Seterra Geography (full‪)‬ 4+

Have fun and learn!

I was introduced by a friend who sent a link to the Middle East geography quiz. I took it and explored from there, eventually playing so much on my computer I decided to look for the app for my tablet.

I started out with the paid version because I’d already played enough to know it was worth it for me. I love how many options there are and that I can pick and choose where to focus, when to add more, when to review, and whether to be in the learn mode or the quiz mode. I’ve made great progress in learning all the countries in the world. I’m working on capitals and states/provinces/regions as well as predominant physical features. It’s really made me notice how frequently places are mentioned in the news or in stories or just in passing. I don’t know that it’s much hurt my comprehension to not know exactly where the place being mentioned was, or what surrounded it, but it has added depth and context to my understanding now that I do know where things are happening and how those places relate to nearby or distant places where other things are happening. Great app!

Not sure how often it updates, and I do find it odd that the free version I was playing on my computer has at least one quiz (identify the US states by shape) that does not appear in the paid for version. I would have thought they’d be the same, or that the paid version would offer more options if there was a difference. That’s my only negative thus far.

Developer Response ,

Thanksi! The app is now updated to incude all games on the website, including the US States outline game.

The Best Geography App

I’m not one to write reviews - in fact, this is the first I’ve ever written! But I realized the other day that I’m seriously lacking in the geography area and took it upon myself to learn the basics. Of the many apps I tried, this one is the winner. You can learn every country, every city, every landmark, every nickname, every flag, EVERYTHING with this app and IT’S ALL FREE. Other apps have low budget ads between rounds or make you pay unreasonable amounts of money to learn where the United Kingdom is. This app ~wants~ you to learn absolutely every aspect of geography, and it shows. You can endlessly learn with this app and it tracks your top 10 scores and times in each category so you can see your progress as you go. It’s incredibly fun… if you’re interested in learning geography, that is. I highly recommend it and I get nothing from doing so!

Great app, just one thing

First off, this app is great and has helped me reach my goal of memorizing where every country is on the map as well as to identify every country’s flag.

The only thing that I feel could be improved is the variety of ways in which the knowledge of countries’ location/flags is assessed. Currently, a country’s name pops up and you have to locate it on the map or locate its flag out of a grid of many flags. However, due to the process of elimination, I feel that this method of learning the countries’ location and flag does not necessarily guarantee mastery. In order to truly know any given country’s location and flag, one must be able to name the country from memory when given either its location on a map or a flag. Thus, this issue could be resolved by adding a feature in which users may type out a country’s name from a highlighted country on a map or type out a country’s name after being shown its flag. I feel that this process of learning, focused on production from memory, requires a different mindset than the current recognition method employed by the app. While I do not believe that the current method of assessment should be removed, the addition of another way to test one’s knowledge of countries’ flags and locations (typing out the country’s name given its flag/location) would be very beneficial and greatly appreciated among the users of your app.

Thank you so much!