GENKI Vocab for 3rd Ed. App Reviews

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No Sound. How am I supposed to learn how to say the words if I can’t hear it?

It is worth it overall.. When I say it is worth it, I mean the app itself. It is much better than writing thousands of flashcards either from making them or the purchase of them (the paper and time to write the flash cards with minimal mistake.) in the long run, it is alright. I left out one star out of the five because of the price. It is too expensive. Some other reviews mentioned that this app should be free - especially with the purchase of the book. I agree to some degree. But if there has to be a price, I still don’t think it should be that expensive. Comparing to other reviews I’ve seen, at least some of the additional vocabulary IS in the flashcards. It’s just that the flashcards for each set is what should be known for that lesson. The additional vocab is for one, additional, but just not required YET. What I mean is, at least some of that earlier additional vocab is indeed covered in this Genki app, just in a later set. There is also sound, example sentences, and the cards are scrambled nicely every time. I like it.

No sound. There’s no sound. I just paid for all three. I want a refund

The audio doesn’t work. It could be a good and useful app if the audio worked. Please fix this!!

Genki needs to fix the audio so it actually works. It’s uber frustrating to pay for an app and have basically half of its function not even work. Especially when you’re trying to learn how to speak a language. :/ I need to not just see and read Japanese I need to hear it so I can practice. Also, the textbook has places I’m supposed to listen to audio from the app. Again. Not helpful. Just fix it please

Audio stopped working. I have the paid 3rd edition and the audio stopped working as well. Use on an iPhone 11. Perhaps due to an iOS update? Running version 14.3

Additional vocabulary missing. I gave it four stars because the additional vocabulary is missing (or I can’t find it).

Audio playback doesn’t work. Anybody else experiencing this? So i had the 2nd edition which is free and suddenly the audio playback wasn’t working. I thought maybe if I upgraded to the paid version it might work. But it’s still not working. It is really frustrating. Can you please look into it?

Good but could be better. That app needs animations for kanji to show the correct stroke order.

Sounds broken. Really wish I could use this app as a companion to the book, but it’s broken.

Audio doesn’t work. Audio doesn’t work

Initial audio issues ( but it is fixable !). Been experiencing the same audio issues as others have mentioned. Once fixed, the app is exactly as you’d expect it to be. TO FIX AUDIO: 1) make sure your mute button on the left of your phone is turned off so the phone is not silenced. 2) if this doesn’t solve, people recommend closing all apps. The first step solved it for me, I am really happy this was able to be resolved.

2nd edition is much better. In the “updated” app for the 3rd edition textbook they removed the best feature of this app, which is for every flashcard, they also had the vocab word placed in a sentence, which was a terrific tool for listening comprehension and understanding grammar. Even if you are using the 3rd edition, I’d suggest buying the vocab app for the 2nd edition. A few words have changed, but that extra feature makes all the difference in the world.

Missing feature. No sentence for each word. They have the flash card feature in the Android app, but not in iOS.

The audio just stoped working. There is another review with the same issue! :(

I wish it’s better. It’s a good study tool when textbook is not being around, but I would expect more as an app with additional cost. 1. Aggregated list of all the sentences given in this app for practice the vocabulary in listening. 2. Store the study process from the last session. 3. A better way to check, other than the self-answering on whether feeling confident about the vocabulary.

Yes there are sentence examples and sound. Just a note—Some of the reviews state the app (3rd addition) no longer has sentence examples, but it still does. You just have to click the caret (upward arrow) at the bottom of each study card to switch to the full sentence. The examples are shown in English & Japanese with Japanese audio for the whole sentence.

Terrible Value. This app is so bare bones that it should be free… especially if you bought their text book. I’m just gonna use Anki

Sound not working. Paid for the app and it was pretty expensive and the sounds not working

Good Vocab Practice. I gave it a 4 because it took me forever to figure out how the audio worked. Make sure you are on Ringer Mode. If your phone is on silent the audio does not work. Other than that it helps with practicing basic Vocab.

