# SpellBoard — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of SpellBoard by PalaSoftware Inc., rated 4.00/5 from 203 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spellboard/id390290951/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spellboard/id390290951.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 135 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of SpellBoard? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for learning spelling - 🚀 Customizable spelling lists - 🎉 Fun and engaging activities - 📚 Supports multiple languages - 🔊 Ability to record words and sentences **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes and freezes - 🤔 Confusing or lacking instructions - 💰 Expensive for the features provided - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and use - 🔄 Issues with syncing and data loss **Commonly reported bugs** - Quiz mode issues with dictation and progress tracking - Whiteboard function not working as expected - Inconsistent behavior when adding new words - Compatibility problems with older devices **Most requested features** - More pre-loaded word lists - Additional practice modes (e.g. hangman, fill-in-the-blank) - Ability to import/export word lists - Improved user interface and navigation - Support for landscape mode and external keyboards ## Newest reviews (13 of 121) ### 4/5 — Great app, but needs improvement *2025-10-22, version 3.8* The app does what it says and provides a way to help teach you how to spell. The activities you can select from are good enough for a child to use before taking a practice quiz and then official quiz. I do wish this app could be updated to provide a user guide or some sort of video guide to help the user navigate the app. The UI could do for some visual upgrades along with newer activities. ### 4/5 — Good *2021-11-14, version 3.6.1* Good but few miner issues like you can’t add a word unless you press select if you have already used that word ### 3/5 — Nice but... *2020-04-29, version 3.4.6* The app is a great app that allows you to help you learn your spelling wonderfully, although there are many adds and is too expensive for what it should be. ### 2/5 — Help *2019-05-17, version 3.4.4* How can I download complex quiz’s ### 4/5 — Works well but... *2019-01-07, version 3.4.3* I have used this app for years. It works really well. I enter the word lists and it generates activities for my students. However, recently it has started to show the words that are suppose to be spelled during a quiz. This makes the quiz unusable. Please fix this! Thank you for creating a great spelling app! ### 4/5 — Idea for added functionality *2018-05-09, version 3.3.6* Enjoying this app! I am hoping to model the use of this app in classrooms and encourage a few more teaching staff to utilise this kind of technology in supporting their students. Particularly for those independent rotations which are always tricky to provide explicit targeted instruction without the instructing adult present. However, I have a suggestion to improve this apps scaffolding to support student’s spelling. It would be incredible if this app could have an option to not only say the letter names but also say the letter SOUNDS. So that student get exposure and explicit instruction to the essential phonemic awareness skill segmentation of sounds to support their spelling development. Would be very interested in hearing if this functionality would be possible within this app. 🙂 ### 4/5 — Unstable *2016-12-12, version 3.2.2* Great app. Love it. Best way to learn vocabularies. ### 2/5 — What happened *2016-11-03, version 3.2* Have been using for years and love it. Trying to use yesterday and today and it keeps freezing and shutting down while I am trying to make a new list. Took me 5 tries, finally having to stop and save it every 5 words. Help ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2015-10-26, version 2.4.2* This app came with no directions. It is not user friendly and kid friendly. I certainly wish for a refund. If I change my mind if I ever figure out how to start an activity, I will let you know. ### 2/5 — Help *2015-09-23, version 2.4.2* When using the quiz module, if the student misspells the word, the next word does not dictate. Please fix as my son needs this app to do homework!!! It worked fine yesterday. ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2015-01-06, version 2.3.3* I am so disappointed in this app. It was not helpful at all! It is not user friendly and I hate I spent $5 for nothing! ### 1/5 — Mr *2014-10-11, version 2.3.1* Rubbish ### 4/5 — A great app! *2014-09-02, version 2.2.1* This app helped my daughter with her spelling words and now my son uses it! It's great! Just a recommendation, when students are studying for the test, could you add the lines so students can practice the correct size of their letters? With an option to turn it off or change the size of the lines? The solid line on top and bottom and the dashed line in the middle. I love this app. Even without the lines, it's great! We can email the results to his teachers. