Thanks to Seterra I now know every country.
Seterra is a wonderful, straightforward, simple, app with one objective, and it does it very well. Teaching, running summer schools, and being a university graduate, I meet and have met at people from abroad, but often didn’t know where the country they came from actually was. No more!
I now know all states of the USA, Canada, and Australia, territories of the Caribbean and Polynesia, and all the sovereign countries of the world. Off by heart. It’s great. Thank you Seterra.
Edit: The below suggestion already exists and is super easy to use, I simply missed it!
My one suggestion would be implementing a “favourites” section, so I can easily curate my most-used quizzes to refresh my memory instead of having to navigate to each one individually every time.
I now know all states of the USA, Canada, and Australia, territories of the Caribbean and Polynesia, and all the sovereign countries of the world. Off by heart. It’s great. Thank you Seterra.
Edit: The below suggestion already exists and is super easy to use, I simply missed it!
My one suggestion would be implementing a “favourites” section, so I can easily curate my most-used quizzes to refresh my memory instead of having to navigate to each one individually every time.
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Response from developer
Hi! Glad you enjoy the app! There is already a Favourite section! Just click the heart in the top right corner of the presentation screen of your favourite quizzes.
Helped me with my schoolwork!
I found this very helpful. I know in most cases in Social Studies most people have to memorize all of the countries in each of the continents. My teacher introduced this app to my classmates and I when we started the memorization game and a lot of us found it very addictive and fun. I learned very quickly the countries, flags, continents, etc. 5 out of 5 would recommend!
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Awesome app (important issue; devs please read(
The reason why I gave it 4 stars? Misclicking. and it’s not my fault. It’s especially bad on the worldwide map, where I’m zooming in and out like crazy. It almost always happens when I pinch to zoom out. I would appreciate either:
1. An optional setting where you have to double tap a country/location to select it, on the first tap the country gets highlighted.
2.. An optional zoom button which you can press on the screen which zooms the map in and out.
This misclicking issue has messed up my worldwide map score DOZENS of times, especially in Africa where the countries are so tightly packed on the western coast
1. An optional setting where you have to double tap a country/location to select it, on the first tap the country gets highlighted.
2.. An optional zoom button which you can press on the screen which zooms the map in and out.
This misclicking issue has messed up my worldwide map score DOZENS of times, especially in Africa where the countries are so tightly packed on the western coast
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Response from developer
Hi! You can change the "Select with" setting on the Settings screen in the Seterra app to "Tap + confirmation button". That should solve the mispress problem.
The Best
I am really into Geography, and have been searching for an app like this one for a while. It has a very simple and clean design, and has a lot of content to explore. Some languages even have audio for different landmarks! This feature allowed me to learn the pronunciation of city and country names in German. This is a must if you just want one Geography app that you can rely on.
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The best $1.99 I've spent all year.
Yes, I know it's not even mid-January.
Pros:
• Very easy to use. I finally learned all the countries of Africa, the Balkans, the Lesser Antilles (sort of), and other difficult spots.
• Tons of stuff to learn. I never even knew there was a Norwegian Sea.
• Love the "Learn" and "Test" features.
Cons:
• The Caribbean states and territories are hidden waaaaaay down at the bottom of the North America list, under things like "Minor Saskatchewan Villages" and "Puddles of Detroit." Please make this easier to find.
• I still haven't found out where to learn the South Pacific island nations. Hmm, Australasia? Nope. Asia? Nope. The only place I've seen to learn them is on the "153 UN States" which is too late 'cause I'm already testing myself on the rest of the world. Is that Nauru or Tonga? Oops, you got it wrong!
• The app seems hypersensitive to tapping, and likes to ding me when I'm zooming in on smaller states. This evening it actually dinged me for Iran when I wasn't even touching the screen! I've actually quit tests to restart when it thinks I've tapped on Benin when I was actually tapping Guatemala.
Pros:
• Very easy to use. I finally learned all the countries of Africa, the Balkans, the Lesser Antilles (sort of), and other difficult spots.
