Every phrase now has a literal reading - the word-for-word version underneath the translation, so you can see how a Russian sentence is actually built rather than only what it means. Shadowing is its own tab again, and the lessons have their own on-the-go section with a keep-playing switch, so a unit can run on by itself while you walk. Around forty pictures are new or redrawn, including several cards that had none, and every lesson and unit title can now be heard as well as read. Fixes: pausing no longer stops the next lesson from starting, the player on Home plays what it offers, sound stops when you leave a screen, and the iPad layout sits where it should.

Two new ways to unlock the course. Alongside the one-time purchase, you can now subscribe weekly or monthly, and either one starts with three days free. A subscription renews until you cancel it; the one-time purchase never does. Whichever you choose, you get every unit, every lesson, and A2 at no extra charge when it ships.

Two new ways to unlock the course. Alongside the one-time purchase, you can now subscribe weekly or monthly, and either one starts with three days free. A subscription renews until you cancel it; the one-time purchase never does. Whichever you choose, you get every unit, every lesson, and A2 at no extra charge when it ships.

The full course is now half price. Every unit, every lesson, one payment — no subscription, and the new price applies in every country.

Shadowing, rebuilt. You now shadow the conversation itself rather than a list of loose words after it. Thirteen units carry new dialogue written by a native Russian teacher, nothing is longer than eleven words, and no phrase is asked of you twice. Practice accepts typing. Handwriting is still the heart of it, but you can type an answer instead — so an iPhone with no Apple Pencil is a proper way to work, not a compromise. The course has an ending. Finish the last unit and MyScribe says so. Also in this version: • A new app icon. • The voices no longer read punctuation aloud, and Katya speaks the Russian throughout. • Alphabet lessons are named for the letter and the sound it makes. • Two Practice exercises that opened to a blank screen now open. • A session with wrong answers no longer congratulates you as though it were clean, and names the words you missed.

A better first minute. Your first Russian word now appears in Cyrillic — Здравствуйте — and Катя says it aloud. Tap it to hear it again. The welcome no longer stops mid-sentence, and the four practices MyScribe is built on — reading, writing, listening, speaking — are introduced before the setup questions rather than after them. You can now redeem a code without leaving the app: tap "Have a code?" on the unlock screen. Also fixed: the home screen no longer says "pick up where you left off" the very first time you open it, and the unlock button waits for its price instead of appearing without one.