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✓ App malfunctioningThe app is having a lot of issues. First, there are some serious issues with account creation and login. It logs me out every time I relaunch the app. Then it won’t accept the password and then I am needed to change the password. Second, add to list feature doesn’t work. Third, Some UI elements don’t appear properly on the screen, some go partly out of the bounds. The definitions are really good and easily relatable. I’m happily using the website to learn definitions and add them to a list..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Good app, room to improveGood app for learning new words with the games/quizzes built in. I also love the examples of use extracted from recent news paper/publications. The “learn this word” tab doesn’t always come up automatically and there’s no other way to add the word to the learning queue. It also needs to add phonemic to it to help learning pronunciation..Version: 1.0.1
✓ No updates on 6 yearsGuys come on bring on an update App needs update to work.Version: 1.0.1
✓ I hate itSo annoying and I just hate it.Version: 1.0.2
✓ App doesn’t work properlyWhen using the app and close it to use a different app. When you reopen Vocab, it freezes. You have to turn it off from the collection windows, then open Vocab again for it to work. This happens in iPhone X and all newer versions of iPhone..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Not bad, but still glitchyIt was not letting me learn the word every time I clicked the button. It only said “unable to load word” that doesn’t make sense, so now the ranks and the streak and everything doesn’t work. Other then that, I guess it’s fine, but I wish you could add pictures into the explanation part. That would help me understand. I can’t say this app is good, but it’s not bad, if all you want is to learn your words..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Not working on iPadThe app does not work or display properly on iPad..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Has potentialThis app has the potential to be a great app, however many things need to be changed. The app needs to be updated for the iPhoneX as many people have mentioned but it seems like the developers have no intention to. The game could also be improved as it does get boring quickly. The interface looks very dated like apps released on the first iPhone. The app crashes every time I go out and back in it freezes say when I check a text. There also seems to be a lot of religious text. And words used for some reason such as ordain and pious I would much rather learn words that I am going to be able to use often. Developers sort it out, if you expect people to pay for this app then you need to put some work into it..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great app, but I prefer to avoid itThis is a great app as a dictionary that I rarely use. Why? I prefer practicing the lists I’ve made on their website. For some reason, the developers of the app have actively avoided adding the most basic functionality: Let me add words to my lists! Simple as that! Why do I only get the option on the website? Every few months I open the app, hoping they have finally added this feature, but no..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Does not work with ios 14.6Great app. Now useless.Version: 1.0.1
✓ App becomes unresponsiveIf I launch the app and it has already been opened earlier, the screen becomes unresponsive (won’t accept any touch apart from home gesture). I can work around this by fully closing the app (ie go into multitasking and swipe the app upwards) and then relaunching, although I will need to do this again next time every time I open the app. Happening on iPhone X and iPad Pro (2018 model).Version: 1.0.1
✓ Good but outdatedThe app is not bad and was surely good for its time, but it’s largely outdated for now and not optimized for new iPhones (such as X and 11). The font is too big sometimes, the animations and design are unfriendly, there are black areas that can’t be used and some annoying lags, such as a loading sign freezing over the screen. A huge update is needed. Wouldn’t recommend to buy it right now..Version: 1.0.1
✓ 6 years and no update - June 2020It’s baffling and sad..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Limited functionalityThe website version of this is invaluable, and the app is very useful as well for practicing vocab, but something that I would really like to see in future updates is the ability to add words to and edit your lists through the app, preferably with an option to add a word to a list directly from the definition page. I'm not sure why app developers limit such important features like this but it makes the app not nearly as useful to me because instead of looking up a word I come across while reading then adding it to one my lists, I have to wait until I can get to my computer and then add it by editing the list. I probably would not have bought the app if I had knew it was missing this function, but overall it is still a good app and others may not miss the feature..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Needs updateSo I just bought this app only to find it doesn’t download because it needs an update for the latest iOS. Why is this still available for purchase if you can’t even download it. I assume apple will not actually be charging me.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Needs workI love their site & decided to purchase their app in order to see what it offered. Some problems: - it’s not tailored to mobile correctly, or, at least, not to iPhone plus. The fonts are huge - there’s no navigation button. By this, I mean: if you select a list, and from there go to a word, there’s no “go back” button to return to the list - figures there’d be more features available especially for $4....Version: 1.0.1
