AppCorpus
Market US

Reading Critters

by GT School, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 5 Aug 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance
  • Free to download

Categories and search queries

Official categories

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Free app Yes Free Store published

Screens

App Store

10 store screenshots

Reading Critters ipad screenshot 1
Reading Critters ipad screenshot 2
Reading Critters ipad screenshot 3
Reading Critters ipad screenshot 4

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

  • Free

Ratings & reviews

App Store

5.0 2 ratings · App Store

  1. 4/5Work in progress

    I came across an ad for this app, I homeschool a beginning reader (6) and an avid reader (8) and I am always looking for a good free learning app. This app has potential but as of this review it is still self proclaiming being in the beta stage. We completed the first lesson and freed the first animal. My 6 got stressed immediately because, like other apps that listen for accuracy, this app could not tell she was trying her best to say the sound mmmm but she is missing 3 teeth and struggles with self confidence which makes it difficult for her to audibly say sounds accurately enough for AI tech to pick up (not our first experience with this) My 8 was able to take over the app from task 1 to task 7 and happily played through the activities without loosing steam until the last activity (writing) when I handed the device back to my 6 to see how the app viewed her handwriting. No surprise she got 1/3 correct and frustrated handed the device back to my other child who was able to get the lesson to complete but also has proficient handwriting. The AI tech is lagging which was frustrating waiting for the puppy to realize we had completed a stage especially when writing. And while I felt like the lesson lasted a long time my adhd 8 was able to sit and focus on a task he is already skilled in, I’m not sure if he could do it 8 times let alone 99. As a homeschool parent I like that there are no frills and “coins” in this game it’s simple and you rescue the pets by completing the tasks no extra game play distracting kids from the material. But I would not recommend this for anyone with a kid who does not have perfect speech because it is a computer deciphering of the sound is correct or not and for a child who is not yet able to make sounds proficiently this is extremely frustrating and unlike other apps no way to skip past. Another thing I noticed is the app is not immature or geared to toddlers (win) which means it could easily be used for an older set of kids that perhaps did not have a strong phonetic start. This app show potential and while we will not continue to use it I hope someone else out there is able to benefit

    Akshadowbird · 5 Aug 2026

  2. 2/5Needs work

    Lesson 1: app could not detect the student saying the correct sound for /m/ and /s/ even though the microphone was working Lesson 1: app could not detect student wrote m correctly on line then program froze

    Shmily74 · 5 Aug 2026

  3. 2/5Idk

    Mines was just stuck on the screen couldn’t even use it

    Gereal delaley · 5 Aug 2026

  4. 1/5Frustrating app

    My child was enthusiastic to read with the app but it didn’t understand her and she became frustrated. I tried it thinking it was just not picking up on her because she is young and it could not understand me either so it’s a definite no from us!

    hatch hater · 5 Aug 2026

Privacy & accessibility

App Store

Privacy

  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Contact Info — Name Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Other Data — Other Data Types Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Analytics — Usage Data — Other Usage Data Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Name Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Contact Info — Name Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Contact Info — Name Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Other Data — Other Data Types Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Contact Info Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Identifiers Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Other Data Developer declared
  • Data Linked to You — Usage Data Developer declared
  • Data Not Linked to You — Analytics — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
  • Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Audio Data Developer declared
  • Data Not Linked to You — Product Personalization — User Content — Audio Data Developer declared
  • Data Not Linked to You — Identifiers Developer declared
  • Data Not Linked to You — User Content Developer declared

Accessibility

No accessibility labels collected yet.

Versions

App Store

  • 0.152

    - Adds Lessons 6-11, bringing the total lessons available to Lessons 1-11. - Added buttons for submitting feedback to the developer. - Various small bug fixes.

  • 0.185

    - Added Lessons 12-16 - Various bugfixes and minor improvements

  • 0.2
  • 0.254

    - Added all lessons through Lesson 50 - Support for longer stories - Bug fixes

  • 0.335

    - Lessons 51-100 added to the app, completing the lesson set for the app - Improvements to speech recognition - Various bug fixes

  • 0.351 · 22 Dec 2024

    Improved speech recognition! We have carefully tested and tuned speech recognition so Reading Critters is now better at understanding what users say. Speech recognition accuracy is now significantly better, especially for individual letter sounds.

Alternatives

Availability by market

Data quality & evidence

Page completeness
Live store listing
Last verified
5 Aug 2026
Sources
App Store

Report a correction