# Portuguese Essentials

> Learn Portuguese vocabulary and pronunciation with native audio and spaced repetition. (iPhone/iPad app by Renkara Media Group, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-essentials/id309490316 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Renkara Media Group, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/284945276)
- Category: Education, Travel
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 33 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, European Portuguese, Russian and 5 more
- Released: 2009-04-14
- Data updated: 2026-07-08
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-essentials/id309490316/reviews.md

## What is Portuguese Essentials?

AccelaStudy is the award-winning language education software for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that helps you understand and pronounce words in the shortest possible time.  Learn new Portuguese words quickly, easily, and permanently with AccelaStudy.  

If you like Learn Portuguese FREE by AccelaStudy, learn even more by purchasing Learn Portuguese - AccelaStudy.

Join over 6,000,000 people worldwide who have used AccelaStudy to master a language.  Perfect for students, travelers, executives, and anyone who wants to quickly increase their fluency.

AccelaStudy is even more powerful in the cloud!  With a free AccelaStudy Cloud account you can:
• Sync all of your study sets and progress to all of your devices.
• Add new devices at any time.  Install AccelaStudy on your new device, sign into your AccelaStudy Cloud account, and your data will automatically be restored to that new device!
• Study online or offline.  AccelaStudy syncs immediately while online and any offline data is synced automatically when you go online again.
• Share AccelaStudy with family members and classmates.  Signing out of AccelaStudy allows another user to sign in with their account while preserving all data in the cloud.

FEATURES:
• PRONOUNCE each word perfectly after listening to NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words.

• Fully functional version of AccelaStudy with a useful subset of its 2,100 professional translations
• SPACED REPETITION feature helps you quickly memorize new words
• Automatic STATISTICS help you track your learning progress
• Searchable DICTIONARY of all vocabulary
• Flashcards
• Multiple Choice Quiz
• Audio Quiz
• Completely HANDS-FREE mode allows you to study vocabulary while driving or jogging

Please refrain from sending your bug reports or feature requests using the App Store. Instead, to ensure a direct response from us send them to support@renkara.com. You can also tweet us at http://twitter.com/renkaramedia.  We’re always happy to help our users and receive their comments!

Use of the AccelaStudy Cloud service is subject to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. These are available in the app or on our website.

## Key features

- Native speaker audio for perfect pronunciation
- Spaced repetition for quick memorization
- Hands-free study mode
- Cloud sync for progress across devices
- Searchable dictionary
- Flashcards and quizzes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 33)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-essentials/id309490316/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Pretty good app, but only 132 words

*2020-04-24, version 3.8.0*

Someone mentioned the interface was confusing. Seems very simple and intuitive to me. Helped with my vocabulary, but seems like it’s just a “free trial” type app since it only has 132 words and asks you to try the paid version fairly often

### 1/5 — Confusing

*2017-09-19, version 3.6.1*

This is the worst language app I have ever used it's confusing convoluted I mean it explains nothing on how to set it up it's just really bad if you want to learn Portuguese I would actually pay to do it because it's a difficult language a beautiful language that matches romance Germanic Cyrillic African everything

And this app really does not help

### 1/5 — Audio test stupid

*2015-09-14, version 2.8.2*

Audio test should voice both English & Port words & test pronunciation???

### 2/5 — Limited

*2015-05-03, version 2.8.2*

The app would actually be great for learning words if it had more than just 132 of them. Add a couple thousand and it would be perfect for learning vocabulary. It's just too limited to be worth it.

### 4/5 — Want more!

*2015-04-16, version 2.8.2*

This was really helpful to learn the 126 or whatever words included in the app. I've learned them and want more! It's a funny selection. I can say "typhoon" but not "friend" or "sidewalk"

### 1/5 — Péssimo

*2014-03-20, version 2.6.0*

Serviço pago, com poucas opções gratuitas

### 3/5 — Lots of words, no grammar

*2013-01-22, version 2.5.0*

I'm writing this right after coming back from Brazil. It was useful, but not enough to carry a conversation. I've learned lots of words from this app, even though I used less than 40% of them. They need to put verbs, basic grammar and some sentence construction. Knowing lots of words but nothing else made me look like a caveman.

### 5/5 — Better Than Rosetta

*2012-11-17, version 2.5.0*

I love all their language learning apps (I have French, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese). They are easy, fast, and effective. In fact, I learned more using their (FREE) app, and in less time, than I did with my $299 Rosetta Stone. And notice I said their "free" versions.... I can imagine their full versions are even better - and I intend to purchase all of them.

