Comparison

Sentence Maker vs Clicker Writer

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

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About

Sentence Maker

This interactive game helps young children learn to build and complete sentences through a fun, touch-based interface. It offers extensive customization options for parents and educators, allowing for personalized learning experiences with custom words, images, and even voice recordings.

Highlights
  • Fully customizable sentences and phrases
  • Add custom voice recordings
  • Add custom pictures and items
  • Multi-sensory learning tool
  • Multi-language support
  • Adjustable difficulty and hints
Features
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"Wow, it just keeps getting better!" Approved by parents, teachers, and toddlers. The only FULLY customizable app of its kind! Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over. Sentence Maker is an exciting interactive game that helps your child rapidly learn to make and complete their own sentences all with just the touch of their finger. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in moving their first words around the page. Ideal for ages 1 to 6. FEATURES • EVERYTHING IS CUSTOMIZABLE • You decide what kinds of phrases or sentences to focus on. Whether you want to get started with 2 word combos or jump straight to 5 word sentences is all up to you. • Turn Tile Magnets ON or OFF from the settings page. The tile magnet automatically snaps letters in their place. This is great for toddlers with little fingers but now you can turn this off if you are ready to take your spelling skills to the next level. • Add your own voice - now your toddler can learn everything in mommy's or daddy's voice • Add your own items - add your own pictures and start making sentences with the items around your home! • Uses real, crisp photographs that are carefully hand picked and selected vs. cartoonish illustrations • Fun & engaging voice artist keeps kids engaged • Multi-sensory learning tool - combining seeing, hearing, and tactile feedback • Don't like some of the existing items... no problem, just delete any item your kid does not enjoy • Multi-language support - since you can edit existing items and add new items, you can record everything in your native tongue • Add new letters - you can even add new letters that are unique to your language to make this app work in any language • You can even customize all of the game and success sounds so that your little one hears your words of appreciation • Sentence hints - if you want to learn just by sight, you can turn the sentence hints off • Visual hints - if you want to learn just by sound, you can hide the images • Word hints - if you don't want to show the letter hints in the destination tiles, you can turn them off • Sentence oder - you can go from A to Z or in random order • Word order - you can go in any order or require that words are spelled from left to right • Letter case - uppercase, lowercase, and capitalized spelling is supported • Create new lists - want to help your little one with a specific set of words? No problem, just create a new list of words • Customize items - every item is fully customizable (text, audio, and image). You can also add your own photos • Customize letters - you can change the recorded voice for each of the letters • Customize success sounds - can even customize the success sounds so that your little one hears your words of appreciation HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com

About

Clicker Writer

This writing tool supports students of all abilities, from ages 5-11, to build confidence and improve their writing skills. It offers features like speech feedback, word prediction, and customizable grids with pictures to aid sentence construction and vocabulary development.

