# Russian Cyrillic in 3 Hours — user reviews > 124 indexed App Store user reviews of Russian Cyrillic in 3 Hours by Unique Digital Publishing LLC., rated 4.60/5 from 127 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-cyrillic-in-3-hours/id762218971/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/russian-cyrillic-in-3-hours/id762218971.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 106 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Russian Cyrillic in 3 Hours? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent teaching method - 👍 Easy to learn and understand - 🌟 Extremely helpful for beginners - 🎉 Effective and successful - 🤩 Amazing and brilliant app **Cons** - 🐛 No sound/audio issues - 🔀 Lack of rewind/skip functionality - 🤔 Simplified version not as good as previous **Commonly reported bugs** - Videos not playing/loading on some devices - Crashes and freezes on certain devices **Most requested features** - Progress tracking and lesson navigation - Landscape mode support - More language options (e.g., Greek) ## Newest reviews (14 of 124) ### 3/5 — About the app? *2026-04-01, version 1.4.1* I see the app has videos for each lesson, but do each of these have audio? Or is it just pictures and text? If it has audio for some reason I can’t hear it. ### 3/5 — No sound on ipad :( *2023-12-05, version 1.4.1* Ponald Peagan got a chuckle out of me though ### 4/5 — Keeps its promise *2023-06-27, version 1.4.1* Does what it says it will. Reading the letters in real signs is a nice touch and helps give a sense of tangible progress. The only thing that could improve it would be a proper practice mode included. But overall very good especially considering it is free. ### 5/5 — Just amazing *2023-02-05, version 1.4.1* I have been learning Russian from the “Russian Made Easy” podcast. I only recently started using this app so I can learn Cyrillic. This app takes the learning experience to a new level, and I feel like I have a much better grasp on the language as a result. The team that put this together created the most effective way to learn Russian naturally, and in a way that makes me want to learn even more. This “language companion app” is so good, that even if you are not actively trying to learn Russian, I think you will enjoy using this app just for fun. You may be surprised how great it feels to learn in a gradual, and fun way. ### 5/5 — Amazing!! *2022-11-13, version 1.4.1* As basic as this app is, it is the most intuitive and easy way to learn the Cyrillic alphabet! I highly recommend to anyone trying to learn it. ### 5/5 — Wish I could give this 6 stars *2022-03-23, version 1.4.1* I'm an avid language buff and probably have 20-30 foreign language apps on my iPad. I think this is the best one I’ve seen in any language. It’s just a series of videos, but he leads you through learning to read Cyrillic at just the perfect pace, with great context along the way to make it as intuitive as possible. I really only intended to learn the alphabet so I could sound out written Russian for fun. But now I think I’ll check out his full language apps or website. If they’re anything like this, it’ll be a joy to learn. Amazing app! ### 5/5 — This app works, 100% legit *2021-11-29, version 1.4.1* I NEVER leave reviews but I was so impressed I had to leave one here. This app really taught me the Russian alphabet and I truly now know how to read in Russian. Thank you to whoever made this app. ### 5/5 — Very engaging *2021-11-21, version 1.4.1* This app is fantastic! The use of real-life signs, products and shop names really helps to make the knowledge stick, and the pace is perfect. Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — This app right here? *2021-09-23, version 1.4.1* I literally never write reviews, ever. But I just finished this and all I have to say is if you’re serious about learning Russian, you HAVE to get this app. Like not even joking, I know the entire Russian alphabet now, and I’ve been trying for a week and a few other apps. With this one app and three hours of my time I know it all. And with how he (the instructor) eases you into the course you lick up on it so quick, you’ll be smiling so much when you say things correctly. Do yourself a favor and try it, there’s nothing to lose and the entire Russian language to gain. ### 5/5 — So so helpful! *2021-08-17, version 1.4.1* Wanted to solidify my Russian alphabet so I could do better in Duolingo as it was hindering my learning. Such a fantastic set of videos, I feel much more confident and can comfortably sound out and read big words. Спасибо Марк! ### 5/5 — Perfect!! *2021-07-12, version 1.4.1* this is the best app for learning the russian language. the app is entirely videos, but these videos and the man instructing them actually go through each process of learning each letter, and using them in real world context. he uses examples, and even provides conntext with how to change each word based on plurality, or even how adding a letter can change its entire meaning. i would never look for another language app. this one is the best so far. ive never written a review like this so i'm proud its for this particular app. ### 5/5 — A beginner’s must! *2021-07-06, version 1.4.1* Although the UI is a tad dated, the ease of learning this app provides is beyond all others. I strongly recommend it to anyone starting to learn Cyrillic. ### 5/5 — Wow *2021-06-22, version 1.4.1* Amazing, I am a young begginer learning Russian and can I tell you this is not just the best app but just the best Russian program I’ve seen and probably ever seen this it VERY worth it and you don’t have to pay ANY money which is rare for these kind of things. The narrator is amazing at explaining examples and he/them/she does a great job at making it less difficult for me and probably everyone who has this app just wow you won’t regret downloading this app ### 5/5 — Very good app to learn to read Russian *2021-04-28, version 1.4.1* I wanted to learn Russian but realized I had to read it too. This app is super easy to use and learn and has very good learning techniques. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No audio *2026-03-20, version 1.4.1* There is no audio. ### 1/5 — No sound *2025-12-31, version 1.4.1* I’ve had this app for years. When I downloaded and started it about 8 years ago it was great. Went back to relearn after I stopped practicing a few years ago and no sound. ### 1/5 — No sound *2025-07-31, version 1.4.1* There are videos, but no sound. Can’t use the app without sound. ### 1/5 — No sound *2023-10-13, version 1.4.1* The videos play fine but there is no sound to them, making it pointless. Very disappointed after I saw all the good reviews regarding this app. ### 1/5 — No sound *2023-07-25, version 1.4.1* App far out of date and no sound plays, rendering it useless. Disappointed because I’m a big fan of the Russian Made Easy Podcast. ### 1/5 — The sound doesn’t work on any videos *2021-08-31, version 1.4.1* Cant learn anything from this. ### 1/5 — No sound *2021-02-03, version 1.4.1* I just downloaded this app, looked promising, but the sound doesn’t works, so completely useless really! ### 1/5 — No sound in videos *2020-09-15, version 1.4.1* ^^^ ### 1/5 — Sound isn’t syncing *2019-12-20, version 1.4.1* Sound isn’t syncing. I have no idea what’s going on. ### 1/5 — Broken for Iphone *2017-04-07, version 1.0* Learned from it for an hour, shut it off. And when I went to open the app, none of the videos played just sat with a black screen😕 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-08-06, version 1.4.1* What a fantastic app this is the creator deserves all the praise I never leave reviews but for this I just had to 10/10 even after 4 lessons I realised how quickly I was picking it up ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — honest review *2026-06-10, version 1.4.1* i went in knowing minimal letters, and i wasn’t even consistent with this app, but by the time i finished all the videos i’m able to read and write whatever i want in Russian. truly great method of teaching and i’m so glad i came across this resource ### 5/5 — Tysm! *2026-02-13, version 1.4.1* This app is a blessing ### 5/5 — Best start to learning Russian *2026-01-19, version 1.4.1* I started a Duolingo course but had no clue what the characters ment so I decided that I needed to learn the alphabet before vocabulary, at first the app looked unreadable but the lessons are vary in depth and well made, this is the best place you can start when learning Russian. ### 5/5 — This is the best possible start to Cyrillic I could have. *2025-09-12, version 1.4.1* Developer did a fantastic job on this. Slow paced lessons- tho all within 3 hours- allows you to digest the bite sized chunks of the language as he weaves them together. Feels gratifying to learn. It's just videos- but it's done really well, with effective quizzes & content within. Bravo ### 5/5 — YES *2025-01-01, version 1.4.1* This app makes it so I can read Russian perfectly! Definitely download! I can now read Russian in any font, I can read every letter and speak full Russian sentences! Could you make an app for Hebrew? If yes thank you so much :) Sincerely, Emily ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-04-25, version 1.4.1* This is the very best I have found online for teaching me reading and pronouncing Russian letters and words. A great way of teaching this. ### 5/5 — THIS APP IS SO GOOD!!! *2024-03-23, version 1.4.1* I bought Rosetta Stone and tried to start learning Russian only to find out that they don’t teach you the Cyrillic alphabet! I tried looking on YouTube and it was soooo hard to comprehend it. Then I downloaded this app and the way they teach you and break it down is SO SIMPLE AND EASY! I can’t believe this is free. I would have easily paid for this app. Much love and respect for giving the world a great way to learn the Cyrillic alphabet for free. THEY DONT EVEN HAVE ADS! Such a wholesome project, thank you! ### 5/5 — The name of this app isn’t lying *2023-05-16, version 1.4.1* Around 9 years ago, I used this app to learn Cyrillic in under 3 hours. I have still retained a remarkably significant amount of it (probably ~70-80%) without any practice because the comparisons they make to the shape of latin letters were so effective at ingraining it in my memory. I can’t speak Russian, but I can sure sound it out even to this day. ### 5/5 — I recommend 100% *2023-03-30, version 1.4.1* Why aren’t there more reviews and downloads for this app. It’s truly so amazinggg. Half my family is russian and all these years I just didn’t realize how important it would be to learn, I decided to learn and man this thing gives you such a headstart. Id say after 3 hours I can definitely read any sign I just need to remember the pronunciations of some letters. I will move to the podcast now, and eventually the accelerated course for speaking with my kids. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*