# MyScribe Russian — Cyrillic, by hand > Cyrillic, by hand (iPhone/iPad app by Steven Decia.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myscribe-russian/id6770448878 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Steven Decia](https://appshunter.io/developer/1872031434) - Category: Education, Reference - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 445 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-05 - Data updated: 2026-08-23 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myscribe-russian/id6770448878/reviews.md ## What is MyScribe Russian? MyScribe is a calm, complete way to begin Russian — built for adults who want to learn properly, not chase a streak. Most apps turn language into a game of points and pressure. MyScribe doesn't. There are no scores, no streaks, no timers, and no one nudging you to come back. Just a quiet course you move through at your own pace, the way you'd work through a good book. It's built on four things you actually do with a language: READ — Meet each phrase in print, with a clear English gloss and a note on the sounds that surprise you. WRITE — Write it back by hand. MyScribe is named for the scribe in you: tracing the words yourself is how they stick, and it's the one thing screens usually skip. Prefer the keyboard? You can type instead. LISTEN — Hear everything spoken by real Russian voices — Katya and Maxim, your native hosts — with Sarah to guide you along in English. SPEAK — Say it yourself, out loud, in every lesson. Then step into short guided conversations with your hosts and take your turn. WHAT'S INSIDE • A full A1 beginner's course — 23 units, from the Cyrillic alphabet to saying where you're from • The alphabet taught letter by letter — all 33, with stroke-order tracing and a real Russian teacher's own recordings • Real spoken audio throughout — over 1,500 clips, all human-warm • Handwriting practice on every phrase (or type, your choice) • A Practice room for every unit: recognise words, identify sounds, choose the right reply, rebuild a phrase from memory, and hold a short conversation • A Grammar bank that lays out the patterns you've been using, in plain language — including the six cases • Gentle spaced review that quietly brings older words back before you forget them PRIVATE BY DESIGN MyScribe works fully offline — the whole course lives on your device. There are no accounts and no sign-ups, and your microphone is used only so you can practise speaking; that audio is never recorded or sent anywhere. We never ask to track you, and never read your advertising identifier. The one thing the app reports is which of our own ads bring people to MyScribe: that a launch happened, or a purchase, with nothing attached that identifies you or your device. TRY IT, THEN DECIDE The Cyrillic alphabet and the first greetings unit are free — 33 letters and eight lessons, with no account and no time limit. One purchase then opens every remaining unit, for good. No subscription, no ads. Future A2 content is included in the same purchase. Здравствуйте — let's begin. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Full Course | $49.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-20 Shadowing, rebuilt. You now shadow the conversation itself rather than a list of loose words after it. Thirteen units carry new dialogue written by a native Russian teacher, nothing is longer than eleven words, and no phrase is asked of you twice. Practice accepts typing. Handwriting is still the heart of it, but you can type an answer instead — so an iPhone with no Apple Pencil is a proper way to work, not a compromise. The course has an ending. Finish the last unit and MyScribe says so. Also in this version: • A new app icon. • The voices no longer read punctuation aloud, and Katya speaks the Russian throughout. • Alphabet lessons are named for the letter and the sound it makes. • Two Practice exercises that opened to a blank screen now open. • A session with wrong answers no longer congratulates you as though it were clean, and names the words you missed. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-07 A better first minute. Your first Russian word now appears in Cyrillic — Здравствуйте — and Катя says it aloud. Tap it to hear it again. The welcome no longer stops mid-sentence, and the four practices MyScribe is built on — reading, writing, listening, speaking — are introduced before the setup questions rather than after them. You can now redeem a code without leaving the app: tap "Have a code?" on the unlock screen. Also fixed: the home screen no longer says "pick up where you left off" the very first time you open it, and the unlock button waits for its price instead of appearing without one. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-05 No release notes. ## More apps by Steven Decia - [MySage](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mysage/id6759548528) - [MyScribe Italian](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myscribe-italian/id6792914334) All apps by Steven Decia: https://appshunter.io/developer/1872031434 --- *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 2026-08-23.*