RatCat Software got the approval email from iTunes tonight. All 5 versions of WordFlash have now been released with the latest enhancements! The updated app indicator should soon start appearing for all of you who have downloaded a previous version. With the new feature now active, when the “annouce words” is set to off, the baloon button allows for the child to hear the word aloud when pressed.

Here’s more about Meghan’s WordFlash – Audio Flashcards are designed to build your child’s vocabulary utilizing sight, sound and repetition. Each version of the game contains age appropriate words along with grade level specific sight words. As an added feature, the app uses the same word lists as Meghan’s Matching Games giving you another option for developing your child’s vocabulary.

Instructions:  Listen and read the word displayed on the blackboard then say it aloud.

Features:

-Develops reading and word recognition

-Contains all grade level sight words

-Real Voice Spoken words – with replay button

-Automatically advances through the word list

-Tracks number of words viewed in session and overall

Could use one feature
by mudixon – Version 1.3.1 – May 15, 2010
This app is okay for what it does, but it would be better if you could turn off the word announce BUT allow the child to press a button to say the word if they are unsure of it. As of this review, the word announce is either on or off.

I thought that was fantastic! A review that is useful and intelligent with a valid suggestion that is meaningful and worth taking action on.

Recently I have found myself in many conversations regarding comments and ratings of iTunes apps. I always try to explain to people why they are basically useless. So many of the comments that are seen in iTunes are negative rants that add up to basically nothing informative. Cost’s too much, not enough features, to easy, yata yata yata… Well folks what do you really expect for a product that cost less then an average cup of coffee? 2 dollars for an application that may have taken me several weeks to develop seems to me to be a fair deal to me, given that most apps do not hit the charts and do not score the 100,000′s of downloads that make the headlines. Who says you have to buy our apps anyway? It’s your choice, just like that cup of joe, or a couple of cans of pop. Yet, after spending that buck or too, people feel totally and completely compelled to tear down the developer, the app or anything else they can wrap words around.  Not fair given the fact that we have no way to directly respond to the reviewer.

Anyway, enough with my little editorial. Hope you like the new feature.