# The Spelling Bee — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of The Spelling Bee by TicTapTech, LLC, rated 4.00/5 from 148 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-spelling-bee/id625029839/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-spelling-bee/id625029839.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 98 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of The Spelling Bee? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Helps kids learn spelling - 👍 Keeps kids engaged - 👍 Solves meltdowns over spelling prep - 👍 Thriving with the app - 👍 Best app for studying words - 👍 Can add own spelling lists - 👍 Can record own voice - 👍 Hint feature helpful - 👍 Amazing app - 👍 Helped daughter with spelling - 👍 Great for Scripps spelling bee prep - 👍 Amazing application - 👍 Improved spelling scores significantly - 👍 Good practice for spelling - 👍 Useful app - 👍 Great for homeschoolers - 👍 Makes spelling painless and fun - 👍 Increased grades - 👍 Well worth the price - 👍 Easy to upload weekly words - 👍 User-friendly - 👍 Great for children to study - 👍 Games help words register - 👍 Fantastic study aid - 👍 Several games available - 👍 Visual and auditory options - 👍 Lists by level - 👍 Makes learning fun - 👍 Wonderful for 1st grader - 👍 Great educational app - 👍 Makes kids interested in studying - 👍 Well done app - 👍 Very helpful and fun - 👍 Very helpful study tool - 👍 BEST APP EVER - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Multiple games at different levels - 👍 Highly recommend - 👍 Makes spelling words painless - 👍 Great way to add to curriculum - 👍 Improved spelling and reading skills - 👍 Easy to program words - 👍 Kids more engaged - 👍 Spelling bee to check progress - 👍 Nice educational app - 👍 Fun way to learn - 👍 Pre-made and custom lists - 👍 Different games keep things interesting - 👍 Great graphics - 👍 Landscape mode easy to play - 👍 Ability to add players - 👍 Track progress - 👍 Home run app - 👍 Great for parents and kids together - 👍 Kids can do it solo - 👍 Well worth the money - 👍 Both love it - 👍 All games easy to play - 👍 Easy to put in new words - 👍 Engaging games - 👍 Kids love it - 👍 Great spelling review tool - 👍 Improvement in recall - 👍 Great way to study spelling words - 👍 Great app, daughter loves games - 👍 Perfect for weekly word list practice - 👍 Fun to practice weekly words - 👍 Improved spelling test grades - 👍 Kids love recording own voices - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Keeps track of performance - 👍 Favorite spelling app - 👍 Fun games break monotony - 👍 Saves lists for review - 👍 Great app, needs sync **Cons** - 🐛 Games are not great - 🐛 Super glitchy - 🐛 Keyboard has too many unneeded features - 🐛 Microphone feature can be used to cheat - 🐛 Crashes all the time - 🐛 Cannot edit lists after crash - 🐛 Freezes screen - 🐛 Won't record any word - 🐛 Keeps crashing - 🐛 App closes after a few words - 🐛 Useless if full list can't be entered - 🐛 Constantly shutting down - 🐛 Cannot edit word list after shutdown - 🐛 Makes you create a whole new list - 🐛 Frustrating - 🐛 Crashes all the time - 🐛 App hasn't been updated - 🐛 Paid for a crap app - 🐛 Stops suddenly - 🐛 Glitches continuously - 🐛 Audio problems - 🐛 App crashes when recording - 🐛 No word heard in honeybee swarm - 🐛 Letters move dizzyingly - 🐛 Makes you dizzy and nauseous - 🐛 Not worth $2 - 🐛 No automatic pronunciation for new words - 🐛 Lot of manual work for kids - 🐛 Not efficient - 🐛 Not enough words in list - 🐛 Don't get badge for one mistake - 🐛 Discouraging - 🐛 Hard to navigate - 🐛 Marks correct spelling as wrong - 🐛 Buggy app - 🐛 Record/stop button functions in reverse - 🐛 Two games do not work - 🐛 Limited app - 🐛 Watered down version of another app - 🐛 Almost, needs study section additions - 🐛 Scramble honeycomb list hard without hints **Commonly reported bugs** - App is super glitchy - App crashes all the time - App freezes screen - App won't record any word - App keeps crashing - App closes after a few words - App constantly shutting down - Cannot edit word list after shutdown - App stops suddenly - App glitches continuously - App crashes when recording - No word heard in honeybee swarm - Record/stop button