Deceptively good value
My favorite language learning tool, period! It’s so good for building a foundation, even with a few minor issues. They use spaced repetition, which is a simple, but incredibly effective tool for learning Swedish (and pretty much anything). You can customize the number of cards you get each day, and you can set rest days, in case you feel overwhelmed or fall behind. The design is clean and simple, and I haven’t encountered any bugs. Two things I’d change are that I wish you could save progress between devices (if you contact support they may be able to help, but it isn’t a default option), and I do wish you had the ability to play audio at half speed, because some longer sentences can be a bit difficult to understand at the full, natural soeed. But overall, they polished this and poured so much work into it that it really does make you appreciate that they’re focusing on doing the Nordic languages extremely well, in a quality over quantity sorta way. To me, this is better than doing 40+ languages with a standardized system with robotic voices. They use native speakers for each card, who all speak at a natural, real life pace, which is a HUGE improvement over what I’m used to even if it can be a little bit difficult to understand audio at first. Customer service is also excellent and was super helpful for me. $80 seems kind of steep for a year, but a few months in, I honestly feel like it’s incredible value for a streamlined, polished, effective learning tool with folks behind it who really do care about doing it right. 5/5, this is such a nice foundation for learning Swedish, especially when—because it isn’t a super popular language for foreigners to learn—resources are a bit limited unless you live there. Which I do not. Maybe some day.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your review! We'll look into better synchronisation between devices. All the best for your studies!
Excellent
Wonderful learning tool with great functionality and customer support. Extremely happy with it and the progress I’ve made with it so far!
Forced portrait/veritcal view
Unfortunately the forced portrait view doesn’t work for me. I have my iPad set up in a keyboard carrier case and I never use it vertically. It’s prohibitively awkward to try and use vertically. Can’t comfortably set it up the tablet to use properly for this app. It’s the only app/program I use that forces vertical use and I don’t really want to have to fuss with a tablet set up that works for me just to use one app. Very disappointing.
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Response from developer
Hello, point taken, we are doing some refactoring and we'll look into this. Hope to have you back at that point, feel free to reach out to support so we can message you when it's done.
So good
I’ve been using this app for two months, coming from near-zero Swedish, and it quickly became the core of my learning because of how clearly effective and efficient it is.
The daily lessons are motivating. The quality is top-notch. The most important concepts are introduced early and drilled until you really know them.
Finally, it’s easy to skip any item you already know, so you’re never wasting your time here. The price is 1000% worth it, knowing that it’s always using my time effectively.
The daily lessons are motivating. The quality is top-notch. The most important concepts are introduced early and drilled until you really know them.
Finally, it’s easy to skip any item you already know, so you’re never wasting your time here. The price is 1000% worth it, knowing that it’s always using my time effectively.
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Response from developer
Hej! Thanks for taking the time to give us feedback. As former learners of Scandinavian languages ourselves, it's a pleasure to hear that you've found what we offer to be the best use of your time, because it was really our intention. We really wanted to create something that, whether you had 15 or 30 or 60 minutes a day, would make you say "yes, there was no better way to spend my time learning new things about Swedish and retaining what I have studied before". All the best!
Marvelous!
The app has really useful insights, particularly on the pronunciation. Ideal for English speakers.
Fantastic App!
An amazing spaced repetition app for learning Swedish! The audio is absolutely top tier. You can clearly hear that all the pronunciation is recorded by real people, not AI voices. This makes such a big difference.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus; I like that it is not gamified and flashy, and I hope the developers keep it that way. I highly recommend it.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus; I like that it is not gamified and flashy, and I hope the developers keep it that way. I highly recommend it.
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Fantastic App!
An amazing spaced-repetition app for learning Swedish! The native-speaker audio is absolutely top-tier — you can clearly hear that all the pronunciation is recorded by real people, not AI voices. This makes such a big difference.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus; I like that it is not gamified and flashy. I highly recommend it.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus; I like that it is not gamified and flashy. I highly recommend it.
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Best Swedish App!!!
An amazing spaced-repetition app for learning Swedish! The native-speaker audio is absolutely top-tier — you can clearly hear that all the pronunciation is recorded by real people, not AI voices. This makes such a big difference.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus;I like that it is not gamified and flashy. I highly recommend it.
