Traverse - Learn Effectively 17+

I really do like the concept of this app. The idea that you can use mind maps to organize your information and then flash cards to remember them is very useful. A couple of problems: 1) I actually got this app instead of another one because of the ability to handwrite, but it frustrated me so much that I just gave that up all together. 2) even adding new blocks can be very slow and there have been times where all the work I did on a file just got deleted for no reason 3) editing flash cards sometimes replaces the prompt with another flash card messing up everything.

If you fixed the things that your app does to actually make it clean, it would be a great app. Until then I feel semi scammed and annoyed for how much I’m paying monthly.

I use Traverse for language studies, and the concept is nice. The layout is clean and the cards are highly customizable. But the app is basically unusable, and the website has its issues too. It basically takes ages to even load one flashcard, the app constantly crashes; it feels more like a struggling old web browser inside an app than an app itself. And this reflects the website too, which is not quite as bad to the point of unusable, but also very unstable and slow. Add to that I have about 5,000 flash cards and Traverse just can’t handle it. It’s also a nightmare just to edit a card. I have no choice but to use it since it’s linked to my curriculum, but I really wish they could improve the app.

I just started using this app this week. When I logged in yesterday, I received a message that an update is required. When I go to the App Store to update, there are no updates available. I can’t cancel this prompt to update. I had to uninstall and reinstall.

even though there are bugs, I used ankimobile and ankiapp this weekend. So far I like traverse better because it compliments Mandarin Blueprint quite well compared to the others. I like adding pictures and traverse makes it easy to include.