functions in reverse - Two games do not work - Marks correct spelling as wrong - Buggy app - App hasn't been updated **Most requested features** - Fix the keyboard issue in spelling tests - Improve the games - Make letters lowercase - More user-friendly selection for kids - Limit honeycombs to 1 or 2 rows - Fix bugs - Fix audio problems - Add to study section (say word, spell aloud) - Sync between devices - Offer money back guarantees for apps ## Newest reviews (10 of 58) ### 4/5 — Ok *2020-01-17, version 1.7* It ok ### 4/5 — Spelling Test feature *2019-09-27, version 1.7* This is the best App I have found for my son to study his weekly spelling words. You can add your own spelling list and record yourself saying the word which is key to helping them lean. Unlike some other Apps this one had a hint feature on the word scramble that will allow the kids to hear the word they are unscrambling, which is really important when the kids are trying to learn their new words. My only issue with the App that I wish they could fix my issue with the actual "Spelling Test" I'm not sure if it is just our iPad, but my son is given the standard iPad key board to type our the word during a practice test. The only problem with that is there is too many features on the key board that the kids don't need, like: TAB, CAP LOCK, all the NUMBERS, EMOJI ICONS, & the usful MICROPHONE that actually helps the kids cheat. ### 4/5 — Recording is It working *2018-09-25, version 1.5* I been using the spelling bee for my son vocabulary list from school I enter every word but I can’t never get the recording to work. Can you help! Thanks! ### 2/5 — Crashes *2018-04-20, version 1.5* App hasn’t been updated. Crashes all the time. Prior to IOS 10, app worked great. It was a great tool for my son. ### 2/5 — Audio problems, *2017-09-18, version 1.5* We just purchased and when we try to record the word by voice, the app crashes. Also, in the honeybee swarm, no word is heard despite having the volume all the way up. Please fix these two issues. Using latest OS. ### 3/5 — I like it, but.... *2017-03-08, version 1.5* This app could use some fine tuning to make it better. My first suggestion is to make the letters lowercase. I think it's important that children see and spell the word the way you would normally see them in everyday reading. You usually do not see a word in all caps. The user selection could be more usher friendly for kids. The moving honeycombs in multiple lines is dizzying for my daughter. May 1 or 2 rows would be better. Overall it's a useful app. Would just to see these changes. ### 2/5 — Just ok not worth $2 *2017-02-06, version 1.5* I wouldn't recommend this. The way the letters move in the spelling swarm it makes you dizzy and nauseous. I think there are much better games for free than this paid one. I will use since I have it but I wouldn't recommend it ### 4/5 — There's a problem ! *2015-11-11, version 1.5* I just figured out that there's a problem with this app. If you make one mistake for any activity, you won't get your badge even if it takes you a long time to complete. It makes you feel discouraged--like you don't know any of your spelling words. You should make a limit for how many that you can get wrong to still get the badge for an activity. If you get some wrong, it could say "practice more" near the badge. I'm eight years old. I'm in third grade, so trust me I have hard words so I know. ### 5/5 — I like it! *2015-06-10, version 1.5* This app is well done. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2015-03-21, version 1.5* We love it! Very helpful and fun! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not Great *2020-01-09, version 1.7* Looking for an app that I could put my kids spelling list into and have him play games. This does that but the games are t great and it is super glitchy! Try a different one. Wish I could have my $2 back! ### 1/5 — Unstable *2019-01-10, version 1.5* This app crashes all the time ### 1/5 — Seems like a great App *2018-12-21, version 1.5* Loved the games. I couldn’t figure out how to record my own lists. Wouldn’t work no matter what I tried. Then the program froze my screen. It has potential to be great, but not if I can’t record and it freezes my screen. ### 1/5 — Can not get recording go *2018-12-15, version 1.5* I don’t know what is wrong with this app, but it won’t record any word and it keeps crashing. Please fix it or I want my money back. