I know I’m not supposed to write this review on this app and I was supposed to write it on either endless reader or endless numbers but that’s OK. Anyways, I forgot about the ability to restore purchases after purchasing endless reader and endless numbers. I’ve owned these apps before, but when I deleted them all of my word packs were gone and number packs. If I would’ve re-download them again, I would have to restore my purchases further down the road, since most of my words and numbers are missing. Took a long time for me to notice but thanks. Shortly after I’m done writing this review, I’ll download endless raider an endless numbers (as well as endless alphabet) on my iPad so I can enjoy.
My 2.5yr old is recognizing letters when out and about, saying their names and the sound they make. That is entirely thanks to this brilliant game. The letters are stylized as wacky monsters that speak their sounds as you drag them into place. Then the friendly narrator speaks the letter’s name. When playing, I added a rule that my kid has to say the name of the letter every time, to reinforce the learning. After he spells the entire word, he’s treated with a delightful animation. There are tons of words! I really can’t say enough good things about this app. I’ve researched and downloaded all the top rated learning apps. Some are really good. This one is by far the best. Thanks for making it. I can’t wait to check out your other apps!
Toddler loves this - home button needs to be modified
My 22m old loves playing this game. He can complete 2-3 words before getting bored which is impressive given his age. He also likes that this gives him screen time that is interactive. Expensive, but great game. Developers: the “home” button is easy to hit when moving letters around - especially if playing on a phone rather than iPad. It would be great for a confirmation message to pop up, make the button smaller, and move it closer to the corner to reduce chance of error.
My 18 month old son loves this app! He obviously doesn’t know the fun squiggly shapes are letters making words, but it’s a fun way for him to learn shape recognition. And when he is ready to start reading, this will give him a foundation to build on. And I feel like I can let him “play” on the iPad without feeling too guilty. A few suggestions I have: 1) The repetitive background music does wear on a parent’s ears after a while; mixing it up or having a variety would be a relief. 2) Is there a way we could create our own words? It would be nice to have personal words available for him to learn, like his own name, “Mommy” and “Daddy”, his street and town, etc. 3) Different difficulty levels. While his spacial recognition is able to figure out where all the letters in “gargantuan” go, he’s barely saying more than 10 words, let alone able to understand a third grade vocabulary word. Love that difficult words are included, but could there be levels of words, like “dog” and “cat” for preschoolers, and work up to “hilarious” and “lopsided” once they’re ready? Thank you for making these apps!!
Great game that we sampled on a display iPad and thought it was great. One of the first apps we got our children and it was a go to even chosen over other TV character based games and definitely has been more effective in multiple reading skill building and across huge child skill levels and ages. Exactly the good that all electronic devices and apps should strive for. No guilt letting my children play this for '...just five more minutes?'
I love these apps. I had one I paid for by the same company for the alphabet that was fantastic. They no longer support it so I bought this one. Not an equal trade. Kids learning the alphabet are not the same kids that need to learn super long words. For 8.99 The creators need to make options for you to tailor to your child’s age. To be able to only have the alphabet and not only words since it is called Endless Alphabet. And for the love of Pete to be able to use lower case letters. Kids need practice on lower case way more than uppercase letters. As a preschool teacher I’m pretty disappointed by the missed opportunities for this app for the price.
This app could be soooo amazing and I would even pay a little more for it if they would just update it a bit. First off, the letter sounds aren’t totally accurate like the letter F for example sounding like “Fah” instead of just an F. Second, I like with the Spanish Alphabet app they have how you can set it so the letters have to be placed in order. On this app there’s no setting adjustments. Third, they could really make it possible to tailor this to your child’s age and it could be very educational instead of just a fun app I let my daughter play with every now and then. Definitely not a positive teaching tool but I would say it’s a fun teaching enforcer to an extent.
I love love love this app as a first learning app. It only does letter puzzles so it’s not too complicated/requires constant parent help. My only 2 change requests would be that they make a version for lowercase only. (Almost all reading is lowercase letters, not uppercase. Look at this review lol.) Second change request would be to be able to sort the words by number of letters to start my child with the shorter puzzles first. The 9+ letter words can be a little too much and my child moves on to something else.
Love this app because my 2yo loves it. We successfully taught him the alphabet over 2 weeks when he was about 20 months old using an alphabet book but then he became very resistant to practicing letters. This was the fourth alphabet app I downloaded (and the 3rd or 4th different modality tried) and it’s worked like a charm! He now asks for the alphabet game as opposed to throwing the phone or book or flash card or paper in defiance. I’m very grateful. Can’t recommend it enough. Genuinely seems to make learning the alphabet fun.
