Word Magic vs TeachMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Magic
This educational app helps preschoolers and kindergarteners learn words and spellings through interactive games. Kids identify missing letters for pictures, with positive reinforcement and rewards to keep them engaged.
- Interactive missing letter games
- Picture-based word association
- Positive reinforcement and rewards
- Kid-friendly voice encouragement
- Simple touch-based interface
- Attractive and funny graphics
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Word Magic is nominated for Best Educational App by 2009 Best App Ever awards and also featured in "Apps for kids" by Apple ------------------- Word magic is created by mom and dad of a 5 year old kid. It has wonderful reviews in the app store. Below are some samples by customers. A Fun, Exciting Math App for my 4 year old son. ------ It really is a magic game kids will love it, the upgrades are really good .... auto scrolling to next word .... random colours .... fun graphics .... new different rewards for the kids.... any queries to anusen answered thoroughly & very quickly by email .... and to make it special the little daughters voice will encourage kids to keep guessing & learning .... thanks for thinking of kids & all your good ideas....i also bought maths magic....just as good, same decription as above for word magic.... a very happy nan .... ann ---- This app is the best. My son is learning to read and being able to play to find the begining and ending sound is great and it is a concept being taught to him in kindergarten. My 3 year old loves it too. Makes me want to have iPhones for each one of them! ------ My 5 year old loves this application and It really helps me see how much she knows Keep up the good work ------- My 4.5 yr old daughter loves this game, she is having lots of fun as well learning at the same time. Thanks for making learning fun:) ----- Word Magic is designed keeping preschooler and kindergarten kids in mind. It is very ideal for kids between the ages 3 to 6. It is an excellent application for kids to have fun with words and their spellings and learn them. A picture is shown and the kids should select the missing letter for the picture. The picture for the word will be read out. There are three flavors. Based on the kids level, you can choose missing letter at the beginning or in the middle or in the last. Word magic is loaded with lot of fun features: - Very simple design. Kids need to just touch the answer. - Very attractive and funny pictures. - Once they identify the correct answer, shaking the iphone will take them to a new problem. - Every time they pick the answers they get appreciated with surprise appreciation (real voice) - After every 5 successive correct answers different colored stars appear as their rewards. Kids love this. Word magic is fun learning experience for kids which would help them in - Positive reinforcement - Surprises and rewards - Very simple design - Vibrant colors - Attractive and funny pictures Once a kid plays with this application he/she will want to play till the end of the game to see the surprises. The sounds and colors have been carefully selected. The voices are also recorded by a kid. This application has been kids approved. We had spent lots of time researching the usability of this application. We have been tweaking this application and enhancing it based on how 4 year old kids use this. We have 6 QA's for this application. Yes! 6 preschoolers who approved this application. We had been iteratively testing with 6 different kids of the same age group. Have fun, and please send your comments and feedback and enhancements requests to wordmagic@anusen.com ------- We had partnered with SmarTots and excited to provide more features to the parents. SmarTots provides learning reports and mobile education app reviews that help parents understand what their children are learning. Signing up for SmarTots also gives parents access to fun activities that enhance the educational value of mobile education apps like this one. Click the Parent Button inside this app to get these great features ------- Checkout http://tinyurl.com/n6p2hd for the video of this app. ----- Please try out our other applications Math Magic Match Magic Count Magic Think BIG Math Series Dicatation
TeachMe
This educational app helps first graders master essential subjects like math, reading, and spelling through engaging games and a rewarding system. It offers personalized learning, tracks progress, and provides verbal feedback to keep children motivated.
