Leave a Review TTMIK Stories
Nice theme, easy learning sentences are very short
I’ve been paying for this for a few weeks now and have truly enjoyed the app and the useful vocabulary I am getting. As a learner of 10 years this app is super useful to keep my reading an vocabulary maintained. I do wish some if the sentences were longer in parts making use of conjunctions. However overall it is doing well. I do agree with the above comments about the price as it is above and beyond other services. The materials are good, but lateral.Show lessSymptoming
Developer Response
Thank you for sharing your experience with us! We're delighted to hear that you've been enjoying the app and finding the vocabulary useful for maintaining your skills. Your feedback about the sentence length and use of conjunctions is valuable, and we'll take it into consideration as we continue to improve our materials to better meet your needs. Regarding the pricing, we appreciate your positive feedback and we will continue to provide you with the best learning experience ever! Thank you again for your support and for choosing our app for your learning journey. 감사합니다 :)App doesn’t open - UPDATE
I got the app as soon as it was launched, I loved it and subscribed. It worked perfectly fine at the beginning but now it doesn’t open. It’s stuck at a screen with the apps logo. Even after the update it still doesn’t work.
UPDATE: After uninstalling and installing the app again, the issue has been successfully resolved.Show lessh.agata
Developer Response
Thank you for your support and for bringing this issue to our attention. We apologize for the inconvenience you're experiencing. We recommend uninstalling the app and then reinstalling it. This often resolves issues related to the app if the app is not updated properly. If you continue to face difficulties after reinstalling, please let us know, and we'll do our best to assist you further. Thank you for your patience and understanding.Love the app, needs some work
I’m usually not one to be consistent with language apps OR leave app reviews, but there’s a first time for everything. I think this is a solid app with great potential.
Pro:
-Great/entertaining stories!
-Cool vocabulary word feature
-UI for audio capabilities are great
Needs work on:
-The app loads pretty slow
-The stories need a consistent internet connection. This is an app that would be GREAT during the commute to work or home. But as soon as you lose your internet connection, stories stop loading and quizzes tend to crash. Any way to cache data to prevent cutting off the user experience?
-The words that are not bolded or marked as vocabulary words have no way for translation. I have to manually type it into a translator. I wish I could highlight any word to translate or at least copy it so I can paste it into a translator myself.
Overall I really like this app and I see myself using it every day during my commutes or bored while running errands. Thanks for a fun learning experience!Show lessJavierPort
Developer Response
Thank you for your detailed feedback! We appreciate your insights and suggestions for improvement. We'll certainly consider them as we continue to enhance the app. We're glad you find value in our content and features, and we look forward to your continued use and feedback. If you have any further thoughts or suggestions, please feel free to share them with us. 감사합니다!Error in Grading Responses
Occasionally, the correct answers are marked as wrong. For example:
In Level 5, story 3 (grandma, my grandma).. there is the following quiz item: “I use the small room as a bedroom.” The statement is correct. However, that answer is graded as incorrect. This is the second or third instance of a bug in the grading of responses.. frustrating.Show lessShimanchew
Developer Response
Thank you for your comment and your feedback! 감사합니다 ☺️ We will continue to improve the app and provide you with the best experience :) We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you faced due to the grading issue. Our team is actively addressing it to ensure a smoother experience for you and others. Your patience and understanding are greatly appreciated.Best TTMIK resource !
I really enjoy this app and the content! I’ve been searching for a reading resource that was level appropriate (most Korean language resources are too easy and boring and most Korean literature is too difficult) and this app hit the spot! Perfect bite size passages that keep me interested. The level test was spot on as well! I was put into the perfect level for me (levers 3) so I’m never bored and I’m also challenged but not overwhelmed.
I really like the content and layout. Two things that would make the user experience better for me would be
1. Click on grammar endings for a quick refresher
2. More word definitions.
Having these at least as an option to use would be really helpful that way I don’t have to keep exiting out of the app to check my dictionary or grammar notes.
