SplashLearn: Kids Learning App Reviews

by Catl0ver

We used this last year and I was pleased with SplashLearn for math. Of note, it does not teach, it just provides drills to reinforce. This, it did very well. Five stars for last year. What I ESPECIALLY liked was how I could follow my child’s progress and the 100% she answered correctly.
I ended up purchasing another year AND the words/reading program. IMO, the reading section needs a bit of work. It’s clumsy and slow. My daughter gets frustrate she’s trying to move words into the cart and the system won’t let her.
However, that is not the problem. The problem I have is how POORLY this tracks progress. I literally just completed and entire section on words with my daughter. It took us 5 mins. My “daily activity level” on the parent end? 0 %
I refreshed, I synced. I even turned off both her iPad and my phone. Nothing helps. This is beyond frustrating bc you have no idea where your child is or how much has been completed. Two major selling points for SplashLearn. Requests for help after I clearly explained the problem resulted in a generic “refresh your screen” response.

by ClaraHorn

So I downloaded and paid for SplashLearn cause my child loves learning thought it would be a great app. My child has worked very hard at SplashLearn earning many coins and when trying reward her letting her spend what she has earned and that I paid my hard earn money on SplashLearn doesn’t work like it is supposed to. I have been going back and forth with the company for a week now and they still have not resolved the issue they say I have to go the website, did that still doesn’t work so then they say well we will have to talk over the phone to fix the issue. BS it’s your app fix the problem you don’t need me on the phone to do your job nor do you need on my computer. I paid for a product and it should be delivered but keep getting the run around. Not worth the money as far as I’m concerned and cancelled my subscription and don’t recommend it to anyone.

by Smithyn22

Terrible customer service. We paid for one year of SplashLearn in January and could never log in. It is now almost September and we have not yet logged in. When we try to set up our child, it says we need to use the all levels app. We go to the all levels app and can’t sign in because that is not SplashLearn we have a subscription to, and it wants us to pay again. We’ve been getting the runaround for one year, never had access and are out nearly $100. SplashLearn may work fine if you have no customer service needs but our experience with customer service earlier in the year suggests this company is a scam.

by Lizzilyamor

My son is 3 but he’s very bright. I haven’t had him tested to see what grade he falls in so I just put kindergarten level. It also has you fill out what your child already knows. I went ahead filled that out too and it showed an overview learning path (which after a few levels showed he’d reach first grade level)…and I thought great! Something to challenge him. My son goes to play and it’s basic putting sounds together 🤦🏻‍♀️ not even actual words. My son got bored and closed it out. Don’t waste your money unless you know what level your child is at. Also why have that catering option if it’s just going to ignore and have your child start basic again?

by Genevievecoco123

I write this review as a teacher and a mother. I bought SplashLearn at the full price, which was not cheap. The pros of this are if your child is already learning a concept or skill and they have a good handle on it, SplashLearn will reinforce what they already know.
However, if your child struggles with math concepts SplashLearn does nothing to teach the concept or skill. There is no lesson or what we (teachers) call the “I do” portion.
It’s a series of multiple choice questions. You will eventually guess correctly or you won’t but there is no actual lesson taught. If you didn’t understand something you will not leave understanding it.
Please do your research. I know a lot of parents are desperate but do your research first. There are cheaper more informative apps available.

by Harrietcadbury

SplashLearn was great. However we have had increasing issues with the performance and reliability of SplashLearn . It crashes, it glitches, it logs us out, it makes us reset our password when we know our login information. Recently, SplashLearn began showing that our content was locked and that we needed to subscribe to access it. We were logged in, with our paid subscription at the time. We paid for a reading and math combination but there is no reading. Customer service is a joke and provided us absolutely no explanation as to how to access the reading portion. I’m tired of throwing money away on apps that aren’t repaired when something goes wrong. I hate that this has happened. There is not a math app that is comparable. We loved this when it worked.

by Ujjddkg

They give a one week “taste” of their program and initially ask for your email (you know, to check on your kid’s “progress”). Once they have that you can unsubscribe or undo your mistake until you contact them because you ACTUALLY signed up an account. Everyone else has a cancelation button on their website, except for companies that put you through the wringer to try last minute sales pitches to keep you to stay, and even then, who knows if your account won’t be recharged or your info isn’t used by partners (read fine print). It’s best to just stay away from Splash Math. AND NO, You are not sorry to hear about this, no, I do not wish to contact you again and again regarding this!!!

by Dr.DODO2

In preparation for our son entering Kindergarten, I tried this based on the high review score. Our son quickly finished up many levels for the trial and seemed to like it. So I just let trial covert to paid subscription. However, within few weeks he has completed all the levels and got to the word problems. Since he could not read the questions, he quickly lost interest. Also the UI is not made well for 3-5 years old kids with a limited hands-eye coordination skill with small icons. The questions also tends to get rather repetitive.
After our son entered kindergarten, we were provided with Mathseeds, which has much better UI, more engaging and diverse question sets that are dynamic. It was provided free as a part of the curriculum but I would been happy to pay.
I contacted support to request refund for the portion not used but was told In-App purchase cannot be refunded. So I reluctantly kept it for a year.

by Behr_on_a_Clif

This is a REALLY great app! My 5 yr old daughter loves math, and loves the games as well as excels at the material. I’m happy with how it presents new concepts to her. It IS a bit repetitive, but I guess that’s how some people learn! We both want to love SplashLearn but she also ends up CONSTANTLY FRUSTRATED with it. It freezes every 5-10 minutes and even if you try to “resume” after it reloads by pressing that option, I almost always have to force restart the game. I won’t subscribe to something that doesn’t work. Sorry!

