SparxreaderReviews of sparxreader.com

this website is horrible. i had to do 900 srp worth of homework and had a meltdown only 100 srp in. now its 700 srp but even with that amount it’s still impossible to complete, i make my mom do it as she doesn’t mind and i know that if i do it more compared to what im mandated to do at school, i will have another meltdown. i cannot believe people still actively choose this app in most schools across Britain. its embarrassing, really.

this app has completely made me hate reading its just so bad 4 questions and on a chance you get 1 question wrong you lose about 3/4 of the points you would have had and you have to read it again, also barely gives points you have to spend so long on it would much rather do a detention than it

THIS APP IS ABSOLUTELY ABYSMALLY DOGSHIT. Yes I am taking the time out of my day to go and type a review about this since it geniunely is one of the WORST APPS EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANKIND. This app targets children learning how to read and pushes it's sloppy idea of what 'learning' is in order to make money. This app, firstly, makes you select an array of only FOUR BOOKS. Tell me how many books are there in a library? On your bookshelf? In a cupboard somewhere? Definitely not FOUR. This instantly makes this app bad enough since limiting choices for children is inexplicably damaging for a child's creativity. Not only this, but the way to complete the set assignments are HORRIFYING. At the end of a passage (which can geniunely be up to 10 medium paragraphs by the way), you'll have to answer a few questions. First off, these questions aren't even about the entire plot. These questions ask for SPECIFIC DETAILS that can easily be mistaken for another subject. This makes it hell as you'll have to memorise basically every object and character in the entire story. If you score 3/4 or 4/4 on the first try, you'll pass, but if you mess up (which is easy to do), you will have to reread the ENTIRE PASSAGE, and this time, you'll only be able to get 4/4 to pass. That's a textbook definition of PUNISHING KIDS HEAVILY FOR A COUPLE MISTAKES. This makes Sparx Reader geniunely a gruelling task that usually takes HOURS to complete. And don't get me started on the books themselves. They are either kids books for genuine 4 year olds, or have passages that stretch up to 500 words (obv exaggerating here, but probably not close off). And guess what? Dont like the book? SCREW YOURSELF BECAUSE WE HATE FUN AND WANT TO WASTE A CHILD'S TIME WHE DRAINING EVERY MOLECULE OF CREATIVITY AND PASSION THEY HAVE FOR READING. If anyone is EVER thinking of buying this app, DONT. DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T LET A SINGLE ELECTRIC PULSE THEOUGH YOUR BRAIN LEAN SLIGHTLY IN THE FAVOUR OF INSTALLING THIS APP

Children should NOT be forced to read. Studies show that reading for fun is one of the clearest indicators of a more successful education. However, in forcing us to participate in comprehension exercises that SUCK the joy out of reading through a text like nothing else, we only harbour more and more hatred towards reading in general. Our brains do not discriminate between Sparx "reading" and normal reading. If you're looking to end up with an illiterate year group trained to despise reading in all its forms, Sparx reading is a great place to start.

In my school, they implemented this and it was HELL. I had to get 600 SRP which would usually take me 2-3 hours of straight stress and boredom, then they reduced it to 300 which i half-settled with. But after they raised it back to 600 I just gave up and endured the scolding from English teachers. The app is so corrupt towards students, as to schools and staff, it looks like a useful reading app that encourages reading and even emails parents when they requirements aren't being met. And sparx gets money for schools implementing it. Yet, for students. It is a multi-hour chore that has no fun in it whatsoever and is unimaginably stressful. It is a ploy for money with not remotely any care for students' wellbeing or quality of life. In fact, the only reason the company is still afloat is because nobody would trust teenagers and their opinions on homework. Even though there are hundreds of adult-signed petitions talking about how their child has had breakdowns and anxiety attacks from the app, they just continue to ignore it. The experience is so horiffic that I myself have decided to completely give up on homework whatsoever and take the punishment.

I can confidently say that Sparx Reader is the most horrible homework website I have ever dealt with. Teachers claim it should take 30 mins to achieve 300 SRP for your homework but it took 1 hour 30 minutes. The books do not suit my interest. This website makes something that I already find difficult even more infuriating. So be warned if your school decides to use Sparx Reader, your in for an emotional 5 years.

Blumming rubish.I admit it normal reading is fun but being foreced to read and nkt being able to choose the books other than 6 choices.It takes almost an hour to do its way to hard and the xp mechanic and the questions just makes the children read quicker to get it done and nit acctually take in the book. By the way this is a review from a child that uses this website

Made me want to do my homework even less, chose romance? No romance books AT ALL, if i could give it 0, I would