Learn Spanish - Studycat 4+

Really engaging even for preschoolers

I think this app is really fun and a good way to teach children. I like the range of activities that work on different skills. I think it will really make an impact on recall of Spanish. I’m also really impressed that you’ve managed to include speaking activities. I think they work really well.
One thing I would say is that some of the games where you have to find the thing that is the right colour are a bit hard. For example one has a grid with pictures but you have to touch the blind in the room to get the colour grey. It’s guess it’s ok to get children to think outside of the box but they will find this tricky especially as you don’t necessarily associate grey with a blind. Other items like the red heart and the orange basketball make a bit more sense.
I would also say that the part where you have to draw a picture after practicing the letters is hard. It’s usually the bit where the phone gets handed back to me and I also find it hard to do. Could it be done with clearer lines the way the letters are first modelled? The near invisible dots are hard to follow as in following them your fingers mask them so there’s a lot of guesswork involved.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thank you very much for taking the time to write to us and for providing us with that feedback! We truly appreciate it as it helps us to improve on our apps.
We will make sure to pass on your experiences with both the colours and tracing to our development teams for consideration and review!
If you have any other feedback, comments or suggestions for us or if we can be of assistance, kindly email us at help@studycat.com!
Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!

Good, but why change it?

I’ve had this app for my daughter for years, she’s now six

Just updated the app and been playing only to find that the card game to learn the colours has had two of the more difficult levels removed so that it’s now over in seconds and is stupidly easy.

This used to be a great game because it taught both process of elimination in making pairs of colours alongside teaching the Spanish word. Why on earth change it?

Developer Response ,

Thank you very much for your feedback and for subscribing to Fun Spanish! The reason we have simplified the game is that our app addresses a wide range of younger learners, some as young as two years old! When we play-tested with younger kids we found they had lots of trouble when we introduced more than 8 cards. Also, we have now structured the course so that each game must be played before moving on to the next (although you can switch this off in the Parents area). With this, it’s vital that no child gets stuck on that very first game. Hence, reduction to two levels.
We are currently looking at ways to set difficulty level for different age groups, and this feedback is very useful for us. Thank you. If you have more commentary on other games we would be delighted to talk to you about this. Please write to us at help@studycat.com if you are interested.

not the best

I had Studycat for quite a while, but I never really used it often. It’s been about a month since I’ve used it, so I decided to give it a go. (I use it for myself because I want to learn the basics first) Today, when I got on the app, it told me to enter my name, my age, and pick a cat to be my profile picture. I was confused because this is what it told me to do when I downloaded it. I will get straight to the point,
it made me start over again.