Puzzle English

Name: Puzzle English
Rating: 4.74 (11186 reviews)

★ 4.7

iOSApp Store

What it actually doesDevelop English listening comprehension, expand vocabulary, and improve reading and writing skills in one app.

55%Marketing ≈ reality38%Stability92%Live project

Actually does

✗Unresponsive support service, ignoring requests20% of mentions
«Support service doesn't respond by phone or through messengers, I wrote to every possible channel and nobody gives a damn»
✗Extremely slow loading speed and frequent freezing18% of mentions
«Loading speed is unbelievably slow. Every single exercise and every test question took forever to open, which turned what was supposed to be a 32-minute final test into a 2.5-hour nightmare»
✗Books section doesn't sync text and audio, hasn't been updated in a year10% of mentions
«Text and audio are not synced, everything is jumbled, chapter navigation doesn't work. Updates don't fix the issues»
✗Intrusive advertising and email spam12% of mentions
«Advertising is aggressive and intrusive, they constantly push subscriptions, and spam your email endlessly with ads»
✗Outdated design, not updated for 8+ years15% of mentions
«The design is ancient... there's huge potential, but it seems to be stuck in the past»

★Effective development of listening skills and speech comprehension
«I love the video puzzles, they effectively help understand speech. At first it seems difficult, but then you don't even notice how you stop using speech slowdown»
★Effective word retention system through spaced repetition
«New words are memorized well... Words are more or less normal to learn, good mechanism with repetitions every day, a week»
★Variety of task formats and game-based learning approach
«lots of tools specifically for listening skills training. Learning isn't boring because of the variety of formats and game-based approach»
★Huge catalog of exercises, courses and materials for different levels
«For a reasonable price, I got access to a huge amount of exercises. There are complete courses from A to Z»
★Intuitive interface, app doesn't lag (when it works)
«The app is convenient, doesn't lag, everything is intuitive»