Buggy. App is currently bugged to where if you swipe down to see the example sentence, majority of the time it kicks back to the vocab word.

glitches. has a lot of glitches that make it hard to navigate the app

No Sound. Using this app on an iPhone 8 for supplemental studying for my 日本語 class. Cool idea if the sound worked. Update: found a reviewer that mentioned that your silence button has to be off for the sound to work. Now that the sound works, it’s a great app.

Sound doesn’t work??. The sound hasn’t worked from the get go, not sure what’s going on. Tried uninstalling and a few other methods, nothing.

Problems with sound. Great app, should be 5 stars — but the sound function (crucial for me) only works sometimes. Sound cuts out, and restarting or redownloading app makes no difference. Then sound might reappear for awhile…then go away. If this bug was fixed — 5 stars ! UPDATE: the sound works, as long as you keep the phone’s “silent mode” button OFF. This is not intuitive, and should be made clear in the app…!!!

One this Missing for me. The only thing missing to me is a spaced repetition function. It be easier to keep track of the things I need to study again.

Great Product (Audio Works…atm). Good app, nice to have the official audio and graphics, but you can get the same from a community Anki deck. Not worth the $6 price tag if you have access to Anki.

Not worth the price. Unless you care about the audio, this app isnt worth $6 when quizlet is free and has more features.

No sound. Audio doesn’t work

No sound. This new version has no sound which defeats the purpose of hearing back the word and learning can this be fixed PLEASE???

Not really an app. Just a list of words with barely any functions. No real testing or learning ability. Try Quizlet or something else

Barely usable. I love the idea and content of the app, but unfortunately it is not well maintained. It’s broken in different ways on my iPhone and iPad.

New Update Is Buggy. Can no longer complete studies and checks as reaching the final card/word crashes the entire app.

Helpful and easy to use. This app is very helpful for studying along with the text book, and I have my flash cards wherever I go. I use an iPhone 11 and haven’t had any issues with the sound so far.

Sound does not work. Sound never worked.

Buggy and in some cases incorrect. Sometimes the sound doesn't work, which is annoying. Worse, I've seen some words where the pronunciation is completely wrong, which is terrible for a student trying to learn.

Worth it. This has increased my learning speed dramatically. I take an online class at college but use this app to memorize vocabulary before lessons. Now I can actually focus in class because I’m not lost and wasting time looking up words in the textbook. Also, it’s easy for me to know which words I struggle with and then I can practice those words more efficiently.

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No sound. Just bought at full price and none of the sound features work, I want a refund

Doesn't Work. Great app on the phone but doesn't work at all on desktop. Doesn't show words when using flashcards and titles etc are all messed up all over the app.

The sound function doesn’t work. I paid full price for this app and the speaker function doesn’t work at all

Good but pricey. Very useful app for remembering your grammar if your using the Genki textbook. Sound works for me just fine on iPhone 11. My only minor complaint really is that it’s a bit pricey.

Sound used to work. Sound no longer works. Otherwise, a good app to try to not forget everything. I don’t think it’s over priced but wish someone would fix the sound. The ui also gone weird. Difficult to see other side of cards. Used to swipe up, but now it takes more care or it immediately flips back.

Basic but perfect if you’re using the (excellent) genki books. This app is really basic but I love that it’s got all of the genki vocab and nothing else. If you’re using the genki books this app is worth the money for the simplicity and accuracy.

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Edition 3 finally. Looking forward to the remaining apps to hit Edition 3. Had to wait almost a year for the second volume, and now Spring 2021+ for the apps is disappointing. However I suppose the wait is worth it.

Stopped Working. App has stopped working as of iOS 17 for me. Issues with audio, cut off text and flash cards auto flipping back when you try to see the sentence on the other side. Was a great companion app but can no longer recommend. Do not get if on iOS 17.

Crashes at end of every lesson. It seems like I useful app but it crashes every time I get to the last item in the lesson.

Audio doesn’t work. It would be a great app if the audio worked. Unfortunately it doesn’t so it’s not helpful for pronunciation.

Audio doesn’t work. Would be much more useful if it did.

2nd editions apps work better. Text cuts off when you flip to the example screen and the app is glitchy at best. Content is good but the app is frustrating to use in comparison the the 2nd edition.

SRS would be very, very useful. A good flash card app, charming drawings and good audio, however I think that SRS systems would make using the app easier and more enjoyable overall.

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