Learn American English - Free WordPower

June 9, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. What's new in v5.0? A LOT. -NEW: you asked for it. You got it! You can now have multiple custom word lists in your Word Bank. Take control of organizing your study sessions. Wondering where your old Word Bank went? Don't worry. Your existing Word Bank will be moved to the new Starred word list. If you have an iCloud account, all of your custom lists and your Starred list will be backed up to iCloud and synced across your devices. -NEW: add a word to one of your custom word lists by tapping on the new "Add to List" button on the word detail screen. You can also quickly add a word to the Starred list by tapping on the Star icon in the upper right. -NEW: a beautiful new user interface -NEW: it's now much easier to review words you're having trouble with! when you mark flashcards as wrong, they'll now be automatically added to a new flashcard deck called "Missed words." You'll find the new deck on the Flashcards screen at the top. When you mark these words as correct, they'll be automatically removed from the "Missed words" deck. If you'd like to manually remove words instead, just go to More->Settings (on iPad, Settings), then go into Flashcard Settings and turn off "Auto-remove missed words when marked right" -NEW: transliterations are now hidden for sample sentences when they're turned off in Word View Settings -NEW: you can now set the maximum flashcards per session to all available words instead of the max being 100 -FIXED: fixed an issue that would cause words of the day to be missing audio and images -lots of other various bugfixes and improvements

November 6, 2015

-fixed the missing button to add/remove words from the wordbank on the iPad

October 30, 2015

-NEW: by popular demand, you can now control the speed words and sentences are played back at! Just tap on the speaker icon in the top right of the screen and choose your speed: 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.5x, or 2x. You can also adjust the playback speed by going to Settings->Audio Settings. -NEW: find a problem or error with a word or sentence? Tap the new red ! icon in the upper right of the word detail screen to send us an error report right from the app. -NEW: tap and hold any text for a few seconds to bring up the option to copy it and then paste it wherever you'd like! -NEW: don't like that the word of the day notification pops up at midnight? No problem. Just go into Settings->New Word Settings and choose what time you'd like your word of the day notification to be delivered! -NEW: on the subject of the word of the day, now tapping on the word of the day notification will take you straight to it. -FIXED: flashcard font magnification settings -FIXED: fixes for iOS 9 and other general bug fixes.

August 26, 2015

-NEW: the app will now check for wordbank backups on iCloud when it's first launched and give you the option to restore it if there is one. This is great for people who are either installing the app on a new device or had to delete and reinstall it. -NEW: the app will now check for a newer version of your wordbank on iCloud when it launches. If it finds one, it'll give you the option to restore the newer version. This is great for people who use the app on multiple devices and want to keep their wordbank up to date across all their devices. -NEW: the Lite version of the app will now ask you if you want to restore your in-app purchase on first launch. This is also great for people who are either installing the app on a new device or had to delete and reinstall it. -improved the wordbank sync user interface -other various bugfixes and under the hood improvements

June 9, 2015

-NEW: backup and sync your wordbank through iCloud. If you have an iCloud account, your wordbank will automatically be backed up to iCloud and be made available to all of your iCloud iOS devices. Tap on the new Sync button on the WordBank screen to create a backup manually or restore from an existing backup. -NEW: manage your downloaded media. Need to free up some space? Something go wrong with your media download? You can now delete any or all downloaded media without having to delete the whole app. Just go to the Setting screen and tap on the Manage Downloaded Media button. -FIXED: word of the day notifications are now fixed and in sync with actual word of the day in the app -other various bugfixes and improvements

April 3, 2015

-fixes broken downloads

April 3, 2015

***PLEASE NOTE: downloading additional content is currently broken in this version. This will be fixed in v4.5.1 which is waiting on approval now. Please do not update to this version and wait for v4.5.1 to be released. We're very sorry for missing this bug and for any frustration and inconvenience it may cause.**** -get started faster with the new smaller app size! Get started with the first 2 courses and categories included in the app. Unlock the full version and download all the other courses and categories right then or download them as you get to them. Once a course/category has been downloaded, it can be used offline. -support for higher res iPhone 6 and 6+ screens -lots of content corrections -lots of other bugfixes and under the hood improvements

June 12, 2013

-fixed a bug that breaks audio playback when using the voice recorder on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

May 31, 2013

-added a button to the home screen to allow users to email support right from the app. -improvements to the usefulness of the Word of the Day as requested by users -more free words! Now in addition to the first 2 courses being unlocked for free, the first 2 categories are unlocked for free as well.

December 1, 2012

-fixes a bug on the iPhone that causes the voice recorder buttons to freeze when the Listen button is tapped.

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