The Monkey Word School Adventure app uses six exercises to help kids learn the basics of reading using phonics and word groups. The app allows kids to enter their name to personalize the jungle-like experience, led by the Word Monkey. The completion of a round is rewarded with animals and plants that kids can add to their terrarium. The app supports up to three accounts, so different kids can use the same app.

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thup.MonkeyWord

What Users Love About the App

“A Worthwhile investment. Just downloaded it for my son who is 4 years old . I love the reward system very unique . And it gets progressively harder. But helps the child adjust and learn . And gives hints after child has difficulty.”

“The best learning app for children that we have used. A good range of different activities that use different input mechanisms, and blend letter names and sounds, in a way that works really well for my 3y olds.”

“My kids love this app even my 3year olds gets in on the action. Definitely makes learning fun especially for kids that have trouble concentrating.”

“My grandson who is 6yrs old and autistic loves this app. Lots of giggles and smiles while playing. For sure worth purchasing!!!”

“Great app Great for beginning readers, this app compliments the work my little one is doing to learn to read. I love how it scaffolds to introduce harder or easier levels depending on how your child performs.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“Badly designed and built app. Some of the games crash or freeze. The reading level is inconsistent – which is bad. Audio and pronunciation are poor. In some cases letter names are used instead of letter sounds.”

“Games are good but they are so repetitive that kids get bored and don’t benefit from the games. There is an extreme lack of variety and imagination that went in this. It could have been much better if just a few more learning modules were added.”

“Broken on Galaxy S8 today, image partially off the screen on the left, not registering touch at the right point. Very frustrating.”

“I just now paid for and downloaded this app. It is installed, however it does not go any farther than the ‘loading’ page when I attempted to open it. Was looking forward to sharing it with my 4 yr old granddaughter. Very dissatisfied.”

“Stopped working after 10 minutes on galaxy tab4. Looked like a good game but we will never know”