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Review summary

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Consumers express widespread dissatisfaction with the platform's user experience. People report negative experiences with the product itself, the website, and the app. The quality of the overall experience is a recurring concern for many reviewers. Consumers are particularly frustrated by the limited and uninteresting book selection. Reviewers feel the app restricts their reading choices and doesn't align with their preferences. People also find the app wastes their time, takes too long to complete assignments, and causes stress. Many reviewers report the app has negatively impacted their enjoyment of reading.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My son has recently been using Sparx reader through his school, and I was disappointed by the poor selection of books, upset that the app uses AI, but most of all, I was overwhelmingly horrified to fi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

shit show. They are ruining childrens reading and people are spending 4 hours doing this when they could be doing actual reading that we all grow up with. Please if you are going to get this just e... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why am I reading paragraphs upon paragraphs of a book just to be given 4 questions and god forbid I get one wrong and I only get about 10 points. Limited book choices that lead to complete disinterest... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This app is useless. I’ve just started sparx reader and it’s horrific. Not well thought out and it doesn’t help us read or learn, it forces us to pick from a small selection of books. Read 5 paragraph... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Right, Sparx Reader… This big-brother, over chromed, cheapskate website. It makes kids snuffle out in-relevant details in in-relevant paragraphs for some ‘Xp Points’. These Xp Points slow... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I cried, its only 5 minutes into doing my homework and im already mad. What a waste of time, i have spent 2 days and didn't even get to 30%, the fact is that, none of the books are my type, no matter... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Severely restricting how, when, where, and what people read is not how to encorage reading. restricting people to reading a select set of books, online only, having to do a quiz every few paragraphs... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wrote a proper review but didn't understand how this website works so ill shorten it. Basically my school replaced a perfectly fine system with this crap and now I have this headache. Half pointles... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Genuinely horrible experience. Limited story choices, most likely ai generated questions. Short amount of time given to answer questions, takes much too long to complete. Ruined reading for me.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely boring app for homework, if they didn’t just have reading through a random story that you probably don’t even know/dislike (mainly because most of the stories look quite fake). If we had mo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I think its a terrible thing because it takes to much time out of our lives so we are left to do nothing because I have no free time to do anything because all the other millions peices of homework I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give a zero, I would. Kids are spending 6 or 7 hours in school A DAY, they get set homework for every subject once a week, then sparx reader come round the corner, “Make sure you get your 6... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

my school introduced sparx reader about a month ago but it is absolutely HORRIFIC. you are not actually learning how to PROPERLY READ, you're just scanning for phrases that might be in a question. I k... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I actually love Sparx Reader as a student! It helps me so much with reading, especially with features like scaling the text and changing fonts. It’s super helpful and makes reading more accessible.... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My children love reading, but they hate sparx reader. If you are a keen reader, it is tedious with limited text choices, poorly thought through comprehension questions, and leads to you looking at yo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

i think its a poor excuse of a homework app stick to your kindle or ipad if you what to make you students read make it intresting i sit on my desk half an hour a day reading nooks i dont even like... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is by far the worst English homework website ever. It has absolutely no regard for your preferences in books, even with that update about genres. What's the point of trying to encourage students... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst thing I have ever done in my life. Starting at a screen trying to read long paragraphs is the worst thing I could possibly imagine especially when your eyes are weak. Being forced to do this... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'm always getting alerts to say "homework not started" when in fact my son has already done it 3 days ago. It also says he is reading Pokemon books, or joke books, when this is not the case. It is... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's book picking system is horid.It gives terrible books that are either too hard, too easy, too long, too short or ones that don't give as much point because they are classified as 'too easy' even t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I start off reading one of three books they choose for me. Then every time I get more than one question wrong I have to re read the passage until I get at least 3/4 of the questions they ask me corre... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Mandatory to do even when you have the highest reading age possible on your report. Completely useless when you can already read well and for those who cant read well, it doesnt help with improvement... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It tells you to select your preferred genres and then it go3s completley against your choices? And then you spend 5 minuets on an extract and it only gives you 5 SRP? It takes me ATLEAST 3 hours to do... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