- Writing recognition and virtual keyboard input
- Progress tracking and achievement screens
- Reward system with virtual town exploration
- Personalized learning for multiple students
- Adjustable difficulty and question selection
- Verbal instructions and feedback
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*** WINNER for Best Elementary Student App at BestAppEver.com *** Readers' Choice Top 10 at SmartAppsForKids.com TeachMe: 1st Grade is the third installment in the popular TeachMe series of educational apps. TeachMe: 1st Grade teaches four age-appropriate subjects to first grade children: sight words, addition, subtraction and spelling. Learning subjects align with common core standards to help your child get prepared for 1st Grade. Parents can review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing. TeachMe: 1st Grade keeps children engaged with a unique reward system where children earn coins by playing learning games at the school. They can move around the rest of TeachTown to spend their coins on fun rewards. Children can collect stretchable shapes at the Shape Store, visit their virtual aquarium at the Fish Store, and decorate different scenes at the art store. The simple and intuitive user interface is designed to be child friendly, which allows children to play without help from an adult. An animated teacher (Mimi Mouse) gives verbal instructions and feedback to encourage the child to learn and succeed! In addition, the learning screens are colorful, fun and rotate between four different subjects so children don't get bored. Children write their answers for math and spelling questions and TeachMe: 1st Grade reads them. If your child needs help, TeachMe: 1st grade will show them how to write the correct answer including the proper stroke order. TeachMe also includes a virtual keyboard input option. Each child has an achievements screen which motivates and encourages learning by showing progress and levels for each topic. Parents can use this screen to quickly see progress of their child. Parents can select which subjects they want, set different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions. Parents can also review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing. FEATURES: • Uses writing recognition, or virtual keyboard input • Achievement screen show progress and levels for each topic • Explore TeachTown to spend coins on fun rewards • Collectable stretchable shapes reward found at the Shape Store • Virtual Aquarium reward (7 types of fish and 50+ items) • 7 different sticker reward scenes: space, playground, beach, underwater reef, pirate cove, city, farm • Over 170 different stickers for adding to scenes • Classroom friendly personalized learning for 40 students • Select which subjects are displayed for each child • Turn on/off specific questions within a subject • Change the number of correct questions to earn a reward • Change the number of questions in a row to mark a question learned • Tracks performance for each subject item (last five) • Export sticker rewards scenes to Photos, for emailing or using as wallpaper LEARNING SUBJECTS: • Sight Words: Dolch First Grade • Addition: up to a total of 20 with additional advanced questions • Subtraction: from 20 down with additional advanced questions • Math questions are shown both horizontally and vertically • Spelling: 170+ 1st grade level words COMMON CORE: For alignment info see https://www.24x7digital.com/firstgradecc Email us at support@24x7digital for help & suggestions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TeachMe at 3.8 against Word Magic's 3.5. TeachMe also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 65%). Word Magic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Word Magic costs $0.99 and TeachMe $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TeachMe holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Word Magic's written reviews are positive against 80% of TeachMe's.
Word Magic ships an update every 3 weeks, TeachMe every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Word Magic | TeachMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (190 ratings) | 3.8 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews | 79.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anusen Inc | 24x7digital LLC |
Customer experience
Word Magic
TeachMe
User reviews
Word Magic
From 190 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great learning tool
- 🌟 Engaging for kids
- 🎨 Colorful and attractive
- 💡 Rewarding and motivating
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 👎 Too basic for older kids
- 🗣️ Poor pronunciation
- 🔊 Unbalanced sound levels
- 🚫 No way back to menu
- 🔄 Repetitive words
TeachMe
From 42 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎓 Comprehensive educational content covering math, spelling, and sight words
- 🎁 Engaging reward system with coins and virtual store purchases
- ✍️ Handwriting recognition feature teaches proper penmanship
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay that keeps children engaged
- 💰 Affordable price point (under $3)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Handwriting recognition is inconsistent and frustrating
- 🔤 Difficulty recognizing specific letters (M, T, G especially problematic)
- 🔁 Limited question variety with excessive repetition
- ⏱️ Slow app loading times
- 🎤 Annoying narrator voice that cannot be muted or disabled
Bugs and requests
Word Magic
Reported bugs
6 issues- App frozen
- Flute card issue
- Misspelled 'fishes'
- Crashes
- Can't read letter combinations
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- Can't change game modes
Requested features
20 requests- Increase complexity/add more levels
- Add more words
- Add timer function
- Option for UK English voice
- Volume control
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- More advanced words/version
- Option to turn off timer
- Correct pronunciation errors
- Add phonetics support
- More animation
- Track progress
- Randomize missing letter position
- Longer words
- Phonetic sounds for wrong answers
- More levels with longer words
- Add more pictures
- Visual cues for correct answers
- Improve user interface
- Add two-vowel words
- Option for random missing letter position
TeachMe
Reported bugs
12 issues- Handwriting recognition fails to accept correct letters
- Letter M not recognized consistently
- Letter T mistaken for L
- App crashes at higher difficulty levels
- App freezes during gameplay
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- Writing feature stops working after extended use
- Character recognition misreads answers (e.g., D as I)
- App not responding to user input
- Incompatibility with iPhone 5 resolution
- Skips around and mid-reads child's attempts
- Excessive repetition of same questions
- Narrator lectures repeat multiple times without interruption
Requested features
19 requests- Grade 2, 3, and higher grade versions
- Option to disable or mute narrator voice
- Ability to choose specific subjects/lessons
- QWERTY keyboard layout option
- Friendlier wrong answer feedback mechanism
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- Customizable sound effects and audio prompts
- Disable answer reveal button or make it harder to access
- Support for different handwriting styles and cursive
- Underlines to indicate number of letters in spelling words
- Faster app performance and loading times
- More diverse and varied questions
- Parental lock feature to prevent accidental app exit
- Time and currency learning modules
- Reading comprehension with voice recognition
- More reward options and virtual items
- Support for multiple languages and accents (British, Australian, etc.)
- Ability to set number of attempts before answer appears
- Separate handwriting practice section
- Keyboard option for children with poor handwriting
In-app purchases
Word Magic
No in-app purchases
TeachMe
No in-app purchases
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