SightWord Practice
Flash cards for early readers
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Sight words are the words a child learns to recognize on sight rather than sound out — the, and, see, where — and most of learning them is simply practice. SightWord Practice is a deck of flash cards for exactly that, built for a parent and a child sitting together.
Make a list, type in the words from this week's homework, and practice. Your child reads the word; you tap whether they got it. That's the whole loop.
START PRACTICING IMMEDIATELY
The classic Dolch Pre-Primer and Primer lists are built in — 92 words, no typing and no download. Add them with one tap and start.
MADE FOR THE WORDS YOUR CHILD IS ACTUALLY LEARNING
Nothing is locked. Type in the list the teacher sent home, make one per week or one per unit, and rename or edit them whenever the list changes. Drag lists and words into whatever order suits you, or sort them A–Z, by date, or by which words need the most work.
PRACTICE THAT LEANS ON THE HARD ONES
Choose a single pass through a list, or keep going until you stop. Words that get missed come round more often than words already known, so time goes where it is needed — or turn that off and keep every word equally likely.
SEE HOW THE SESSION WENT
Every session ends with the words split into what went well and what needs practice, so you know what to work on tomorrow without keeping a tally in your head.
KEEPS TRACK WITHOUT KEEPING SCORE AT YOUR CHILD
Each word quietly remembers how it has been going, and recent sessions count for more than old ones — so a word your child has finally learned stops being treated as a problem. There are no points, streaks, badges, or anything designed to keep a child tapping.
SHARE A LIST WITH ANOTHER PARENT
Send a list to another family by Messages, Mail, or AirDrop, and they can open it straight into the app. Lists carry only the words — never your child's practice history.
MORE LISTS WHEN YOU WANT THEM
Download further ready-made lists, including more of the Dolch sets, without typing anything in.
CHOOSE HOW IT FEELS
Cards can slide, flip, fade, or change instantly, and the app respects Reduce Motion. Celebrate every right answer, only a good session, or not at all.
NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING
No sign-in. No advertising. No analytics. Nothing is collected about you or your child, and nothing is sold or shared. Your lists stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud account, which we cannot see.
Made by a dad in Austin, Texas, for his daughter's kindergarten class.
Ratings & Reviews
The screen now stays on while a card is up, so it no longer dims while your child is sounding out a word. It goes back to normal a couple of minutes after the last touch.
Download several lists at once. In Lists to Download, tap Select, choose as many as you like, and they all arrive together. A list you already have just gets its new words.
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
The developer, Tyler Hays, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Tyler Hays
- Size
- 1.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tyler Hays