✓ Need better updatesExtremely unsatisfied with the money I paid as soon as I opened it. Old iPhone resolution and terrible user interfaces for a $4 app in 2020!!!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Does not work with 14.5.1Do not get the app. It does not work right now..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Stopped working completelyI opened it today after a while and I can only see a quarter of the application in my ipad pro. please fix this bug thanks..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Please update the app to the recent iOS versionIt is not usable currently July 21, 2021.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Not working anymore with the newest iOSThis APP didn’t update in the last 7 years and it is not working anymore under iOS 14.5. Could someone please update this software? Thanks..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Not very goodThe app is out of date and doesn’t fit modern screens. I could live with that, but it just doesn’t work very good. The first word I tried to “learn more of” told me it couldn’t be added to that list. Don’t waste your time..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Update desperately neededI don’t understand the engineers behind this app. This app truly could become one of the best paid apps for students studying for the SATs or GRE, but they won’t update it to accommodate the new iPhones. They could truly hit it off, all they need is to invest in updating the app and marketing/advertising especially on apps like Instagram, a newspaper website or an influencer promoting it. I understand marketing is not cheap but it would most definitely bring up the long term revenue for this app. It’s a shame when great potential apps just die because the creators lose interest or think it doesn’t have promise..Version: 1.0.1
✓ App issuesJust bought the app for my new iPad Pro and it’s just a blank screen. Waiting for support. Not impressed.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Difficult to useDifficult to use cannot make a list of words im learning even though thats why I purchased it.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Can’t sign in.Can’t sign up. Who do I get my money back?.Version: 1.0.1
✓ This app is brokenI downloaded this app hoping that I could learn hundreds of words with it. I played a few rounds earlier on today, I think I got my score to about 7,000 or something. And then I came back just now for another round, and all of my stats have been reset. Don’t touch!.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Update - a missing word in App’s history ??Hasn’t been optimized for larger screen iPhones because there hasn’t been an update in last 4 years..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Do not buy it!!!!! Keep crashing!!!!You tap the lookup and it keep crashes.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Stop with the filler words.I understand the team intended for this to be a tool to expand the vocabulary of people, and that means introducing them to new words. But you have to understand, teachers are not using this for that reason. Sure, if this site is being used by a teacher it’s to make students learn new words, this is true. However, almost always are these teachers looking for complete mastery of a list they assigned. Your program adding new, random words in to the point where the remaining words to be mastered from the needed list rarely show up is ridiculous and unacceptable. Your program makes doing such a thing almost impossible. It will take a student hours just to finish one list because of this feature, making this app inefficient, not user friendly, and a poor choice for any teacher trying to use this to help students. If there is some feature that can disable this inside the website, I would be grateful to find it, and my rating would increase! Because other than this feature, this app is a great tool, and requires application of vocabulary knowledge. This makes one actually learn the words. Once again, this feature that adds in words because the list isn’t long enough or because most of the words have been mastered is killing this app. Thank you..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Black screenAlways half black screen on my iPad..Version: 1.0.1
✓ HorribleDisplay issue Fix!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great, but needs some loveThe platform is great, but this app has not been updated in years. The format doesn’t fit the new phones and tablets nicely. Adding new words is difficult, as the button to add a new word pops up by chance and is not consistent. Another feature that is lacking is a review option to only play mastered words..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Vocab app = insipid papThe features of this app are quite basic for a paid app. Some functions work only when they feel like it, such as when you find a word and attempt to add it to your list - you must wait for the option to appear in order to do so, which it often does not, hence, you cannot add the word to your list. I have submitted this feedback numerous times to the creators of the app and have repeatedly been ignored. The game component of the app is un imaginative and gets boring very quickly. There is very little variation to the game and one struggles to see how it promotes erudition in any way. The app creators have not ONCE brought out an update of any kind and are seemingly resting on their fat piggy laurels and watching the dollars roll in from their substandard app. People giving this 5 stars: have a word with yourself, only don't consult the vocabulary app when doing so..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Disgruntled but fairly impressed costumer...Kind of disappointed that you need internet to use the app...might as well have used safari to get onto the website instead of paying 1.99 ( I know it's not too much but...) I also think the format is a bit confusing and takes time to get used to....Version: 1.0.1
