Bug fix urgently needed
There is a problem; the app starts, but does not load the contents of the paid for Assimil course.
The user (your client) has to uninstall the app and reinstall it, and again enter the customer credentials each time.
The Apple AppStore information shows your app has not had any bugfixes in over three years
The user (your client) has to uninstall the app and reinstall it, and again enter the customer credentials each time.
The Apple AppStore information shows your app has not had any bugfixes in over three years
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Baffling User Interface & Navigation
I've gotten a lot of value from Assimil books, so I looked forward to having that content in an electronic form.
But the way you navigate this app, and the utterly confusing user interface, make this nearly impossible to use.
Assimil publishes a PDF on their website about how to use the app, but a) it doesn't match the way the app works on an iPhone, and b) if your mobile app needs a PDF, you've failed.
Be careful when you buy courses. If you buy without being logged into an Assimil account, you can't access the content on any other device, including other devices logged into your Apple account.
Finally, Assimil says they have an app version that works on a Mac. They don't. It will download from the app store, but it throws off warnings that it isn't Mac compatible, and it doesn't work.
But the way you navigate this app, and the utterly confusing user interface, make this nearly impossible to use.
Assimil publishes a PDF on their website about how to use the app, but a) it doesn't match the way the app works on an iPhone, and b) if your mobile app needs a PDF, you've failed.
Be careful when you buy courses. If you buy without being logged into an Assimil account, you can't access the content on any other device, including other devices logged into your Apple account.
Finally, Assimil says they have an app version that works on a Mac. They don't. It will download from the app store, but it throws off warnings that it isn't Mac compatible, and it doesn't work.
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Great content, weird app
One of the best language learning tools out there but it feels like it was written with Adobe Flash from the 1990s. Seriously need to update this app. Could be a top language app contender! Also, please introduce a Spanish as spoken in Latin America.
Advanced French course conspicuously missing!
Assimil, you are a French company! How is it that you still have not made your advanced French course (Using French or whatever you are calling it now) available for purchase??!
L’équivalent des livres sur son téléphone
Je trouve l’app bien faite et surtout j’apprécie le fait qu’elle reprenne bien tout le contenu des livres.
Just confused
This seems to be an incredible app. My problem is with purchasing. After trying it out I wanted to buy, but I purchased a French/Russian version instead of English/Russian. After getting no response from support I posted a negative review. After more digging I found a way to request a refund and the funds have been put back into my account. It looks as though I have full access to the English/Russian course that I thought was a trial version but there is no way to pay. Maybe I bought this in the past and forgot since I was looking at Russian a couple years ago. It would be nice to have contact with support to resolve these issues. It would making committing to this learning method smoother. My other problem is that I wanted to delete my previous review and replace it with this one and hopefully a five star review if I can ever get all this straightened out.
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Fantastic method but awful app
Sounds like a (bad) student project more than app from a respectable company. That's especially sad as the method in itself is fantastic. What a shame...
Facebook login is broken
Comes up with an error message on the facebook login, facebook login is not currently available for this app
Assimil method the best, app the worst
I have learned French from zero to nearly fluent few years ago using Assimil book and recordings.
The Assimil method is amazing, many polyglots would agree.
But the app...
Terrible!!!
I tried the trial version. It is clunky inelegant and incomprehensible. Kind of be opposite of their method.
The heart of Assimil method is parallel text. You see the target language and your native language side to side. You translate, you repeat. It is so simple.
Why not to make it like that in the app?
Simple zoomable copy of the book with clickable sentences to activate the audio would be already huge improvement over this amateurish attempt.
I implore the Assimil team to find a good developer for the app.
As it is now, it is ruining the reputation of this legendary method.
It could be so wonderful.
Someday, I hope.
For now, just buy the book and recordings.
The Assimil method is amazing, many polyglots would agree.
But the app...
Terrible!!!
I tried the trial version. It is clunky inelegant and incomprehensible. Kind of be opposite of their method.
The heart of Assimil method is parallel text. You see the target language and your native language side to side. You translate, you repeat. It is so simple.
Why not to make it like that in the app?
Simple zoomable copy of the book with clickable sentences to activate the audio would be already huge improvement over this amateurish attempt.
I implore the Assimil team to find a good developer for the app.
As it is now, it is ruining the reputation of this legendary method.
It could be so wonderful.
Someday, I hope.
For now, just buy the book and recordings.
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Works good
👍.