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2018-11-08, version 1.5* I get 3-4 words on the list and the app closes. I’ve tried several times even uninstalling and reinstalling the app. It’s a shame the 3-4 words I could get it to take my son liked playing with. Useless if you can’t get the entire spelling list in there for your child to study. I would like a refund 😕 ### 1/5 — Shutting down *2018-09-19, version 1.5* My app is updated to the latest version and I cannot create a word list due to the app constantly shutting down. Then when you go to log back in, you cannot edit your word list. It makes you create a whole new list. Do not download. It’s frustrating ### 1/5 — Horrible!!!!!!! *2018-02-09, version 1.5* I paid $1.99 for this crap! It stops suddenly and glitches continuously!! This is the worse app EVER! Do NOT buy this app!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Wasted *2016-01-21* 1, It won't allow any new words to pronounce automatically. 2, there are a lot of manual work for kids. Not efficient. 3, there are not enough words in their list ### 1/5 — Not even worth 1 star *2015-10-07, version 1.5* This was so hard to navigate. I tried before my son was allowed to use it. NOT EVEN GONNA WASTE ANYMORE TIME WITH THIS APP. ### 1/5 — Marks correct spelling as wrong *2015-03-20, version 1.5* This game is unhelpful for spelling practice. It marks a word wrong if it is not on the word list. For example, it marked "cork" as wrong, because it wanted us to spell "rock." It marked "posh" as wrong because it was looking for "shop." ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Spelling *2024-01-23, version 1.7* I love it! It helps my kids learn spelling so much easier I definitely recommend! ### 5/5 — Game changer *2023-01-24, version 1.7* I’ve been trying to find something that will keep my kids engaged and wanting to do their prep for the upcoming spelling test. This has solved the melt downs over the idea. My kids are 9 and 6 and thrive using this app. Just what I needed. ### 5/5 — AWESOME *2019-04-08, version 1.7* I LOVE THIS APP ### 5/5 — This is so great! *2019-03-20, version 1.7* It has helped my daughter so much with her spelling words. ### 5/5 — Pls read has all info *2019-01-07, version 1.5* This app is amazing. People say it cab crash, but it never crashed on me. People also say when it crashes you can't edit lists after. They're wrong. You do it by clicking edit then clicking the list u want to edit NOT on the minus symbol. And there u go. I also like how u can make your own lists.that feature really helped me prepare for Scripps spelling bee. You should buy this and support the secs. 👍 ### 5/5 — Amazing Application *2018-10-08, version 1.5* My son has struggled in spelling after starting 2nd grade in an international school. His first sets of scores were 31% and a 38% respectively. I installed this application to give him a full week of using it. According to screen time he used it an average of 34 minutes a day for that week (M-Th). This week he has a 100%. He even spelled the tricky word (Resourceful) correctly. I do not know if those results are unusual but wanted to share exactly our story. Thanks Devs, Rob ### 5/5 — Good practice! *2017-08-23, version 1.5* This app is fun for my son and keeps him current on his spelling words! ### 5/5 — Best App ever for homeschoolers! *2015-10-09, version 1.5* This is amazing. I love everything about this but mostly that I can make lists from there curriculum spelling words and they can study them on the spelling bee! ### 5/5 — Awesome app!!! *2015-09-28, version 1.5* I love that you can program words from your spelling list. Kids are more engaged because they have study options plus the app has a spelling bee to check your child's progress. ### 5/5 — Nice *2015-09-14, version 1.5* Nice educational app. Seems to make kids a little more interested in studying spelling words. --- *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 2026-09-04.*