Name: Endless Alphabet
Rating: 4.48 (2699 reviews)

A Google user

5 years ago

All of the "Endless..." games we've tried (Alphabet, Reader, Wordplay, and Numbers) try to appeal to both younger learners and older - honestly, not always successfully. However, Endless Alphabet is the best of the bunch for young learners, and in my opinion, well worth the money. The free trial version is entirely representative of the full game. This is how it works: a word appears on the screen (say Gargantuan). Each letter has a different appearance/color. When you pick it up, makes the sound that matches its position in that particular word (hard "G-G-G"s for gargantuan, but a soft "G" in some other words). The monsters run by and "knock off" and scramble the letters from the word. The child needs to place the letters back into their spots (in any order). When the letter is placed correctly, it makes its name sound ("Gee!"). Once the word is filled in, there's a cartoon illustrating the word, and the narrator speaks the definition. What this app does well for young learners - capital letter recognition matching, learning names of letters, teaching of basic consonant sounds - it does VERY VERY well. The animations of each letter, and the cute monster cartoons for the vocabulary words (more for older learners) keep the younger ones engaged. The adult that occasionally plays along may find it somewhat enjoyable too. :-) Our 3.5 was allowed to play it 2 times a week for 10-40 minutes each, and had a decent grasp of all of the above after 1 month, and a good grasp after 2 months. Now he calls out the letters (by their sounds) he sees in street signs and around the house. He loves the cartoons, but is not really picking up the vocabulary. That's all right - still worth it. The weaknesses of the game come from 1. the utter screwiness of the English language and 2. from trying to appeal to different ages. Note that Endless Wordplay and Reader do address some of these - but again, those apps also suffer from trying to appeal to different age groups, with their own issues. Perhaps as a separate app, "Alphabet - The Next Generation", focusing on both letters and phonics, and aimed just at younger learners, might be considered? (Similar to how there is Dragonbox Algebra 5+ and Dragonbox Algebra 12+?) 1. The letters can be dropped into the word in any order. It would help younger learners if the letters could only be dropped in left to right (similarly to a done in either Reader or Wordplay - can't remember which.) 2. Because words are long, they can have multiples of the same vowel, with different sounds. So in "BETWEEN", 2 letters make an "ee" sound and 1 makes a "eh" sound - but they can be dropped in anywhere. That's an issue with the language more than this game, and the only way I can see to fix it is to "stick" EE together so it would be dropped into the word as a unit. That would not work well here, as it would make the step of speaking the letter name confusing. Hence the suggestion for "Alphabet - the next generation" ;-) 3. Building on the above, combined sounds ("th/ph/ch/sh") could be taught if 2 letters could stick together. Same for combined vowels. Limitations aside, this is a well-thought through game, and we've paid for it twice (on both android and kindle). Recommend.

A Google user

6 years ago

Love the words and sounds the app uses, but its too sensitive. if child touches the screen a certain way it leaves the screen/word the child is working on and when they go back in the word they have to start all over again instead of app remembering where they left off. This is frustrating and discouraging for the child, esp. if the child is special needs and their fingers and wrists dont work the same way. Endless numbers and Endless wordplay apps are not as sensitive and much better at this.

Mandy Shultz

1 year ago

It seems like it would be nice but it's for words only not really learning the alphabet. Not as entertaining as endless numbers. I am lowering my stars because despite being an offline game for kids it is constantly eating data!!! Why!? After updating on kids google tablet this app no longer functions and constantly gives closing error

A Google user

5 years ago

I thought this app was going to be amazing and loved the 7 free words with the animated reinforcement of the words definition. As soon as I purchased the app though the reinforcement animations disappeared. I'm giving the app 2 stars because I still think it does a great job with letter recognition and the sound each letter makes just wish the animations would have stayed. Update: I signed in the next day and everything wad working perfectly. Been a week so far and my 2 year old lives this app

A Google user

5 years ago

Bought the app and it did not work right off the bat! I enabled storage permissions, tried reinstalling, etc-nothing helped. Once the letters of the word are put back in place it just goes to a blank screen instead of playing the animation associated with that word. My 4 year old is extremely disappointed and so am I for wasting money on an app that doesn't work!

A Google user

6 years ago

I absolutely LOVE this app! I've downloaded the Learning Academy for my iPad, and the Endless Alphabet app for both my iPad and Android. It is helping my 3-year-old with Autism learn to read. He echoes the sound that the letters make and then says, "I'm a "insert letter matching the sound he's making." He also points out letters on signs and food boxes. Definitely worth it!

Milya Musina

2 years ago

I was trying to find cute ABC app for my kid, but most part of them are extremely vibrant and be honest ugly. 😃 I've started to develope my own app instead. Now, when it's almost finished, I accidentally have found your app. It's amazing! I'm very impressed by the design, sound effects and animations. Now I'm jealous. Good job, guys!

