Word Magic App Reviews

This app is a good way to start your kids reading. The pictures are simple and clear and its something that can grow with your child. One of my sons (4yr) is filling in the letters and my other son (2yr) is saying the words even though he is nowhere near being able to read yet. Good app.

I LOVE this app!!! My daughter has been playing with this for over a year. She is in k-4 and is the best reader in her class!! Well worth the money spent!!!

Im surprised by the 5-star reviews. Its good, not great. What I would change: --The childs voices that say the words enunciate very poorly, so I usually have to say the word to my son so he can properly hear the starting sound (hes on the first level). For example, there is a picture of a hut--not exactly an everyday word--and all you really hear is the "ut" part of the word. --If he chooses the wrong letter, a childs voice says something like "twy [sic] again" or "you can do it", but every time it says "thass [sic] okay", he thinks he got it right, not wrong. ("But Mom, she said thats okay!") Its not obvious enough whether he got it right or wrong. --Whats with all the halloween backgrounds? Itll show a picture of the sun, the word "_un" and have witches on broomsticks in the background? What the ?????? --The words ARE NOT grouped by how easy they are to spell (just by the number of letters and the position of the letter within the word). So you CANNOT choose to focus on words with simple vs. blended consonants (like "c" or "s" vs. "ch", "sh", "sl", or "sp") or short vs. long vs. miscellaneous vowel sounds. This may be fine for a more advanced speller, but if your kid is just working on letter sounds, youll run into a lot of frustration.

I completely agree with DenisePhilly. Needs some updates & revisions. Also, a volume control. Its SO loud and adjusting the volume on my iPhone does nothing.

My kids havent played this game yet. I played it to see how it works. I was surprised and disappointent to see that they misspelled a word. They spelled the plural version of fish as fishes which is not correct. Well see if my kids like it.

This application is awesome! Not only does this constantly challange my sons ability, the developer is constantly adding more words and improving the application! It is really a GREAT application - well done!

Our 5 year old grand-daughter loves this app. She is in Kindergarden and this is reinforcing her reading/spelling skills in an entertaining way.

Not really for toddlers, my 3yr old was just having fun tapping any letter instead of learning much. Should be good when shes four like the rating says, could use a bit more animation.

This app looks even better on iPad. No crash so far. Good.

I got this app for my son in Kindergarten. He was learning to read and he plays this all the time. The voice is a little hard to understand on some words - but he loves playing it and its pretty challenging yet easy enough for that age. I think once your kid knows how to read fluently - this app would be a waste. However for ages 7 down - great app! 5 stars. No bugs or glitches we have encountered either.

Not bad. However the pronunciation of the words from benefit generally from being in a more neutral accent. More importantly some of the words are essentially unrecognizable. Clover sounded like it started with a P - more like plowed than clover. I think someone needs to go through all the words and record many of them.

This was clearly not designed by an educator. Initial sounds are not bad, but the medial and ending sounds have zero relationship to phonological awareness. No knowledge of vowel pairs is being taught. Very poor examples are the words moon, bear, and bird. the o, e and i do not make their short sounds in these words. They work as a pair. The i in bird is an r-controlled vowel. Before children learn to read print, they need to become aware of how the sounds in words work. This app will confuse and frustrate young children as they enter kindergarten.

Great effort atleast u got it right vs lots who write reviews and do nothing. I am sure you will improve this . My 6 year old loves the app .

Who the ...... H_ll ....... is this....Concerned Educator ? ---------------- a e u i ----------------- I like the program. Is it the best, I would have to say yes, its the best available in this format for this age group. Do I like the multi-cultural accents, not really, but, thats the world in which we live. I just TEACH my son the pronunciation I prefer. Could it be better, yes! My beginning 2nd grader burns through these words in no time at all. I would like to see more advanced words and would pay money for the more advanced version. I would really like to see Concerned Educator put out a better app. Where are your apps listed?

The words fly through when you dont even touch the screen, this is severely bugged.

My 4-year old likes this app and I can see she is learning from it from doing the spelling exercises. It makes her stop and sound words out so she can figure out how to fill in the blank.

Word Magic is a cool app that was very useful to my kid to check his current spelling skills, and expand beyond his current level. The app has a great collection of words, and has several configurable settings including level, rewars sound, word length and many others. Great app for a ridiculously cool price!

This is a great program perfect for my 3 year old. Both my husband and I sit at home and work with her on her spelling, sounds, identification of letters, etc. She has gotten amazingly good at her spelling and is learning things that Im sure she might be learning in kindergarten. She loves it because she thinks it is just a game, and we love it because it makes home schooling her easy & fun! Thanks anusen!

I bought this app for my 4 yrs old son. He loves this apps a lot and it helps him to imporve his spelling kills and I am seeing very good improvement in reading skills as well. Its really more worth what I spent. It cant be expalined in words. You will feel it!!! Great Job. Love to see more words, pictures and more levels. Keep it up.

My daughter loves this game, its perfect learning tool... She especially loves the stickers and awards.. Great job