Sight Words Ninja - Slicing Game to Learn to Read

• Price: $1.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.4 2642 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5I like that I can customize which words

   I like that I can choose which words I want my child to work on. My children like this app and it seems to be helping. The only thing I wish is that the word would be 100% visible all the time, what I mean by that is sometimes when the word comes up it is to far to the right or left that half or sometimes most of the word can’t be seen. Seeing the entire word and hearing the word is very important for my child to recognize it and reinforce what we have worked on with flash cards and reading. I would have given the app a 5 star rating if my child saw the entire words 100% of the time. Maybe an update will be able to fix this.

   JCoh#2 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Do not buy

   I know it’s only $1.99 but it is a waste of $$$. The only good thing about it is the concept. My child was totally into it. However, the app works by the narrator reading each word and the kid just slices the word. My child just swiped all the words as fast as she could. There was no word repetition or word grouping. This does not help a kid retain the info. Also, as another reviewer stated, you cannot turn words off without clicking each word or an ability to set the level of the “reader”. The only way we were able to make it work was to turn the sound off and I said my child could not swipe until they read the word correctly. This required me to be by their side the whole time. May as well just buy flash cards! Clearly this was not developed by an actual educator! Great concept but terrible execution.

   kete05 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5The word lists are quite limited

   I just downloaded this app to augment my pre-K daughter’s memorization of her sight words before kindergarten. I’m disappointed because the lists are quite limited and missing a large percentage of the words they need to know by the end of kinder. I am going to send a request to the developer to add the missing words for us. Better yet, I’d like to have the ability to add my own words! One more small annoyance, but real, is that the words are not in alphabetical order. This makes selecting individual words that you want your child to work on more cumbersome and time consuming than it needs to be. All told, it’s $2 bucks, so it did not break the bank...but it could be much better, with ease.

   KStrafel · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5I thought the sound didn’t work

   The sound works fine. My iPad was muted. If you have this problem google the issue or: Open Control Center. If you have an iPad without Face ID, you open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom, but if your iPad does have Face ID, swipe down from the upper right corner. Look for the mute button. It's muted if it's highlighted, just tap it once to unmute the iPad. The mute button looks like a bell (it might have a slash through it on some iPads) Otherwise the app is better than sight words cards and other games we’ve tried. My son is 6, and he hates this less than my other efforts. I can also see see how it can be redundant. But again, so are flash cards.

   Ashley - from Tejas · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Doesn't completely display some words

   The words that come in from the sides never completely make it on to the screen. If the child can't see the whole word it defeats the purpose of the game. Other than that the app functions well, and my daughter loves it.

   Woody19812012 · 31 Jul 2026

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• 1.0
• 1.1

  - Fixed recording bug that was preventing some users from recording their own voice

• 2.0 · 26 May 2017

  This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. Ensured that app works well with latest version of iOS Ensured that app works well across all iOS devices Minor bug fixes and improvements