Kids Crosswords

What it is: a puzzle game for strengthening child's reading and spelling skills (100 words, 10 levels of difficulty).

What you do with it: solve the word puzzles by dragging letters to the correct place. Letters (or phonics) are pronounced when they are touched. Depending on the difficulty level the puzzles range from basic (short words, visual clues) to more challenging (longer words, no clues, 'extra' letters, strict order).

What we liked: the concept, easy operation, inclusion of both phonics and letter names, visual and audio clues, good range of difficulty levels, good educational value.

What we didn't like: there is no option to choose the words to play with (only linear navigation). We found some of the illustrations confusing (e.g. for the word 'yam') and we didn't like the spinning animations too much. For the price ($2.99) we would expect more than 100 words.

Disclaimer: we received a promocode for this review.

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