# Russian Alphabet — user reviews > 193 indexed App Store user reviews of Russian Alphabet by Hamdouchi Interactive, LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 600 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-alphabet/id389927786/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-alphabet/id389927786.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 461 · 4★ 71 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 26 ## What do users think of Russian Alphabet? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great for learning the alphabet - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🎨 Clear and appealing design - 🔊 Good pronunciation examples - 🏫 Helpful for beginners **Cons** - 🔇 Missing sound/audio issues - 📝 Limited functionality without paid upgrades - 🔠 Lacks lowercase letters - 🐛 Crashes and bugs on newer iOS versions **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound not working for some users - Crashes and compatibility issues with iOS updates - Writing practice feature not functioning properly **Most requested features** - Add more advanced learning features - Include both uppercase and lowercase letters - Improve audio quality and pronunciation - Expand to cover more vocabulary and grammar ## Newest reviews (10 of 193) ### 3/5 — No lowercase letters, otherwise decent *2021-01-18* Missing half the alphabet! ### 2/5 — Sound doesn’t work *2020-11-03* Sound doesn’t work ### 1/5 — No audio, would give 0 stars if possible. *2019-07-28* There is no audio on the app, and no way to request a refund. HUGE disappointment. **Developer response:** Hello, First of all, please make sure that the physical silencer is NOT in the down position. This issue is related to the volume that is being changed by the buttons. Please follow these instructions: 1. Click on Settings, then on Sounds & Haptics. 2. Under Ringer and Alerts: Turn off “Change with Buttons”. Then turn on your volume both from the physical buttons on the left side of your iPhone and in the slider under “Ringer and Alerts”. 3. Open the Russian Alphabet app and try the sound. If it doesn’t work, please toggle back to settings, and adjust the slider again until you hear the sound of you ringer. Toggle back to Russian Alphabet and it should work... I hope this helps. ### 2/5 — This game is ok but... *2019-07-18* This game is great and all but if you want to actually learn Russian than this app is not for you. This app also needs to have a better vocabulary who needs to know how to say fish or elf. This game could be much better with a few tweaks **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. You are absolutely correct. This Alphabet app does exactly what it says: teaches the basics of Russian Alphabet to beginners. I might develop a new app in the future to specifically teach words and vocabulary and there will be hundreds of words. Thanks again for using the app and your valuable feedback. ### 5/5 — ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ *2019-07-11, version 3.4* This is the Best app for beginners ### 1/5 — This developer is a scam artist, don’t waste your money *2019-06-19* The developer took forever to update the app. Then seemingly removed all the in app purchases that I, and others had made. It is not possible to restore purchases now. When I contacted him he sent me these bogus directions that caused me to unwittingly spend more money for things I had already paid for in the app. I had to contact Apple for assistance in getting refunded for that unintentional purchase as the developer was useless. I contacted him again, and he tried to blame me for my in app purchases not being restored. Apple is a great place for learning apps; however, I will NEVER buy anything from this developer again. Spend your money elsewhere in the Apple App Store. ### 5/5 — Спасибо *2019-06-18* When I wanted to pick up Russian halfway through semester, this was a godsend. Three years of Russian later, I’m always telling people that you can learn Cyrillic in an afternoon. ### 4/5 — John *2019-06-17* Very good ### 5/5 — Russian Alphabet *2019-06-09, version 3.3* Pretty simple app, but it does the job. The native speaker is very helpful. ### 5/5 — Educational and Interesting *2019-06-06, version 3.3* Fun and easy way to learn Cyrillic alphabet! