Brilliant for practicing listening skills
I am trying to learn Swahili and this app is really helping.
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences in Custom Collections, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them; it sounds great and is exactly what I need.
I use Listening Mode to play all the sentences which are due for review in random order. I keep the text of the sentence and its translation hidden until I have answered. That way I hear someone speaking without knowing what they are going to say.
As my vocabulary expands I can often guess the meaning even if there is a word or two I don't recognise. It seems a very natural way to learn a language; no need to study or memorise anything, the words you hear most start to stick and become familiar.
I am going back to Kenya for the winter in a few days and am hoping to see a big improvement in my Swahili!
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences in Custom Collections, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them; it sounds great and is exactly what I need.
I use Listening Mode to play all the sentences which are due for review in random order. I keep the text of the sentence and its translation hidden until I have answered. That way I hear someone speaking without knowing what they are going to say.
As my vocabulary expands I can often guess the meaning even if there is a word or two I don't recognise. It seems a very natural way to learn a language; no need to study or memorise anything, the words you hear most start to stick and become familiar.
I am going back to Kenya for the winter in a few days and am hoping to see a big improvement in my Swahili!
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Brilliant for practicing listening skills
I am trying to learn Swahili and this app is really helping.
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them, it sounds great and is exactly what I needed.
Unfortunately the Clozemaster game play won't allow you to practice your own sentences in Listening Mode. The audio is available and does play fine, but you are only allowed to hear it AFTER you answer. I want to work out what is being said FROM the audio, so the app game play features are of no use.
Instead I ignore the PLAY and REVIEW buttons completely, go straight to the list of my sentences, and just hit the loudspeaker icons. The sentence list does show the text of the sentences, but I cover the left side of my phone screen with masking tape to avoid seeing that (unless I can't work out what was said and need to peak).
The developers probably wonder why I am adding so many sentences but appear never to play them. And why I have payed for Clozemaster Pro but appear not to use it. Works for me though.
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them, it sounds great and is exactly what I needed.
Unfortunately the Clozemaster game play won't allow you to practice your own sentences in Listening Mode. The audio is available and does play fine, but you are only allowed to hear it AFTER you answer. I want to work out what is being said FROM the audio, so the app game play features are of no use.
Instead I ignore the PLAY and REVIEW buttons completely, go straight to the list of my sentences, and just hit the loudspeaker icons. The sentence list does show the text of the sentences, but I cover the left side of my phone screen with masking tape to avoid seeing that (unless I can't work out what was said and need to peak).
The developers probably wonder why I am adding so many sentences but appear never to play them. And why I have payed for Clozemaster Pro but appear not to use it. Works for me though.
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AI gen issues
Good, but the AI sentences and vocab are very poor and often directly contradict itself between the dictionary, sentence, and explanation; at least for Hebrew.
Also work some grammar into the lessons.
Also work some grammar into the lessons.
Good
Works well.
Lacks innovation
It has been abandoned and they go onto other projects and introduce new apps in place of improving this app
Unbelievable Language Refresher
I have not spoken French since my college year abroad about 25 years ago. Using the voice recognition feature and my brain knows to complete grammar and words I had no idea I knew to begin with. Starting to speak in proper sentences again. Can’t speak to learning a language but for digging up dormant language skills it’s hands down a 10 ⭐️ rating!
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Lifetime purchase customer
4 years with Clozemaster. Very happy. Thanks!
Great overall
I actually love this app. Only been using it for two days to learn norwegian and have already gotten much better, except it has one flaw. So, i was getting good enough to where it started giving me really long sentences, and that isnt the problem, i like it, but it had asked for my age previously and i wrote “under 18,” because it is true, and a sentence shower up that was quite inappropriate for someone under 18, so i don’t see why you ask for my age when it is clearly not effecting anything. Also i wanna say i am glad there are so few ads in it too!
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Great
Thats app are you need,
Is the great app
Is the great app
Got me motivated fast
I’ve always wanted to learn korean but most of the materials I found online were textbook style (not that I have anything against it). I’m someone who needs to be reminded of words many times before I truly understand it so this has become truly helpful. Moreover, I love how there are different ways to test your knowledge like hearing, texting, or just simple multiple choice. 10/10
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Helped me
I love this app because it helped me learn Croatian easier. It just threw me in there and made me guess the words at random but I started to improve
Ok
The vocab practice is great, and the example sentences are all technically correct - but they read like weird AI interpretations. I really liked the structure and style of the app, but (my perceived) the lack of human oversight to just proofread was a bit disappointing.
Best Language study app
I’ve been using Clozemaster for two years for Croatian.
I recommend it to anyone learning a language.
It is incredibly customizable and allows reading, spelling, listening and speaking drills. All sentences have full grammar breakdowns.
Croatian is a niche language and has more that 10,000 sentences in progressively difficult groupings. The more popular languages seem to have MUCH more than that.
I cannot stress enough how good this app is for the serious learner.
The only advice is I don’t think it is suitable for brand new beginners.
I recommend it to anyone learning a language.