A Google user

6 years ago

I love this app and so does my 2 year old who has been learning new words and letters. i hate that it doesnt have family sharing when you purchase the full app. I bought it on my tablet but cant get it on my phone,Id have to pay again. Second issue I have is I feel like a couple of the letter sounds are off. I wish they where a little better bi5 otherwise a great app.

B Plus

1 year ago

I love this app but feel it would be a lot better if it allowed parents to choose age appropriate words instead of a jumble words at 3 to 8 year old reading levels together. A 3 year would be better off learning easier words like CAR, CAT and DOG instead of ARTISTIC and CONTRAPTION. Edit: Increased review to 5 stars thanks to developer's openness to feedback. My 3 year old loves this app and is learning new words she wouldn't be exposed to otherwise. Would still love the option I mentioned.

Kim Mackay

3 years ago

Just for knowledge to other parents, this app is a great for youngsters to learn the sounds of the alphabet as well as for special needs children. My Son has been playing on this app since I found it seven years ago. It taught him his alphabet and keeps him coming back to practice. The little cartoons that explain the words are very well done and makes my son laugh. Once again. Thanks for the game!!

Amber Snider

4 years ago

We love this app! My son, who is 3 now, started playing at 2. His favourite part was the video at the end. I love that new words have been added but since then, the videos don't play after the words completed. If you could please fix that then this game would be near perfect! The only other issue is the words are American. Not oriented to the country. *issue was fixed thank you

sean mowat

1 year ago

The app is great, but with my son turning 5, the fact that the words presented are not organised by age is a big deal and the difference between me buying the full version vs rather waiting until he is older because the words are a bit complicated. Arranging words by age will help!

Cynthia Cerrato

1 year ago

It's been years since we first found and began using this app for our oldest. I now have another young one also using it. I am still recommending this app to parent and teacher friends, so I bumped my review from 4 up to 5 stars. My 12 year old still gets a little sucked into it watching his little brother play, so that says something.

Ryan Lenny

4 years ago

Such a fantastic game! Our two year old has learned so much from it, especially sounding out letters. We generally never allow screen time, but we make an exception with this app, and with endless numbers. An app really has to be amazing to balance out the negative qualities of screen time, if your going to let your toddler use an app let it be this one.

A Google user

5 years ago

This app seemed very buggy to me at first and was giving me disc space warnings when I had downloaded the extension pack. It was all due to the fact that storage permissions were not turned on and it no point in the installation did it ask me to approve storage permissions. This seems like a bit of an oversight and it certainly going to piss anybody off like me after purchasing a $9 upgrade and then not being able to use it. I wish that the error messages were a little more explicit and helpful.

Kari S

4 years ago

My kids are both autistic and love this app. I've already bought it twice though. When I get a new phone and redownload the app all of the words are gone? Most apps I've paid for *automatically* include the paid features when I reinstall them on a new phone, others have a button to verify the purchase. This app does neither. I've purchased multiple apps from this company but having to repurchase each time instead of the app just verifying is ridiculous, especially for nine dollars.

Stephanie Creech

4 years ago

Well I am impressed. I purchased full version within 15 minutes of trying it. Frustration free game play and learning for my 2.5 year old. That just hasn't happened using any other game we've tried. There's always sticking points where he would begin melting down because he couldn't figure out how to get past it. This one has none of that. Even if he's struggling with a letter he will keep trying till he gets it, then clap with the monsters when he gets it. It's a great little game!

Mike Randazzo

5 years ago

My autistic 3 year old loves this app! What a wonderful learning tool. Got to give it up to the developers, you can tell that they geared it with the right amount of work to reward ratio stimulus. Complete the word - get the little video animation. My kid even skips to the next word immediately after the video ends haha. Only criticism is make the "Home" button require a long hold or double tap to prevent unintentional touching.

S Teaheart

3 years ago

Amazing on all fronts! Nice sounding voices, adorable animations, makes learning fun and engaging like it should be, no propaganda or weird content, teaches phonics and makes it fun! My 3&1/2 year old took to it like a duck in water and it's definitely going to help with early reading skills and it has some very hard words in it. But you know it's good when you hear a toddler whisper words like "stupendous" under his breath. Definitely worth the $9.

Cuautli Jauregui

1 year ago

10 years ago, I used to like it when I was 3 and 4. When I was 4, I'm a little mythed that all other words were locked because the trial version was A to C. I really can't fault Originator Inc. for that, though. It may be the developer's fault. But besides that, the game with the words looks like my LED sign in California and New York. They took place of the full version of words that they are locked, but words are automatically defined/explained by a pleasant female voice who sounded like me.