See it, hear it, spell it
A picture appears and a friendly voice says the word. Your child taps the letter tiles in order to spell it, then taps the tick. A right answer bursts into sparkles; if it's not quite right, the correct spelling appears in green. No pressure, no timers.
One step at a time
- First sounds - cat, dog, sun: find the vowel in the middle
- Look and spell - see the word and hear it, then spell it from memory
- Whole words - the same words, spelled in full
- Sound pairs and blend pairs - belt and clap, two letters at a time
- Blends - crab, frog, lamp and tent: the middle letters, then the whole word
- Digraphs - ch, sh, th, wh, ph, qu, ck, ng and mb, at the start, end and middle of words
Eight right out of ten wins a gold star. Five stars on a level open the next, so children move on when they're ready. The first eight levels are free; one purchase unlocks the rest.
Daily words
A quick daily game of the everyday words children meet most in books, matched to their level, with a streak to keep going.
Spellbound Keep
Every game passed earns a bag of pixie dust, and ten bags make a magical coin. Coins buy treasures, furniture for a magical castle that children arrange themselves, magical pets to look after, and a horse and carriage for the stable.
Theirs from the first tap
Children type their name and choose from 88 fairy and wizard characters. Big lowercase letter tiles, a clear school-style font, every word spoken in a British English voice, and nearly 400 words, each with its own picture.
For grown-ups
No adverts, no accounts, no subscriptions. Nothing your child types or does ever leaves the device, and it works offline. One optional purchase, "Unlock everything", opens every level and up to five children; it's made through Apple or Google and sits behind a grown-ups question, so children can't buy by accident. Read the privacy policy.