App Detail » WordToob: Language Learning

What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

fixes a crash in "Find The Word" mode

App Description

Video Modeling made simple and fun! WordToob is designed to make learning words and new skills fun and engaging through pre-stored and customized videos. People of all ages and intellectual levels enjoy watching videos. With WordToob they can now play an active role in learning while doing what they love. Customizing the app with personalized videos is easy but the learning experience is powerful!

WordToob includes:

• Pre-stored board with the 25 words most 2-year-olds know
• Pre-stored board with common emotions
• Pre-stored examples of an alphabet board and adaptive skill board
• Infinite ability to create your own boards
• Speech recognition so that the learner can practice saying words


Learning language requires combined information from the senses, whether just beginning to learn one’s native language or learning a second language. WordToob makes this fun and easy by pairing words with illustrative videos. The learner not only benefits from playing WordToob but also through engaging in creating personalized videos. Personalized videos can be easily created with the iPad camera and attached to words within the app to maintain novelty and increase motivation.

Language skills that can be learned using WordToob include:

• Learning new words
• Recognizing words you hear
• Improving articulation


Video modeling is a highly researched and effective method of teaching. New behaviors and skills are learned by watching a video of someone else or themselves performing the target behavior then imitating that behavior. Video modeling has been used to teach social skills, communication skills, play skills, perception of emotion and adaptive skills. The entertainment aspect of videos motivates and reinforces the engagement of the learner.

Video modeling has been found to be exceptionally effective in teaching individuals with autism. Some of the reasons may be that the learner only has to attend to a restricted field of focus, the repetitive presentation of models and situations, less demand for face-to-face interaction, and their ability to process visual information more readily than verbal information. Studies show that skills taught through video modeling are generalized and learned faster.

WordToob makes video modeling easy. The app includes a board that illustrates emotions. New boards are easy to create and personalized videos are simple to include giving the teacher, parent, or therapist the freedom to target many different skills limited only by their imagination.

Some video modeling uses include:

• Learning social skills
• Recognizing emotions
• Visual schedules
• Learning adaptive skills
• Show and tell, storytelling

App Changes

• June 11, 2014 Initial release
• July 26, 2014 Price increase: $5.99 -> $19.99
• August 30, 2014 New version 1.1.2
• November 28, 2014 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $1.99
• December 01, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $19.99
• December 08, 2014 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $2.99
• December 09, 2014 Price increase: $2.99 -> $19.99
• February 12, 2015 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $14.99
• February 19, 2015 Price increase: $14.99 -> $19.99
• March 01, 2015 New version 1.2
• April 27, 2015 New version 1.2.1
• May 24, 2015 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
• June 24, 2015 Price increase: $9.99 -> $39.99
• July 27, 2015 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
• August 01, 2015 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $5.99
• August 06, 2015 Price increase: $5.99 -> $19.99
• February 03, 2016 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $4.99
• February 07, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $21.99
• February 28, 2016 Price decrease: $21.99 -> $4.99
• March 01, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $24.99
• March 08, 2016 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $17.99
• March 12, 2016 Price decrease: $17.99 -> $4.99
• March 20, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $17.99
• June 23, 2016 Price increase: $17.99 -> $21.99
• July 02, 2016 Price decrease: $21.99 -> $7.99
• November 07, 2016 Price increase: $7.99 -> $13.99
• November 18, 2016 Price decrease: $13.99 -> $3.99
• November 20, 2016 Price increase: $3.99 -> $14.99
• December 06, 2016 Price decrease: $14.99 -> $1.99
• December 09, 2016 Price increase: $1.99 -> $12.99
• December 15, 2016 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• December 16, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $12.99
• June 13, 2019 New version 1.3.3
• June 13, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 14, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 14, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 14, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 16, 2019 Price decrease: $12.99 -> $4.99
• June 20, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• July 14, 2020 Price decrease: $9.99 -> FREE!
• October 22, 2020 Price increase: FREE! -> $11.99
• August 06, 2021 Price increase: $11.99 -> $12.99
• September 16, 2023 Price increase: $12.99 -> $14.99
• November 03, 2023 Price decrease: $14.99 -> $12.99