Memrise: Speak a new language

Name: Memrise: Speak a new language
Rating: 4.7 (91538 reviews)
Author: Memrise Limited

Learn it like you live there

Free · In-App Purchases

92k Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Memrise Limited
Language

EN
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226.8
MB

15 New languages added! Afrikaans, Ancient Greek,Latin,Finnish,Irish,Czech,Hungarian, Cantonese, Romanian, Esperanto, , Croatian, Kurdish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Azerbaijani Over 80 million people learn a language with Memrise because it's the only app with videos of real native speakers! Learn Spanish, Korean, Japanese or 49 other languages in lessons that teach you vocabulary, listening and speaking as if you were a local living in the country. Choose a language from Spanish (MEX & EU), Korean, Japanese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese (PT & BR), German, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Danish, Icelandic, Mongolian, Norwegian, Slovenian, Yoruba, Hindi, Ukrainian, Thai, Swahili, Hebrew, Greek, Indonesian, Welsh, Tagalog, Persian, Vietnamese, isiXhosa, Hausa, Igbo and Somali. 15 NEW languages to learn from: Afrikaans, Ancient Greek, Latin, Finnish, Irish, Czech, Hungarian, Cantonese, Romanian, Esperanto, Croatian, Kurdish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Azerbaijani * Showing you how to piece together natural sentences, preparing you for everyday conversation * Giving you a place to practice role-play and gain confidence * Teaching you the cultural nuances you need to feel like a local Memrise is the best language-learning app for beginners that are starting to learn a language from scratch, intermediate learners that want to build on their listening and speaking, and advanced learners who are looking to improve their conversational skills. Download Memrise so that you can confidently: * Connect with your partner and their family * Have a better time while travelling * Sharpen your mind if you’re learning a language for brain health * Prepare for a language exam * Connect with work colleagues * Better understand different cultures How do we help you have conversations in other languages? * Choose from hundreds of real-life scenarios * Practice listening to native speaker videos using what you’ve just learned * Then build confidence speaking with AI Buddies, your personalised language learning bots - Helping 80+ million learners speak confidently - Featured in BBC World Service, Forbes, The Verge, The Financial Times, and more What other learners are saying "I've been using Memrise for about two years, studying European Portuguese. I have the paid version - it's a solid learning tool, and it has been my primary resource ever since got it. I find the Learn with Locals feature to be especially useful, more so as my Portuguese improves. My wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Portugal a few months ago, and we were able to handle all of our transactions - stores, restaurants, markets, car rental, etc!" - Voloúre Need to speak a new language soon? Get the practice you need with Memrise Pro - Unlock all vocab lessons - Unlock all native speaker videos - Unlimited speaking practice - Ad free Compare with our Free Plan - Limited vocab lessons - Limited videos and conversations - Ads Download our app for free and start learning with Memrise today: Learn French, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), German, Korean, Japanese, Japanese (no script), Turkish, Italian, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Danish, Slovenian, Icelandic, Yoruba, Mongolian, English (UK) and English (US)! ------ *PLEASE READ: A Memrise Pro subscription are designed for Memrise-approved courses. A subscription is required in order to access all our learning features. These features may vary depending on your device's language and language pair. Once purchased, subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled before the end of the current payment period. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled in your Apple App Store account. In-app Permissions – To enable some of the features of the Memrise app we may need to ask for your permission. For example, we'll ask to access your microphone if you'd like to practice your pronunciation skills. You can change permissions at any time in your settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.memrise.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.memrise.com/terms/

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Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

92k Ratings

Editors’ Choice

With Memrise, language learning’s a game—the irresistible kind that anyone can pick up and play. It teaches you everyday words and phrases—perfect for your next trip abroad—and reinforces them with fun quizzes and playful images. We get an awesome sense of progress every time we use it.
The most fun of all the language learning apps
09/10/2022

Owsi2
And for me making it fun and keeping me interested is at least half the battle when it comes to learning languages (my school experience of language learning was that it was like some exquisite torture). So far after a good amount of time spent I am definitely improving, think the sequencing of material is broadly appropriate for day to day use and is “natural” as opposed to being academic, I like the various different ways the software teases me into trying to beat myself and win little awards (I learn best with lots of encouragement and less time spent feeling a failure) and the other elements of “gamification”. I think the inclusion of a camera based real time “what is the word for this thing” tool is cool and though I haven’t used it in earnest it’s enough for me to feel proud of the app. And whoever thought to include the phrase “you are a genius” was a real genius. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud and beam when it taught me that - caught me completely off guard and I felt like I had a new friend helping me learn.
The most fun of all the language learning apps
09/10/2022

Owsi2

And for me making it fun and keeping me interested is at least half the battle when it comes to learning languages (my school experience of language learning was that it was like some exquisite torture). So far after a good amount of time spent I am definitely improving, think the sequencing of material is broadly appropriate for day to day use and is “natural” as opposed to being academic, I like the various different ways the software teases me into trying to beat myself and win little awards (I learn best with lots of encouragement and less time spent feeling a failure) and the other elements of “gamification”. I think the inclusion of a camera based real time “what is the word for this thing” tool is cool and though I haven’t used it in earnest it’s enough for me to feel proud of the app. And whoever thought to include the phrase “you are a genius” was a real genius. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud and beam when it taught me that - caught me completely off guard and I felt like I had a new friend helping me learn.
Good but...
11/06/2019

Shadowoftheappletree
Overall, the App. is great. There are some tweaks which I would suggest you make to improve it. Some buttons are too small, like the speaker icon for repeating the audio - if you don’t hit it exactly dead-on, it won’t play the audio. Also, some multiple choice exercises are irritating because, when one already knows the answer, but has to rummage through six choices of wildly different options to find it, it can just be a waste of time. A better option would be, instead of having six options to choose from all wildly different and none of which, except the correct choice, vaguely resembling the correct answer, you could have two or three options which are all similar in meaning to the correct answer - this way the searching has a purpose, rather than just slowing down the process of finding an the obvious answer. Update - Also, the multiple-choice exercise is often so slow in responsiveness that often I’ll tap a choice and nothing will happen. If you try to tap them in order with any speed at all, some will not respond and you’ll end up with a jumbled up sentence that you then have to waste time fixing. These are small and easily fixable things, so it’d be a shame if they were left-in.