one of the worst things we have created as a society. it takes WELLLLL over an hour- maybe even two to do “half an hour of reading!”, the selection of books is absolutely horrific, gold reader is co... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ban school from making kids do this! I had to wake up at midnight to start this it is now 10pm and I only have half a brain cell left and 800 srp i need 1500 by 8am tomorrow, look... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dear Sparx, I would like to explain my troubles regarding sparx reader. When I am reading I do not fully pay attention and therefore, do not remember the answers to the questions. As well as when read... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I read Sparx reader books on behalf of my daughter because she finds it impossible to get into the few books she can choose from. I have just been given the next choice out of the four books. Th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every time it goes "How are you finding this book" this is what happens: too hard: harder book anything that isn't too hard: Summarise the name of 2 side characters out of a 20 chapter section Also... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sparx Reader is the worst for multiple reasons: First, the book selection is the worst! Like if I want to read some Alex Rider, I would select action for my book preference but it would give me a... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Spars reader would be good if we got more books and it should be a pass if you get 2/4 because I keep getting that and it’s gonna make me crash out. Why is there even a time limit to answer the questi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Its so bad 1st of all why are we being forced to read i thought reading was a hobby? I read for fun but when i use sparx reader it makes me demotivated because i’m being forced to read. Second of all... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Okay, so Sparx reader -I've got to be honest- isn't to bad. It is easy to complete homework, quick and simple, *however*, there is a problem. The books are absolutely boring! This isn't just coming fr... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ultimate ragebait. I picked what type of stories I wish to read how does non-fiction mean I’ll get stories called “kacey the sparkly unicorn.” The limit on everything is insane, I’m sorry that I dont... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Me ? I am just chilling playing games when my dad tells me for the 69th time that I have not done my goofy ahh Sparx reader that takes at least 500 years when I literally did it like ages ago pls fix... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My daughter loves school, and reading, but she hates this app. The time required is long, and the questions (including trick questions to try to trip up the students) are sometimes obtuse or subjectiv... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst thing ever, so flipping annoying, why do I have to read flipping 20 paragraphs to finish my homework?. And literally sending notifications to my parents abt me not doing my hw before the due dat... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

this website is the worst thing to happen to humanity as itself. there's so much wrong with it, its unbelievable. the website is clunky to use, the books they give you are long, boring, and diabolical... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

GET RID OF THIS ABSOLUTE TERRIBLE SITE. I ACTUALLY HATE SPARX READER WITH A DEEPLY BURNING PASSION . Why does this bs exist honestly it’s so boring and I spend like 10 minutes reading a passage for it... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just creates arguments within families, Made my resent my parents for forcing me to do it when school doesn't actually enforce any rules on it. Broken horrible app it will not accept any of my answers... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This website is absolutely horrid. What is the point of making me read tresaure island and punsihing me for not understanding very well how they speak? if any school is concurrently reading this, plea... See more


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TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rubbish platform

It’s absolutely rubbish. I got 3 out of 4 on one of my reading checks but it still won’t let me move on. I literally spent 40 minutes on this and only getting 155 SRP. Platforms like this shouldn’t even exist, it should be banned for eternity

10 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

“Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing”

Right, Sparx Reader…
This big-brother, over chromed, cheapskate website. It makes kids snuffle out in-relevant details in in-relevant paragraphs for some ‘Xp Points’.

These Xp Points slowly add up. 5-20 at the most case. 20-80 in fields where 4-clover leaf’s lie…

At my school it’s 400 you’ll need. 2 miles other side of town at that other school it is 1000; Godspeed over there. Cus’ it alone for me took 1 1/2 hours, per night.

For goodness sake though, the overall ‘Sparx Learning’ regime, despite what Trustpilot wants me to say in a helpful tone (I am trying) is a scandal.

All proven research exceeds 6 years, oh and 6 years since Covid started. It would make sense things have changed. The research on ‘Sparx Math’, conducted by Cambridge, even concludes it is an obstruction in the progression of education.

8 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This app is useless, doesn’t help children learn.

This app is useless. I’ve just started sparx reader and it’s horrific. Not well thought out and it doesn’t help us read or learn, it forces us to pick from a small selection of books. Read 5 paragraphs of it and then expect us to remember a sentence or phrase from paragraph one. Sometimes I spend whole evenings on this and it isn’t giving us enough time to relax, considering we already have 6-7 hours at school. Then it will through in “not in the book” like we’re not already confused. I get a question wrong and lose about 15 points and I need to get 300. Disgraceful app which isn’t helping children and I’m surprised teachers chose this.

8 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Spelling mistakes in books

My son has recently been using Sparx reader through his school, and I was disappointed by the poor selection of books, upset that the app uses AI, but most of all, I was overwhelmingly horrified to find that one of the books my son had chosen to read was fraught with basic spelling mistakes. For an app supposedly concerned with learning, I found these issues shocking. Shame on you all.

3 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Schools don't buy this scamming shit

shit show.
They are ruining childrens reading and people are spending 4 hours doing this when they could be doing actual reading that we all grow up with. Please if you are going to get this just encorige people to read or set your own homework without ai having to do it to you

1 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

homework hell

My english teacher setting sparx is making me want to never come to school ever again genuinely it’s so bad

29 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WHO MADE THIS???

Its so bad 1st of all why are we being forced to read i thought reading was a hobby? I read for fun but when i use sparx reader it makes me demotivated because i’m being forced to read. Second of all after you’re done reading the part it gives you these questions and if you get some wrong you have to do it ALL again and once you’ve done that they give you less points and it makes me rage. WHOEVER MADE THIS HATES KIDS

28 January 2026
Unprompted review

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