Love it
Response from developer
Thanks for this. Glad it's working for you. Happy reading.
Good concept, flawed execution
Response from developer
Thank you for such a detailed review. You're right about the voice: the audio is synthesized, not a human narrator. The freeze when you go back to listening after tapping a word is something we're looking into. On context: in the current version, the word card has a sentence icon that translates the whole sentence the word is in, which helps a lot with phrases and idioms. If the freezing keeps happening, please write to support@eppika.com with your device model and iOS version so we can look at your case.
Blank screen
When I can get in, I have found it to be a useful App. I like that I can swap levels and languages easily.
Sometimes the stories don’t quite follow, or repeat certain sections (but you can review each book to flag this up).
Response from developer
This one is worth getting to the bottom of. Could you email support@eppika.com with your device and your iOS version? A blank splash screen can come from a few different places, and that tells us which one. Thanks for flagging the repeated sections too; those book reports do reach us.
영어선택했는데
Response from developer
혼란을 드려 죄송합니다. 앱은 '학습 중'에 설정된 언어의 책을 보여 드리는데, 지금 이 설정이 스페인어로 되어 있는 것 같습니다. 최신 버전 앱에서 프로필 → 학습 중을 눌러 영어와 레벨을 선택하시면 영어 책이 나옵니다. 그래도 스페인어가 나오면 support@eppika.com으로 메일 주세요. 해결되셨다면 리뷰를 수정해 주시면 큰 힘이 됩니다.
Eppika
Response from developer
Thank you so much! Reading first, then reading along with the audio, then just listening is a great way to use the books. We're so glad the verbs and pronouns are starting to click. ¡Sigue así!
Fun and useful, could use more content for high-intermediate and advanced learners
Response from developer
Thank you for the detailed review. If you haven't tried it yet, the Advanced level sits between Intermediate and Native in the current version, and it's the step we'd suggest before the unabridged originals. Your point about keeping the original's detail and nuance in modern language is a fair one, and we've passed it on to our content team.
The best language reading app!
SCAM
LOVE this app
Response from developer
Thank you — reading before bed is exactly how a lot of people use Eppika, and it's good to hear it works for you. Fair point on the self-help titles. A novel can be retold scene by scene; a non-fiction book has no plot, so we retell its ideas through short scenes instead, and that reads differently from the original. If one of them felt like it was describing the book rather than teaching from it, email support@eppika.com with the title and we'll look at that one specifically.
Love it
Response from developer
Thanks for this. Glad it's working for you. Happy reading.
Amazing app but…
Response from developer
Showing the base form of a verb next to the in-context translation is a good idea. I've passed it to the team. Glad the stories are helping your reading, and thanks for writing the idea up properly.
No Free Trial - Not Worth It
Then, although the concept sounds appealing, my foreign language level is elementary .. so you’d think I’d start out reading elementary-level books?
No - I started out on Sherlock Holmes.
I don’t think this app will really help my foreign language comprehension.
Buns
False cancellation
Bad
My first time reading a story en Español - I loved it.
Learning and fun
So far, I’ve read a Grimm fairytale and a story taken from Alice in Wonderland.
I’ve read in many places that listening to Spanish text while reading the text is a great learning technique and even better if you say the words along with the reader. This app is designed for all of those things and it’s fun!
For now, I must go. Alicia is waiting for me al País de las Maravillas
Response from developer
Glad you found both of them on your own — tapping a word for the definition and opening the whole sentence. Most people find one and not the other. If Alice landed well, the library also has Tom Sawyer, Dracula and The Wizard of Oz, each at three difficulty levels, so you can re-read one a level up when the current one starts feeling easy. Around 230 Spanish titles in total. Que disfrutes el País de las Maravillas. Nick, Eppika
Support is responsive
Frankstein
Response from developer
Obrigado pelo 8 — e por escolher justamente o Frankenstein. Me conta o que faltou para virar 10: escreve em support@eppika.com que eu leio. Se ajudar enquanto isso, o livro tem áudio para acompanhar a leitura e mais de um nível de dificuldade, então dá para reler num nível acima quando o atual ficar fácil. Nick, Eppika
