SpellBoard
SpellBoard is a paid spelling app for creating custom quizzes and practicing words on iOS and macOS.
What SpellBoard is
SpellBoard is a paid spelling app for creating custom quizzes and practicing words on iOS and macOS. Quiz creators can use any language and add definitions, sentences, synonyms, antonyms, notes, and images to word lists. Practice can use built-in speech or recordings made by the user, and dictation practice is available. Additional activities include Word Search, Scramble, Alphabetization, Matching, and Missing Letter puzzles. Multiple student profiles support individual or group performance tracking across quizzes. Quizzes sync across SpellBoard, SpellBoard Buddy, and SpellBoard Mac, and can be shared with classmates or family members. Word definitions can connect to Wordnik. The listing states support for iCloud Sync and Apple Pencil. The iPhone app requires iOS 13.0 or later, and the iPad app requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. SpellBoard costs $4.99, paid once for the iPhone and iPad app. The developer reports no data collection, though Apple says that information has not been verified.
Good
- Create quizzes in any language
- Includes dictation and speech practice
- Offers multiple puzzle activities
- Tracks individual or group performance
- Syncs quizzes across SpellBoard apps
Watch out
- No free plan
- $4.99, paid once
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later on iPad
Who it suits
SpellBoard suits learners, families, teachers, or study groups building personalized spelling practice in different languages. Multiple profiles, sharing, dictation, and performance tracking support individual and group use.
Verdict
SpellBoard combines custom word content, varied practice activities, and profile-based tracking in Apple apps. Its one-time price and stated device requirements should be checked before purchase.
Plans and prices
From SpellBoard's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SpellBoard | $4.99, paid once | iPhone, iPad, iPod touch · Family Sharing up to six members · one-time purchase |
The facts
Each one read from SpellBoard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- Apple states that the developer has not indicated supported accessibility features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Activities
- Activities include Word Search, Scramble, Alphabetization, Matching, and Missing Letter puzzles.checked 4 Oct 2026
- API and SDK
- The public App Store listing documents Wordnik and iCloud integrations but does not describe a public API, SDK or developer extension interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The listing requires iOS 13.0 or later for iPhone and iPadOS 13.0 or later for iPad.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data practice
- PalaSoftware reports that the app collects no data, and Apple says that declaration has not been verified.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer
- The seller is PalaSoftware Inc.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- An App Store reviewer requested a user guide or video guide for navigating the app.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Generated activities
- The app generates Word Search, Scramble, Alphabetization, Matching and Missing Letter activities from word lists.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review rating
- Common Sense Media lists Parents Say: not yet rated, with 0 reviews, and Kids Say: not yet rated, with 0 reviews.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Wordnik is integrated for looking up word definitions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The app supports creating quizzes in any language and lists English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish as supported interface languages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: content filtering
- Common Sense Media noted that the app has no word filter, so any words can be added to lists.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: data loss and audio
- Another App Store reviewer reported that word lists and quizzes disappeared after closing the app and that spoken audio was too quiet.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: delayed correction
- Common Sense Media said correct spellings appear at the end of a quiz rather than immediately after a misspelling.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: incorrect entries
- Common Sense Media warned that incorrectly entered words or clue phrases can make a child study errors and the app does not prompt correction.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: parental controls
- Touch Autism reported that a child could reach settings using the three-finger gesture and suggested stronger parent controls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: quiz display bug
- An App Store reviewer reported that the app sometimes displayed the answer words during quizzes, making them unusable.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Apple features
- The listing states support for iCloud Sync and Apple Pencil.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Apple integrations
- The listing states iCloud Sync, Apple Pencil, Split View, mouse, trackpad and Magic Keyboard pointer support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- App size
- The App Store lists the download size as 16.4 MB.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company filing date
- The California corporation filing date shown for Palasoftware is June 20, 2008.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- The recorded principal and mailing address is 1185 Via Di Felicita, Encinitas, California 92024.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Palasoftware is recorded as an active California general corporation doing software development.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company officers
- The filing identifies Paul Damian Schmitt as CEO, CFO, director and registered agent, and Denise Bosse Schmitt as secretary.checked 15 Oct 2026
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