Spelling Notebook vs Word Search Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spelling Notebook
Create personalized spelling lists, practice words with audio pronunciation, and test your knowledge. Earn stars for correct answers and focus on words you need to master. Ideal for students and anyone looking to improve their spelling skills.
- Create personalized word lists
- Audio pronunciation for words
- Test spelling knowledge
- Earn stars for correct words
- Practice words needing mastery
- Record your own voice
- Extensive searchable dictionary
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Create a personalized list of words to practice. Test your spelling - hear each word spoken. Get a star for each correct word. Practice just the words you have yet to master. Retest your words at anytime. Students can practice their words independently. Originally designed to be a replacement for a student's spelling notebook which lists words to be learnt for school each week. Unlike a paper notebook, SpellingNotebook can speak each of the words to enable testing and practice without seeing the written word. SpellingNotebook contains a full searchable spelling dictionary so that words can be added directly to the student's word list, minimizing entry errors. User Reviews * This app is awesome I have a spelling test coming up and I can spell every word correctly thanks to this app!!! (US) * Makes spelling practice fun (UK) * So fun!!!! This is a great app for kids and adults! (US) * Great App!!! Whole class uses it!! (Australia) Spelling Notebook features: * Students can practice independently * More than 100,000 words - add new words to the built in spelling dictionary when needed * Spelling Notebook has a built in voice that can say all words in its extensive dictionary and any new english words added * Optionally Record your own voice for the word you want to practice. You can record just the word, or even a whole phrase to help you recognize which word to spell. * Multiple English regions: UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ * Earn a star for correct words * Keep multiple word lists * Edit word lists: add or delete words, add or delete an entire word list, rename your list * Import words from one wordlist into another * Words are selected from an extensive dictionary - minimizing entry errors * Help available in app to guide and support * Word list Copy and Paste * History of Word list tests and practice * Email test results * 8 words per list: Upgrade to Premium for unlimited words per list and a selection of UK, US and Australian voices. The built-in spelling dictionary is automatically selected by region. For countries outside US, Canada, Australia and NZ, the UK spelling dictionary is selected. Follow us on Instagram: @spellingnotebook Recommended Ages: All, Kids Categories: Education, Productivity, Apps for Kids
Word Search Maker
Create custom word search and word jumble puzzles with a variety of word directions and print layout options. Easily share your creations with friends and family through popular messaging and social media apps.
- Create word search and word jumbles
- Add up to 50 words
- Restrict word directions
- Customizable print layout
- Change fonts, backgrounds, and colors
- Share puzzles via apps
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The Puzzlopolis word search maker is a fully feature puzzle creation tool for creating word search and word jumbles from scratch. Add up to 50 words and the app will take care of the rest. The app supports options for restricting the directions of the words to any combination of across, down, diagonal, forwards, or backwards to increase or decrease the difficulty as required. The app supports customisation of the print layout including customisation of fonts, backgrounds, colours, orientations, and more. The app supports sharing your finished puzzles using any of your favourite apps; from e-mail to Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Word Search Maker at every 4 days against Spelling Notebook's every 3 months. Word Search Maker also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Spelling Notebook's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 94) and review sentiment (86% vs 70%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Spelling Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Word Search Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Spelling Notebook against 4.6 for Word Search Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spelling Notebook has 2.7K ratings behind it against 94, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Spelling Notebook's written reviews are positive against 70% of Word Search Maker's.
Spelling Notebook ships an update every 3 months, Word Search Maker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spelling Notebook | Word Search Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) | 4.6 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.3% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 94 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ako Software Ltd. | eXparity Limited |
Customer experience
Spelling Notebook
Word Search Maker
Bugs and requests
Spelling Notebook
Reported bugs
2 issues- Word lists disappearing after device change
- Keyboard issues causing app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- Add dictionary definitions
- Improve pronunciation quality
- Allow more words in free version
- Implement a dark mode
- Add ability to share/sync word lists
Word Search Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spelling Notebook
- Upgrade to Premium$1.99
Word Search Maker
- Word Search Maker$2.99
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