Ts is peak
Great way to learn. It just throws you right in
Good start but needs work
First off, I'm using it to learn Japanese and have been using it daily for more than a week now.
The good:
- Hearing and seeing words used in context and made into simple video "flash cards" is cool. It works relatively well.
- The review feature hiding the different sections until you click is appreciated.
- Drawing practice is a nice tool, but I wish it included proper stroke order. Also, not a huge deal, but you do have to manually choose "pass" or "fail" rather than the app detecting it for you.
The bad:
- Semi-frequent bug where the audio cuts off and you have to close the lesson and reopen it to fix.
- I've seen various issues with translation of words being confusing/not quite accurate. You can report issues like this in the app, but there's no insight to if that actually does anything or if anyone has read the reports. After about a week of using the app I've found ~4 minor translation issues that I've reported through the app.
- Some of the videos are literally just the vocab word said once and that's it which feels completely useless for this type of learning.
- On "review" it asks "again, hard, good, easy" but it's not clear what that means or does. Also, it gives you no option to enter an answer, so it's more like a flashcard than a review quiz.
- What's the point of the "watch" section? It doesn't show new content with vocab you've learned (which is what I was hoping it would be for). The review section already exists, so why would I use the "watch" section..?
- The app seems to be using some kind of spaced repetition, but seems almost nonsensical in the way it determines the next review timing. To the dev: you should follow WaniKani's example more closely.
- There's no clear rhyme or reason behind the ordering of vocab lessons. Seems like words were chosen randomly? If they weren't, there was never an explanation given as to why the order is the way it is.
Overall:
I enjoy the app for what it is, but it could absolutely be much better.
The good:
- Hearing and seeing words used in context and made into simple video "flash cards" is cool. It works relatively well.
- The review feature hiding the different sections until you click is appreciated.
- Drawing practice is a nice tool, but I wish it included proper stroke order. Also, not a huge deal, but you do have to manually choose "pass" or "fail" rather than the app detecting it for you.
The bad:
- Semi-frequent bug where the audio cuts off and you have to close the lesson and reopen it to fix.
- I've seen various issues with translation of words being confusing/not quite accurate. You can report issues like this in the app, but there's no insight to if that actually does anything or if anyone has read the reports. After about a week of using the app I've found ~4 minor translation issues that I've reported through the app.
- Some of the videos are literally just the vocab word said once and that's it which feels completely useless for this type of learning.
- On "review" it asks "again, hard, good, easy" but it's not clear what that means or does. Also, it gives you no option to enter an answer, so it's more like a flashcard than a review quiz.
- What's the point of the "watch" section? It doesn't show new content with vocab you've learned (which is what I was hoping it would be for). The review section already exists, so why would I use the "watch" section..?
- The app seems to be using some kind of spaced repetition, but seems almost nonsensical in the way it determines the next review timing. To the dev: you should follow WaniKani's example more closely.
- There's no clear rhyme or reason behind the ordering of vocab lessons. Seems like words were chosen randomly? If they weren't, there was never an explanation given as to why the order is the way it is.
Overall:
I enjoy the app for what it is, but it could absolutely be much better.
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Great so far
It is not that money hungry and it checks pronounciation and understanding
shame
saw the ai, immediate delete
Amazing!
This app is absolutely spectacular! It’s free and I love how they include actual animes to help you learn