I love how the app is so well organized and lets you choose exactly what you want to focus on (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening). Everything about it feels thoughtful and complete. I’ve tried so many Swedish apps, and this one is by far my favorite. An incredible amount of work went into it. It does not seem underdeveloped at all (like a reviewer said). It is easy to look at and focus;I like that it is not gamified and flashy. I highly recommend it.
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Fantastic
Great but simple app that will get you going with Swedish. Great customer support too!!
Good but expensive
I really like this app, it’s explanations, and it’s model, but the price feels hard to justify for essentially a flash card app. I know $7-$12 monthly might not be a lot for some people, but where I live that’s only marginally less expensive than my renter’s insurance.
I think I would be more inclined to purchase a subscription if A. I could view the cards outside of reviews, B. If there was extra material, say short stories, and C. If I got to see a little more of the program before being prompted for the subscription. It feels hard to judge whether this would be a good investment when I’m barely past Hej and Jag territory.
I think this app has a lot of potential and I want it to do well, but for these reasons I don’t think I will continue with it.
I think I would be more inclined to purchase a subscription if A. I could view the cards outside of reviews, B. If there was extra material, say short stories, and C. If I got to see a little more of the program before being prompted for the subscription. It feels hard to judge whether this would be a good investment when I’m barely past Hej and Jag territory.
I think this app has a lot of potential and I want it to do well, but for these reasons I don’t think I will continue with it.
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Response from developer
Hello! Thanks for your feedback. Please get in touch with customer service (from the app itself, our website or our Facebook page) about the length of your free trial, it's possible that it was incorrectly too short. We want to make sure you get the full duration. In the meantime, our social media pages can show more of our content. Speak soon hopefully! The Mjølnir Team
Kolja
Very good thank you! Better than Babbel and Duolingo of course. But please publish also Icelandic! There is no good app for Icelandic.
Mjølnir is an incredibly effective language-learning tool
I started using its sister app, Mjølnir Norwegian, about a year ago, and it played a huge role in pushing my Norwegian to B2 level very quickly.
Mjølnir combines carefully crafted insights into grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary with spaced repetition, the most effective memorization method I know. By providing these structured learning sets, it saves you time—instead of building your own flashcard system, you can focus on actually learning right from the start.
The material is strategically selected to help you get through the initial grind of language learning as quickly as possible. This means you reach the fun stage—where you can actually start listening, understanding, and eventually speaking—in the shortest amount of time.
Of all the language-learning tools and methods I’ve tried, Mjølnir is by far the most effective. While I always like to mix different approaches, Mjølnir is a core tool in my learning journey.
Mjølnir combines carefully crafted insights into grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary with spaced repetition, the most effective memorization method I know. By providing these structured learning sets, it saves you time—instead of building your own flashcard system, you can focus on actually learning right from the start.
The material is strategically selected to help you get through the initial grind of language learning as quickly as possible. This means you reach the fun stage—where you can actually start listening, understanding, and eventually speaking—in the shortest amount of time.
Of all the language-learning tools and methods I’ve tried, Mjølnir is by far the most effective. While I always like to mix different approaches, Mjølnir is a core tool in my learning journey.
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I like it
I can tell it’s a newer app as in it’s not overly flashy, but it is clean and works well and that’s all that matters
I’d like to see how this works over time as I only did my first lesson and it seems to be pretty good so far
I’d like to see how this works over time as I only did my first lesson and it seems to be pretty good so far
Excited for More!
It’s a new app, and it’s a little underdeveloped, but everything that’s done looks great!
If they add cross-device updates and make the buttons at the bottom a little more intuitive, this is a 10/10 app.
Also the voice recording are better than Duolingo’s AI generated voices.
If they add cross-device updates and make the buttons at the bottom a little more intuitive, this is a 10/10 app.
Also the voice recording are better than Duolingo’s AI generated voices.
Response from developer
Hi Dylan! Thanks for the feedback! We'd love to hear from you about the buttons at the bottom of the screen, if you'd like? Please get in touch via the option in the Control Panel : ) Vi hörs!
Very impressed
After a week of use I can say that this is a very effective language learning app. If you are tired of "toy apps" and you have seen how they don't really cut it, I recommend you try it. I'm very impressed with their memorisation system. At this point, learning seems just a matter of time, it's basically inevitable. And I don't miss having to use many different resources, Mjølnir really covers all the notions.
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Excellent app
Excellent and rigorous app for the serious learner! So much learning for the time spent on it, spaced repetition is really effective. Very fairly priced for the benefits it offers, I just have to make it a habit now.
