# Touch and Learn - Emotions — user reviews > 89 indexed App Store user reviews of Touch and Learn by Innovative Mobile Apps, rated 3.90/5 from 34 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/touch-and-learn-emotions/id451685022/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/touch-and-learn-emotions/id451685022.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (14 of 89) ### 4/5 — Great real pics *2022-03-03* This app uses real pictures. Sometimes, it is difficult to determine between emotions when they look curious or surprised as they could be scared or confused? I think the app could be improved by including a set with word tags for our new SEL learners. ### 4/5 — Great idea but not all features work *2019-07-03* I really love this idea, and I especially love the idea of the concepts being customizable, but the minute I try and record the speech for the concept the app crashes :( ### 4/5 — Useful app *2017-04-04* My special needs child has issues with recognizing and dealing with emotional states and this app helps. ### 3/5 — Black box covers part of photos *2016-01-07, version 2.0* If you have the sound off and the readable words on, the words are right in the middle of the four pictures and surrounded by a black box that covers to much of the pictures. A child with autism might not be able to determine what the rest of each of the pictures look like even if they just saw it in the last set. It would be helpful to have the word underneath the four pictures so it is not blocking any part of the photos. ### 4/5 — Helpful for me! *2015-12-23* I like this app a lot, It really helps me exercise my recognition of expressions. Some of them are hard and I've accidentally memorised some of the expressions and what they mean so they're not as useful now, but beyond that fantastic app!! ### 4/5 — Helpful *2015-07-03, version 2.0* Providing the skill of recognizing various emotions of different people Need to customize more and more to meet learner needs ### 3/5 — Confusing *2014-03-31* Great photos, but the combinations of the 4 choices is often confusing, and there are action words given as names of emotions. For example, on one page the stimulus word was "smiling" (action, not emotion) and three of the pictures showed someone smiling, yet there was only one correct answer. In another example, one page used the word "focused" for a certain picture, then on the very next page, used the same picture for the word "curious". This would be fine if they were actually synonymous, but not so much! Let's face it, we use these apps with low-functioning or very young children who are easily confused. The stimulus items and the picture choices need to be more clear. It would also be great to incorporate synonyms in this app, as many children get stuck on "happy", "sad", and "mad" and really need to expand their vocabulary. ### 5/5 — Velliyangiri *2013-12-23, version 2.0* I am exsited to see this app & its feature. Worth to keep in iPhone. ### 3/5 — Can't hear anything *2013-12-14, version 2.0* There is no sound...bummer! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2013-11-29* This is great. Heaps of faces and expressions. I do agree that some of them are difficult but my child is high functioning and I like that she has the additional challenge of looking more carefully at the faces to find the emotion as its not always easy in life. I would say this app is great for those who have a good understanding of happy, sad and angry and want to improve on that. Loving it. Also love the broad range of faces ### 5/5 — Fantastic teaching tool *2013-10-06* At last a simple way of exploring emotions. Perfect for teaching children with autism about facial expressions. ### 4/5 — Great for preschool! *2013-09-15, version 2.0* I teach preschool and was looking for an emotions app. This one is GREAT! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Love how you can customize *2013-08-22, version 2.0* I teach sped self contained deaf and other disabilities, I love how I can customize the emotions shown and tested also you can have sound and labeling for deaf and hearing students ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-08-20* Very good app for children with special needs ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Purchased- no sound 😞 *2019-10-12* Tried all my volume controls and no sound ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2017-11-02* Not helpful ### 1/5 — Black screen *2016-07-08* Just bought the app from Apple Store for my 3 year old. All we see is black screen although we can hear sounds. Tried removing it and downloading again, the result was the same - no picture! Help! ### 1/5 — Emotions *2013-10-22, version 2.0* There is no sound ### 1/5 — Learning Experience? Heck no! *2013-05-05* Of all the apps I have ever purchased or downloaded in my entire life, this is by far the worst one I have ever seen. The pictures are repetitive, the voice is annoying, and some of the feelings don't really go with the picture most of the time. For example, when the voice asked for something "silly", all the pictures have someone smiling. In the end, the app showed that the answer was the little girl who looked rather frustrated than silly. But it's not just that; there are also times when it comes down to two pictures for smiling and I just guess and get it right 50/50 of the time. If both are smiling, I would just pick one and hope for the best. That is the biggest letdown of the app. At the beginning of downloading this app, I expected myself, an autistic 16 year old, to get further knowledge on feelings. But, in the end, it was just an awful mess that could be better off made by a 7 year old. Please, spare your time and DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!! ### 1/5 — This is awful *2012-08-27, version 2.0* Most of these free apps have no sound. What a waste of time. If you are going to develop an app like this and offer it for free at least put sound with it. ### 1/5 — Always upside down! *2012-05-23, version 2.0* I have the screen lock set and this app is always upside down! Ouch! ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2012-05-18, version 2.0* I am not impressed with the pictures and the voice does not sound natural. Customization Is confusing - not worth my time. ### 2/5 — Frustrated by new version! 😞 *2015-12-03* Just upgraded to a newer iPhone & sadly my apps didn't make the transition. I really liked the original version because it allowed me to individualize the program to my different clients by targeting specific emotions for each one. I just spent 5 minutes trying to remember how to access the settings screen-when I went back to get a clue from the App Store info re: the app, that's when I found out you had "improved" it. Now I'll have to try to find another app that will work-but what I especially liked about your app was the realistic photos. Could you please reconsider what was suggested by one of the other reviewers & offer two versions. That would be a way to meet the needs of your varied consumers. If you do upgrade again to incorporate two versions, could you please consider having only one good/clear face out of the four that really best matches the targeted emotion? It makes scoring/data collection much more valid when there is less chance of two or more possible correct responses. Thanks so much for listening to our feedback. 😊 ### 2/5 — Review *2013-08-08, version 2.0* Nice audio but sometimes the pictures are too similar to each other. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This game is so amazing. *2022-09-04* My 4-year-old LOVES this game and is so proud when she gets the answer right. It has only crashed once and we’ve had it for a year. TOTALLY recommend this game! Thanks developers!!! ### 5/5 — Very useful *2020-10-26* I really like that users can choose which emotions to work on! I can target a few emotions and add more emotions as they show growth in comprehension. ### 5/5 — Appropriate pictures for emotions *2017-03-10* Pictures match emotion and app is customizable. ### 5/5 — Great! *2017-03-03* This app is simple with great pictures. It is easy for kindergarteners to use on their own and will help them know how to read how people feel by their expressions. ### 5/5 — Versatile app! *2017-03-02* Really useful and pleased it uses real people! ### 5/5 — Great for building social skills! *2017-03-02* This app is fantastic! I teach little ones with special needs and this is a tough skill for a lot of my kiddos. Thank you so much for creating such a great resource! I love that you can choose which emotions to include so it's not overwhelming. ### 5/5 — Like it a lot! *2016-12-06, version 2.0* I think this is a very nice app. I like that I can target what emotions to work on and eliminate the error sounds. These two features are great for SLPS. Pictures are very nice and lots of vocabulary and concepts to target. Kids like it too! If only it tracked accuracy... ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2015-07-07, version 2.0* Wonderful ### 5/5 — Pre-K students with Autism *2015-04-02, version 2.0* Great app for teaching both my verbal and non-verbal students👍 ### 5/5 — Love it! *2014-03-29, version 2.0* Our son has great difficulty recognizing others emotions, especially with strangers in social situations. So this has been an absolute god-send in helping him feel more at ease. Thank you to the developers. 10/10 --- *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.*