✓ Update RequiredI like the definitions. They help you remember a word. However, you cannot exclusively learn words in a list you have created. Words that they feel you would like/should learn pop up when you're playing the 'game'. Very annoying. They should change this in the next update. It has been nearly a year since the last update (March 2014). Also, an option to add words to a particular list in the app would be handy..Version: 1.0.1
✓ The app developers are LAZY!Whilst the app isn’t terrible, the company is profoundly lazy; they have not given a significant update on this app in YEARS. It is awkward to use: you search for a word, and only sometimes does it give you the option to ‘start learning this word’. Then if you add a word to your list, it automatically attributes it to a list that you cannot fully control and edit - you have to go hunting around the app to find exactly which list the Vocabulary app has put it. It has soo much potential to be a useful app, but the creators are LAZY lazy little humans who cannot be bothered to improve their maladroit app. If Quizlet simply offered the thesaurus/sentence example feature that the Vocabulary app has, they would win hands down and render this cumbersome app obsolete..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great conceptStrong app for learning but poor on customization (making one's own lists or creating word and definition entries) and runs a weak dictionary. For example: "objurgation" is available, so is "abjuration"but "objuration" is not. Interestingly, there were many words I could not find in lists even though they were in the app dictionary. On the plus side, the app is designed with short drills which allow one to keep going or stop without feeling one has not "finished" a workout. So, it is not tedious. It has an appealing aesthetic which is inviting. Again, on the negative side, the definitions are not always of the most common modern usage of the terms, sometimes the choices in the drills can be misleading if one wants to pick the most common definition, and equally importantly one cannot choose which individual terms to include - or not include - in drills (game mode). The most irritating point, though, is not being able to include one's personal choices of words and definitions. Customer service is poor. Several email attempts to contact the company for explanations have not been answered, (nor have the emails been acknowledged)..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Doesn’t work with latest version of iosThis app stopped working with latest version of ios. A message pops up that the developers need to look into it to enable it to work with latest ios version. I will give it a higher rating when this maintenance is addressed..Version: 1.0.1
✓ At update?HI, this is the only app that I paid for but why you don’t update the app?!!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Not fully compatible with the new 10.5 inch model.It used to work nicely on my old iPad mini. However, it doesn't support the resolution of my new 10.5 inch model that the whole app is a bit blurry. Please release an update to this great app. Thanks..Version: 1.0.1
✓ App unavailableUnable to use the app after new iOS update..Version: 1.0.1
✓ No updateAt this moment, it’s 6 years that this app is not updated. It has a huge bezel on my iPhone XR screen. It’s just designed for a small screen iPhone..Version: 1.0.1
✓ It could be great.The app uses a variety of multiple choice questioning techniques and to master a word you must spell it. This is great. What I don't like is how the app reuses the same questions over and doesn't change the possible answers. There should be other words you are learning in the multiple choice answers to make it more of a learning experience. I can remember the words which I am being quizzed on and know the answer before reading the question; this is counterproductive to the learning experience. Also, to master a word you should have to type it in without hearing it read out loud. Maybe make different difficulty settings? I would pay 9.99 for this app if these changes were made..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Um.Description did not specify that the 'start learning' option is only for some words and not available for others. For most of the words I looked up, such an option was not available. Such a let down since this is the main reason I bought the app - so that I could conveniently curate a list of words to learn later while looking up definitions. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong here and that there's something I haven't tapped on!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Good app but lacking upgrade and support from its developersThis app should be optimized for newer iphone models from the X series. The interface is alright but it doesnt allow users to add new words into lists. Very laggy and closes down for no reason sometimes. The website, however, is so good. Please make some improvements since i can see so much potential in this app..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Decent appWay to many bugs issues..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Do not purchase in 2021As the developer has not updated this in years. It is no longer compatible to current devices. Paid for nothing..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Very Limited words!!!You cannot add many words to study list. Most words I study I cant add them! Only limited words can be added to study list. The app is super buggy and doesnt connect either with facebook or wherever it's trying to connect me through to start working... because of login errors I loose on my valuable tome I could use learning words... the app wouldn't run. It's definitely developed by some lamers... I got a new phone and all the progress was lost because it won't let me login through Facebook for some reason... this app is not reliable for long term... too many limits or restrictions... Very scant vocabulary app. Try looking simple words like laterigrade... the app doesnt have it... it lacks many words and you cant add a lot of existing ones to study list the app wont let you. You cant lookup or add many common study words. The app does a good job teaching words it has but those are not sufficient types of words I'm looking to learn... Here's an example... lookup a word: OPUSCULE (minute labor) The app wouldn't help you study the vocabulary entry....Version: 1.0.1
