SpellMe
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What it is
SpellMe is a web app for interactive spelling practice at home or in classrooms. It offers Regular, Mastery, and Story modes, though access to some modes depends on the account tier. Mastery adjusts difficulty in response to performance, and hints can focus practice on letters a learner misses. Learners can make custom word lists or use curated phonics and festive lists; registered users can access the curated library. A dashboard tracks accuracy and word mastery, while teacher accounts add classroom management and student progress monitoring. Premium tools include hints, image-based list import, generated lists, and AI progress summaries. The free Basic plan includes five lists of up to ten words each, more than 300 curated phonics lists, and Regular Mode. Advanced costs £12/year and Premium costs £20/year, each with a 14-day free trial. SpellMe works on browser-based devices including Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows, but requires an internet connection. Guest users can create one list of up to five words, with progress saved locally.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- SpellMe is an interactive spelling-practice web app with Regular, Mastery and Story modes, progress tracking and AI hints.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Purpose
- SpellMe provides interactive spelling practice for learners at home and in classrooms.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Audience
- The maker describes SpellMe as suitable for students, parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Platforms
- The maker says the browser-based service works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android devices.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says guest settings, game data and word lists remain in local storage and are not sent to SpellMe servers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Support
- The Help Center directs users who need assistance to contact SpellMe.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Adaptive hints
- Difficulty changes how much of a word is revealed in hints, and Mastery Mode adjusts difficulty from spelling accuracy.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Adaptive practice
- Mastery Mode progressively changes difficulty based on performance, while hints can focus on letters the learner misses.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- AI list generation
- Premium and Teacher accounts can generate new lists matching a selected spelling pattern or theme.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- AI tools
- Premium features include hints, image-based word-list import, generated lists, and AI progress summaries.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Analytics consent
- Google Analytics cookies are described as optional and activated only after explicit consent through the cookie banner.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Automatic spellcheck
- Saved custom lists are checked against a selected UK or US English dictionary, with an option to override warnings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Children's data
- SpellMe says it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or under 16 in the EU, without parental consent.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Connectivity
- SpellMe is a web app and requires an internet connection.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Curated content
- Registered users can practice with curated phonics and festive word-list libraries.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Custom lists
- Users can create lists by entering words, and the lists can be used in all spelling modes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Device support
- The maker says it works on most browser-based devices, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Documentation depth
- The official help center documents setup, modes, lists, progress, settings, XP, accounts and FAQs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Gamification
- Registered users earn experience points for correct and incorrect answers, completed lists and daily challenges.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Guest limit
- Guest users can create one custom word list with up to five words, and guest progress is saved locally on the device.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Guest storage
- Guest progress and settings are stored locally and do not synchronize between computers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Image import
- Premium users can upload an image of a word list for automatic transcription into a list.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Licence
- The terms reserve SpellMe's intellectual-property rights in its software, design and educational tools; no open-source licence is stated.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Limit: age guidance
- An independent comparison says SpellMe does not state target ages on the reviewed site.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Limit: offline use
- The independent comparison lists SpellMe as browser-based and requiring a connection, so it does not provide offline play.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Limit: product maturity
- An independent comparison characterizes SpellMe as a small, young product.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Limit: spelling variant
- An independent comparison says the reviewed SpellMe site does not state which English spelling variant it follows.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Limit: teacher pricing
- Teacher Advanced and Teacher Premium pricing is not published and requires contacting SpellMe.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Maker development date
- The maker says the first basic test version was uploaded around January 2025 and public Beta 2 launched in September 2025.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Mastery Mode
- Mastery Mode repeats frequently missed words more often and reduces repetition for words consistently answered correctly.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Notable audience source
- The maker reported that more than 70% of registered users were arriving through ChatGPT rather than Google or social media.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Notable news
- A LinkedIn post dated January 16, 2026 reported thousands of visitors, hundreds of users and about 16% visitor-to-registration conversion after the beta launch.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Practice modes