• Tons of stuff to learn. I never even knew there was a Norwegian Sea.
• Love the "Learn" and "Test" features.
Cons:
• The Caribbean states and territories are hidden waaaaaay down at the bottom of the North America list, under things like "Minor Saskatchewan Villages" and "Puddles of Detroit." Please make this easier to find.
• I still haven't found out where to learn the South Pacific island nations. Hmm, Australasia? Nope. Asia? Nope. The only place I've seen to learn them is on the "153 UN States" which is too late 'cause I'm already testing myself on the rest of the world. Is that Nauru or Tonga? Oops, you got it wrong!
• The app seems hypersensitive to tapping, and likes to ding me when I'm zooming in on smaller states. This evening it actually dinged me for Iran when I wasn't even touching the screen! I've actually quit tests to restart when it thinks I've tapped on Benin when I was actually tapping Guatemala.
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Response from developer
:) You can find the Pacific nations in the "Oceania" quizzes under Australasia. As for the tapping, use the "Select with" option on the settings screen.
Have fun and learn!
I was introduced by a friend who sent a link to the Middle East geography quiz. I took it and explored from there, eventually playing so much on my computer I decided to look for the app for my tablet.
I started out with the paid version because I’d already played enough to know it was worth it for me. I love how many options there are and that I can pick and choose where to focus, when to add more, when to review, and whether to be in the learn mode or the quiz mode. I’ve made great progress in learning all the countries in the world. I’m working on capitals and states/provinces/regions as well as predominant physical features. It’s really made me notice how frequently places are mentioned in the news or in stories or just in passing. I don’t know that it’s much hurt my comprehension to not know exactly where the place being mentioned was, or what surrounded it, but it has added depth and context to my understanding now that I do know where things are happening and how those places relate to nearby or distant places where other things are happening. Great app!
Not sure how often it updates, and I do find it odd that the free version I was playing on my computer has at least one quiz (identify the US states by shape) that does not appear in the paid for version. I would have thought they’d be the same, or that the paid version would offer more options if there was a difference. That’s my only negative thus far.
I started out with the paid version because I’d already played enough to know it was worth it for me. I love how many options there are and that I can pick and choose where to focus, when to add more, when to review, and whether to be in the learn mode or the quiz mode. I’ve made great progress in learning all the countries in the world. I’m working on capitals and states/provinces/regions as well as predominant physical features. It’s really made me notice how frequently places are mentioned in the news or in stories or just in passing. I don’t know that it’s much hurt my comprehension to not know exactly where the place being mentioned was, or what surrounded it, but it has added depth and context to my understanding now that I do know where things are happening and how those places relate to nearby or distant places where other things are happening. Great app!
Not sure how often it updates, and I do find it odd that the free version I was playing on my computer has at least one quiz (identify the US states by shape) that does not appear in the paid for version. I would have thought they’d be the same, or that the paid version would offer more options if there was a difference. That’s my only negative thus far.
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Response from developer
Thanksi! The app is now updated to incude all games on the website, including the US States outline game.
Amazing good quality teaching
Teaches geography super well and considering how little people know these days we should all hope on this app, it would expand our awareness a lot more
Wow
This is a great app if you are interested in learning the world! I would very recommend this and the whole app on my iPad runs smoothly without a hassle. The cool thing about this app is that you can learn offline! Which is great for me as I travel a lot in a plane and I always learn new stuff with this app. The developers have done a great job on developing this amazing app! Well done and keep up the good work.
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Best geography app I’ve found so far
I used Seterra back when I was in school and now I use it to keep my skills sharp. This is a reliable and easy to use app. My favorite part is that there are so many different things to study on here and they’re all available offline so I can use it on road trips or on the subway. Great way to pass the time productively.
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Doesn’t work well with Apple pencil
I like using my apple pencil on map quizzes for the better accuracy on small countries than my fingers. On this app, a lot of apple pencil touches don’t work unless you press it completely upright and very softly. I would have liked to rate this app 5 stars for helping me with my quiz grades, but for now I’m going to use the website.
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