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sehr einseitig *2021-11-14* Ohne Ton Nur auf Englisch Allgemein keine Einstellungen möglich zu Info: einzelne Bustaben können als A4 Format zum üben ausgedruckt werden ### 1/5 — No sound *2021-08-04* Would have loved to try this app fully, but unfortunately there is no sound. Without the sound one cannot use 2/3rds of what the app offers. ### 1/5 — Sound is not working *2021-08-01, version 3.6* Please fix ### 1/5 — give the right answer *2021-06-24, version 3.6* taking the sprint quiz it doesn’t give the right answer. just ends and tells the score. screw the score the goal is to learn. wouldn’t take hardly any effort to add that functionality ### 1/5 — What Happened to the Sound? *2021-04-21* When I used this App before, the Alphabet and the images were voiced in the App, but Now there is no Audio reinforcement to know what the Russian Letter or word should sound like. I am hoping this is just a Bug that needs to be fixed... Are you going to Fix the SOUND... ### 1/5 — Dysfunctional *2020-12-07, version 3.6* Sound stopped functioning after a few days ### 1/5 — Sound not working? *2019-11-14, version 3.6* It’s not my phone, idk why there is no sound ### 1/5 — No settings and sounds! iOS 13.1.2 *2019-10-09, version 3.6* Can’t find a setting button and it won’t play any sounds. ### 1/5 — No sound-useless! *2019-10-09, version 3.6* How can I learn the sounds when there is none. The upgrade changed nothing. ### 1/5 — App crashes on iOS 13.1 *2019-10-04, version 3.5* Please fix, thx! Thx for the response. The WRITE feature still doesn’t work. The entire screen ‘slides’ during writing practice. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Highly recommended *2026-02-03* Excellent app! Easy to use ### 5/5 — Great *2025-08-05, version 3.7* This is the very best I have found for learning the Russian alphabet, hearing, speaking and writing the letters. ### 5/5 — This app is impeccable *2022-11-29, version 3.7* I have trialed many language learning apps, though they all failed to provide a satisfactory simple user interface. — This app has undoubtedly succeeded with the expectation listed above, It has a simple interface, allowing you too obtain information about the Russian Alphabet, without ads, or additional fees caused by companies pleading for an extra $20 payment. — Conversely, it also realistically displays how beginners obtain information, by practicing the individual letters, by which you can identify specifically, without exerting yourself by the dreaded cluster of unknown words suddenly appearing, this is a personal experience from, dear I utter Duolingo, which insists you need only pay mind to taking their “Artificially Intelligent” lessons before even having the slightest clue of how the individual letters, are pronounced, or how they are written. — I am thankful for finding this app, it shall now replace Duolingo. Thank you to the developers, and my friend whom suggested I learn Russian by using this app <3 ### 5/5 — Great app! *2021-06-29* Easy to use, simple design, and more than enough to learn the Cyrillic alphabet from the ground up. ### 5/5 — Everything works *2021-05-11, version 3.6* I don’t know why people were saying the sound is off. I’m on iOS 14.5.1 and the sound and everything else works for me. ### 5/5 — issue *2020-12-24* I love this app but for some reason the sound won’t work. ### 5/5 — Super zum Kyrillisch lernen! *2020-12-11* Perfekt um das russische Alphabet zu lernen auch die Druckbuchstaben. Das Quiz motiviert die Buchstaben zu lernen. Hinweis: Anfangs dachte ich der Sound funktioniert nicht aber dann habe ich herausgefunden, dass das Handy/Tablet nicht im Stumm-Modus sein darf. Jetzt funkt alles wie es soll. ### 5/5 — Great design & complete content *2020-02-02* Not only this App is appealing to the eye and easy to navigate through, but it is also complete from the learning standpoint for all beginners. ### 5/5 — Crash fixed *2019-10-16* This app worked before iOS 13.1. Now it crashes after opening. Five stars before iOS 13.1 - one star now. Update: All issues now fixed. Great app. Five stars. ### 5/5 — Quick and easy *2019-10-13* No ads. The clear, easy interface responds very fast, there are sound clips for every letter both in name and with a word example. There is even a writing practice mode and a quiz for review that can emphasize speed or accuracy. This is a great way to get started learning Russian, or even a good tool for a quick lookup if you forget a letter here and there! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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