Not well keyed to textbooks
Response from developer
Hello. Before giving a one star rating, reaching out to support might be better to see if you are “missing something.” :-) I’m pretty sure that you are choosing chapter vocabulary, but not chapter grammar (same screen, second tab). So, for example, if I were studying with Mounce’s grammar and chose vocabulary from chs. 4-9, this would include every form of all of that vocabulary, a total of 637 forms. But once I go to the grammar tab and also choose the same chapters, the amount of forms in the quiz will reduce, because only certain grammatical concepts have been introduced. If this doesn’t make sense, please email me and I’m glad to help. And if this doesn’t work, then please also contact me with further description so I can figure out the problem. Lastly, after everything is worked through, please consider updating your rating and review.
Needs to save progress!
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The developer let me know that you can use the filter to exclude certain words after getting them correct a user-defined number of times. In this way you can keep from having to do the same words over again if you can’t finish your current session. This works I suppose!
Response from developer
Thanks for your rating and review! If you can clarify (perhaps via email) what exactly you mean, that would be super helpful for future development. I do want to point out that the app does save a correct/incorrect count and can be accessed as a filter in the more options final menu. So, for instance, you can ask the app to not include words that you have answered correctly more than 5 times. If this last option is not something you knew about, then perhaps you’d consider modifying your rating. Thanks again for the feedback!
Needs to save progress!
Response from developer
Thanks for your rating and review! If you can clarify (perhaps via email) what exactly you mean, that would be super helpful for future development. I do want to point out that the app does save a correct/incorrect count and can be accessed as a filter in the more options final menu. So, for instance, you can ask the app to not include words that you have answered correctly more than 5 times. If this last option is not something you knew about, then perhaps you’d consider modifying your rating. Thanks again for the feedback!
Good but…
helpful study tool!
ParseGreek & FlashGreek
Good app
User error or bug? When I click the ? (redirects to morphology charts), I can’t go back. Need to exit app and restart.
Fantastic app
But I’m using SM Baugh and chapter 5 grammar is missing the deponent verbs
Very buggy - not worth $13 CAD
For one, the recent section now contains 4 copies of the one textbook I’ve been using… it seems to add another copy each time I use the app.
Secondly, the grammar and vocabulary pick lists seem to have an unpredictable affect on the cards that are actually presented to me. I have not yet learnt contract verbs, and have thus left the option unselected, however they continue to appear in my study sessions.
On that note, the vocab/grammar selection are not at all intuitive, and I am suspicious that it is not at all working as intended.
Regarding the UI, it is also riddled with bugs: the layout of the main menu will randomly change width such that I need to scroll horizontally; the recent textbook bug mentioned above; the hint button is sometimes clickable, sometimes not.
Regarding improvements/features beyond the bug fixes aforementioned, it would be educationally beneficial to have the option of hiding the English translation of words so the student can practice recalling it. The ability to type in Greek to answer the lexical form portion of a card would also be beneficial.
Now I understand that this is quite a harsh review, and I must say that I will likely continue using the app just as I have not found a better alternative as of yet. However, after having paid $13 CAD I was expecting a smooth user experience (at the least), and hoping for a feature rich application that would streamline my Greek learning experience. I am thoroughly disappointed to say that neither of these expectations have been met. It is my opinion that the developer of this application is charging a dishonest amount for this application, and has not met the quality of work nor integrity that the Lord has commanded of us.
Response from developer
1. The "recent" ones would correspond to the specifics of the last quiz. If you are studying with a single grammar, but changing the content of the quiz, it will remember that if you want to do it again. I am okay with you not liking it, but it isn't a bug. 2. Please send me via the the support email (where these types of issues should be communicated) where the contract verbs are erroneously showing up. It is possible that I have an error in the data or that there is a bug, and if so I would like to fix it. 3. I don't understand what you mean about the lack of intuitiveness for vocab and grammar. I have not had any complaints about this. 4. If you could give me a screenshot (and the details of your device) for when you have a horizontal scroll occurring. It could be that you are using an older device, and so the horizontal scroll occurs. 5. If nothing occurs when you hit the hint button, it is because there is no hint to show. 6. Your suggestion of hiding the english meaning isn't a bad one, I'll think about this for the future. But this is a parsing quiz app, the focus is on morphology, not learning vocabulary. Your suggestion about typing in the word was actually something I tested with users over 15 years ago when I created the app, and the overwhelming response of users was to avoid typing. As mentioned above, I'd appreciate you send me the relevant information so I can determine what bugs, if any, you are encountering.
Great app!
Now even better!
Ok, there are still a few errors in the database, but Danny is very quick to respond to emails pointing them out.
This is an essential app for anyone studying Koine Greek. Highly recommended.
Nope
Essential for Learning Koine Greek
Great app for learning your paradigms
Random crashes
Response from developer
Thanks for this info. In future, please email me with bug reports so that I can work towards a fix with some more detailed info. Once I’m able to correct the issue, please consider revising your rating and review.
