10 Minute Japanese User Reviews

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No refunds on subscriptions! Beware of the free trial

Be careful if you sign up for the free trial to make sure you cancel before it subscribes you. It’s $90 for a whole year, and the customer support emails don’t get responses, so you won’t get a refund. 😬 dont make the same dumb mistake I did.

The app itself is… ok. I don’t feel like I’m learning useful things. The lessons are a little random.
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Response from developer

Hello! We will try to understand the situation. Most likely you signed up for a trial period. The condition for activating the free trial period is to activate a paid subscription. The terms of the subscription clearly state that the first 7 days are free, but after the trial period you will be charged. You can cancel your app subscription before the end of the trial period, but no later than 24 hours before the end of the trial period. If you cancel your subscription before the end of your free trial period, you will not be charged. If you do not cancel your subscription before the end of the free trial period, your funds will be automatically debited. To request a refund, you need to contact Apple Customer Support. You can contact Apple support by following the link https://getsupport.apple.com/ If you have any other questions, just let me know and I'll be happy to help. Have a nice day!

First day

I love the free trial! This app feels like it’s geared towards my style of learning. I love the speech factor and I like that it forces you to remember the words by hiding the ability to readily see the word while spelling.

Response from developer

Hello! We are glad that you liked our application!

It’s not free

It’s not free, it’s one of those apps where you get a free trial - deceptive

Response from developer

Good afternoon In promotional videos, we offer to try our application for free. The application provides a free trial period of 7 days. Specifying payment information when subscribing is a requirement of the App Store. Payment information is stored in your App Store account and we do not have access to it.

Phishing

App just talks about how great it is then launches into a string of questions to gather data, then asks for money.

I don't know if it even does anything else.

Response from developer

Good afternoon In promotional videos, we offer to try our application for free. The application provides a free trial period of 7 days. Specifying payment information when subscribing is a requirement from Apple. Payment information is stored in your Apple account and we do not have access to it.

Could be better

There is absolutely no introduction to any of the Japanese writing system. So you have to cheat by unlocking words when you are prompted to write in japanese. Also, the words that you have already learn have no flash card going forward. You have to go to a list and click a sound in order to review. The app is very pricey for what it offers.
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Response from developer

Good afternoon Could you describe the problem in more detail by contacting user support? You can do this through the application: go to the "Applications" settings, then "Write to developers", - or by email support@mobilecleverapps.com

Deceptive ad - don’t install this app

This is just a SRS flash card app. There are no videos as shown in the advertisement. Edit after developer response: Although it’s a useful practice to advertise with a “trap door” using features not available, it’s better practice to direct customers to a landing page that says “feature not available yet.” It’s a dark pattern to bait and switch customers into providing personal information (which is useful to the product for marketing and future development ideas) and a sign-up process with a default of the one-year subscription before you can even see the product. It’s true you can “download the product for free” but that just puts the app on you phone. You still have to sign up for a subscription before you can see any of the content. This app is just bad news in general. Avoid at all costs.
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Response from developer

Hello! We apologize, but this feature is not yet implemented in the application. Developing a particular feature takes time. Before starting development, it is checked whether this function will be in demand. Therefore, advertising is launched. You can always familiarize yourself with the functionality of the application during the test period. Once again we apologize. You can unsubscribe from the app. You can read more about managing your subscription in these instructions: https://support.apple.com/HT202039 If you have any other questions, just let me know and I'll be happy to help. Have a nice day!

Could be good for reinforcing knowledge learnt elsewhere

Two issues with the app, first is the bar to begin using this app is quite high. Many of the practice lesson require already knowing Japanese characters and more than just hiragana at that but does not seem to have any tool for teaching them. This means that you need to already have a decent amount of knowledge before being able to use the app.
Second issue is the predatory subscription service, there is no free option to use this app unlike what it makes you believe before opening. Upon launching for the first time you can get a 7 day free trial but it requires you to set up monthly or yearly payments following it. Very common but still a horribly predatory system that hopes you forget about the subscription until it’s too late.
For me this app sounded like a good idea focusing on learning key words is a great idea that can help general understanding but the bar of entry and predatory payment scheme ruin any potential
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Response from developer

Hello! We will try to understand the situation. Most likely you signed up for a trial period. The condition for activating the free trial period is to activate a paid subscription. The terms of the subscription clearly state that the first 7 days are free, but after the trial period you will be charged. You can cancel your app subscription before the end of the trial period, but no later than 24 hours before the end of the trial period. If you cancel your subscription before the end of your free trial period, you will not be charged. If you do not cancel your subscription before the end of the free trial period, your funds will be automatically debited. To request a refund, you need to contact Apple Customer Support. You can contact Apple support by following the link https://getsupport.apple.com/ If you have any other questions, just let me know and I'll be happy to help. Have a nice day!

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Do you have to pay for the app, can I use for free ?

Response from developer

Good afternoon In promotional videos, we offer to try our application for free. The application provides a free trial period of 7 days.

Good for vocab refresh

It’s basically just glorified flash cards right now. The pronunciation feature is kind of nice but without context added for words some of them are useless anyway.

Response from developer

Hello! Thanks for sharing your experience!

Major False Advertising

The advertisements are a lie. Absolutely false advertisement. They make it look like we will learn in a fun environment through anime scenes or manga. This is nothing of the sort and is more akin to Duolingo. Which isn’t outright bad, but it is not what is advertised. Also the emphasis on memorizing kanji out of context and without any meaning behind the characters is a waste of time. There are over 2000 kanji to learn and they just throw them in there without reason or academic thought process. And yes, they will respond to this review with “thank you for…blah blah blah…it takes money and time to develop blah blah blah…yes it does. But be upfront about your product and don’t sell it based on a lie. Or maybe say “coming in 2024…then whatever feature you are working on, get it done in time. But their repeated lies on instagram ads should be pulled.
Now…cut to the aforementioned “thank you for blah blah blah…we are sorry for blah blah blah…it takes time and money to blah blah blah.
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Response from developer

Hello! We apologize, but this feature is not yet implemented in the application. Developing a particular feature takes time. Before starting development, it is checked whether this function will be in demand. Therefore, advertising is launched. You can always familiarize yourself with the functionality of the application during the test period. Once again we apologize. You can unsubscribe from the app. You can read more about managing your subscription in these instructions: https://support.apple.com/HT202039 If you have any other questions, just let me know and I'll be happy to help. Have a nice day!

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