Underrated ~ Must Try!
I’ve been raving about this app, for all the languages it offers, for no less than 10 years. No one has heard of it which is a shame because I give it single hand credit for both my Korean and Spanish skills. The learning algorithm is groundbreaking and extremely effective, compared to any other language apps I’ve tried. While it doesn’t do much in the way of grammar, the vocabulary alone will ensure you can Frankenstein sentences together, read, and navigate the countries/languages of your choice. My only complaint is that they don’t offer this app in more languages! *wink wink* please create more! Your devoted fans await more Romance languages!
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OMG 😃
I love this app!!! When I do Duolingo I sometimes feel ashamed of myself because they make faces. But this no. Sometimes you have to click on something 2 or 3 times and she stutters a little sometimes, but she is really calm and all
Useful listening flash card app
I paid for the app and found that I often come back to it to work on my vocabulary skills. I only wish that there was an option to exclude the romanization. As an English speaker my eyes naturally lock in on the romanized version of the word. This makes it difficult to focus on the Hangul.
Edit: June 2020
I have to be honest here. I recently became serious about my language study and found that this app is a solid home base. I use this app to replace a flash card system and access it EVERY day. You are able to look through the list of vocabulary words and add a new word to rotation by selecting “learn”. This is helpful when you already know a word but want to keep a current, active list of how many words that you will be using. This is super helpful to me because I study Korean using a combination of different media and apps.
I like that the app shows the number of words that you have learned and has different levels. In my experience the levels are appropriately assigned. The color levels assigned to the words that you know or don’t know also help with review.
The ability to use of the different methods of review helps to learn the words without using the romanization. When I switched to the mode where I hear the word only, my understanding of the language improved immensely. All in all I am more than satisfied with this app. I’m glad that I paid the fee to upgrade. ALSO, THERE IS ONLY A ONE TIME FEE!!!
I will be keeping this app as long as I am language learning.
Borrowed Words Note: the lowest level has many borrowed words. But this is NOT the case for the higher levels. I think the developers wanted to start new korean language learners off slowly.
Edit: June 2020
I have to be honest here. I recently became serious about my language study and found that this app is a solid home base. I use this app to replace a flash card system and access it EVERY day. You are able to look through the list of vocabulary words and add a new word to rotation by selecting “learn”. This is helpful when you already know a word but want to keep a current, active list of how many words that you will be using. This is super helpful to me because I study Korean using a combination of different media and apps.
I like that the app shows the number of words that you have learned and has different levels. In my experience the levels are appropriately assigned. The color levels assigned to the words that you know or don’t know also help with review.
The ability to use of the different methods of review helps to learn the words without using the romanization. When I switched to the mode where I hear the word only, my understanding of the language improved immensely. All in all I am more than satisfied with this app. I’m glad that I paid the fee to upgrade. ALSO, THERE IS ONLY A ONE TIME FEE!!!
I will be keeping this app as long as I am language learning.
Borrowed Words Note: the lowest level has many borrowed words. But this is NOT the case for the higher levels. I think the developers wanted to start new korean language learners off slowly.
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Scribe Korean
An excellent App! Challenging, interactive, and marks your progress.
I wish it was also on Android😕
✨ ✨👍✨👍✨ ✨
I wish it was also on Android😕
✨ ✨👍✨👍✨ ✨
Somewhat useful, but don't trust the example sentences too much...
Full disclosure: I am working on an app for English-speaking learners of Korean, so I'm a direct competitor. That said, I am also a learner of Korean, and I thought the app might be useful to review some vocabulary.
The app has lots of different ways of quizzing the user on the content, which is good, but the example sentences are... of very random quality. Many of them are fine and helpful, but others are obviously broken, so don't put too much faith in them because not all of them are proper Korean. I'm not sure where they come from, but I'm pretty sure they weren't checked by a native speaker.
The definitions themselves are mostly decent compared to those found in many competing Korean-language-learning apps. There's definitely room for improvement though. The pronunciations sound alright to me so far, but be aware that only a fraction of the words have example sentences.
As of 2017-10-18, there is no support whatsoever for Apple's iPad Pro keyboard. The app allows you to add notes to vocabulary cards, but I had to type them on the glass because the app was completely unaware of the keyboard. (The keyboard works fine in other apps. It's not broken.)
As far as Korean flashcard apps go, this one isn't so bad. It has not been updated in (more than?) a year though. It could become a pretty decent app if it were polished a little and good example sentences were added to each and every entry. I have no clue whether the developer has any intention of doing that (or of ever updating the app). As it is, it's neither excellent nor awful. I'll probably get my money's worth out of it, but if you don't like paying for apps, you might want to test the app thoroughly before you pull the trigger (or not) on the in-app purchase. If anything, the vocabulary list gives you a good idea of the vocabulary you have to learn if you're serious about mastering the language. (It does not help much with grammar though.)
The app has lots of different ways of quizzing the user on the content, which is good, but the example sentences are... of very random quality. Many of them are fine and helpful, but others are obviously broken, so don't put too much faith in them because not all of them are proper Korean. I'm not sure where they come from, but I'm pretty sure they weren't checked by a native speaker.
The definitions themselves are mostly decent compared to those found in many competing Korean-language-learning apps. There's definitely room for improvement though. The pronunciations sound alright to me so far, but be aware that only a fraction of the words have example sentences.
As of 2017-10-18, there is no support whatsoever for Apple's iPad Pro keyboard. The app allows you to add notes to vocabulary cards, but I had to type them on the glass because the app was completely unaware of the keyboard. (The keyboard works fine in other apps. It's not broken.)
As far as Korean flashcard apps go, this one isn't so bad. It has not been updated in (more than?) a year though. It could become a pretty decent app if it were polished a little and good example sentences were added to each and every entry. I have no clue whether the developer has any intention of doing that (or of ever updating the app). As it is, it's neither excellent nor awful. I'll probably get my money's worth out of it, but if you don't like paying for apps, you might want to test the app thoroughly before you pull the trigger (or not) on the in-app purchase. If anything, the vocabulary list gives you a good idea of the vocabulary you have to learn if you're serious about mastering the language. (It does not help much with grammar though.)
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