- The app offers Regular, Mastery, and Story modes, with Mastery and Story access depending on account tier.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Praise: corrective feedback
- The independent comparison praises feedback that points to the exact letters a learner missed instead of only saying the answer was wrong.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Praise: custom and curated lists
- The independent comparison highlights SpellMe's combination of user-created lists and curated lists.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Praise: focused design
- An independent comparison describes SpellMe as deliberately plain, calm and suitable for learners with learning differences.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellcrush.fun
- Progress tracking
- SpellMe provides a dashboard for monitoring learner accuracy and word mastery.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Public API and SDKs
- The opened official pages provide no public SpellMe API or SDK documentation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Regular Mode
- Regular Mode provides standard spelling practice with immediate feedback.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Self-hosting
- The opened official pages describe a hosted web service and provide no self-hosting package or deployment instructions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Story Mode
- Story Mode generates a short narrative from a selected word list and requires correct spelling to continue.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Target users
- The service is intended for students, teachers, parents and homeschoolers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Teacher dashboard
- Teacher accounts can manage classrooms, assign word lists and monitor student progress; student accounts use picture-password animal grids.Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
- Teacher use
- Teacher accounts include classroom management and student progress monitoring through a dedicated dashboard.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Web app requirement
- SpellMe is a web app and requires an internet connection.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
- Word lists
- Users can create custom lists or practice with curated phonics and festive lists; registered users have access to the curated library.Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
Plans and prices
Basic Free 5 word lists · 10 words per list · 300+ curated phonics word lists · Regular Mode Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
Basic Free Free Regular Mode · 5 word lists · 10 words per list Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
Advanced £12 a year £12/year 20 words per list · Mastery Mode · Unlimited word lists · Advanced progress tracking · 14 day Free Trial Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
Advanced £12 a year £12/year; 14-day free trial Basic features · 20 words per list · Mastery Mode · unlimited word lists · curated phonics lists · advanced progress tracking Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
Premium £16 a year £16 first year, then £20/year; 14-day free trial Advanced features · Story Mode · smart spelling hints · smart progress analysis coming soon · automatic phonics list creation coming soon Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
Premium £20 a year £20/year 100+ words per list · Story Mode · Smart Spelling Hints · Image to word list generation · Smart Progress Summary · Auto Word List Creation · 14 day Free Trial Read 29 Sep 2026 · spellme.app
Teacher Advanced Priced on request Contact us Regular and Mastery Modes · unlimited word lists · student progress tracking · teacher dashboard · classroom login Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
Teacher Premium Priced on request Contact us Teacher Advanced features · Story Mode · smart hints · classroom progress reports coming soon Read 14 Oct 2026 · spellme.app
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Mastery Mode adapts difficulty to performance.
- Dashboard tracks accuracy and word mastery.
- Teacher accounts include classroom management.
- Free Basic plan includes over 300 phonics lists.
- Guest progress is saved locally on the device.
Limits
- The web app requires an internet connection.
- Guest users can create only one list of five words.
- Access to Mastery and Story modes depends on account tier.
- Premium costs £20/year.
Who it suits
SpellMe may suit students, parents, teachers, and homeschoolers seeking spelling practice with progress tracking. Teacher accounts add classroom management and student monitoring; home users can make custom lists or use curated ones.
SpellMe in depth
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Overview
SpellMe is an online spelling-practice app for learners at home and in classrooms. It suits families and teachers who want custom or curated word lists alongside progress tracking. Its free tier makes it easy to start, while paid plans add adaptive practice and more capable tools; the internet requirement rules it out for offline use.
Key features
Practice and word lists
Regular, Mastery and Story modes give learners different ways to practise, though access to the latter two depends on the plan. Mastery adjusts difficulty based on performance, and hints can focus attention on missed letters. Phonics instruction, dictation and corrective practice broaden the practice beyond straightforward word drills.
Registered users can choose from curated phonics and festive lists or make their own. Capacity is a meaningful distinction between tiers: Basic permits five lists of up to 10 words each, while Advanced offers unlimited lists with up to 20 words per list. Premium raises that limit to 100 or more words per list. Guests are limited to one custom list of five words, so the guest option is best for a brief tryout rather than ongoing practice.
Progress and classroom use
A dashboard tracks learner accuracy and word mastery. Teacher plans add classroom management and student-progress monitoring through a dedicated dashboard, with Easy Classroom Login on Teacher Advanced. Teacher Premium adds Story Mode and Smart Hints; its full classroom progress reports are marked as coming soon, so that particular addition is not yet a current capability.
Premium also bundles image-based word-list import, automatically generated lists and AI progress summaries. These tools can reduce the work of preparing and reviewing practice, but they are reserved for the top individual tier.
