn spelling and sight words.
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I think this app is great for kids learning to read and write!
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Great app

I am a school OT and use and recommend this app. It is easily customizable between students. I work with the kids on spelling theIr names. Some need to match and the next student may need to sequence, some need all caps and another with lower case-- This app lets me quickly change it as well as have their picture on the page ! You can add spelling lists or use the lists provided.

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Reported Bugs

12 issues

Recording feature stops working (multiple reports across different iOS versions)

Bug

App crashes when accessing parental settings

Bug

Settings menu loops infinitely or becomes unresponsive

Bug

Audio stops working after iOS updates

Bug

Sound doesn't play when letters are dragged

Bug

Voice recording doesn't save properly

Bug

App crashes on iOS 5 and iOS 7

Bug

Parental lock three-finger gesture doesn't work

Bug

Customization features become non-functional after updates

Bug

Wrong audio plays for selected words

Bug

App unresponsive when hitting record button

Bug

Multi-touch input causes dragging glitches

Bug
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Requested Features

13 requests

Quiz or test mode with scoring and progress tracking

Feature

Option to allow incorrect letter placements for learning from mistakes

Feature

Extra letter choices to increase difficulty/challenge

Feature

Letter sound pronunciation instead of letter names

Feature

Ability to hide words and only show selected ones

Feature

Import/export custom lists via Dropbox or similar

Feature

Different font options (ball and stick, D'nealian alternatives)

Feature

Ability to move words around without re-recording audio

Feature

Australian English accent option

Feature

Blank template lists to avoid manual deletion

Feature

Multi-touch support for dragging letters

Feature

Success percentage display at end of practice sessions

Feature

Ability to share customized lists between devices

Feature

FAQ

What is Sight Words by Little Speller?

Sight Words by Little Speller is an educational app designed to help young children learn to speak, read, and spell. It focuses on recognizing common English words (Dolch List) by sight, sound, and touch, making them proficient and fluent readers.

What are the key features of this app?

Key features include learning through sight, sound, and touch, the ability to add your own voice and photos for personalized learning, multi-sensory feedback, and extensive customization options for items, letters, and learning settings.

Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is free to use. It does not have in-app purchases or advertisements, making it an affordable educational tool for all.

What age group is this app suitable for?

The app is ideal for children aged 0 to 6 years old. Its easy-to-use interface is designed to be engaging even for very young children, such as a 9-month-old baby.

How does the customization work?

The app is fully customizable. You can add your own voice recordings, take pictures for custom learning items (like a child's name), and adjust various settings such as word length, letter case, and the order of words and letters.