Justin
Used to be amazing for reading korean practice. But turned into subscription based game app. Should have made two seperate apps instead of changing everything.
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Huh?
Why am I “Level 1” when all my answers are correct? 😅
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Thank you for your feedback. If your level seems incorrect, please email us at help@talktomeinkorean.com with your account details, and we’ll help you check it.
Very good but confusing
I’m finding reading the articles and figuring out what they say to be good, I’m hoping I’m hopeful I’ll get better at reading!
But since I’m a beginner, I can’t actually understand what the quiz and practise sections are actually asking/saying, perhaps an option to see a translation in those portions would be helpful. As well as a verbal translation of the word as it is written in the article, instead of or as well as the stem word to help with reading and past/present tense info, too.
But since I’m a beginner, I can’t actually understand what the quiz and practise sections are actually asking/saying, perhaps an option to see a translation in those portions would be helpful. As well as a verbal translation of the word as it is written in the article, instead of or as well as the stem word to help with reading and past/present tense info, too.
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Great Potential
This is really great, but people are tired of looking at their tiny screens on their phone. not sure if there’s an iPad app version, I couldn’t find one. Please make an iPad version of the app!
Really good and getting better!
I’m a big fan of this app, I use it daily. Each improvement has been really helpful. Definitely trending upwards!
One feature I would love would be a background player. It’d be really helpful to be able to walk around and listen to the stories over and over again.
Keep up the good work!
One feature I would love would be a background player. It’d be really helpful to be able to walk around and listen to the stories over and over again.
Keep up the good work!
Buggy Playback
The app has a playback feature to listen to Korean stories, but it only plays the first sentence or two and then jumps to the next story. This would be a great feature, but has been a persistent bug.
Great but bigger size fonts please
I am liking the content and how the story flows. But the hardest part for me is how small the print size is. I don’t see an option to make it larger. Can that be an option?
Me encanta!!
Gracias por hacer una aplicación para practicar la comprensión de lectura.
Vocabulary
This could be an amazing app. However, it needs a better way to study vocabulary. One should be able to make more vocab study sets than just mastered and learning as well as smaller study sets.
It’s so good. Thank you!
TTMIK Stories app is so good, and it has helped me so much. It’s what I was missing! It is helping me to get out of my head and to start putting vocabulary and grammar together in a way that will help me speak. At first I was fearful, thinking it was advanced for me, but I quickly learned to work with it and use all of the resources (hover to look up a word or hear it pronounced, quiz myself on my growing vocabulary, review article or story notes). The pace is gentle and effective, truly. It doesn’t make me nervous like some of the speaking apps do. I highly recommend TTMIK Stories and applaud the teachers and the developers (no glitches here)!
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Expensive and buggy
First if all the content is great, and there is a LOT of it. To be honest I’d prefer to be able to buy a physical book. The app regularly updates, logging you out when it does so. *
This is frustrating for people like me who have limited time. Text size is often way too small and doesn’t scale along with iphones accessability settings. A recent update changed the word appearing in bold to underlined. This is a terrible design choice and makes somewords really difficult to read.
*A recent update has broken the ability to sign in with google. Now I can’t access the content I’ve paid for. Extremely frustrating.
Even though I live in Korea, my apple store is UK so this app is extremely expensive - almost 200,000won. You need to do better if you want to keep my subscription.
This is frustrating for people like me who have limited time. Text size is often way too small and doesn’t scale along with iphones accessability settings. A recent update changed the word appearing in bold to underlined. This is a terrible design choice and makes somewords really difficult to read.
*A recent update has broken the ability to sign in with google. Now I can’t access the content I’ve paid for. Extremely frustrating.
Even though I live in Korea, my apple store is UK so this app is extremely expensive - almost 200,000won. You need to do better if you want to keep my subscription.
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Perfect missing piece to my studying
I was looking for an app JUST like this where I can practice my reading skills while learning vocabulary. This app has it all. The stories are actually interesting and I really enjoy the podcast feature that allows you to listen to the stories you’ve completed! It helps a lot with listening practice. If you want to focus more on reading, understanding and comprehension, this app is 100% worth the price.
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Great App to learn to read Korean
A very structured app that helps you learn Korean, with quizzes and written comprehension tests after every story you read! I didn’t give it 5 stars because I wish I could highlight any word in the story to get the meaning of it. For some reason only black bolded words can be selected to get a full breakdown (pronunciation and an English definition).
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This is a really good app if your more advanced but for a beginner who only knows Hangul and sentence structures this is impossible
As expected- Amazing!!!
Exceeded my expectations once again ttmik♥️
とても勉強になりそう！
日本人です🇯🇵韓国語多読アプリ、大変ありがたいです！母国語は日本語選択できるのですが、実際に翻訳された言語は英語になっています💦
今後は日本語も対応して頂けると非常に助かります！よろしくお願い致します！
今後は日本語も対応して頂けると非常に助かります！よろしくお願い致します！
Exceptional resource for learning Korean
I am new to the wonderful journey of learning Korean, and TTMIK has been an extremely helpful resource. Their TTMIK Stories app is a truly wonderful app. It includes many different levels so it is appropriate for learners from beginner to advanced which is great. Getting to hear the native speakers read the stories and articles helps so much shadowing/practicing, and the vocab review, with vocab in the context of a sentence/line of dialogue, is very helpful. The stories and articles are also really interesting in and of themselves, which makes me really love and often return to the app, even beyond what it takes to keep my reading streak going. :) I was hesitant to pay for a subscription at first because I tend to subscribe to things but then not use them enough to warrant the cost, but this is not the case with this app at all. It is absolutely worth the very reasonable investment. My Korean has improved as a direct result of this app alone, and I would recommend it to all Korean learners.
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Love this!
I love this app. I use it everyday. Trying to teach myself Korean is definitely hard and I struggle, but this app helps me through it and keeps me motivated to never quit.
My only complaint is, that after an update a few months ago, if you don't remember to click "mark as read" after you finish a story, it doesn't log in the app as a day completed. That is the only critique I have as of right now.
My only complaint is, that after an update a few months ago, if you don't remember to click "mark as read" after you finish a story, it doesn't log in the app as a day completed. That is the only critique I have as of right now.
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Not yet thought through
In my opinion, the app is not yet thought through content, conception and UX wise. I love though that the texts are read by a human and a native Korean. Regarding the price point: the price point is very high compared to other highly developed and advanced apps. On top, the app hasn’t been working for two days now on my end. I‘m optimistic the app will improve over time and that I‘ll be updating my review. This kind of app is actually what is missing on the market.
Update: it‘s been quite some time I wrote the review and decided to give the app another try. The price gas come down as I expected but realised how awful the app still is. Not thought through from a UX point and super boring. All the feedback we have provided, don’t see any of them considered.
Update: it‘s been quite some time I wrote the review and decided to give the app another try. The price gas come down as I expected but realised how awful the app still is. Not thought through from a UX point and super boring. All the feedback we have provided, don’t see any of them considered.
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We appreciate your insights on the content, conception, and user experience of our app. We're glad to hear that you appreciate the audio tracks! We thought about how to create an app that would help our learners improve their Korean skills and we appreciate your positive feedback on the audio tracks! Regarding the pricing and UX issues you've encountered, we understand your concerns. We continuously strive to provide value for our customers while ensuring a unique and amazing experience with the app. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the technical difficulties. If the app is not working, please delete the app and install it first. If the issue persists, please let us know! We will identify the issue and assist you as soon as possible. Thank you for studying Korean with us :) 감사합니다!