She was born very small, developed very slowly, and had an extreme ability to focus and absorb. Was diagnosed between 6-9 months as being on the spectrum. My education began. I read, researched, and developed an understanding of what all of this meant. Would she be able to develop to her full self? As she grew she was given many opportunities to discover her gift. Autism, is a spectrum of colors, that we have given her, to have her love who she is and well as what she will be. GD
This app is overpriced for what it is. I appreciate that it is easy to use and my 2 year old likes it, but for $9 I expected more. I agree with another reviewer, it would be better if you could tailor to your child’s age. I am really working on getting my child to know her letters and although this may help her recognize them I don’t think it’s really going to help her learn that an A is an A, etc. It would be great if there was also a mode where they had to ‘Find’ the letter or something like that. Overall, there’s nothing wrong with the app, it should just be half the price for what it is.
This app is very fun and beautiful, but buyers be warned that there is no way to adjust the difficulty level of the words. This means that my three year old is getting words like CAMOUFLAGE and BEAUTIFUL to learn spelling. I wish they had the ability to age down (like CAR, CAT, BALL for my toddler). I’m still giving it three stars because the audiovisual design is really nice and it keeps my kid busy when we’re at a restaurant. I think of this as more of a letter matching game for my kid than an educational one. A missed opportunity for this app.
Don’t underestimate this app. My two year old learned phonics from this. Because of that his reading fluency took off. He gained a lot of vocabulary from this too. Once your fluency is down, then comprehension can be tackled. My son is now much older and school is a breeze. Thank you for giving him such a strong foundation. Of course, read every day for 20 to 30 minutes too.
I read a lot of great reviews of this app so decided to download it for my daughter (almost 4). We have been trying to help prepare her to read during this time out of school. Unfortunately, I found this app to have unbelievable limitations. While the activity is great, there are only 70 words. My kid did all of them in 2 days and has no interest in repeating the same words (only 2-3 or fewer per letter of the alphabet). For the cost and great reviews, I was expecting something much more of this and wanted to save parents the money - this activity is just not at all in depth.
My daughter has been using this app for 2 Years since she was 1 1/2 Years old. Now my second daughter (19 months) is obsessed! They learned to identify their ABCs so quickly. Love the colors and the cute little monsters. It’s such a well thought out app. I wish this developer made more apps than the ones they have.
For learning the alphabet letter and sounds, I’m shocked that all of the letters are capitalized! There should be lower-case letters incorporated into this app. Vocabulary is also limited to large words which makes no sense for a child learning the alphabet sounds. Very disappointed in this app, especially at the price point of $9. My kids do enjoy it and have fun moving the monster letters around, which helps them learn the letter sounds, so it’s not a completely loss, but this app is definitely over rated by all the great reviews
Every kindergarten class I have had in the last couple of years have loved this app. I would hear children making the sounds that the letters made when they were playing else where. When my new students opened the app this fall for the first time, the letters didn’t make the sounds any more, the narrator just says the name of the letter. My students were bored after the first two words. Please bring the sounds back. They were so much more meaningful and engaging for the children.
I love everything about this app. My kids have enjoyed this app for years. I start them playing at about 18mos and they love playing all the way to 5yrs old, when they start to read. I really like that is says the letter sounds and the letter name. The animation is so cute.
I am a VoiceOver user. I cannot see but I have a son who is sighted. I really wanted to love this app, I’ve heard so many great things about it. I downloaded it hoping to help my son learn his alphabet. Unfortunately, the app is not accessible at all with VoiceOver. Please make it accessible so that parents, caregivers or anyone using assistive Technology could help their children learn. I would love to be able to set this app up or help my son if he needs anything, unfortunately I can’t. Money wasted.
I was introduced to this by a friend who’s son is autistic. So I got it. I’ve had children as young as 2 learn letters fairly quickly. Now I’m working with my 5.5 year old great granddaughter that was shook as an infant. She is finally grasping letters and letter sounds. It’s a great app for children of all ages.
Around the time my son was 16 months old we spent a ton of time in and out of the hospital and we had to keep him “down” so unfortunately LOTS of screen time helped! Thankful for this APP! His pediatrician and preschool teacher both loved it as well. It helped so much with his sounds and vocabulary and learning speech!
I love this app, my 3 year old loves it,and it’s one of the few apps where I feel like he’s actually learning. Feature request though - don’t let him replay the video endlessly, maybe once and then he has to replay the word game to watch it again.