Over all I really enjoy this app! Great work, TTMIK Team!Show lesssukibuki2020
Developer Response
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! We're delighted to hear that you're enjoying our app and finding the content suitable for your learning needs. Your feedback about clickable grammar endings and more word definitions is duly noted, and we appreciate your suggestions for enhancing the user experience. We'll continue to strive towards improving our app to better meet your needs. If you have any further feedback or questions, please don't hesitate to let us know. Thank you for your lovely feedback, and hope you continue to enjoy studying Korean with us :) 감사합니다!Good But Not Worth The Cost
I was keen for this app but after doing the free trial, I was quite disappointed at the content compared to the monthly cost. Some issues I had:
- The app lets you select some words that you might not understand for the definition, but only particular words. There were words that I didn't understand but was not able to click on, so I ended up having to use it alongside a translation app.
- It's not very engaging. You read, you do a quiz, and you can use the flashcards. This app doesn't seem to cater to different learning styles, I wish there were pictures with facial expressions/ items/ people mentioned in the story or some more interactive content for visual learners like myself. Though it does have an option to listen to the story as well as read it which I liked.
- I may have missed it, but I couldn't see anywhere to read the story in English after finishing it in Korean and doing the quiz? I'd love to know if I translated the story correctly but you can't copy text (which I understand why) to put it in a translation app.
- I don't feel the monthly cost is justified. I understand it works out to be a couple of dollars a day, but as someone who doesn't buy 'daily coffees' etc. that adds up. I wish there was a discount for those who already subscribe to their website.Show lessMFryyy
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on your experience with our app. We appreciate your insights regarding the content, engagement, and pricing. Your comments are valuable as we strive to improve our app and better meet the needs of our users. Please know that we take your feedback seriously and will use it to guide our efforts to enhance the app in the future. We'd like to clarify that our app focuses on language learning rather than translation. While we aim to provide a comprehensive learning experience, including vocabulary assistance, our primary goal is to help users improve their language skills through reading, comprehension exercises, and other interactive features. We understand your point of view and that is why we offer a TTMIK Course Subscription discount coupon for those who subscribe to our TTMIK Stories. Feel free to check out the TTMIK Stories website for more information. 감사합니다.I love TTMIK
UPDATE! Thank you for the help! I just found the article stack with your guidance. I’m a beginner - just about to start TTMIK level 3 - and I find the articles quite a bit easier for me at this point.
TTMIK is awesome for learning Korean. I like this app because they are working on new methods to help us improve. I like the highlighted words that can be added to a list. The stories and articles are short allowing me to complete one when I don’t have the time for a complete TTMIK lesson. I love that the speed of the reader can be changed. Even if I don’t know all of the words - I can improve my reading and speaking speed. I don’t mind the price - it’s easily worth more than the cost per day. I would like the ability to go back to previous articles - I can only go back to previous stories. A translation would be great. I would also like the ability to print the articles and stories (double spaced!) so that I can write things out as I translate - although writing them out by hand as I do now is good practice :) The vocabulary test could be more difficult - it’s too easy right now. For example - the “to do” words need both choices to have “to do” endings. The vocab test is fun - it would be nice to have the ability to keep it going longer. Three times is a bit early to learn a word.Show less헬로 키티 88
Developer Response
Thank you for your overall positive feedback on TTMIK Stories! We truly appreciate your valuable opinion :) We read the suggestions you gave carefully, and we understand that you want to provide us with some suggestions to make our app greater! Again, thank you for your creative ideas and suggestions. Regarding the articles, you can swipe to read the previous articles when you go to the book stacks. Please tap the icon on the top right of the screen and you will see all the articles and series. Please try it first, and if you are not sure how to do it, feel free to contact us and we will try our best to explain it :) 감사합니다!I love TTMIK
TTMIK is awesome for learning Korean. I like this app because they are working on new methods to help us improve. I like the highlighted words that can be added to a list. The stories and articles are short allowing me to complete one when I don’t have the time for a complete TTMIK lesson. I love that the speed of the reader can be changed. Even if I don’t know all of the words - I can improve my reading and speaking speed. I don’t mind the price - it’s easily worth more than the cost per day.
I would like the ability to go back to previous articles - I can only go back to previous stories. A translation would be great. I would also like the ability to print the articles and stories (double spaced!) so that I can write things out as I translate - although writing them out by hand as I do now is good practice :) The vocabulary test could be more difficult - it’s too easy right now. For example - the “to do” words need both choices to have “to do” endings. The vocab test is fun - it would be nice to have the ability to keep it going longer. Three times is a bit early to learn a word.Show lessGreat material, but app serious needs improvement
As someone who’s been searching for high quality graded reading material for a long time, this was a exciting addition to TTMIK’s extensive catalog of resources. While the series/articles themselves are much more interesting than the other graded readers I’ve tried in the past, the app/service is not as polished as I would’ve expected from TTMIK.
