Comparison

Spelling Notebook vs Siren's Spellbook

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Siren's Spellbook

Features
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Siren’s Spellbook is the singers' companion for learning scales, modes, solfège, audiation, and the moods and characters of the Classical Modes, using the timeless Kodály inspired approach. The app helps singers study not only how of the Classical Modes sounds, but also how each parent scale and rotation feels, functions, and is traditionally named. Inside the free companion app for iPhone and iPad you can: • Hear scale demonstrations and technical studies of every scale with accurate tempo-based playback. • Learn to recognise and use the archetypal mood and character of the parent-scales and modes and use them in your singing and composition. • Learn the construction of character and mood archetypes, showing how interval tendencies combine into more complex modal identities. • Practice with a built-in metronome synced to the selected BPM. • Explore parent scales and modal rotations across pentatonic, diatonic, harmonic, melodic, neapolitan, double harmonic, Hungarian minor, whole-tone, augmented hexatonic, diminished octatonic, and chromatic families. • Access reference pages for Western modes and Carnatic/Karnataka pitch-set equivalents. • Sing the scales using the movable-Do solfège with chromatic alterations, octave markers, and a parent-relative rotational logic inspired by Kodály pedagogy. • Learn to use the Curwen hand signs to assist with visually and kinaesthetically anchoring the intervals with the solfège. The app is designed differently for each device: • On iPad, the complete Siren's Spellbook sheet music for all scales and modes is included with full workbook page viewing and inline playback controls as an IN-APP FULL SHEET MUSIC PURCHASE. • On iPhone, it works as a practical singing companion to the physical version of Siren's spellbook, which is available to purchase separately. The companion app has fast playback buttons for the exercises, making it easy to use alongside the physical book. The iPhone app does not include the sheet music, even with the full sheet music purchase. It is audio only. Siren’s Spellbook is especially useful for: • singers studying solfege and audiation • students learning modal colour and function • teachers working with Kodaly-inspired training • anyone wanting a deeper, more expressive understanding of scales and modes If you want to move beyond memorising note patterns and start hearing the inner character of each modal family, Siren’s Spellbook offers a structured and musical path into modal practice.

Screenshots

Spelling Notebook4 screens
Siren's Spellbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Siren's Spellbook at every 2 weeks against Spelling Notebook's every 3 months. Spelling Notebook's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spelling Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Siren's Spellbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spelling Notebook ships an update every 3 months, Siren's Spellbook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spelling Notebook versus Siren's Spellbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpelling NotebookSiren's Spellbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAko Software Ltd.Jordan Collin

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

Siren's Spellbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spelling Notebook

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$1.99
1 purchases

Siren's Spellbook

One-time1
  • Siren’s Spellbook iPad Sheet Music$14.99

Questions

Is Spelling Notebook free?
Spelling Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Siren's Spellbook free?
Siren's Spellbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spelling Notebook or Siren's Spellbook have ads?
Neither Spelling Notebook nor Siren's Spellbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spelling Notebook or Siren's Spellbook?
Spelling Notebook ships an update every 3 months, and Siren's Spellbook every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spelling Notebook was updated on November 10, 2026 and Siren's Spellbook on November 5, 2026.

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