We used this app with my son seven years ago and now my daughter is just as in love with it. She holds the letters down as she drags them across the screen and mimics the sound. Then she giggles at the visual definition of the word. I haven’t found a better learning app for this age.
I LOVE this app for my children. From simple letter recognition to phonics and learning advanced words, this app is a great way for my kids to learn and play. Also great to use when we have to wait in line and my kids get antsy at their young age (3 & 5).
Keeps his attention, he can navigate it…. My toddler is a little over 2 with a slight speech delay. What would make it better: Why are there no settings? Turn off music but keep the great vocalizations for each letter sound Choose from a vocabulary list - these words are rather long for my little one. Still, he successfully got up to 3 letters in place before getting frustrated and getting it to start over. Maybe he’ll catch on shortly. We’ve only played for 10 minutes so far.
I had this app as an actual kid and I learnt my ABC’s around 1! I know give this app to a little girl Eva and she is using this app very well! From only knowing how to sing the alphabet to recognizing letters is amazing! Each dollar I spent on this app is worth it!
The characters and the game are very fun to watch. You can tell the creators put lots of effort to make this with good quality. The animation is done well too, especially compared to the poorly animated games out there.
I recently noticed that after all the words have finished loading, There used to be an option where you can choose All words or New words, but now I don't see it on my IOS device.
Thank you for making games that seem to last forever. From beginning letter sounds, to reading fluently this app has stood the test of time in my family.
I work with kids that are Autistic. This app has been absolutely amazing in helping each child I work with. I did have all the letters, but they seem to have disappeared. I need help in re-downloading them.
My 2 year old loves this app. I’ve downloaded all of the apps like this and she loves them all. I was having trouble getting her to form words and these apps help make it more fun for her to learn. I recommend it to everyone I know.
My kids love this app and it's so extra cute. Builds vocabulary and phonetics and letter recognition. This app is sensational! No I was not paid to rate this.y kids also enjoy Endless reader, wordplay and numbers. Try the numbers one!
I love this app. It’s easy for toddlers to use and keeps them engaged. All my kids used this app to help them with letter recognition, letter sounds and learning to read.
This game has helped my nephews and niece (she’s the only one) with their spelling, grammar and what words mean. They get a big kick out of what the letters sound like and the cute monsters. 😊
This game was my whole childhood and it nearly made me cry when I saw this game again. This game is a masterpiece and taught me how to spell when I was little. I love this game so much.
I absolutely love your games... my daughter and all of her friends have so much fun with them. However, her new tablet is Google Play. Whenever you release Endless Learning Academy S.E. for Google Play you have a customer!!
I bought this app several years ago. I got a new phone and now it wants me to pay to buy this again. The app itself is great but I bought it outright so I’m miffed that it is asking me to rebuy this.
My son started plying this when he was 2. He’s now 3 and knows his letters and can identify them. This app is simply amazing and makes learning super fun with the funny sounds!
Disappointed in this app. For $8 I expected it to be pretty good. Some of the letter sounds are not phonetically correct, like /m/ says mmmmmmm not muh. Also, for an app called endless Alphabet, I expected it to be more about letters and not just spelling words.
My soon to be 7 yr old LOVES this app and has LOVED this app since she was 4. Its so exciting to hear her use the words from this app in conversations. What child can use a word like exasperating in real life!!!!!
I have a 2 year old which is broadening her vocabulary because of this app. She is also more familiar with letters and the sounds they make. Worth the price!!!
It’s cute, and we’ll done. I do wish there was more actual alphabet learning. It’s just word puzzles. My kids were bored in 2 minutes. It’s the same concept found in just about every free app we’ve seen. Save the money.
** 2013 App of the Year Runner-Up ** ** App Store's Editor's Choice ** *From the team at Originator - the creators of Sesame Street's Monster at the End of This Book, and Another Monster at the End of This Book. Originator is a team of passionate artists and engineers dedicated to the best education+entertainment apps for kids. We hope you enjoy playing with Endless Alphabet as much as we enjoy making it.* Set the stage for reading success with this delightfully interactive educational app. Kids will have a blast learning their ABC's and building vocabulary with the adorable monsters in Endless Alphabet. Each word features an interactive puzzle game with talking letters and a short animation illustrating the definition. Before you know it, your child will be using words like gargantuan and cooperate! **NOTE: You must be online and have ample disk space the first time you run the app so that all words are downloaded and can be played. ** Features: - 100 words to learn and play with. - Delightful animations teach children the definitions of the words in a fun and engaging way. - Word game teaches children letters. - 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus makes letters and words react in an extra special way! - Endless Alphabet was designed with your children in mind - there are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your children can interact with the app at their own pace.
