Product Review of Amazing Match-Word Learning Games for Kids
Amazing Match blends entertainment and education; it teaches kids to spell and pronounce words by developing their concentration levels, cognitive skills, and memory. Amazing Match is designed for kids to play alone or take turns with other kids.
What Users Love About the App
“I really liked how this memory based game could be used for a 2 year old, up through an 80 year old. It has 5 levels of difficulty to choose from, spread out over about 30 different categories. It has a refreshing, unique “spinning wheel” design layout that’s super easy to use. The spinning wheel refers to the different types of objects to choose from. In addition, you can then choose the difficulty level by using your object choice. It is very clever!”
“My kids enjoy the matching. However, the sound does not work even though I have all buttons marked ON in tools and have my iPad volume on max. Clicking APP SUPPORT takes me to a site in Chinese or some other character language which is clearly not helpful. I’m marking this app as two stars; if anyone can point me in the right direction to resolve this issue, I’d love the help. ETA: I’m happy to upgrade my rating to five stars. Less than a day turnover time from when I emailed (link at sidebar) for help that I received a reply with the solution. The sound is great, my kids love the game, and customer support is fabulous. I’ll be looking at other apps in this series as well.”
“I love this memory game more than all the others we have. It has so many themes to choose from and each theme can be played at multiple levels from easy to advanced. I also like that there is some variation in the tiles each time you open a theme again, especially nice if you happen to have a little guy who just wants to do dinosaurs over and over!”
“My 2.5 year old loves this and I love that it works on his memory skills. There are about 15 or 20 different categories with sound effects. When they get the match correct it says and shows the word of the item they matched. This has also helped my son learn new words. I would recommend this app.”
“My son (3) loves this memory game because the app says the word after he matches. His favorite theme is that of the dinosaurs.”
What Users Dislike About the App
“The graphics are small for little hands, and the points system is discouraging to little ones. I paid for the app and expected not to have ads but I was wrong.”
“This is just a game of memory where it says the word after you match the cards. The voices are good, but the sounds are annoying. Ultimately, there is no way I should have paid $3 for this. The app would be okay for $1.”
“My 2 yr old grandson loves the matching. How do I turn off the pop–up math problems?”
“My students love matching games, and in this one they get to choose the category since the game comes with a spinner.While I wish some of the groupings were definite categories, we can still practice generating a category name for each group and determine if items fit or don’t fit. We can also then practice generating more items in the category. Playing the game again, or with the harder levels, provides additional items in the group. I do wish the dinosaurs were more familiar ones. Overall, though, a great app for the price.”
“My 29 month old grandson loves this game! I like that he can advance to harder levels, too. One thing I would say is that some of the names for things aren’t commonly used in American English these days. For instance, “airliner” instead of “airplane,” or “wardrobe” for “bureau,“ or “sofa” for what looks like a chair, or the fact that “soda water” doesn’t mean anything to kids. Other than a few flawed vocabulary choices it’s a great game.”
“The app is great for introducing new words. However, when the pictures are matched, it gives you a larger picture with the word. The word and picture are up for only a second, which is not enough time for a student or kid that requires extra time to read the word. It would be great if we had the option of keeping the picture up so that the kid has more time to read the word and then give them time to talk about the word. It would also be great if we could visit the words again once all have been matched.”