Developer Response
Hi. Thank you for your review and all the valuable suggestions. We will definitely consider them in the future development of the app. Best of luck in your studies. Pavel, Memrise team.
Good but...
11/06/2019

Shadowoftheappletree

Overall, the App. is great. There are some tweaks which I would suggest you make to improve it. Some buttons are too small, like the speaker icon for repeating the audio - if you don’t hit it exactly dead-on, it won’t play the audio. Also, some multiple choice exercises are irritating because, when one already knows the answer, but has to rummage through six choices of wildly different options to find it, it can just be a waste of time. A better option would be, instead of having six options to choose from all wildly different and none of which, except the correct choice, vaguely resembling the correct answer, you could have two or three options which are all similar in meaning to the correct answer - this way the searching has a purpose, rather than just slowing down the process of finding an the obvious answer. Update - Also, the multiple-choice exercise is often so slow in responsiveness that often I’ll tap a choice and nothing will happen. If you try to tap them in order with any speed at all, some will not respond and you’ll end up with a jumbled up sentence that you then have to waste time fixing. These are small and easily fixable things, so it’d be a shame if they were left-in.
Developer Response 20/06/2019
Hi. Thank you for your review and all the valuable suggestions. We will definitely consider them in the future development of the app. Best of luck in your studies. Pavel, Memrise team.
Good for learning, slightly annoying
12/04/2021

Zelvona
I chose the Japanese course, first lesson it shows you a few hiragana characters as well as 1-2 words/phrases. Every other lesson from then on teaches you one more phrase/word as well as quizzing you on words/phrases from previous lessons. They also included two short videos, one where you have to mark every time you hear a certain phrase, and another where you have to answer a question after hearing some short dialogue. Since I have been learning Japanese with other apps, the short videos aren’t that hard to understand, but if this is someone’s very first time learning, it may be hard for them to answer the questions. Though from the video, you can hear the tones in the voices as well as how some vocab is used. BUT the main thing I dislike about this app is how there is a long pause after I get a question or answer right. Or if a video plays with a phrase, and you guess the correct answer, the video replays itself before moving on. Personally I find this to feel really slow, there’s also no button to move on before it replays. And quite honestly, the videos they show of how to write and say the certain characters can also make the process feel slow, sure it’s great to see how the characters are written, but it would be better if it were two videos side by side, so that you can hear the pronunciation as the person writes the character. Other than that, the videos can also seem a little cringe? Or over dramatic in a way, The people pronouncing the sounds seem to over pronounce them, or it’s just a awkward pause before and after they say the sound. They also have examples of people saying the different phrases, some of them are fine, but with some people saying the phrases, it just doesn’t sound or look authentic.

Developer Response
Hi, thanks for your review! Sorry to hear that you aren't 100% satisfied with Memrise. We appreciate you taking the time to send us your comments - we'll take your feedback into consideration for future updates. We're always glad to hear your thoughts, for more comments please reach out to us in the app (Profile - Settings - Help). Memrise team
Good for learning, slightly annoying
12/04/2021

Zelvona

I chose the Japanese course, first lesson it shows you a few hiragana characters as well as 1-2 words/phrases. Every other lesson from then on teaches you one more phrase/word as well as quizzing you on words/phrases from previous lessons. They also included two short videos, one where you have to mark every time you hear a certain phrase, and another where you have to answer a question after hearing some short dialogue. Since I have been learning Japanese with other apps, the short videos aren’t that hard to understand, but if this is someone’s very first time learning, it may be hard for them to answer the questions. Though from the video, you can hear the tones in the voices as well as how some vocab is used. BUT the main thing I dislike about this app is how there is a long pause after I get a question or answer right. Or if a video plays with a phrase, and you guess the correct answer, the video replays itself before moving on. Personally I find this to feel really slow, there’s also no button to move on before it replays. And quite honestly, the videos they show of how to write and say the certain characters can also make the process feel slow, sure it’s great to see how the characters are written, but it would be better if it were two videos side by side, so that you can hear the pronunciation as the person writes the character. Other than that, the videos can also seem a little cringe? Or over dramatic in a way, The people pronouncing the sounds seem to over pronounce them, or it’s just a awkward pause before and after they say the sound. They also have examples of people saying the different phrases, some of them are fine, but with some people saying the phrases, it just doesn’t sound or look authentic.
Developer Response 13/04/2021
Hi, thanks for your review! Sorry to hear that you aren't 100% satisfied with Memrise. We appreciate you taking the time to send us your comments - we'll take your feedback into consideration for future updates. We're always glad to hear your thoughts, for more comments please reach out to us in the app (Profile - Settings - Help). Memrise team

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Provider: Memrise Limited
Size: 226.8 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

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Languages: English and 22 more

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Yoruba
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Editors’ Choice

The most fun of all the language learning apps

Good but...

Good for learning, slightly annoying

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