Prodigy Game Reviews

Man, Prodigy is basically pay to win at this point

The pay-to-win aspect of this game is out of control. Once you level up a bunch of pets, you hit a paywall and can't go further without paying. They also rolled out new mini-games that are actually kind of fun, but you need a membership for unlimited play. There's also this new currency called magicoin that you need to spend real money on for most things. The Prodigy team is starting to act like EA and Epic, with basically everything locked behind a paywall. Please bring back how Prodigy used to be.

The version of Prodigy from before was way better. Right now the look and feel of the game is really bad, plus all my stuff got reset. It looks like they care more about pushing people to buy a subscription than making the game actually fun to play. I wish they would go back to the old version.

Basically a knock-off of Pokemon that does it way worse. Pretty much everything in the game costs money if you want to actually play it. Plus, teachers rarely let us use Prodigy in class anyway. The whole gameplay experience is just not good.

When my son made his account, he picked grade 1 instead of grade 3, and now we'd have to pay for a membership just to fix it. I reached out to their support team and they mentioned we could make another account, and they'd try to move his progress over on their end. I'm leaving a one star review because charging people for a membership to change the grade level feels really unfair, especially since kids of different ages use this and not all of them read at the same level.

This is hands down the greatest math game out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Making young kids fork over money in a math learning game should be illegal. The way Prodigy forces you to pay ruins the whole purpose of learning math. You're hitting payment walls constantly, like every 20 seconds. Why are there caps on catching pets and visiting certain areas? The questions are super easy too - a toddler could ace them. The whole thing feels like they just want your money with no real value behind it.

The math problems are way too basic. Like, there was a question asking how many corners a triangle has, which is something every kid already knows. The questions don't really challenge anyone. And the English part is even worse! It seems like you're creating your own name at first, but really you just pick a starting letter and then have to choose from a preset list. My name wasn't available on any of the lists, which felt pretty unfair.

It seems like Prodigy cares more about getting people to spend money than actually helping kids learn math. The way the game is set up creates unfair advantages that make non-paying players feel left out and pushes families to buy premium access. The free version has so many restrictions built in. Kids constantly see ads for cool pets and items they can't get unless their parents pay up. There's a huge visual difference too - free players are stuck on dirt while paying members float on clouds. Some parents reported seeing 13 different premium offers pop up during just 20 minutes of playing. It feels like the math questions are just obstacles between you and the fun parts of the game instead of being part of the learning. Instead of focusing on actually learning, kids get caught up in wanting to buy and collect things in the virtual world.

The app itself is fine, though my kids didn't seem super excited about it. There was a lot of guessing involved and the English part didn't have much real phonics instruction. The real problem is their customer support is absolutely awful. They charged me twice by mistake. I tried reaching out to them multiple times to fix it, but nothing worked. Eventually I had to dispute it with my bank. After that, Prodigy canceled my membership even though they still owed me $179.40 from the extra charge on my premium plan.