Promising, but needs work
The app needs serious work. It could use modern spaced repetition, and better, more professional and up to date, pronunciation—no one, except perhaps those at certain seminaries, thinks Erasmian is the way to go. The images are not always clear what in the image the Greek word refers to, i.e, they are not specific enough. Sometimes they are distracting and misleading. The app has serious lag when selecting vocabulary sets. I wish I didn’t have to tap on flip. The app does not seem as polished as other Greek apps out there/the ui and functionality often seems dated and has a 90s/early 2000s feel.
3 stars for being able to select vocab by book/letter AND range of chapters. No one else has that, well done. Also for the wide selection of grammars to go along with. Also, the immense customization in the options. If I couldn’t turn off the images, the sound, the English Bible verses (I’d rather they were in Greek), and I couldn’t select vocab by book and chapter, I’d give it 2 stars. But making it so that it is so customizable is the reason why I keep using it, even if it doesn’t seem as polished as other apps out there.
3 stars for being able to select vocab by book/letter AND range of chapters. No one else has that, well done. Also for the wide selection of grammars to go along with. Also, the immense customization in the options. If I couldn’t turn off the images, the sound, the English Bible verses (I’d rather they were in Greek), and I couldn’t select vocab by book and chapter, I’d give it 2 stars. But making it so that it is so customizable is the reason why I keep using it, even if it doesn’t seem as polished as other apps out there.
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Response from developer
Thanks very much for your review. As I teach Greek and know quite a number who do, I disagree with you on Erasmian pronunciation - it continues to be widely used. That said, I would like to add reconstructed Koine as an option in the future. I need to weight his with the reality that it would double the app size. And in almost 15 years, you are the first to actually make the request! Image mnemonics are subjective of course. If you have suggestions I’ll welcome them, but the images actually existed and were used in teaching for many years before I made the app and many students have appreciated them. But I get that others don’t, which is why they can be toggled. In terms of tapping “flip” you can use the auto-play feature so it goes automatically. UI is often subjective too. I actually hired a UI pro and updated in the 2010s :-) Again thanks for your honest rating and review. And if you could please email me about the lag issue you mentioned, I’d appreciate it.
Great App!
Love using it and I have learned so many words in such a short amount of time and its been so convenient to have my list of word for each chapter! What a true blessing!
Suggestion
I think it'll be great if there's an option to hide the gloss of the lexical form and only show the greek. The glosses were like memory cues to me for remembering the lexical form, but that isn't reflective of what reading through the GNT looks like, so I would need put a thumb over the gloss as its difficult not to look at the gloss when its right below the greek word.
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Generally helpful
This is a generally helpful app but the illustrations are unnecessary and it would take more effort to learn from them than it takes simply to learn the words themselves. The settings need to be tweaked so that turning off the images does not turn off the word definition. Some answers are incorrect, which is surprising. For example, a few words in the perfect tense are described as being aorist. Overall, not a bad app but could certainly be improved.
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Review
This program is help me to further enhance my Greek by being able to study on the go!
Best app for Koine memorization
This app has increased my memory and reading comprehension for Biblical Greek over the years. Thank you Danny!
Essential for learning Koine Greek
This app is incredible. Save yourself the time of making flashcards, and get this app. The memory devices are amazing, and the ability to select chapters from textbooks or the NT is a huge time saver. I could not have passed my seminary NT Greek courses with this app. Two things I wished it had: 1) While it does glitch every once in a while, it has never interrupted me when I am studying; it has only ever glitched when selecting chapters or grammar books. 2) it would be over the top awesome if it showed the stem of the verbs. But even with those two things missing, I still unequivocally give this app 5 stars. Absolutely worth it
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Great help
The flash cards helped me learn over a hundred words so far. The art assists, most the time. I also like going over the list without art for review. My only suggestion - the flip cards need a reverse button to the Greek word, or should include it on the flip sides too.
Great app with minor imperfections
Great app that greatly aids in my self-study of New Testament Greek! However, I have a few suggestions. I use Merkle and Plummer’s Beginning With New Testament Greek, and the meaning of the vocabulary that this app give often differs slightly from the ones in the textbook. I can understand that you might have different opinions than they do, but it would be a lot less confusing if the gloss would all be the same. Also, the app is missing a word from chapters 3 and 14 (oti and pino [sorry, I don’t have a Greek keypad]). Other than these small imperfections, this is a great app!
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Love This App
I love this app. If you are learning Greek or refreshing your memory it is a must have. That it is tied to so many Greek grammars is pretty amazing. Danny has done a great service to those wishing to engage the Bible in original languages. Thanks