Right off the bat, when I took the placement quiz, I expected it to go like how the one does on the Courses website does– starting at a very low level and gradually getting more advanced– but I just answered a handful of beginner questions and then was placed as Level 1, despite actually being on Level 8 of TTMIK’s Core Curriculum. Granted, you can fairly easily switch between levels, but this really didn’t give me a good first impression of the app.
I have noticed that there are a number of simple mistakes, though. I don’t often listen through the whole story audio (opting to read the stories aloud myself for some extra speaking practice) but there was a sentence that was straight up missing a word in the text and I had to listen to the audio to hear it. It’s even worse with the flashcards; Some of the audios are completely mismatched with the word their supposed to say, and I’ve come across a number of spelling mistakes in the English translation options. Also, the buttons to hear audio on both the stories and flashcards are way too small and I have to try to tap them multiple times just to get them to play.
Speaking of the flashcards, I am incredibly, incredibly disappointed with this feature. Even if I can’t recall the Korean word, I can simply look at the two options I’m given and be practically told the right answer; If the word is clearly a verb, which of the two options am I going to pick? The verb or the noun? It’s such a cop out way to do flashcards. You can’t even browse your flashcard deck, remove any accidentally added words, or undo any choices. This feature honestly either needs an absolute overhaul or to be removed all together. If I were developing this feature, the first thing I’d do is remove the simple multiple choice feature in favor of two versions of each card: one version showing the meaning in English (or whatever your native language) a ‘write-in’ feature where you type the word in Korean yourself, and another version where you’re shown an example sentence in Korean with the target word highlighted and more than 2 multiple choices that aren’t completely random, that are chosen to pair with the target word based on similarity to make it more challenging for the learner.
For me, in the USA, the monthly subscription of this app costs about $20, which is slightly more than a monthly subscription of TTMIK courses. In my opinion, this app needs a lot of upgrades in order to justify that price tag. I’m really rooting for the development team working on this, because this app has great potential. 화이팅!Show lessMoopyMips
Developer Response
Thank you for your constructive feedback on the app! We apologize for the inconvenience, and we will work on fixing the issues you mentioned. We would like to continue to improve our app and provide you with the best learning experience, so could you take a moment and send us a screenshot of the issue and report it to us at help@talktomeinkorean.com? About the feature, we will add the feedback to our feedback report, and we will discuss it with our team. Thank you for your support! 정말 감사합니다!Compelling
I am giving this a try. My perspective: Self-taught for a few months and some work with a tutor. So, I'm a beginner. And I'm at Level 1 in the app. I've tried a few articles and started a 'Story'. It's not cheap so I'll have to see how much I can get out of it in deciding to continue the subscription.
I think the concept is powerful. It's probably a tough thing to balance between making it too easy vs. helping the learner grow. That said, I do find myself lost even in this early stage. So I don't necessarily see this as a standalone learning tool, at least for a beginner like me. (See my feedback)
Quick feedback:
1) In addition to the vocab being highlighted, it would be useful to have key particles highlighted. Or just other little grammar tidbits. Sometimes that's just enough to help me figure out context and then I can 'unlock' other meanings or sentence flow.
2) I've realized that language learning is in a way multiple disciplines rolled into one. Pronunciation and reading are two strengths that can be worked on independently, to a degree (my opinion). So to get more use out of this product, I think it would be amazing to have a mode that creates pauses after the narrator says each line. So I can drive or go for a walk, listen and then repeat the narrator after each line. This would not require looking at the screen and I feel would really help with pronunciation practice. Sort of like overhearing someone talking on the bus. Then of course later when reviewing the text on the screen there would be added familiarity if I've been repeating the lines while driving, for example.
ThanksShow lessChampion.#2
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback! We've read your suggestions carefully, and we make sure that your feedback can be shared with our team. We truly appreciate your comment, and we will continue to provide you with the best learning experience. Thank you for your support. 감사합니다.
