Almost great
As a learner of te reo, I use this app daily. Usually multiple times a day, in fact. It’s helpful as!
Two things could make it excellent and earn that fifth star.
1. When you go into the app, it plays a cute animation of a tūī, and then slides the search box into place. You have to wait two seconds for this to complete before you can search for your kupu. Not a big deal at first, but when you use it hundreds or thousands of times, it gets tedious. I want to look up my word quickly. An on/off setting to show the animation or not would allow everyone to be happy.
2. The search is only exact. If you have the spelling off at all, you get no results. Some sort of fuzzy search result like, “I couldn’t find that word. Did you mean…?” with a few choices close to my errant spelling. I mean, sometimes I’m looking something up exactly because I’m unsure of the spelling!
Two things could make it excellent and earn that fifth star.
1. When you go into the app, it plays a cute animation of a tūī, and then slides the search box into place. You have to wait two seconds for this to complete before you can search for your kupu. Not a big deal at first, but when you use it hundreds or thousands of times, it gets tedious. I want to look up my word quickly. An on/off setting to show the animation or not would allow everyone to be happy.
2. The search is only exact. If you have the spelling off at all, you get no results. Some sort of fuzzy search result like, “I couldn’t find that word. Did you mean…?” with a few choices close to my errant spelling. I mean, sometimes I’m looking something up exactly because I’m unsure of the spelling!
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User friendly
I use this app every day. Love that I can save new kupu as I grow my vocab. The quiz is a great addition.
Amazing
Exactly what it says it is a māori dictionary you guys saying “there’s too many options when you type a word in” that’s the point… it’s a dictionary !! overall amazing supporting the kaupapa for te wiki o te reo māori super helpful !! Amazing quality love that you can save favourite words so I can have a kupu o Te Rā everyday
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Love the favourites tab and quiz function
After a year of the quiz feature being availiable, ive just noticed it today. Great addition to the app.
Bilingual examples
Great for extending my knowledge of te reo Maori from the bilingual examples
Quick response from the app team and great dictionary
The app is one of the best - particularly being able to add words to designated lists for future review and keeping a log of learned vocabulary. It’s simply impressive.
Quick response from app team and great dictionary
The app is one of the best - particularly being able to add words to designated lists for future review and keeping a log of learned vocabulary.
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback and reporting the bug on the Favourites list! We will look into that and fix as soon as possible.
Update broke favorites list
The app is one of the best, especially being able to add words to designated lists. Only now since the last two updates you can no longer click on a word on your list for a definition. Clicking on it just doesn’t do anything anymore. It would also be nice if the quizzes went from English to te reo Māori as well to quiz not only my recognition of te reo Māori words but my recall of the words as well.
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Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback and reporting the bug on the Favourites list! We will look into that and fix as soon as possible.
Ka pai
Great app I use regularly to learn te reo. Nicely designed and usually find what I’m looking for. It would be great to skip the start up animation if possible, the few seconds to load are annoying if you are in and out for a quick reference.
Cook Islands Māori
I bought this with the hope that it would be useful for my trips to Rarotonga.
It would be very!! helpful if you could include in a future version also Cook Islands Māori.
It would be very!! helpful if you could include in a future version also Cook Islands Māori.
Not practical
This is not helpful for everyday use when learning te reo. For most searches, far too many results come up, many of which are irrelevant. There’s nothing to indicate which is likely to be the most applicable. For example, a search for “dirty” brings up 19 results. Search results sometimes don’t include the most obvious word. For example, a search for “cook” does not bring up “tunu”. This App seems designed for academics and not for those trying to learn the language and to use it in their lives. A Google search is usually more helpful. Also there’s no ability to easily go back to your previous search. You either need to type it in again or exit and then re enter the App to see it in your recent search history.
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Very useful, easy to use
I've learnt so many words and the grammar explanations are very helpful. The favourites system is very good, and one thing I think would fit in well would be the addition of a feature that allows you to put words/phrases/grammar into lists. The lists could be given custom names by the user and then use them as flash card decks. If this fits the direction the creators of this app are going for, I know I'd make good use of this kind of feature.
For a set like this, being able to download the voice recordings of how it's pronounced and accompanying images would be helpful.
For a set like this, being able to download the voice recordings of how it's pronounced and accompanying images would be helpful.
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family sharing
the app is not showing up in family sharing??
Great for those just starting their Reo journey
I’m a Te Reo Māori beginner and this app is so helpful. I’m building my vocabulary and when I don’t know a kupu I quickly look it up on Te Aka.
Here’s a few tips for the developers to make the app even better.
1. Please make the recent search list longer.
2. Adding phrases/kiwaha would also be a great feature.
3. Theres a mistake with ‘Kēmu ātea’ the pronunciation is incorrect. It doesn’t match the word being searched for. I think she is saying ‘Takaro a tāta’? Or something simialr, instead of ‘Kēmu ātea’
Ngā mihi
Here’s a few tips for the developers to make the app even better.
1. Please make the recent search list longer.
2. Adding phrases/kiwaha would also be a great feature.
3. Theres a mistake with ‘Kēmu ātea’ the pronunciation is incorrect. It doesn’t match the word being searched for. I think she is saying ‘Takaro a tāta’? Or something simialr, instead of ‘Kēmu ātea’
Ngā mihi
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Tēnā koutou
I speak o le faasāmoa right now. Trying to learn Te Reo Māori.
Could be a better learning tool, otirā he tino rauemi matihiko
Will be even better when you can search for phrases in the kupu examples. A pātene that lets you go back to the previous search would help.
Payment’s…
I’m not to sure why I have 3 payments going to use when it only said $6.99 then I’m charged the next day $1.69 & $11.49
Why am I charged so much for for this App..??
$20.17 in total I do have screen shots..
29/08/2022 - $6.99
30/08/2022 - $1.69
30/08/2022 - $11.49
If this what happens when I buy this app maybe use need to say that at the start..
Why am I charged so much for for this App..??
$20.17 in total I do have screen shots..
29/08/2022 - $6.99
30/08/2022 - $1.69
30/08/2022 - $11.49
If this what happens when I buy this app maybe use need to say that at the start..
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Refund Urgently
How do I get a refund? I fully expected something I could flick through yet all I can do is search
Place names
I wanted this dictionary to know the meaning of place names around New Zealand. The first 4 places to visit aren’t included.
He rawe! Fantastic resource.
I use this many times a day - it is very useful and dependable.
Suggestion for developers- i can’t copy and paste from the app on my phone. It could be great to just be able to tap on the word or the description and have it instantly copy. That would make it a 5 star experience:) Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.
Suggestion for developers- i can’t copy and paste from the app on my phone. It could be great to just be able to tap on the word or the description and have it instantly copy. That would make it a 5 star experience:) Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.
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