Portuguese Essentials User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience36.4% of reviews
Neutral24.2% of reviews
Negative experience39.4% of reviews

~ Based on 33 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

Pretty good app, but only 132 words

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

Confusing

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
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Audio test stupid

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

Limited

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.

Want more!

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"

Péssimo

Serviço pago, com poucas opções gratuitas

Lots of words, no grammar

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.
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Better Than Rosetta

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.
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No method just random word

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.

NOT ORIGINAL PORTUGUESE

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.
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Good

Useful, and good for the beginner.i really loved learning portuguese .<3

Just OK

This is just okay. It does help if you know a little Portuguese, although this seems more like Brazilian Portuguese than Portugal's Portuguese. It's not very fun, so you really need discipline (or fear) to keep up with the study. Don't expect to view this for an hour on your flight to Lisbon and learn anything worth using. But, that's true of any language app. I just expected more from the developer.
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Could be much better

Seriously, who chose these 132 words. So I'm learning Portuguese; how often am I going to use million or even black? Elisabeth Smith's 'Last Minute Portuguese' is much better. Her 50 words are just what one needs to start.

Muito bom

Muito bom

Awful

I didn't like at all. This app is for someone who doesn't really need a dictionary very much. Pronunciation is great though.

Ok

It's ok, not brilliant !

Dictionary missing

It needs the dictionary back!!!!! Other than that I guess is cool

Without the translator this is not good at all

I just installed an update and the option to write phrases in English and then read them translated in Portuguese are gone. I have no use for this app any longer without the translator.

Love this app

Helped me learn Portuguese so I can speak to my grandma

Awesome

Could use more words