Comparison

Smiley Sight Words vs SnapType

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Smiley Sight Words

This app helps children learn essential high-frequency words, crucial for early reading comprehension. It offers over 1,600 words from various lists, with customizable flashcards and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Over 1,600 high-frequency sight words
  • Multiple word lists (Dolch, Fry, UK, AU)
  • Customizable flashcard sets
  • Player progress tracking
  • American-English pronunciations
  • Multiple font options
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Smiley Sight Words teaches high-frequency sight words to your child! The 1,600+ sight words included with Smiley Sight Words comprises up to 85% of the text in a child's early reading materials. A child who can recognize just 8 of 10 words in a sentence can typically understand its meaning! "Sight words" often cannot be illustrated via simple pictures or sounded out according to regular phonetic decoding rules, thus they need to be learned and recognized "on sight". Smiley Sight Words is a handy way to keep track of and encourage a child's mastery of their sight words. FEATURES: • Optimized for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. • Over 1,600 common sight words comprehensively compiled from Dolch, Fry, Pinnell-Fountas, UK, and many other high-frequency word lists. • Beautifully recorded American-English pronunciations for all words • Top 1000 - 40 levels sorted by frequency • Dolch 300 - 7 levels (pre-primer, primer, grade 1-3, nouns 1-2) • Dolch 300 - 11 levels sorted by frequency • Fry 1000 - 10 levels sorted by frequency • UK 1000 - 10 levels sorted by frequency • AU Rainbow - 12 levels sorted by color-code. • More Words - Upper and lower-case alphabet, numbers 0-100, colors, shapes, animals, months, days of week, family words, common nouns • Words organized by number of letters • 10 Customizable Flash Card sets • 10 Shared Customizable Flash Card sets common to all 5 players • Copy and Paste words from sets or emails • Email export of word lists • Show and Hide individual words • Mark flash cards with smileys - try to earn 3 thumbs-up smileys for each word. • Flash cards respond to swipes, shakes, and taps • Customizable settings for up to 40 players • Player names and photos can be customized • Progress Report can be saved to Photo Library • D'Nealian, Zaner-Bloser, Times, Helvetica, Marker Felt, Chalkboard, and Noteworthy fonts • In-app Help documentation Please contact us first at support@24x7digital.com.

About

SnapType

This app allows students to easily complete school worksheets by adding text to images of their assignments using their device's keyboard. It's a helpful tool for those who struggle with handwriting, enabling them to share their completed work via print, email, or other sharing options.

Highlights
  • Add text to worksheet images
  • Import worksheets from device
  • Use device keyboard for input
  • Print completed worksheets
  • Email completed worksheets
  • Share completed worksheets
Features
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SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone. With SnapType, students can take a picture of their worksheets, or import worksheets from anywhere on their device. They can then use their iOS device keyboard to add text to these documents and print, email, or share their creations. It is the perfect solution for kids, and even adults, who struggle with their handwriting. Just read a few of our amazing testimonials: "Dear Amberlynn, Thank you so much for creating this app. You have changed the way my 12 year old son with dyspraxia functions in school. He is more independent and I cannot thank you enough. Please continue to help kids like my son. You are changing lives. Thank you." "Thank you for this ! I am going to talk to my sons teachers about this -you are a blessing ! I can honestly tell you that I have spent many hours crying inside an Hurting watching my son struggle to write pages of sentences and spelling words and other homework - to the point that I have stopped him and honestly wrote for him left handed to make it look more like a neater version of his because I could not take it anymore ! Thank you" "I just wanted to personally thank you for creating it, as this is an app that I use nearly every day with my son to do his homework. You have created an app with a simple interface, but with an incredibly powerful impact. Thank you." "It is wonderful and something so simple yet so so so important for little guys like mine who cannot write BUT is learning to type and has so much to say and SHOW." "We trialed SnapType with an 8-year old who is receiving school-based occupational therapy due to visual motor and visual perceptual issues. The biggest complaint from teachers about handwriting for this student was related to illegible answers on worksheets. The student quickly learned to take images of the worksheets with her iPad, upload them to the device and type in her answers. In addition to making her writing legible and eliminating issues with visual perceptual skills, the child's interest in the task was greatly improved, as was her pride in her work." "Thank you so much Amberlynn. What a wonderful idea and gift to those kids that struggle with dysgraphia. I have converted many a workbook page for my son. This is WONDERFUL!" "Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm a mother of twins. My son is autistic and my daughter has cerebral palsy. They are still only 2 and a half... but I'm sure they will both need and use this. The fact that you have also made it free and are paying for it out of pocket is just the sweetest thing ever. I read about this last night and cried tears of joy. You are amazing! And I'm going to be telling everyone who will listen about you, this story, and your app. Thank you again, I truly appreciate it!!”

Screenshots

Smiley Sight Words4 screens
SnapType4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SnapType at Free against Smiley Sight Words's $0.99. SnapType also leads on ratings volume (366 vs 5) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Smiley Sight Words's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (88% vs 64%). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SnapType is free to download; Smiley Sight Words costs $0.99 up front. SnapType sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Smiley Sight Words asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SnapType holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnapType has 366 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Smiley Sight Words's written reviews are positive against 64% of SnapType's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smiley Sight Words ships an update every 3 months, SnapType every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Smiley Sight Words versus SnapType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmiley Sight WordsSnapType
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.5 (366 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5366 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer24x7digital LLCSNAPTYPE, LLC

Customer experience

Smiley Sight Words

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%

SnapType

All ratings366 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

Bugs and requests

Smiley Sight Words

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SnapType

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Location is never where you tap
  • Boxes don’t move when you want it to
  • Automatic blur problem
  • Upgrade doesn't restore
  • Crashes when trying to install on iPad
Show 5 more
  • Keeps crashing
  • Will not let me delete more than 3 documents
  • Bought pro and when I tap restore it crashes
  • Can not save
  • Having issues getting the desired document or pic of worksheet to open

Requested features

5 requests
  • Fix automatic blur
  • Add erasing function for Apple Pencil
  • More space for documents (basic version)
  • Ability to write on SnapType (free version)
  • Enable text-to-speech for worksheet directions

In-app purchases

None

Smiley Sight Words

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SnapType

Subscriptions1
  • Everything Unlocked14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Smiley Sight Words free?
Smiley Sight Words costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapType free?
SnapType is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smiley Sight Words or SnapType?
SnapType is rated higher. Smiley Sight Words averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SnapType averages 4.5 from 366 ratings.
Do Smiley Sight Words or SnapType have ads?
Neither Smiley Sight Words nor SnapType shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smiley Sight Words or SnapType?
Smiley Sight Words ships an update every 3 months, and SnapType every 4 weeks. Most recently, Smiley Sight Words was updated on October 22, 2026 and SnapType on October 21, 2026.

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