✓ Could be so much betterI was really excited to use this app but just found it lacking. If you compare the app to the website it's like chalk and cheese. The app does not have 50% of the functionality of the website. The game/play mode does not save your progress. And at novice level the words/meaning are very difficult. As someone that wants to expand his vocab I really wanted this to work.....and it didn't..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Like & dislike…I found this application through the website, and very recently downloaded it. I really love how interactive it is, especially with the games - because you wind up learning from them. HUGE problem now (and something I didn’t even realize while downloading, which would’ve likely been a red flag for me): this app hasn’t been updated in SEVEN YEARS…😳 Since I updated my iPhone to the latest iOS, I can’t use the application at all, until & IF the developer(s) updates it. I’m honestly really bummed out, because I switched from all of my previous dictionary apps when I downloaded this, and now I can’t even USE it?! Also, like…seven years, really? Developer(s): could you PLEASE update the app for us who REALLY do love this app & would like to keep using this in the form of an app, NOT a website (because it’s much more accessible for certain people, including myself, a disabled human). And could you start making it a regular thing to update it too…? I will GLADLY edit/update my review & stars if any of this gets done/I see some real consistent progress..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Not that impressedIt's fun to learn new words and expand once vocabulary The part of this app which is so annoying is the audio works but very sporadically most of the time you tap the speaker icon and it fails which can make it very frustrating For a paid app expect better.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Stopped working after IOS upgradeIphone says "developer of this application must update its app.".Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great but needs an updateI'm reading a book and decided to add the words I don't know into the app, However the starting learning this word feature is not always available, sometimes if i keep re- loading it'll work but at least 25% of the time the option isn't available.Version: 1.0.1
✓ App is workingApp is not working with iPhone 7 plus..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Overall best app about for learning new wordsGreat concept for helping you increase your vocabulary, but some features could do with improving. Occasionally there won't be an option to add a word to your learning list and the games are a bit boring..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Really?I don't understand how tedious multiple choice questions on remedial words could possibly be the solution to fun vocabulary building we've all been looking for. You have to go through and pick or make lists of words, then just answer massive amounts of multiple choice questions. What? Really? What a waste of $3. I mean, the least they could do is group it into easy/medium/hard type levels. Some of us are actually over a 5th grade reading level! If you have a child that struggles with reading comprehension, this is the app for you. If you're an adult that wishes to have a more complex vocabulary to draw from, look elsewhere. It's neither fun nor useful, and the effective ways to learn words they mention in the description is a load of..... Got a word for that?.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Won’t OpenJust bought this app and it does not open properly..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Useful but FlawedThis definitely helps educate and build one's vocabulary HOWEVER, I've noted the following drawbacks: 1. No volume control (on hearing the word pronounced properly) 2. Unable to access the working list of words (and a brief description) while in the exercise or upon completion.( Each chapter is accompanied by a recap of select words, not all.) 3. Once an exercise or chapter is completed, there does not appear to be a way retake the section OR obtain a list of the newly learned words. If you really want to retain the information, you have to write it down, which sort of defeats the purpose. I'd like to recommend this app to friends and family, but will wait until these frustrating transgressions are addressed..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Too easy, link to word lists inoperativeAs per title above, hoping to expand the vocabulary of the kids, but examples were way too easy. If there’s a way to choose harder lists, we could not find it as the link button to other word lists was inoperative on my iPhone 11. Not impressed, may be helpful to those learning English or under 10 years old, but we suspect the app is buggy..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Garbage (literally)The app is drastically out of date, Apple advises it is going to be incompatible with future versions of iOS, and evidently it’s incompatible with the *current* version of iOS as well, considering it keeps rejecting the verification word at sign-up, notwithstanding it is the exact word the app is telling me to type. Honestly, Apple should remove this app from its platform..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Doesn't work without wifiI am really annoyed this doesn't work without wifi - I have a £15 voucher I could have spent on any other vocab or even revision app that I can use on the bus on the way to school. But this is not possible with this app and such a waste of my money! Besides this, the app is ok but I cant find a list that will really help me improve my vocab for gcse english language..Version: 1.0.1
