An OK App turned Subscription
This WAS an ok app for learning a language, and you could buy a book and change the frequency of the words in that language. Cool idea anyway.
Now it’s subscription ONLY. You can ONLY buy books with “credits” and you can only get credits via subscription.
So look elsewhere. I’m only keeping the app around for the old books I did buy, won’t be spending another penny.
And developers, stop forcing everything to be a subscription it’s ridiculous.
Now it’s subscription ONLY. You can ONLY buy books with “credits” and you can only get credits via subscription.
So look elsewhere. I’m only keeping the app around for the old books I did buy, won’t be spending another penny.
And developers, stop forcing everything to be a subscription it’s ridiculous.
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Too expensive.
I like the concept but I think it’s lame that if you buy a book, say Pride and Prejudice, that you only get access to it in one language and have to buy it again if you want it in another. That’s the thing Thats stopped me from pursuing language learning with them.
Good and bad
The content is great. I like the concept and it seems to be going well but the app itself is pretty poor. Changing pages forward is no problem but there isn’t a way to go back without manually selecting the page you want to go back to by changing the number. You can’t reliably swipe back.
Canceling Subscription
I tried to cancel my subscription and there is no option. I read through the terms and conditions and it says one option is to email the support and as of right now I’ve been back and forth with them and they are absolutely refusing to help me and pointing me at other things that aren’t even relevant. So beware if you sign up you’ll probably have to cancel your credit or debit card just to get it to stop which is the utmost scammy behavior.
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Overall a solid learning tool!
I love the idea of mixed language books where you can adjust the density of your target language.
The only issue I’ve run into is that some of the translations are not correct in context, which would be easily caught by having a native speaker review the books. For this reason, it’s not useful for beginners who may learn the wrong meaning of a word or phrase, but it is a helpful grammar review and a good way to learn new vocabulary for intermediates who can already pick out the errors.
Prismatext, please have native speakers review the books. This would make the experience perfect!
The only issue I’ve run into is that some of the translations are not correct in context, which would be easily caught by having a native speaker review the books. For this reason, it’s not useful for beginners who may learn the wrong meaning of a word or phrase, but it is a helpful grammar review and a good way to learn new vocabulary for intermediates who can already pick out the errors.
Prismatext, please have native speakers review the books. This would make the experience perfect!
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