Just what I was looking for
Amazing
Response from developer
Thank you so much! Really glad the stress marks and grammar explanations are helping. More stories and lessons are on the way!
amazingg!!
Response from developer
Thank you so much! Really nice to hear the stories and saving words are keeping you consistent. Lots more stories coming soon🫶
unnecessary changes reduce user friendliness
The worst part is just how everything looks now. All the text and stuff. Such an unnecessary change. It’s especially bad in the vocabulary card section. The note lines make the cards harder to look at for long periods of time. (Now I see the lines when I look away from my phone.) Also, the bottom screen got rid of the box shape for the four buttons, now they’re all in a row which I don’t like.
I just don’t like unnecessary changes. And this is like the second big unnecessary change Mishka has had. Developers change for the sake of change. Not because it’s actually useful. Who wanted this? :[
Anyway.. I still think this is one of the highest quality Russian apps. Just please no more changes!!
Response from developer
Thank you so much for this, and for sticking with Mishka through the changes. You were right, and a lot of what you wrote is already changed for our next update, much of it because of your review: the real character photos are coming back, finished stories and culture lessons get a big, obvious done badge again, the text and colors are back to the softer classic look, the lines on the vocabulary cards are gone, and the four buttons are back in their 2×2 boxes. If anything else bothers you, or if there's anything else you'd like to see us add please email us at support@getmishka.com.
Great and fun! Also serious
-John. Earthcow on IG
Response from developer
Thank you so much:)
I like it
Free mode with ads would be sooo cool
Response from developer
Thank you, and it's great to hear it's working better for you than Duolingo! Thanks for the idea. The first stories and grammar lessons at every level stay free, so you can always keep practicing with those. Really glad you're enjoying it:)
This app is amazing
Ive been learning russian for 2 years primarily without apps like this. They often feel like entertainment more than education and were only good for killing time while learning a few random words and phrases.
This app is so much less gamified and mindless. I love how lessons are simply reading and answering questions about russian stories. Every word you don’t know in a story can be clicked on and easily added to your flashcards. You get to effortlessly build a vocabulary list of words that are important/relevant to you, instead of memorizing vocab lists with dozens of unimportant words.
The amount of content is crazy: the app has tons of russian texts to practice where you learn russian culture, idioms, and slang.
The only downside is that it is quite expensive ($12 a month). But if you are going to use it every day, it is definitely worth it.
Theres also a few issues and inconveniences in the app but overall it is by far the most efficient way to practice russian language with realistic scenarios, words, context, & culture.
Response from developer
Thank you, this made our day! Building your own vocab list from the stories instead of memorizing random word lists is exactly how we wanted Mishka to work. If you can tell us what the issues and inconveniences were, we'd love to fix them. You can use the feedback button in the app or email support@getmishka.com.
Affordable and helpful!
Response from developer
Thank you so much! It's great to hear you're finally getting into the grammar after Duolingo. And we're happy the Instagram ad found you:) If there's anything you'd like to see in Mishka, just let us know through the feedback button in the app.
Very useful
Effective and friendly app
Response from developer
Thanks so much Rafael! More is on the way, and if there's anything you'd like to see, just let us know through the feedback button in the app.
AMAZING
Response from developer
Thank you so much Astrid! Getting past the "Привет, как тебя зовут?" stage was exactly why we built Mishka, so it's great to hear it's challenging you in a good way. We're adding new stories and lessons all the time, so there's plenty more coming. Happy learning!
Drag the box excercise
Response from developer
Hey, thanks for the honest review! The boxes only move if you grab the ≡ handle on the right side of each sentence. Dragging from the middle doesn't work because tapping there opens word translations. We didn't make that obvious enough, so we're changing it so you can drag the whole box in a future update. If anything else comes up, just email us at support@getmishka.com.
From far the best app
I am truly satisfied and the subscription worth it, give it a try you will no regret it.
Response from developer
Thank you so much, this made our day! Hearing it's better than the other Russian apps means a lot. Happy you're enjoying it. If you ever have ideas or run into a problem, email us at support@getmishka.com.
If you learn russian, ditch Duolingo for this app
Response from developer
Thanks, and this is a fair point. New artwork is on our list, but there are only two of us and we are finishing a new set of lessons first, each one built and checked by a certified Russian tutor. We hear you on the images though. Glad the Russian side is beating Duolingo for you, that is the part we care about most.
Clunky and mostly pay to
Response from developer
Sorry it was not for you. The first three stories and grammar lessons at every level are free, along with missions, culture and shadowing lessons. The rest is paid because two of us work on Mishka full time and our lessons are built one by one and checked by a certified Russian tutor. New artwork is on our list, but we put our time into the lessons first because that is what actually gets you speaking Russian. If you hit a specific bug or a section that felt disconnected, email us at support@getmishka.com and we will fix it.
Great so far
Response from developer
Thanks! One thing you may have missed: tap any Russian word, in a story or in an exercise, and it is spoken aloud with its stress. Stories and shadowing are fully voiced too, and more audio is coming in the next lessons we release. Glad the content is working for you.
Great
Response from developer
Thank you so much:)
Incredibly good app
Mishka combines a number of existing kinds of apps in one. It has spaced repetition of flashcard apps like Anki. One feature that I love it that you card click on any word practical anywhere (e.g., from stories) and easily add it to you deck of to-be-learned words.
The stories are great - both as a listening and reading exercise. There are followed by questions that test comprehension AND GRAMMAR.
The grammar lessons and quizzes are particularly well done. There is actual explicit grammatical instruction and the questions focus on applying these idea. In Russian, the case declension system is very challenging to learn. Having completed the entire DuoLingo Russian course, I have never once experienced targeted testing of word endings. Mishka does exactly this. The app focuses on these important and difficult grammatical concepts, giving learners the practice they need, but does so in an intelligent and supportive way, with explanations about what is happening in the language.
I cannot recommend this app more highly. It’s clear to me that it was created by people who genuinely know what they are doing in terms of both software/app development and importantly language instruction.
Perfect. Exactly what i was looking for!
I’ve tried apps like Duolingo, but even after testing into a higher level, the exercises never really helped me improve. Mishka is completely different. I’m using the Intermediate level and finally feel like I’m actually learning new things. I especially love the realistic AI chat scenarios and the stories, which are genuinely interesting and informative.
I also really like the explanations after exercises. Instead of just telling you whether something is right or wrong, they explain why and how the grammar works in that specific context, which makes it much easier to actually understand and remember.
My only criticism is that a lot of content is locked behind Pro and the subscription is quite expensive, especially as a student. I also wish there were more stories to choose from. Still, easily one of the best Russian-learning apps I’ve found! ❤️🐻
Response from developer
Thank you! Hearing this from a native speaker made our day. More stories are on the way, we work on Mishka full time and are adding them level by level. Спасибо ❤️🐻
