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iPad apps - vocab skills
Flashcard makers
Vocabulary games
Vocabulary games
To assist you with your selection, particularly when there is a choice of apps that appear to be similar, I have attempted to oganise the apps according to a number of categories. Please note that that rankings such as rating and ease of use are subjective. If you do not agree with what I have written please let me know!
Flashcard makers |
Cost |
Age |
Rating (1-5) |
Ease of use |
A+ FlashCards Pro enables you to easily import sets of existing flashcards from websites like Quizlet, an online flashcard generator/curator. You can also create your own sets of cards text, images and audio and share sets with friends or upload them to Quizlet. You can draw your own images with in-app drawing tool, import images from websites or photo library and record your own audio with the in-app recorder. Good built in features include the ability to set cards to one side for later revision, without having to revise the entire stack and the ability to track progress. Check out this video to see why one educator prefers this app to the many other flashcard makers that are out there. |
$4.49 |
Secondary |
5 |
Easy |
StudyBlue enables you to create sets of flashcards with word definitions or pictures and/or locate cards that others have made. It keeps track of your progress. |
Free - subscription for pro features |
Secondary |
4 |
Medium |
Flashcards+ is a free, flashcard app that integrates with Quizlet, an online flashcard generator/curator. Make your own flashcards or locate and edit ready-made ones in a range of languages/topics and save to your "deck". |
Free with the capacity to pay to add digitised speech |
All levels |
4 |
Easy |
Brainscape enables you to create multimedia flashcards very easily both on Brainscape’s website AND within the app itself. It syncs between the mobile and web versions. Brainscape spaces the repetition of each bite-sized concept based on exactly the right interval according to your rating for how well you know each concept, on a scale of 1-5. |
Free to make own stacks. Stacks are available for purchase on the Brainscape website. |
Secondary |
4 |
Easy |
The Quizlet app syncs seamlessly with the web version. Pick from 3 mobile-only study modes to suit your learning style and take advantage of audio in the target language to reinforce pronunciation and retention. Plus, with full offline support you can study anywhere — even without an internet connection. Note: you cannot add or change cards in the app. You’ll have to do that on the website. |
Free |
Secondary |
4 |
Easy |
Memrise is a series of flashcard courses designed by the Memrise community to help users learn a language. It uses "mems" to help users form vivid sensory memories. These mems could be mnemonics, photos, sample sentences etc. What makes Memrise different is that it also offers audio pronunciations of the words and in many cases videos that feature people using the words or acting them out. Registered users of Memrise can download courses in a range of languages for offline access. |
Free with the option of a pro subscription |
All |
4 |
Easy |
Vocabulary games |
Cost |
Age |
Rating (1-5) |
Ease of use |
Bitsboard is a flashcard app that tracks user progress by means of 25 built-in mini-games. Flashcard sets are organized into individual boards, which are organized by subject. Users can search public collections and use pre-created boards, or they can create and upload their own content. Each board is a flashcard set, and cards can feature text, images, and audio. Teachers can use the app to upload their own boards, and then share them with students. Several French boards are available in the app’s catalog; unfortunately, to access them requires a monthly or annual subscription or an upgrade to the PRO version. |
Free Monthly or annual subscription for premium version or PRO version for $19.99 |
All |
5 |
Easy |
Futaba (Japanese for 'seedling') is a 4 player word recognition game. The game begins as images zoom into the playing area. The first player to match the word to the image scores a point. Win 3 rounds and players are awarded a seedling. It’s this element of competition that makes the game so popular. Only the full (paid) version is relevant to languages teaching as the free version does not allow teachers to create their own content. New games can be created by using either the built in camera, the camera roll or by copying images to iTunes or Dropbox. Future support is planned for iCloud. |
$4.49 The free version is not useful for teaching languages as it has limitations. |
Primary |
5 |
Easy |
The Futaba Classroom Games operates in the same way as the standard Futaba app. Where it differs is that it contains a lot of content organised by learning area, year level etc. If you are sharing iPads with a classroom teacher, this is the version I would recommend you purchase. You can organise your own sets of content so that students in your lesson only have access to these games and can record audio directly into the app. Check out this promotional video to give you a general idea of how the game works. |
$10.99 |
Primary |
5 |
Easy |
SpellBoard lets users create custom lists of vocabulary, record audio, enter a phrase for the word, an image, antonyms and/or synonyms and notes.
The custom spelling lists can be used in a range of word games: Word Search, Word Scramble, Alphabetization, Word/Sentence Matching as well as Missing Letter puzzles. Users can share their quizzes with other SpellBoard users (via email, iCloud, Dropbox, AirDrop, Bluetooth or iTunes File Sharing) which means that only one student needs to enter the week’s spelling words and then share the list with other classmates. Additionally, SpellBoard allows for multiple student profiles so teachers can track the performance of any student across any number of quizzes. |
$7.99 |
All |
5 |
Easy |
Memoria is a pair matching game. The vocabulary is pre-recorded in English, using a wide range of pre-installed cards. You can switch the language settings of the game and can make your own cards from images in your iPad’s photo library. You can then label them in the target language and add a 5 second recording to each one. |
$2.99 |
Primary |
4 |
Easy |
Ultimate Hangman Go is useful for revising vocabulary at the end of the lesson. Users can use one of the existing vocab sets in French or create their own categories each containing a custom wordlist to play from. Alternatively, in the 2 player mode, one student can enter their own word and challenge a friend! |
Free |
Primary |
3 |
Easy |
Guess my character! is a free "guess who?" game between 2 players or between one player and the computer. Players choose a character at random from a board of 24 and then by asking questions in the target language try and guess their opponent's character by process of elimination. |
Free ($2.99 to remove adverts) |
6-9 |
3 |
Easy |