SpellMe requires an internet connection. Guest settings and game data are stored locally on the device and, according to the privacy policy, are not sent to SpellMe's servers. Google Analytics cookies activate only with user consent.
Pricing
SpellMe uses a freemium model, with the Basic plan free and paid individual plans billed annually. Basic includes Regular Mode, five lists of up to 10 words each and access to 300+ curated phonics word lists. It is a reasonable starting point for learners who can work within those list limits and do not need adaptive or story-based practice.
Advanced costs £12/year and includes unlimited lists of up to 20 words each, Mastery Mode and advanced progress tracking. Its 14-day free trial makes it the more suitable upgrade for learners who benefit from difficulty that adapts to performance, but it does not include Story Mode or Premium's AI and image-based tools.
Premium costs £20/year and includes lists of 100+ words, Story Mode, Smart Spelling Hints, image-to-list generation, Smart Progress Summary and Auto Word List Creation. It is the fullest individual plan for people who need those preparation and feedback tools; for simpler practice, the extra cost over Advanced buys features that may go unused. Premium also includes a 14-day free trial.
Teacher Advanced and Teacher Premium use custom pricing. Teacher Advanced includes Regular and Mastery Modes, unlimited lists, student progress tracking, a teacher dashboard and Easy Classroom Login. Teacher Premium adds Story Mode, Smart Hints and full classroom progress reports, with those reports marked as coming soon. Schools should compare the tier's classroom features against their needs before choosing; no per-seat terms are provided here.
Platforms
SpellMe is a web app that requires an internet connection, with stated support for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, and for most browser-based devices. Despite that broad device range, the lack of offline access makes it a poor fit for learners who need to practise without connectivity.
Who it's for
Families and homeschoolers can start with Basic, then move to Advanced if they need adaptive practice or more lists. Premium is better suited to learners whose lists exceed 20 words or who will use Story Mode and the automated tools. Teachers can consider the classroom-specific plans for management and progress monitoring, while guest access is best kept to a short trial because it allows only five words in one list.
Pros and cons
Pros: Basic combines a free plan with Regular Mode and 300+ curated phonics lists, giving learners a useful starting library without an annual commitment.
Pros: The paid tiers scale list capacity and practice features, from adaptive Mastery Mode in Advanced to Story Mode and AI-assisted tools in Premium.
Pros: Teacher plans include classroom management and student progress monitoring, addressing needs that a family-focused practice plan does not.
Cons: SpellMe cannot be used offline, which limits practice when an internet connection is unavailable.
Cons: Guest use is sharply capped at one five-word list, so evaluating sustained practice requires registration or a paid-plan trial.
Cons: Classroom pricing is custom, and Teacher Premium's full progress reports are not yet available.
Alternatives
For a wider choice, browse Spelling Apps. Pick Wordshark if its paid model and free trial better suit your choice; it has no free plan and supports Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows. Spelling Shed is another freemium option, with a free plan and Android, iOS and web support; its free tier's tests, games, challenges and leagues have seven-day histories.
Choose Spello if a family subscription with a stated first-year price and a daily practice cap is a better fit: Families costs £10 for the first year only, then £20/year, for up to four children. Better Speller is worth considering for Apple-device users who want a free trial with all features and a 35-word allowance; it supports Android, iOS and macOS.
DoodleSpell may suit schools considering a per-pupil subscription: its DoodleEnglish with DoodleSpell school plan is £6 per pupil per year and offers a quote or demo. Spelling.Live offers a free sign-up credit allowance of 200 credits, which expires after 90 days without a practice session. Spellzone is a paid alternative with a one-student annual plan at €35, including results and progress in the student login but no administrator login. PenPoints is free on Android and iOS, with a limited teacher allowance for homework, SpellStation credits and live class assessments.
Verdict
SpellMe is a good fit for families, homeschoolers and teachers who want spelling practice with a free entry point, curated phonics lists and progress tracking. Advanced is the most persuasive upgrade for adaptive practice; Premium earns its higher annual price only when its larger lists, Story Mode or automated tools matter. Look elsewhere if offline access is essential, and weigh the small guest allowance before relying on it for an extended evaluation.
Verdict
SpellMe offers tiered spelling practice, from a free Regular Mode plan to paid modes and tools. Its internet requirement and guest-list limit are worth considering before choosing how learners will use it.
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