A smoother start. The first quest's letter-matching game is shorter, and the grown-ups' setup now ends by saying when to hand over to your child. 'For grown-ups' on the title screen asks its grown-up check once, on the way in. The opening film and the unlock screen now describe the adventure more accurately.

Clearer spelling lessons. With American spelling on, the Magic W rule now teaches W-A-R as in war and warm, and W-O-R with an "er" sound, as in word and work; the vowel sorting game uses "aw" as in claw; and one clue asks about a movie theater. The -ssion lesson asks for session instead of television, and two -tion and -ssion questions say the whole word before asking how it ends.

American spelling: choose American or British spelling when you start, or any time in Settings. Words on screen like colored, favorite and Mom follow your choice, and Z is "zee". Edward the narrator keeps his British voice. Also in this update: the first quest asks its opening question straight away, and two spelling hints are clearer.

The first quest gets going sooner, the steam train now says the letter names, and the unlock screen is clearer: a child is asked to fetch a grown-up, who sees everything in the full adventure in one place.

Our early bird price while WordQuest is new, and one quick, optional question for grown-ups about how you found us.

A friendly welcome for grown-ups on first open, with tips for getting WordQuest onto your child's own iPad or iPhone, plus small behind-the-scenes improvements.

Small improvements behind the scenes.

Edward, our narrator, now voices every "what might have happened" scene, so the whole adventure has one voice. The unlock screen now fits properly on iPhone, plus small improvements behind the scenes.

Small improvements behind the scenes to keep the adventure running smoothly.

A new app icon, and fixes from our testers: • New icon: the WordQuest lettering from the game's own title screen. • Mini-games no longer interrupt the narrator mid-sentence. • Fixed a pause that could follow a replay in Ghost's Lost Vowels. • Clearer sh, th and ch: each sound is now taught with the right example word. • The Moaning Bushes, Hard and Soft C, and the harbour words read more clearly. • Fill the Potholes no longer hints at the missing word. • On iPad in portrait, the level badge no longer sits over the story text.

Fixes and polish from our testers: • Quests can no longer get stuck waiting for a clip that never finishes. • The story is no longer skippable, so every page is heard. • Clearer recordings: the ch sound, the -ck and -ke rule, -tion and -sion, the vowel sound in 'cat', and the Book of Plurals. • The Moaning Bushes asks 'In which word does the vowel say its name?' and pauses before the letter. • Better layout on smaller iPhones, and a clearer Peek at Rules button.