Highlights
  • Speech feedback for reviewing writing
  • Clicker Grids for sentence building
  • Picture-enhanced word banks
  • Intelligent word prediction
  • Voice notes for prompts
  • SuperKeys for accessibility
Features
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THE WRITING TOOL FOR SCHOOLS Develop students’ writing skills and build struggling writers’ confidence with Clicker Writer - the writing tool that provides differentiated support for students of all abilities. Continuously developed by Crick Software for over 30 years, the Clicker product range is used in thousands of schools around the world. REVIEW WRITING WITH CLEAR SPEECH Students use the child-friendly keyboard to type into the simple word processor, and a range of speech options encourages them to review what they have written. This helps students find and correct errors for themselves, enabling them to become more independent writers. BUILD WRITING CONFIDENCE WITH CLICKER GRIDS Clicker Grids provide students with point and click access to whole words and phrases. Beginner writers build sentences word-by-word, while developing writers use topic-based word banks to complement their keyboard writing. Browse LearningGrids directly from the app to access hundreds of free sets of Clicker Grids on a wide range of topics - or use the built-in editor (which now includes Cai, our amazing AI assistant) to create your own in seconds! USE SYMBOLS AND PICTURES FOR EXTRA SUPPORT Clicker Writer’s Picturize tool makes it easy to add symbols or pictures to support understanding and writing across Clicker Grids, the spell checker, the word predictor, and your document. It includes 10,000 Widgit symbols and 4,500 curriculum pictures, and you can also add your own images. DEVELOP VOCABULARY AND SPELLING WITH WORD PREDICTION The intelligent word predictor suggests words that fit the context of students’ writing, helping them to use good vocabulary and create flowing text with accurate spelling. CHECK WORDS BEFORE THEY ARE USED Learners can listen to words before they write them, helping them to find the word they want and achieve writing success. Any word in a Clicker Grid or the predictor can be heard before it is used by using our unique Sound Shift tool. ADD VOICE NOTES Voice Notes are a simple yet highly effective way for students to add their own prompts, so they don’t forget their train of thought – add them to the document at any time. WRITING TO BE PROUD OF The child-friendly Sassoon font included in the app makes Clicker documents look great. Save and print your documents directly on your device, or share them with Clicker Writer on your PC, Mac or Chromebook via Google Drive or OneDrive. Whatever your students’ current level, you’ll watch their confidence grow and their motivation soar as they experience writing success! ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL To make access easier for those with physical challenges, the unique SuperKeys option groups the letter keys into clusters, creating just six large areas to target. Just select the cluster containing the letter you want, then choose the letter in the enlarged cluster. Colors and font sizes can be customized for enhanced visibility. ORGANIZE IDEAS WITH CLICKER BOARD Organizing ideas is an important first step in the writing process, and one that many learners struggle with. Clicker Board is a child-friendly mind mapping area that makes it easy to capture and organize thoughts using words, Voice Notes, and pictures.

Screenshots

Sentence Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sentence Maker and Clicker Writer both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Sentence Maker's written reviews are positive against 43% of Clicker Writer's. Sentence Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (142 vs 2). Clicker Writer's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). On rating, ads and monetization model 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

Clicker Writer is free to download; Sentence Maker costs $0.99 up front. Clicker Writer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sentence Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sentence Maker against 4.5 for Clicker Writer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sentence Maker has 142 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Sentence Maker's written reviews are positive against 43% of Clicker Writer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sentence Maker ships an update every 13 months, Clicker Writer every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sentence Maker versus Clicker Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSentence MakerClicker Writer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (142 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings142 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovative Investments LimitedCrick Software

Customer experience

Sentence Maker

All ratings142 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.9%

Clicker Writer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Sentence Maker

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Cannot open settings
  • 3 finger tap not working
  • Settings adjustment does not work
  • Words can be placed out of sequence
  • Audio reads whole sentence too fast
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  • Some words are hidden behind other words

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add animation or video
  • Control audio speed
  • Option to turn off letter spaces
  • Make destination tiles same number of letters
  • Add capital letter at beginning and full stop at end
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  • Option to capitalize only necessary words
  • Child-friendly font (e.g., chalkboard)
  • More complex sentences for advanced learners
  • Combine all apps into one
  • Higher level language support
  • More sight words and simple words
  • Option to show punctuation
  • Option to turn off clue for number of tiles per word
  • More natural sounding speech output
  • One word at a time progression
  • Make it harder by turning off letter spaces

Clicker Writer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sentence Maker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Clicker Writer

One-time1
  • Clicker Writer In-App Purchase$350.00

Questions

Is Sentence Maker free?
Sentence Maker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clicker Writer free?
Clicker Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sentence Maker or Clicker Writer?
Sentence Maker is rated higher. Sentence Maker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while Clicker Writer averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Sentence Maker or Clicker Writer have ads?
Neither Sentence Maker nor Clicker Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sentence Maker or Clicker Writer?
Sentence Maker ships an update every 13 months, and Clicker Writer every 2 months. Most recently, Sentence Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clicker Writer on October 24, 2026.

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