It is incredibly customizable and allows reading, spelling, listening and speaking drills. All sentences have full grammar breakdowns.
Croatian is a niche language and has more that 10,000 sentences in progressively difficult groupings. The more popular languages seem to have MUCH more than that.
I cannot stress enough how good this app is for the serious learner.
The only advice is I don’t think it is suitable for brand new beginners.
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Bad Update has Made Everything Harder to do
After using the app and loving it for a year and a half, it’s suddenly incredibly difficult to control what I’m reviewing/learning. I hate the idea of “play” being some arbitrary thing the app decides for me- just let me control how many new words and reviews I do!
The current version of the app allows you to set how many new words and reviews you want, and then when you hit Play, it doesn’t respect any of that. I put in that i want to review 50 sentences and learn 50 new ones, and that rounds should be 50 sentences long, then I hit Play, and the app gives me 3 sentences!? It went from 5/5 to 2/5 because the devs are fixing stuff that isn’t broken.
It bothers me that I pay a yearly premium subscription and the devs do stupid changes like this that dramatically change my experience. This is not what I paid for.
The current version of the app allows you to set how many new words and reviews you want, and then when you hit Play, it doesn’t respect any of that. I put in that i want to review 50 sentences and learn 50 new ones, and that rounds should be 50 sentences long, then I hit Play, and the app gives me 3 sentences!? It went from 5/5 to 2/5 because the devs are fixing stuff that isn’t broken.
It bothers me that I pay a yearly premium subscription and the devs do stupid changes like this that dramatically change my experience. This is not what I paid for.
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Блестяще
Потрясающе. Нашла приложение из-за болгарского языка, теперь здесь буду учить и немецкий вместо медленного в прогрессе и слишком стимулирующего анимациями Duolingo. Очень нравится интерфейс!
Response from developer
Привет, Baka! Спасибо, что нашли время написать нам и поддержать нас! Мы очень рады слышать, что вам понравился и даже пришёлся по душе метод Clozemaster. Мы ценим вашу впечатляющую оценку в 5 звёзд ⭐️ и надеемся, что вы продолжите использовать приложение для изучения болгарского и немецкого языков.
More sentences per round!
I feel like 30 sentences per day on the free version is too little. Maybe try changing it to 60 or 45? I feel like that would give people a better feel for the app. Also, i wish the lifetime subscription was an option again :/
Great way to learn Hebrew
Lots of great features. I try all the apps and this is one of the best. One thing I really appreciate is if you’re writing a Hebrew word incorrectly the app lets you know as soon as you misspell. Sounds like a small thing but it’s a huge time saver
Good app overall
I like this app overall. Good UX design, and I like the transcribe options. The one thing I’d really like to see is the option to add phrases to the custom collections—darse cuenta de, dar por sentado, dar lugar a, etc. etc. I understand that it’s more based on one deletion within a sentence but having the option to have multiple-word options as the deletions in the custom collections would be awesome.
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Excellent App for honing language skills.
After several years of study I can read a newspaper in French but would need subtitles to watch a film. The area where I struggle is following what is being said.
I have been using Clozemaster in listening mode for six months now and I can notice a real improvement.
Having subscribed to Clozemaster Pro, I have also started learning a couple of other languages, and am very pleased with the rate of progress. It seems a very natural way to learn.
The app is very flexible and can be tailored to your needs and preferences. But it is still being actively developed and that can sometimes be a problem. It can become difficult if suddenly the interface changes, or features get moved, change function or even disappear. It can take a little experimentation to find how to use the new version to best advantage.
I am very impressed with the quality of the support provided. If you can supply screenshots or video capture of an issue it will generally get fixed, often very quickly.
I have been using Clozemaster in listening mode for six months now and I can notice a real improvement.
Having subscribed to Clozemaster Pro, I have also started learning a couple of other languages, and am very pleased with the rate of progress. It seems a very natural way to learn.
The app is very flexible and can be tailored to your needs and preferences. But it is still being actively developed and that can sometimes be a problem. It can become difficult if suddenly the interface changes, or features get moved, change function or even disappear. It can take a little experimentation to find how to use the new version to best advantage.
I am very impressed with the quality of the support provided. If you can supply screenshots or video capture of an issue it will generally get fixed, often very quickly.
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Response from developer
Hi, thanks for leaving a review, and apologies for any inconveniences! We've released a follow-up update, so we'd appreciate it if you could upgrade the app to its latest version and let us know what you think via hello@clozemaster.com. Regarding the dictionary/wikitionary, there shouldn't be much difference between the current version and how it used to be, but if you're facing any trouble, please let us know more via the same email address (a couple of screenshots or a recording would help). We're glad you still enjoy the website version of the platform, and would be glad if you could please reconsider your review's rating. Wishing you a happy learning!
Not bad, but could be better
Honestly, the talking part SUCKS. It does not hear me correctly while other apps do way better. Listening and typing is pretty good though. I wish i could do more for free each day. I wouldnt pay for this though, especially with the talking section not working that well