Another issue I have with it is that because she can’t read yet, I have to sit with her while she works on the material. I wish that it would have a “closed-captioning” option for kids who can’t read, where it would read the entire problem to them, not just part of it.

I wish also that you could more easily change the grade of the material. While my daughter is going to be in kindergarten, she does understand some 1st grade concepts and I would love to challenge her with some higher -level games and material! But I can’t figure out how to change the level.

I’ll gladly change my review if the freezing issue can be resolved!

by Melody Fagin

I love that there are math assessments for various levels and the program can be used by teachers and parents with reports given out. I also like that correct answers are provided when wrong answers are given. Unfortunately, correct answers are often computer as wrong answers, and those questions may be repeated multiple times after that, exactly the same. My biggest pet peeve is how many questions there are in each activity, and no way of knowing if there are two questions left or 10. It’s exhausting, and I’m an adult.

by Every-Nickname-is Taken

We are using the one week trial, and I was prepared to pay $89, because me son is having great fun. However, we are locked into a screen where it says to save his progress (using his name) and asks for an email. I input the email I use with my apple account and it tells me that there is an error “that email is already in use”.
The first time it happened (yesterday),:I deleted SplashLearn and reinstalled. That seemed to fix the problem. But today, we are here again. I am not going to delete and reinstall every time, and for $90, you think there would be some redundancy built in. So we will not purchase after all.

by Sjcountrygirl

I am a paying monthly subscriber & have used splash math for years. Recently, SplashLearn updated and is now called splash learn. All of the organization is different than it was before and I can’t find the modules I need or see any of the reports I used to easily access. On top of that, I have contacted customer service and received NO response AT ALL. I am beyond irritated that an amazing product was ruined by the latest update & is now useless without support, which this company is not willing to provide! Move on and find another learning app. This one is not worth investing in any more!!

by Fjokvimvkckcm

Well I was having trouble with math I’m in 5th grade so yeah and my parents talked about it and said I’m going to use SplashLearn to get better at it at first I was like ohhh brother this is going to be stupid but now when I’m in math class I’m getting better at math I was so happy that I finally getting better at math this game makes it fun challenging and easy to play and when you get SplashLearn you will be like boring to fun but Scene I got my grade up I haven’t been playing much but I give this game 4 stars ⭐️😝🤣😂🙂😘🙃😍😅😗😂🧐😗😜😛😜😛😜😛😜 I’m Emily and I approve this message

by TravelinTXN

I teach a class and I have used this program before. Very nice program but after I left it for a few years I came back to it but I went on the website put all my info in and it worked but it just kept on loading when I could see the page right there also when I let my student sign in it asks them for a password that they set years ago! And when I try to go on the website to try to change it or add a different student well, it still doesn’t work. Overall perfect program great for children but frustrating if you leave it for a bit

by Shebull9876

We absolutely love SplashLearn. Our son has used it for two years and his math skills are two grades ahead of his peers. My only gripe is the weird updates to SplashLearn . Out of the blue we could not access the old version was splash math only. So we started using splash learn. we were stuck without some of the games and additional skill levels that were available in splash math. Then 3-4 days ago we log in and have the newest version of splash learn which has the new reading component. Again, truly loved this feature and a pleasant surprise. I logged out for a brief moment as my payment was updating and when I logged back it looks like we are back in the old splash math platform with out the new reading component which we really wanted to use. It’s so frustrating

by ConcernedSis02

I know SplashLearn is great for kids as it provides a fun and interactive way for them to learn early math concepts. However, I wish SplashLearn would highlight words when the “speaker” reads the instructions. Example: ABC Mouse app when they read books and highlight the words in the sentence as the speaker speaks. I believe this might help set kids up when having to go to school and do homework or tests with instructions! Just another thing they can improve on and add to SplashLearn . I’ve learned with my younger brother that he never reads instructions and uses the way the problem is set up to figure out what he needs to do; however, I want to improve my little sister’s reading. So, I’m taking my time to teach her about reading math instructions even though she’s a Kindergartener.

by Parv1301

One of the best learning app in SplashLearn store. it have all the major elements a child need to learn math. SplashLearn is fun, engaging, motivational and also rewarding. the games in SplashLearn are well thought and well executed which makes the learning fun. the characters are super cute and lovely. my child has even given them a name. SplashLearn is super friendly for my child and gives a corrective answers with detailed explanation when she is not able to figure out the right answer.

the reporting part and weekly reminders are also well executed which gives a pretty good idea about how the child is progressing.

my second child who is of higher age wished SplashLearn should also be made available for higher grades and for more subjects. we are always on a look out for educational apps and really appreciate when a single brand covers all the topics.

