# German Essentials — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of German Essentials by Renkara Media Group, Inc., rated 3.00/5 from 1 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/german-essentials/id309487213/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/german-essentials/id309487213.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (12 of 63) ### 3/5 — Fairly basic *2013-12-31, version 2.6.0* Probably best used alongside another resource which teaches context and grammar. This presents you with a list of words and pronunciations but no guidance as to how they are used. ### 3/5 — Pronunciation *2013-06-01, version 2.6.0* Very good but I am annoyed at the German speaker's (man) pronounciation of (der) He says "deer" instead of "dehr". I listen to other German sites and this is not correct. ### 4/5 — Good app but needs instructions *2012-06-22, version 2.2.0* At first this app is confusing because there is no instruction but once you figure it out it is highly useful. ### 4/5 — One of the best *2011-12-05, version 2.1.0* For free this is one of the best language apps. The design is really nice too. ### 4/5 — I like it but... *2011-11-24* I believe this app needs social words too. At least hello and goodbye but other than that I like it a lot. ### 4/5 — Good :) *2011-10-25, version 2.0.1* I'm trying to learn German & this is a really good app for a first step at learning the basics & important keywords for the German language. Great app :) ### 2/5 — Incorrect *2011-10-11, version 2.0.1* If your audio speaker can't even pronounce the word 'der' right you have a problem... Der is pronounced 'dare' (with a soft r sound) not 'deer' Also ß are not really used in the German language anymore. ### 4/5 — Awesome *2011-08-15, version 2.0.1* Good app helpful needs more words ### 4/5 — REALLY GOOD!!!! *2011-07-21, version 2.0.1* After you know how to use it it works really good! I really LOVE the flash cards! If you want to learn German this is a good app to try and because it's free what can you lose?! ### 3/5 — Add words *2011-02-25, version 1.9.0* It isn't a bad app. It actually would be a fantastic application if you could add your own words to study, but with the limited vocab it is almost useless. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2011-01-14, version 1.9.0* i think its pretty kool i am part German and i like this app a lot you should get it! ### 4/5 — Excellent! *2011-01-12, version 1.9.0* This language program is really helping me in class at school now I'm top of my class in German. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Wrong *2012-08-16, version 2.3.0* Im using this app as a double helper my german teacher taught me that os neun not die neun so i think this app is wrong in teaching you ### 1/5 — Not for me *2012-06-19, version 2.2.0* I found this app to be very unorganized. Rather than random flash cards, I prefer for the words/lessons to be broken into categories. I like the quizzes and being able to put things aside for further study. ### 1/5 — Big glitches! Don't bother! *2012-06-05, version 2.2.0* This App needs help! Der April is the first & only phrase u will get. When u click the advance button, it just keeps repeating the pronunciation for Der April. I deleted this one pretty quickly! ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2012-04-21, version 2.2.0* Extremely basic, limited vocab ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2012-02-13, version 2.1.0* Where are the instructions? Maybe it's supposed to be intuitive but I'm struggling ### 1/5 — Not great at all *2012-02-04, version 2.1.0* Only 145 words ### 1/5 — Translator gone *2011-08-11, version 2.0.1* I only used this app for the translator where has it gone! ### 1/5 — Rubbish upgrade *2011-07-07, version 2.0.1* Where did the translator go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was a fantastic function. Just disappeared with the upgrade!! ### 1/5 — Horrible App. *2010-10-14, version 0* Besides it being nothing but memorization, it only gives one form of the word. The pronunciation is WAY off and all of the words are described as Die. And a few of the definitions are...slightly different than I recall. If you're just trying to learn to spell German words then this app is okay. Learning to speak it? This app will screw you so hard... ### 1/5 — Nothing special *2010-07-14, version 0* Just stupid flash cards and a quiz. Only memorization it is very hard to retain words.  ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2012-07-01, version 2.3.0* Good value. Helps build vocabulary. ### 5/5 — German made easy *2012-03-11, version 2.1.0* Very well presented app If you want a free fun easy way to learn German then look no further Really great ### 5/5 — Very good *2012-01-25, version 2.1.0* Best app ever and it's free tells beginners how to use German and is still good and packed full of German if you know a little more than some people very rare you find such a good app. As far as I'm concerned one of the best apps I ever downloaded. ### 5/5 — Great! *2011-11-30, version 2.1.0* Great program. ### 5/5 — Great, heres a suggestion. *2011-11-29, version 2.1.0* You should make your own flashcards using the translator. It makes a wider variety of words to learn. ;) ### 5/5 — Great app! *2011-08-21, version 2.0.1* Great if you need to brush up, highly recommend it! ### 5/5 — Don't buy for the wrong reason. *2011-08-01, version 2.0.1* This is just a vocabulary learning app and It does it really well. People buy this app for the wrong reason then complain. 10$ is alot of money but to me it was well spent my german is about twice as good now since i bought this app.You won't learn sentences. In fact I like that it doesn't teach grammar. That's what makes things complicated and deters people from learning. Learning after all is memorization so stop complaining about this just being a memorization app. I also like the fact that you can select which words to learn and the no look controls work very well. Huge improvement on the app that I wanted for a long time. Get this app if you want to build vocabulary fast. Adding new words would help as well. ### 5/5 — Yay ! For update. *2011-07-03, version 2.0.1* I love, love, LOVE this app. The recent update has made it even better. ### 5/5 — A great app *2011-04-18, version 1.9.0* I'm German/ American so i really wanted to learn German i thought it would be cool to know 2 languages and this app is great i'ts really helping me alot! ### 5/5 — More words *2011-03-16, version 1.9.0* It is great, but it needs an expanded word list. Maybe a payed version with more words? --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*