Writing Prompts uses current events, random words, scenes, sketches, genres, and text to provide hundreds of writing prompts for whole class or individual learner use. Simply swipe through the available prompts until one strikes your fancy, or save favorite prompts in a favorites folder for easy access later. With additional packs of prompts available for purchase, there are millions of prompt possibilities so learners will never run out of things to write about.

Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writing-prompts/id417683378?mt=8

What Users Love About the App

“I love the ‘go back’ feature, and REALLY love how you can play with the words! It takes several shakes…or swipes to find a good prompt. The variety is good. There is probally something for every writer here.”

“I can write on almost subject. Give me a starting point or some key ideas and i can write a short story or some solid structured poems. This helps if your trying to get noticed as a writer in college, high school, or the real world (this includes writing for fun.)”

“Kids have some control over aspects of prompt generation, and they can save favorite prompts. Kids can also get help with spelling and word choice.”

“You can have it pick an instant prompt, or you can select items from each category. An additional feature that is included is a built in thesaurus with a list of words and synonyms that go with them. Also, it includes a list of misspelled words.”

“It’s a great app for writing fantasy.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“I have had this app for a number of years. I recently bought an add-on and now I cannot launch the app. It gives me a JSON error about a beautify file or something very similar… please help! I’d like to use what I’ve paid for– thanks!”

“I downloaded this app today, and I was excited about it, but the moment that I opened and they ask me to shake the phone or touch it or swipe and I do it it appears a message saying runtime error and trying to close and I say okay and the app close, I really can’t say anything else about the app.”

“This app needs a fix. If the news clip feature is chosen an error ‘run time’ message comes up. The only fix is to delete the app, download it again and do not choose the news feature.”

“The random news function stopped working months ago, and I can’t figure out how to submit a support request. Please help! Edit – Problem is even worse now; app is unusable. Please fix !!!”

“Crashes constantly. Re-installed several times. Run-time error message then crashes. Useless. Want my $2.00 back. (Old review)”