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rip off *2026-01-15, version 3.8* Can’t figure out how to make games or start quiz. Worthless ### 1/5 — I don’t get it *2024-04-02, version 3.7* I’ve entered words but I don’t understand how to play or take a quiz. Where are the instructions? ### 1/5 — App repeatedly crashing when recording words *2024-02-19, version 3.7* I used the app previously. I have paid for it (or am not being prompted to pay). I will request a refund if the app continues crashing after the ### 1/5 — Would recommend *2021-01-05, version 3.5* App keeps crashing and is not easy to use. Other resources out there that are more user friendly and quick to set up. ### 1/5 — Doesn't open *2020-08-10, version 3.5* If I could give this app zero stars I would do. I purchased this app in good faith to assist my children. The app loaded onto my iPad however it won't open even after several attempts to reboot. I would like a full refund. ### 1/5 — What happened? *2017-09-19, version 3.2.6* I used this app a few years ago for my twins and loved it but now that I'm trying to use it for my second grader I can't get it to work. I've entered his spelling words but the activity button is disabled and there is no way for him to take a quiz. Not user friendly at all and as is, completely useless. Such a shame because it used to be a good app. ### 1/5 — 用不了 *2017-03-17* 为什么总是闪退，花了30元根本用不了。 ### 1/5 — FRUSTRATED *2016-10-12, version 3.1.2* I have been using this app for over 3 years now & this is the SECOND time I created over 25 categories for my son to practice his spelling words, I uploaded pictures for each words & then after sometime my entire categories disappear. The second time I double check & make sure everything was backed up to the cloud & NOW I go back to use the app & my entire list is gone. I have emailed the company in the past & no response. This is beyond frustrating & disappointing !!! 😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — How do you use it? *2016-08-23, version 3.1.2* No instructions on how to use it, useless ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2015-12-10, version 3.0* Doesn't work with iPad mini 1st generation I need this app for schoolwork it's very important to me plz make it work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very Good *2025-10-29, version 3.8* It’s help me a lot with my spelling, and it’s very fun to use and very good ### 5/5 — Get the app *2019-09-08, version 3.4.5* Very helpful for studying for a spelling test my grades in spelling have improved a lot because of spellboard. Get the app it helps Nick ### 5/5 — 需要英文的，为什么下载后默认是法文的，什么也看不懂啊，怎么用？！ *2019-06-24* 下载后，默认是法文的，完全看不懂，怎么使用啊？！ ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-01-29, version 3.4.4* Great! My son loves this! You load the words. Create the quiz. Then the activities work. ### 5/5 — Excellente app *2017-11-13, version 3.3.3* Avec cette appli, mon fils ne négocie plus les périodes d’étude. Évidemment, les contrôles se sont améliorés beaucoup. ### 5/5 — SpellBoard Review *2017-11-05, version 3.3.3* SpellBoard is an app that helps me to learn spelling, SpellBoard is a great app for school, learning and of course FUN! The app also helps my Vocabulary and get to learn more every day (In a FUN way). It also helps me to learn new definitions. Over all I give SpellBoard five stars out of five stars, and I thank you SpellBoard for teaching me new words, vocabulary and definitions. ### 5/5 — Soooo useful! *2014-05-03, version 2.1.2* My sons have been using this app to study their spelling every day for the last several years. At first, I recorded the lessons, and my kids loved how I was able to record funny sample sentences. As they got older they were able to record their own. This app has been a terrifically useful tool for them, and the developer has been very responsive fixing the occasional problem. ### 5/5 — SpellBoard...AMAZING! *2014-04-08, version 2.1* As a teacher and parent I have used this App for a long time and always recommended it to parents and staff. I recently emailed the developer asking if it was possible to change the fonts in the App and within two weeks they have done this! Absolutely incredible customer service...thank you for listening, responding and DOING! Very much appreciated :o) ### 5/5 — Best Spelling App!! *2013-11-21, version 2.0* Functional and easy to use, appealing and fun...this is a favorite!! My kids are learning while enjoying themselves. Excellent app-- Thank you! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-11-21, version 2.0* This is the best Spelling app! Gives each of my kids the ability to practice & learn their weekly spelling words. The built in dictionary, activities (word search, word scramble, missing letter & new alphabetizing) makes it both worthwhile and so much fun! A+ 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 2026-09-02.*