I am now a very big fan of splash math and going to share it with my child’s school when it opens after the summer. will also be recommending to my friends 👫 and family.

by Ccoohhee

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by JohnDan13

My son who is 5 years old love Splash Math. Both parents here love everything about SplashLearn. This is a great game. The animation and the graphics are super fun, rich and vibrant. All the characters in SplashLearn are cute and charming. To do all of this with keeping learning as the primary focus is not and east thing. This reminds me old school learning tools and the likes. My son needed help with number recognition and through the apps algorithm, it gave more repetitive ways to learn and master the skills. The system know what question should be the next so its perfect.

The progress report dashboard also helps us to know how the child is doing and tailor the program accordingly

The pricing kept us unsure but after checking them out and watching our son counting numbers and doing addition, we were sure that it will be totally worth it and encouraged us to purchase.

We wish we’d gotten to learn math like this. The characters are super fun and the fast mini games that secretly teach math foundations. It covers from kindergarten to grade 5 and we are super sure it will be a great program for our son.

Recommending to all our friends 👫

by Fg Hfhtf Hgftftf

SplashLearn is the best!!!!!! All the other school apps I’ve had are just tests but SplashLearn is so coooool!!!!! I highly recommend SplashLearn. The jungle and aquarium games are so much fun even for grade 5. You child will learn so much like me! In the beginning of SplashLearn when you first get it it will ask if your child is a boy or girl, then it’ll ask what grade your child is in and then play away! SplashLearn even sends reports to tell you if your child got better or just not doing it enough. Ggfykejgyfkuefyfgfy those are excited thoughts! And that’s what I think when I’m playing SplashLearn! You learn so much and you have so much fun. Fun learning! That my favorite kind of learning! Enjoy SplashLearn !

by Deestuff

Purchased the year subscription to this but am still in trial mode. After I purchased it, I did cancel my subscription but verified that it's still active until December 2018 (I didn't want it auto-renewing). Along with this one I also purchased 5th Grade Math Games, also by Study Pad. Completely different artwork for both, and nothing in this version tells me that 5th Grade Math Games is part of this bundle in any way. So we go to sign in to 5th grade math games only to get a message that tells us that since we bought the bundle we have to sign on to that instead. So I paid $14 for that app, $60 for this one, and can't use either one. Disappointed and frustrated.

by Fduhcd

I downloaded SplashLearn because my sons class uses this for homework. At first it was fine and he was doing it on my phone which is easier then pulling out a laptop and setting it all up. I updated all my apps, and when I did that and tried to use SplashLearn it said it was now only available on an iPad! iPad, iPhone they are the same exact thing! So, now we cannot do his math homework because I don’t have a Mac or an iPad. I just think this is absolutely ridiculous and wish I would have never done the update to begin with. Extremely Disappointed!!!!!!!!!

by Lsofia

Soo, it costs a lot of money to buy stuff for a while. I just want you guys to change that because it really gets me. You know what I mean right? Nobody knows what I mean. But maybe u should make things a bit more cheaper. My mother can’t just keep wasting money for this! I’m in 4th grade and I know how to write a review with the correct punctuation, capitalization, and grammar and also, stuff like periods, explanation marks, question marks, semi colons, and more. Sooo if u mind, could u please respond to this? It would be an honor.

by Pr*t!k

I use SplashLearn for my two daughters' math practice at home. I notice that topics covered in each grade covers school curriculum.

App also does a good job at providing aesthetically pleasing experience unlike other popular apps like IXL. I realize that IXL difficult to use and navigate.

This is good app to start with. However, I feel that SplashLearn could do much better by adapting to student and challenging them by increasing difficulty level. Also, SplashLearn lacks word problems!

by George Bernt

I got SplashLearn for my kids to keep up with math during the summery. They really enjoyed it. My biggest complaint is that the fee only includes three kids. I have four kids and didn’t want to pay double for one more seat. When I tried to contact them, I didn’t get any response. Which was frustrating. Fortunately, I have twins who were the same age so I just let them use the same account name. Not ideal. But it worked…and they only fought about it a little bit.

by BlackSeaDolphins

My child recently turned 4 years old, and he loves SplashLearn. I had to purchase it for him. He is almost done with Kindergarten level. But he is also advanced: he reads and adds numbers. SplashLearn just supports the work I do with him outside SplashLearn.
I really like us having only educational apps on the iPhone/iPad he uses. So I opened SplashLearn to see if there are more such apps to support English and Science standards as SplashLearn does for math.

by CGogu

My 6 year old is so happy with SplashLearn. We just purchased SplashLearn for the year. She is practicing 3 times a week for 45 minuets. I love to see her so excited and eager to play this game and create her jungle and aquarium. We just downloaded the parent app. I was wondering if there is a way my husband can get her updates and progress as well. Can we add a second email on the account ?