Introduction and Review

Epic is an application designed and developed for developing kids’ reading abilities. The application is developed by Epic Creation and features children’s learning ebooks. So far, the app has received an average rating score of 4.7 stars out of 5 with 499.2k ratings. The app is free of charge for players to install and offer paid features for players to make in-app purchases if they want. Selected as Editor’s Choice on the App Store, the app has become one of the leading e-learning platforms for young kids worldwide. It is an interactive and kid-safe reading app recommended for children aged at or under 12 years old. The reading experience will fuels children’s curiosity and enhance their reading confidence. Kids will be able to freely explore the world of different stories and get inspired by the characters and story plot. By using the app, you can access a huge library full of digital resources like e-books, audiobooks, videos for education purposes, etc. For family members who want to share the same account and access unlimited resources, the Epic Unlimited membership is a wise choice. By subscribing to the premium membership, altogether over 40,000 books of high quality for users to make use of, making it possible for users to learn whenever and wherever they want. Full of fun and interactive videos for the purpose of learning, users can not only have visual enjoyment but also audio pleasure. Audiobooks are available for users to listen to books when they are not convenient to read and they protect users’ eyesight to some extent. Reading resources vary from audio books, read-to-me books, books full of quizzes, and foreign language books in Spanish, French, and Chinese. The app will make a customized recommended reading list according to your personal preference and reading levels. The app resource is 24/7 accessible online, and accessible offline for specific reading types on-the-go. You can track your reading progress in the app and subscribe to the weekly progress email notifications. To keep users motivated, the app also features rewards and badges to enrich the reading experience of users. The app is not only recommended to elementary students but also to educators. With the award-winning app, educators will be able to access tons of reading resources and select those they want to teach their students. Yet, the search function is criticized by some users for being way too basic and the search results are mostly irrelevant to the keywords. To sum up, the app is an excellent reading assistant for users but still needs some effort to improve its performance.

Updates

According to the version history, the app has been updated on a weekly basis. On February 6th, 2023, with the launch of version 5.84, some bugs have been fixed together with some improvements in the performance. Its most recent update was on February 9th, 2023, and version 5.85 was launched. With a similar description in terms of the update, no further information about the bugs and improvements was clarified.

Features

1. Users can create their personal profiles with their accounts as students.

2. Educators can assign reading tasks of books to their students using the app.

3. Tons of reading resources in various formats like audio, video, and text are available for users to make use of.

4. Users will receive personalized and recommended reading lists based on their personal interests.

5. Users can keep track of their reading progress on the app and receive email notifications on a weekly basis. 

6. To activate the reading incentives of users, the app sets badges and rewards for users to make efforts to attain.

7. For premium users, can access more than 40,000 books of high-quality and interactive videos as well.