FlashGreek: Mounce edition 4+

Very Good app

Started out with a serious crash problem, but the developer worked with me and fixed it very quickly. So, this is an updated review.

This is a really good app that allows you to do vocabulary from a number of modern texts. Definitely worth the upgrade to pro!

I have two suggestions for improvement: (a) I would love it if you can just swipe back-and-forth on the card when you’re learning it, and (b) I would like to see paradigms such as the definite article as an option for the flashcards.

Developer Response ,

Hi Miley Nukey - I am working on a fix and am working on an update. If you see this please email me your iPhone model and iOS version

Good not Great

The main bonus with this app is that it’s an app and available anywhere you take your phone. I use it exclusively to memorize vocabulary words from Bill Mounce’s 4th edition New Testament Greek. I find it mildly annoying that the definition on the app don’t always mirror the definitions found on the back of his flash cards or in the book. Sometimes word definitions are added or omitted, which is frustrating when you are trying to memorize precise definitions for a test. The other issue I found is that the words aren’t always pronounced accurately. For instance, when the app says Pneuma, which is the greek word for spirit, it does not pronounce the P. Mounce clearly states there are no silent letters in Greek. This makes me question other pronunciations, so I cant proceed with as much confidence as I should when using the app. So I use it, but only when the flash cards are not available.

Good app missing some features

Great app, but there a couple things that I really would like to see a couple of features: (1) the ability to break up larger sets of words into smaller adjustable subsets for memory work. I like to memorise new words in groups of 10 (my brain is too old to start with the 20 or 30 word sets that are generated by the typical chapter) and (2) the ability to flip back to see the Greek word once I have flipped to see the English gloss. Currently you can’t flip back and forth and before selecting correct/incorrect. I’m a new user, so if I have somehow missed this functionality please correct me. The ability to control set size (other than when using the word frequency panel to filter down, which I find kludgey) would be huge for me.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your rating and review. I hope in the new year to add the feature to flip back or “repeat” the current card.
There isn’t currently a way to limit to 10, though I like the idea and will consider it for future. In the meantime, you can narrow to word types to reduce size of quizzes, as well as used the “more options” in the quiz settings and remove words that you’ve already answered correctly.
Again, thanks for your helpful suggestions!