# Starfall ABCs — user reviews > 163 indexed App Store user reviews of Starfall ABCs by Starfall Education Foundation, rated 4.20/5 from 472 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/starfall-abcs/id395623983/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/starfall-abcs/id395623983.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 316 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 37 · 2★ 30 · 1★ 42 ## What do users think of Starfall ABCs? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy for kids to navigate - 🚀 Engaging and educational - 🎓 Helps with letter recognition and sounds - 💖 Great for young learners - 🏆 Recommended by teachers and pediatricians **Cons** - 💰 Expensive for limited content - 🤔 Misleading advertising for full website features - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🔇 Sound issues and lack of voice assistance - 🤷‍♀️ Gender representation concerns **Commonly reported bugs** - Black screen issues - Repeated crashes and freezing - Incompatibility with latest iOS updates - Inability to exit app on certain devices **Most requested features** - Expand app to include more Starfall website features - Add more advanced learning content beyond just ABCs - Improve compatibility and stability across devices - Integrate voice assistant and accessibility features - Address gender representation issues in content ## Newest reviews (15 of 163) ### 2/5 — idonotlikeit *2026-04-14, version 3.86* idonotlike ### 2/5 — I want more *2025-08-24* It’s very good but I would like some things that would improve the app ### 4/5 — AI support *2024-06-01, version 3.78* Starfall ABC’s does not support AI voice assistance such as Siri Amazon echo Google, etc. and it also does not support voice assistant for more accessible use and it also does not have a built-in screen reader ### 2/5 — Great, but misleading advertising *2022-03-11* The info button that directs you to purchase a membership on this app makes it seem like you can unlock the rest of the games within this app. My 3 year old can easily navigate this app so I purchased a membership hoping to get him access to the rest of the activities. However, this was not the case. In order to utilize the membership I must download a different app which is not as easy for him to navigate. Very frustrated, and called customer service to be met with a very short response. I would not have purchased a membership knowing it would not work within this app. ### 3/5 — Help! *2022-01-26* I’ve had this app for my 3 1/2-year-old for about two weeks she’s been through all of the activities many times and she’s done very well but it doesn’t advance, she’s replaying same games. what am I missing? ### 4/5 — Gender Confusion *2021-11-06* I love this app for my one year old because he’s able to navigate everything on his own without my help, but I’m REALLY confused as to why they would use a boy to act out the part in the little MISS Muffet song.🤷🏻‍♀️I didn’t allow my son to watch it to avoid any confusion. A girl was first used to play the part of Little Miss Muffet. Why was it necessary to then play the song again and have a boy act as little Miss Muffet?🤦🏻‍♀️ I removed 1 stars because overall it’s a nice app, but it could use a few updates and corrections. ### 2/5 — Some thing wrong with the app *2021-01-11, version 3.58* The A sound is missed up ### 5/5 — I hear I weird you no sound *2020-03-24* I go to the 100s and I didn’t have any wifi so I go I. It and I want in this game in the 100s it was like 100-100-100 and then it said like this g-o-o-d j-o-b ### 5/5 — Good *2020-03-14* Thank you for sharing. Great!! ### 5/5 — ***** 5 Stars out of five stars *2019-11-17* I love the 2D and 3D activities for Pre-K students. ### 5/5 — Helpful for my baby brother *2019-10-01* It make him want to play forever ### 5/5 — The best FREE learning app!!! *2019-09-26* Like most everyone else, I can’t say enough great things about this app! It teaches every single thing your child will need in order to master the alphabet and lays the perfect foundation for them to become successful early readers. Both my 5&6yo children love all the Starfall apps, because they’re fun & easy for them to navigate. I love it, because while it’s FREE to use (non-profit run by charitable donations ❤️), it’s just as educational as all the other apps that charge an arm & a leg! My kids are hard to please when it comes to learning apps, but Starfall has managed not only to capture their attention, but keep it as well...even my 5yo son who’s both ADHD + dyslexic! It’s helped him so much that he was just moved up into the 1st grade with his big sister and got to skip Kindergarten!! Starfall gets 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me AND my children! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! ### 5/5 — Hey Starfall I Need To Tell You Something *2019-09-16* This App Is Good But I Need To Say This: Can u make Starfall Numbers Free? Cause Since This App Is Free I Want You To Make Starfall Numbers Free😐 Ok? Thank You!😉😌 ### 4/5 — Great app, but constantly freezes up. *2019-08-22* I love this app for my little one because I know every little game he’s playing on it is safe and educational, and it is easy for him to navigate. However.. it constantly freezes up on him, specifically in the balloon matching game, so I repeatedly have to turn off guided access, restart the app (which usually takes a few times to actually kick it back into working gear), then turn the guided access back on. It gets annoying after about the 20th time, and it is super frustrating for him, as he almost never gets to finish the game because of it. Would be a whole 5 stars if it weren’t for this glitch. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2019-06-09* I can’t say enough good things about this app. I am a nanny and an early childhood education major. I cannot say enough good things about this app. It teaches children the letter name and sound and reinforces this with each slide the children move through. It shows each letter in words with pictures and emphasizes the sound. The 18 month I nanny loves this app and loves her special time to get to play on this app. From using this app a couple times a week for a few weeks, she’s started to show understanding of discrimination of letters. She also tries to copy the letter sounds. I’m not a fan of putting kids in front of a screen and not teaching them but this app is a great supplemental source to what children are already learning. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This sucks *2026-06-30, version 3.86* This app gives me asthma all of the time. Don’t buy it out ### 1/5 — That game is stupid game.make me ads of melon playground in my lily pad I hate your game is sucks *2026-06-14, version 3.86* I hate when my mom calls and texts and text my game and on mye lily pad to play melon playground and I don’t even know what to say to her like I don’t even want it ### 1/5 — Zac the rat didn’t see *2025-11-30, version 3.86* Sorry, zac the rat didn’t see, please try again ### 1/5 — why pay more? *2021-04-03, version 3.62* i like this app but you have to buy in app purchases to move forward. my son is autistic will not let us access more short term goals until we pay for the entire platform. my opinion anything under 5 years of learning or with special needs should be free. ### 1/5 — Gender confusion, seems to be on purpose? *2019-07-10* Very upsetting that my 2 year old can be faced with gender confusion at such a young age. Why the G on this app takes the opportunity to teach “girl, I am a girl” wouldn’t be so bad if when you go to the letter B it says the same for boys... nope it doesn’t! B is for “bouncing ball”! Deleted the app promptly once my innocent, 2 yr old boy says to me that he’s a girl! Fix this!! ### 1/5 — Needs update to support latest IOS *2017-02-26, version 3.25* App worked great before the latest IOS updates. It started becoming very glitchy, with certain things not working. I removed and reinstalled hoping that would help, now it doesn't open at all. Please fix soon as this is a great app and my daughter loves it. ### 1/5 — So disappointed *2016-09-18, version 3.25* My son has autism and had used this app to help him learn. Now he is having a really hard time since he cannot use the app anymore. Very frustrating and disappointing. I hope someone fixes this problem asap ### 1/5 — Now Not Working At All! *2016-09-17, version 3.25* App was having a glitch. Deleted it, reloaded it, and now all we're getting is a black screen. (Did this twice) Very disappointed ~ we love this app! Please fix, and make this usable again 💜 ### 1/5 — Unplayable after adding advertisements *2016-08-21, version 3.25* The new advertisements make the app unplayable for my 15 month old, she cannot escape the ads after clicking on them. ### 1/5 — I loved the previous version, but not this one *2016-06-18, version 3.20* I LOVED this app. It was 5 stars for me. My toddler was learning his ABCs, and his letter sounds. He was singing the alphabet song in the car, and doing the motions to go along with the letters. I recently downloaded the update because the app was "freezing". Now, on the right side there are three new icons (not shown in the picture of the first screen) that link to samples of other paid StarFall apps. Now my toddler goes to those activities first. They are not as interactive and he has lost the letters and sounds he knows. I wish there was a way to go back and download the old version. I am sad about this change, but my little guy would be even sadder if I delete the app, so I guess we will deal with it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Starfall *2026-08-22, version 3.86* 26 Letters ### 5/5 — Date added: 15th October 2025 *2026-05-12* Date Removed: 1th January 2027 ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-02-11* My 4 year old granddaughter loves using Starfall. Keeps her engaged for up to an hour. I like it because I know all the games are educational and it’s a good use of her time. ### 5/5 — I just love this app *2022-01-03* It is so fun for kidsthank you ### 5/5 — This is underrated! Love it! *2021-12-10* Our kids use them almost everyday. My daughter (3yo) is currently at home with me and has been learning a lot thanks for this app! I don’t have to worry that she’s not getting enough academic support anymore! If this becomes a paid app with same or better quality content, we will gladly do so. ### 5/5 — I can’t believe it’s free! *2021-10-16* My kid learned sooooooooo much! She was able to pick up enough to start reading. ### 5/5 — It’s entertaining *2021-06-05, version 3.72* I enjoyed this and it’s been entertaining ### 5/5 — Starfall ABC *2021-05-20* We used Starfall ABC in my kindergarten class, in the beginning of the year to help with letter recognition and with letter sounds. It’s an engaging tool! Now retired full time Grandma, I downloaded it on my phone for my preschooler and sat for an hour with him and it entertained him and me. In the classroom I never got to fully discovered the program entirely, I’m sold even more now. ### 5/5 — Thanks for developing the chibi cute version of abc song *2021-04-10* It has a fairy, wizard girl, robot, and kitty, and an ice cream narwhal! It looks kinda girly anime! ### 5/5 — NOSTALGIC *2020-09-12* I used to play this in pre-k and now I’m a 3rd grade I really like it a lot --- *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 2026-08-27.*