### 1/5 — No method just random word

*2012-11-03, version 2.5.0*

Agree with other critic, WHO CAME OUT with those words have no clues how to teach language. Give us USEFULL words and example  to start not weird words a even use I english.  Not for beginner, just a bunch of random words without a method. Not recommended.

### 1/5 — NOT ORIGINAL PORTUGUESE

*2012-06-24, version 2.2.0*

Why is it so hard to specify Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese?  It is not true that just because the majority of the world's Portuguese are in Brazil, that the majority of those wanting to learn Portuguese want Brazilian.  I live in the California Central Valley, where most of the Portuguese are from the Azores, but also from mainland Portugal and Madeira.  
Americans and others who are not native Europeans from Portugal but originate from countries that were former colonies of Portugal are not Portuguese American, rather, they are codified as Lusitanic, or simply referred to by their present-day nationalities (Cape Verdean, Brazilian, etc.) although many citizens of former Portuguese colonies are also ethnically Portuguese. 
The language spoken in Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese, not Portuguese. I am deleting this app because I am Portuguese, want to brush up on Portuguese, and don't care about which language is more popular in your eyes.  I'm going to purchase Berlitz instead.

## Frequently asked questions about Portuguese Essentials

### What does Portuguese Essentials do?

Portuguese Essentials is a language education app designed to help users understand and pronounce Portuguese words efficiently. It focuses on rapid vocabulary acquisition and accurate pronunciation through features like native speaker audio and spaced repetition.

### What are the key features of Portuguese Essentials?

Key features include native speaker audio for pronunciation, a spaced repetition system for memorization, a searchable dictionary, flashcards, multiple-choice and audio quizzes, and a hands-free mode for studying while engaged in other activities.

### Is Portuguese Essentials free to use?

The app offers a fully functional version with a subset of its vocabulary for free. Users can learn more by purchasing the full version, indicating a freemium model.

### What devices is Portuguese Essentials compatible with?

This application is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. It also offers cloud synchronization, allowing users to access their study sets and progress across multiple devices.

### Who would benefit from using Portuguese Essentials?

The app is ideal for students, travelers planning trips to Portuguese-speaking countries, executives who need to communicate in Portuguese, and anyone aiming to quickly increase their fluency and comprehension of the language.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.0 — 2019-04-18

- Minor improvements for iOS12.
- Display optimizations for new iOS devices.

### 3.6.1 — 2017-03-07

Version 3.6.1 resolves a crash which occurs when launching the latest version on some devices after not using the application in a long time.

In version 3.6, we've introduced an entirely new sync engine which is faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient. If you are one of our users with dozens of study sets and hundreds of hours of progress, this update is for you.

Sync backs up your data in the cloud, enables you to see your study sets and progress on more than one device, and allows AccelaStudy to be shared by multiple users on a single device. The new sync engine was over 4 years in the making and we have big plans for it in future releases.

As always, thank you for using AccelaStudy. We're honored that you include our application in your learning efforts.

### 3.6.0 — 2017-02-21

In version 3.6, we've introduced an entirely new sync engine which is faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient. If you are one of our users with dozens of study sets and hundreds of hours of progress, this update is for you.

Sync backs up your data in the cloud, enables you to see your study sets and progress on more than one device, and allows AccelaStudy to be shared by multiple users on a single device. The new sync engine was over 4 years in the making and we have big plans for it in future releases.

As always, thank you for using AccelaStudy. We're honored that you include our application in your learning efforts.

### 3.5.0 — 2016-11-07

Introducing AccelaStudy 3.5, Space-Saving Edition!  AccelaStudy has always come packaged with professionally-recorded, high-quality audio files.  These files are large and take up a lot of space on the device.  While these audio files are part of what makes AccelaStudy great, not all users need or want them, and they make app updates large and slow to install.  With this release, the audio files are no longer included with the app itself and require a one-time download from the AccelaStudy Cloud.  For those who choose to use AccelaStudy without downloaded audio, AccelaStudy will use one of the great built-in voices that come with iOS.  AccelaStudy has also been updated for iOS 10 and new iPhone models.

### 3.2.0 — 2016-05-24

Performance and stability improvements.

Improved UI support for larger screens.

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