✓ IphProMax.—Ask 4 too much info.-Signed inIphProMax.—After I bought the app ask for too much info.—By no means, there is any information about signing after you buy the app.—It ask for first name, surname, Birthday and more.— This should be optional if anyone wants to subscribe.—Otherwise, there should be an option to skip and use the dictionary.— Why so much information is required.— I bought the app but I cannot use it if I don’t subscribe & provide personal info.-😡😡😡😡😡😡😡.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Why does this app continually try to install every time I install a different app??Why does this app continually try to install every time I install a different app??.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Great bit of kit.The best vocabulary builder there is. Beats all the others hands down. The only problem being the annoying pop up that freezes the screen and asks one to rate an app one has already rated. Again and again and again..Version: 1.0.1
✓ App crashes a lotPlease fix the crashing problem, I’ve tried to reinstall this app several times but it always shows my open sign on AppStore even though I have not installed it on my phone..Version: 1.0.1
✓ App needs to reflect capabilities of website pleaseNo where near as helpful as the website. The website itself offers the chance to do the spelling bee, reset scores on lists and import text in to create your own list. I would love the app to be as easy to use and versatile as the website as it is an amazing program.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Lack IPA?Please add IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for the next update. Thanks.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Frustrating First ImpressionI never buy apps. I bought this one. I’m enjoying some facets — features — but as a writer I’m waylaid by the fact there are no etymological addendums to the definitions of a word. Only a showing of dozens of ways/places a word is presented. Two or three would have been sufficient. I need to track a word’s origin to get to its essence — this is critical to my writing. Now I must leave the app, launch a browser, log on to an online dictionary and look for the etymology there. Frustrating. Also on my new iPhone, running the most current IOS, trying to engage with the fields within the app finds me often pressing repeatedly into the field to get the keyboard to engage — sometimes it will finally allow typing, other times — like attempting to leave feedback today — the field for typing was just a frozen chunk of space. Ironic as I couldn’t share suggestions with the developer. I’ll continue to experiment with the app, but I’m moving towards asking for a refund..Version: 1.0.1
✓ 4/5 of the screen is completely black.As stated above, 4/5 of the screen is completely black, which makes it nearly impossible to use the app. I am using an IPad mini 4, and this has not happened on any of the other apps I have used. I have removed and reinstalled the app multiple times, but this bug does not go away. The only way I have found to not trigger the bug is to open the app in portrait. If I try to switch it to landscape after this, I can no longer type on the very right hand side of the screen, meaning I can't access the letters l and p, and I can't type the backspace button. This is also the only side of the screen which is visible when I open the app in landscape. Because of this bug, I rate the app 1 star. If it weren't for its dysfunction, I would rate the app 5 stars..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Wonderful, but not very useful.This app is a well-designed, wonderful tool, except that it becomes absolutely worthless in any practical sense after you use it for a while. I've advanced to a level that gives words that are almost all completely impractical for day-to-day usage. I don't want to advance to an ever-more arcane level; I want to stay super-sharp with a level of vocabulary that's useful to me on a day-to-day basis. This app doesn't give me that option. Please let me select my level and let me stay there for as long as I'd like instead of presuming that I want words at an ever-increasing level of difficulty. As it is, this app has become useless to me..Version: 1.0.1
✓ DisappointmentThis app could be useful to those looking to improve their vocabulary over long turn, but not for those with an English test coming within a month and need to improve vocabulary in a specific field fast. Even after choosing my own list to learn, it still gives me questions on many irrelevant words which is pretty annoying. The connection is also extremely slow (takes more than 10s to load a question, and it doesn't matter whether I'm using wifi or 4G), but that could be just me. Anyway, I had really hoped this app would work but it just turned out to be a disappointment..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Buy only if your English is already goodIt brings example sentences from good references. But this does not mean that you can infer the meaning of the word from this sentence. You don’t know the context. Add this that there are other unknown words in the example because this sentence is from a qualified source. You may say that I should read the explanations. Why don’t you prepare proper sentences? It does not adjust itself according your level because the main thing it does is bringing example sentences from qualified sources. Hence it cannot adjust. My IELTS score is 6.5. If your score is higher than this buy it otherwise don’t..Version: 1.0.1
✓ I would have given 5 stars......accept the app won't allow me to add words to my lists sometimes, and this has caused me problems. Also, it will be great if there was an option to choose an accent, because only having an American or English pronunciation isn't particularly incredibly useful. Other than these findings then this app is extremely adequate in helping me to build my vocab!.Version: 1.0.1
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