Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Good edutainment for preschool fans of the show.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 3+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
SUPER WHY!
Privacy Rating Pass
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Pass
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Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
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Does not have a privacy policy and should not be used.
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Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and should not be used.
What's It About?
Kids choose from four games. Super Why's Story Saver takes pages from fairy tales to fill in one word of three choices. If you say "Ruplestiltskin spins 'apples' into gold" instead of "straw" the picture changes to apples to show how it doesn't fit. Princess Presto's Wands Up Writing Game sounds out and traces words one letter at a time. Wonder Red's Rhyming Time Game is basic rhyming practice, and Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt keeps it even simpler: Pick the letter Alpha Pig says out of three choices to spell a word in the end.
Is It Any Good?
The SUPER WHY! app not only uses the friendly, familiar characters from the TV series, but it replicates the same kind of "learning adventures" that kids will recognize from the show. Whether it's Alpha Pig finding his way through a maze by choosing the correct letters of the alphabet or Super Why himself zapping the correct word into a sentence from a famous fairy tale, these will be situations that the show's fans have seen before. The app does a great job of replicating the look, feel, and educational content of the TV show.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Read, read, and read some more to kids.
Go back to those now-dusty board books on your shelf; they're great practice for budding readers.
Sound out signs on everyday errands -- the grocery store is packed with them.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Language & Reading : letter or word recognition , phonics , reading comprehension , writing
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : deduction
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : April 6, 2011
- Genre : Educational Games
- Topics : Superheroes , Fantasy ( Fairy Tales )
- Publisher : PBS KIDS
- Version : 2.33
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.1 or later; Android 2.2 and up
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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