Wonderful use of your time!
This app is enjoyable to use. Everyday you are quizzed on previously seen words while throwing in a tattering of new words. It’s just challenging enough without being overwhelming. There are games allowing you to test your understanding better and reinforcing what you’ve already learned. I’m on 52 straight days since purchasing the application and look forward to completing my word task every morning with my coffee. Highly recommend!
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Mastery is too Easy
I initially really enjoyed this app because I felt like I was genuinely learning new words. However, when I looked through the list of words I had supposedly “mastered,” I realized that I couldn’t recall the definitions of many of them.
I think the synonym-matching system is a little too easy, especially because many of the other synonym options are words I’ve never encountered before. This makes it easy to choose the correct answer based on visual familiarity rather than actually knowing the word. As a result, I feel like my “mastery” of a word can sometimes be based on recognizing the answer rather than truly understanding it.
Because of this, I think it would be helpful to add another step before a word can be considered “mastered.” What seems to work best for me is the sentence-completion game because it requires me to actually use the word in context, which I think is necessary to genuinely say that I know a word.
I also have a suggestion for the sentence-completion game itself. I don’t find it as constructive to see a list of all the answers I got right or wrong at the end, because it doesn’t give me the opportunity to reinforce each word individually. I think that, regardless of whether you get an answer right or wrong, the next screen should show the definition of the word you were looking for as a refresher, similar to how the synonym game works. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the definitions of the other incorrect options, as that could help reinforce those words as well.
If these changes were implemented, I would genuinely be a customer for life. Other than that, I highly enjoy the app and think it has a lot of potential.
I think the synonym-matching system is a little too easy, especially because many of the other synonym options are words I’ve never encountered before. This makes it easy to choose the correct answer based on visual familiarity rather than actually knowing the word. As a result, I feel like my “mastery” of a word can sometimes be based on recognizing the answer rather than truly understanding it.
Because of this, I think it would be helpful to add another step before a word can be considered “mastered.” What seems to work best for me is the sentence-completion game because it requires me to actually use the word in context, which I think is necessary to genuinely say that I know a word.
I also have a suggestion for the sentence-completion game itself. I don’t find it as constructive to see a list of all the answers I got right or wrong at the end, because it doesn’t give me the opportunity to reinforce each word individually. I think that, regardless of whether you get an answer right or wrong, the next screen should show the definition of the word you were looking for as a refresher, similar to how the synonym game works. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the definitions of the other incorrect options, as that could help reinforce those words as well.
If these changes were implemented, I would genuinely be a customer for life. Other than that, I highly enjoy the app and think it has a lot of potential.
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It’s okay
Although a definition is provided for each word, the app also needs to provide an etymology for each.
It also needs to quickly remove words I do know. I feel as though I keep wading through words that I have already mastered to get to those I don’t know, and I can’t see a way to upgrade the difficulty of my current level setting so that I can be introduced to more words that I might actually not know yet.
Great idea but needs more work for my needs.
It also needs to quickly remove words I do know. I feel as though I keep wading through words that I have already mastered to get to those I don’t know, and I can’t see a way to upgrade the difficulty of my current level setting so that I can be introduced to more words that I might actually not know yet.
Great idea but needs more work for my needs.
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Fraud Annual Subscription
They charged me for an annual subscription without any notice. I didn’t get notification, didn’t approve anything - absolutely nothing. Really disappointing.
Not a free app
Immediately asks to approve a subscription (after a trial) before actually providing any functionality.
