iknow is great, this app not
Response from developer
Sorry for the late reply! Our apologies for the inconvenience. Could you please contact our support from "Contact Support" on the mobile app menu with as much detail as possible like courses and the study app(iKnow!, Rapid Choice, Self Check, Sentence Trainer or Listening) when you get the issue.
Good tool!
First off, it’s fairly common (and understandable) that the sample sentences will contain words we haven’t been exposed to yet. That’s fine but it would be helpful if there was a more explicit acknowledgment of that fact. Not really sure what it could be, but my ideal would be to clearly mark words “I’m not expected to know” (lest I wonder if I’m just forgetting), make them easy to look up (I currently am a compulsive Pleco switcher when using iKnow), and possibly even a quick shortcut to add the unknown word to a separate study list. Or to advance it from one of the later courses.
Another annoyance I’ve had is with the dedicated sentence training feature, which feels a bit underpowered next to iKnow’s excellent core testing machinery. The issue I have with it is that there’s no apparent way to track my status on the sentences: the words have percentages, nice scheduling, achievements, etc. but the sentences are completely opaque other than a mysterious “level” that only appears in the per-course detail page on the website. I was hoping the sentence trainer could help me absorb the unknown words I describe in the last paragraph but as it stands it hasn’t been much use to me.
I’m leaving these comments here not because I don’t like the app (which I pay a subscription for and spend 1hr+ a day on!) but because it feels like it has a ton of potential to be a truly excellent tool that’s genuinely different from so many other contenders in this space. For example, the sentences-as-context aides for learning words could be just the beginning: if I’m learning a new word like 解决, it’s genuinely helpful to remind me that I’ve already seen the first character in an earlier lesson in 了解. These words are foreign to anyone using the program and introducing new words with as much familiar context as possible is deeply helpful to help newbies make the connections needed to remember words.
Anyway, all in all, really good and I’m excited to see where the developers take the idea.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your valuable feedback about separating unknown word from existing courses, tracking the sentence study status and introducing new words with familiar context. We will take your suggestion into consideration as we plan our future developments to improve the overall usability of our service. Please feel free to contact us anytime from the app if you have any problems and concern. Thanks for using our service!
Worth it.
The only thing I don’t like is that they removed the ‘none of the above” button in the multiple choice quiz. Removing that made the multiple choice quizzes too easy and almost not worth even doing. I really wish they would add back the “none of the above” choice in the multiple choice quizzes.
If they did that I would rate this app 5 stars. They could just make it an option to have “none of the above” or not in the settings. I’m sure it wouldn’t be too hard to add, the app use to be that way...
Also the audio is a bit crackly for some reason, a bit annoying but not that big of a deal.
Response from developer
We thought about this long and hard as a team but we made the decision to remove the "None of the above" choice in the multiple choice quizzes. Thank you for your valuable feedback.
Great app
Great, but issues with recent update
When trying to load Sentence trainer on all items, the app crashes out to the home screen.
Also, the audio isn’t balanced properly, leading to loud distortions on the iPhone X and iPad Pro speakers, even at low volumes.
It’s good but I miss the previous version
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback! Please contact our support team about your audio issue by sending an email from your app "Contact support".
Too good to pass up on.
I’m disappointed about the log in problems, even with the troubleshooting, and especially losing money. If I could only transfer my progress from the old account I signed up for a couple of days ago to this new one.
Response from developer
Thanks for updating your comment ! We released the latest version (5.0.2) today, so could you please try reinstalling the app once again? 1) Uninstall the app 2) Reboot the device 2) Download the latest app version from the App Store 3) Open the app and login Our apologies for the inconvenience and hope it solves the problem. -----------Update reply------------ Thanks for coming back! So now, you are able to open the app:) Could you please contact our support from the app with the detailed info about your two iKnow! accounts?
Good app!
It starts with multiple choice, and lacks mnemonics, but it's real value is in the sentences if you're already learning kanji elsewhere.
Great UI.
Great study tool
Response from developer
Thank you for your review! We are happy to have your further feedback to make our app more useful and efficient :) Thanks for using our service.
