Real world Spanish!
The Spanish you learn through text books and apps can tend to be very formal and the conversations/stories can sound very unnatural. If you want to learn Spanish, how it’s spoken in films/series or in real life by native speakers, I highly recommend this app. It has helped me sound less like a student and more like a local.
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Latest update
I don’t care for the most recent update and the pdf doesn’t download. Bring back the full text version.
Go to non AI native gold! The new update!
The new update is great! This stuff has always been great and is still a breath of fresh air in the days of AI. The inly thing is i would like the pdf to still open how it used to. Now it just takes you to an option to print or download it. Maybe a feature to record voice and play it back would be a good addition for shadowing.
Glad to see the program thriving and growing still.
Glad to see the program thriving and growing still.
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Quiz
Recently when you click on a quiz, after every answer. It says correct incorrect correct answer. This was never there before it must be a glitch. I noticed the same thing using the Gritty Spanish app on my IPAD.
Needs a complete overhaul
For the cost of this program, the app should be way more advanced in its design than it. The interface is as basic as it can be. You can’t see what episodes you have downloaded. You can’t see the quizzes you’ve taken. You have to leave the app to access the blog. There is no reason for this app not to have more functionality.
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Great product, poor app
I would highly suggest to get this program, but stay away from the app. The app always has a server error and has been way for the past year. I close it out, delete it, redownload it and update it yet nothing works. For me I have to use a desktop to access the site material for convenience because it’s a pain to use via a mobile. Some other glitches on the app is that lessons may play and show no transcript and vice versa.
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Scam??
After realizing how crazy expensive this program is, I tried to delete my account. However it won’t let me, it simply says “server error”. Whatever. Don’t waste your time.
El Mejor
Gritty Spanish is a user-friendly and comprehensive App for learning the Spanish language. These short stories put you in real life situations where people from various spanish-speaking countries are using formal and informal words, phrases, and even profanity, to communicate. Real Life Spanish. Gritty Spanish is a terrific way to help train your ear to understand Spanish outside of your spanish class, or away from your slow-talking spanish tutor. I prefer to hear the language in normal speed, which is pretty fast, but Gritty Spanish gives you the option of listening at 30% slower. And now, with the Gritty Spanish App, which I have on my iPad Mini, and iPhone, I can give my ear a workout anytime I want. Plus, after you listen to (and read in Spanish and English) the stories, there are explanations of the words and phrases and grammar rules. As I said—Gritty Spanish is Comprehensive and User-friendly. Buena Suerte, mis Amigos.
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Helpful
Enjoying this app! It does a great job of helping with listening. Conversations are interesting. I’m still in the “basics” or first set of lessons…there’s a lot here to learn. The only criticism I have, is that some of the speech is really slow in the basics lessons. I skipped ahead to the end result and wow…it speeds up!
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just OK
The app and contact for what you get is just OK. If you can get a deal for 100 bucks then it’s OK. It’s one of the few places where you Can Get Street Spanish. However I’m left to think that the author either is not formally educated in both English or Spanish or I’m not sure what the deal is. There are a ton of typos in English in the first lesson and there’s a lot of subjects presented without context. For example, in the first lesson, they introduced direct object and indirect object pronouns. A solidly, intermediate, upper intermediate topic… And it’s not really particularly presented that well. However, for the real world, Spanish, that you do get, that you’re not going to get another books, this makes it worth it, despite the many grammatical errors, subjects presented without contexts, etc. the Street Spanish that you would need to know if you Latin America is important. Overall, I think this is a great adjunct if you are intermediate or upper intermediate. This is definitely not a beginners resource.
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Excellent customer service.
Love the app and the content. Had a technical question and their support got back to me within minutes!
Hmmm…
This app is not good for beginners. What they call “beginners “ is actually good for me… I have been studying Spanish for 2 years. I find it frustrating that the computer keeps making me prove i am not a computer ( typing in letters/numbers) between each lesson… I have to keep logging in and starting over 😡. I do enjoy the audio stories and quizzes.
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the Best
Best learning app comes with a lot of info but easy to understand how it’s applied
Requires Signup First
You have to sign up before you can even see the first screen. Talk about high friction! Not doing it for now.
This app seems very expensive
.It seems like we have to buy each level individually and each of them are around $30 or more. It is very expensive for an app☹️!! Is there a bundle that I can buy all of them with a great discount? Thank a lot!
Way too expensive for what your getting
30-40 dollars per unit really? You do realize there are hundred of hours of great spanish learning on youtube for free. Not to say your lessons are bad in fact i would of bought them for say 5-10 dollars per unit. But you got so greedy with your high price so you got zero from me.
This is what’s missing from my learning
The ability to listen to a naive speaker is essential.m to becoming fluent. Saying phrases is fine but if you don’t understand the response it’s pointless. This program bring the conversation at a natural speed that you will need to understand in the real world. You can slow the conversation down but I recommend listening to it at regular speed l.
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Great App
The update is great, thanks! Are you all working on any additional language apps i.e. French, German etc.
Excellent App
This app is a must for anybody trying to learn Spanish. Like others have said, it is real life. Not only are there great listening and reading exercises, there are very thorough explanations of the text used in each exercises. I liked it so much that I bought it for my Italki Spanish teacher who lives in Mexico.
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Please keep in mind I’m rating the app not content
I don’t know what did they do but now episodes/lessons take even longer to download. I have updated my iOS so I doubt my phones the problem. Then when it finally downloads, the accompanying PDF doesn’t match the audio. Please fix this.
Otherwise, the content is wonderful. Highly recommend. I actually have all levels except the censored one. I love how the lessons are very entertaining and use everyday conversations. They’re actual conversations you will hear and use. I’m just rating the app. I have several other language learning apps and they have videos and PDFs etc. They don’t take forever to download and whatever topic I download always matches the content. So, this is so odd that this app does this. Por favor arreglarla.
Update: They got back to me and said they will fix it. And apparently not all have this problem. So, if you have tried their free content and it’s working on your device, don’t hesitate to purchase this.
Otherwise, the content is wonderful. Highly recommend. I actually have all levels except the censored one. I love how the lessons are very entertaining and use everyday conversations. They’re actual conversations you will hear and use. I’m just rating the app. I have several other language learning apps and they have videos and PDFs etc. They don’t take forever to download and whatever topic I download always matches the content. So, this is so odd that this app does this. Por favor arreglarla.
Update: They got back to me and said they will fix it. And apparently not all have this problem. So, if you have tried their free content and it’s working on your device, don’t hesitate to purchase this.
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Response from developer
Download and install the latest version of the app, it will address the issue with your particular phone :).
