German Grammar Spy 12+
The RULES behind Der Die Das
Jack Kinsella
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- Free
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Description
A story-based game for drilling the most annoying part of German grammar: noun genders.
Features:
* The only app that teaches you the 50 underlying RULES for genders, e.g. "words ending in -ung are usually feminine", "months are usually masculine". This prepares you for unseen nouns in future.
* Quizzes you nouns in order of their frequency in modern German. Learning the most common words first gives you the most bang for your learning buck.
* Employs a cutting edge spaced-repetition system to repeat items you've seen before at progressively longer revision intervals. You'll see an item today, then revise it a week later, then a month later, etc.
* Has an accompanying side-story set in post-Brexit UK. You unlock story chapters as you progress through the syllabus.
* Teaches you the compound nouns you 'get for free' after learning any root noun (in German, compound nouns always have the same gender as their root components).
* Provides translations into English, courtesy of a professional human editor instead of Google Translate.
* Calculates and works with your overall progress, instead of quizzing you random titbits like other apps. If you're studious, you can "finish the app" – at which point you'll also have mastered the most tedious (and important) part of German grammar.
* Push notifications to remind you to study every day. (Can be switched off.)
* Streaks to keep you motivated.
* (Pro mode only) - Displays the plural form of every noun
What's New
Version 1.0.1
Modified name to include searchable keywords; added more screenshots
Ratings and Reviews
Promising, simple app that delivers
This app is (for now) quite basic, but it is actually good for what it sets out to do. It packs a focused practice (Genus) that requires a bunch of repetition, but sweetens the deal giving other examples (often different, which is a blessing) that might use that word as a root, so you can expand your vocabulary as well. The interface is simple and has cute little graphics.
It would be nice to be able to review all words learned/used in a session after user is done playing, as well as having the option to review all general rules for the Genus (regarding word suffixes/Endung etc.) at all times. I enjoy the randomness, but it might be a nice little addition to be able to choose to play per theme. Overall, there are some areas for improvement, but I am quite pleased with the experience with this app. I am not sure how the spy story ties in with the purpose of the app (being in English and all), though.
Great!
Wonderful app! Very helpful
Information
- Seller
- Jack Kinsella
- Size
- 67.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
- Rated 12+ for the following:
- Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
- Copyright
- © 2017 Jack Kinsella
- Price
- Free
Supports
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Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.
