Vocabulary - Learn words daily Reviews

by GankedYaNub

Update:
I can't restore my account. I bought Vocabulary before it had a subscription, and now I have 0 access to Vocabulary 's premium features. That's messed up.

Initial Post:
I paid for Vocabulary some time ago, and the widget wasn't working at the time. Fastforward a few years and the widget still isn't working. Currently using iPhone 8, iOS 15.4. Doesn't appear in the list at all. I have tried reinstalling it, restarting my device. I have even contacted support to no avail the last time this happened a few years ago. I thoroughly enjoy Vocabulary , but all I wanted was the widget. Fix for a 5 star, thanks!

by Melanie 👑

I love the words and Vocabulary is great. however, the notifications are too often and the words change far too frequently. I don’t know how many people learn a new word everyday and succeed at remembering it, but I am not one of them. It’s just unrealistic. Also, you have to watch a full 30 second ad video to unlock any of the these. So if you’re like me, where you see a theme and think it’s nice. Then later realize it’s not as nice and wish to switch... you’re stuck watching another ad, and then another. Not to mention there’s an ad on the Home Screen as well.

by SilverManed

I was disappointed that you are required to give your credit card for the “free” three day trial period. You won’t be charged the $19 annual fee for unlimited access if you cancel before the three day trial period ends. That’s gambling, no, yes? Yes.
Why not trust me to use it with unlimited access for three days for free then YOU, app developers, prompt me to continue with unlimited access by paying the annual fee? If Vocabulary is “so great” then certainly I’m going to decide to pony up on that fourth day after the “truly free” three day trial period ends.

by BiggestStarWarsFan

Honestly I’m sure any type of person would enjoy Vocabulary. Kids, teens, and adults alike (It lets you pick your level of this app to improve your experience). And it actually (mostly) gives words that you (again mostly) don’t know. But I would say it’s a bit annoying that it continues to ask me to get premium. Which is dumb because it’s really not worth your money. Which is why it’s stupid that someone would keep these features from you. What is even the point of preventing people from having the best experience with Vocabulary and improving their lives (at least al little) when know one’s gon’ waist their money in it anyways. It’s POINTLESS!!! Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy Vocabulary as I have.

by PhelineCat

If it's what you want, it's good. I want something similar to what I had as a student in the 90's with unusual words we were unlikely to encounter or even use in conversation but sometimes knowing a word is enough to give context to an experience. Two come to mind because they've entered my lexicon to at least a small degree:
Flews- dog lips. I see them as the ones on the sides with uneven edges
Fire-fanged- overheating something in a microwave. I think we all agree it's different than overheating something any other way.

Devs, oh talented devs- anyone can make a word a day app. It takes a special kind of developer to release a truly unique Word of the Day App. You can be that developer.

by ILoveMy_Jennay

I like it, it does show me words that I don’t know and would like to use. I used to try and google definitions to find different words to help me expand my this app but it always showed me ones I already knew.

The only thing I wish Vocabulary had, especially since there is a price to keep it. Is some type of exercises for the words. Just reading the words alone and the definitions won’t be enough for me to remember it. I’m saving words I’d like to remember but it’s hard when there’s so many. And honestly who knows when I will go into the ones I’ve saved and drill over them until I remember them.

by Roddadodda

Great idea for an app. However, I believe the descriptions used for the words are not entirely accurate which reduces the need for me to use Vocabulary. So canceled my subscription.

Update: was contacted by the developer which was cool. I would also like to add that perhaps the team could look to do less words per day though with richer, super realistic, contextual dialog used to describe the word. For example people might like something along the lines of: “Today’s word of the day is X. You can use this word instead of Y to be more descriptive and concise. Here is an example dialog to help understand…”

by Kplan23

This is about as simple as an app can get. I know 80% of the words but rarely use them in conversation. It’s difficulty factor is perfect for most of us. It’s a good refresher. Occasionally I can pick up a new word or the definition of a word I know, but definition I don’t or an alternate definition.
In my case I choose to look at three words a day. It’s not overwhelming or bothersome so I keep using it.
I’d make one small change. I only look a the Notification. I would leave the definition off the Notification. If I need the definition I can open Vocabulary from the Notification. It would keep me honest.

by Varsha90991837

It’s a fantastic app and I love how you can customise your experience. One suggestion if I may add - I have set up 5 new words a day from a mix of Noun, Verbs and Adjectives category. It would be great if I can get another customer feature where I can set my calendar for categories for example Mon for Nouns, Tue for Verbs, Wed for adjectives and I also get a reminder before I start getting the new words notification that ‘Today you will be learning Nouns’. That’s it. Thank you!

by Noeldivaa

Vocabulary has completely grown my brain.I was falling back in my this app grades and my parents started to notice,I didn’t want to fail them so I was looking at apps to improve my this app because that’s were I needed the most improvement. I tried all sorts of apps but this is the only one that works for me ,I absolutely love the fact that I can study words that apply to my learning and the time that I receive them , not forgetting that I can also listen to the words because they are a little lengthy. My this app grades went from the 70s to the 90s and I am so happy to make my family proud again .I would definitely recommend Vocabulary to anyone struggling in any area of school work. Thank you to the creators for making such a wonderful and helpful app.

by Land Of Tams

I remember a very long, long time ago when I was in 7-8 grade, our two language arts teachers would make us study twelve new words out of the dictionary each week. We needed to know how to spell it and what its definition was by that Friday afternoon's written spelling test with just the definitions given to us verbally.
I remember some of these words because of these two teachers caring to advance our this app! I love Vocabulary!

by KieraTheTomboy

I really love Vocabulary, and I’m learning so much. Vocabulary is super helpful because I’m going into middle school and I’m sure there gonna have words I don’t understand. So all these this app words are, again helpful, but I do wish I could learn other words without having to pay. My parents won’t pay and I don’t have the money to pay. But you have a solution I’m sure, you did create Vocabulary right. So could you help my family out and get rid of the money part.

by 1WHOSHINES

In a world where you need to learn to choose your words wisely, it will be prudent to polish your this app. I began to study a book on how to have good, productive conversation that people would want to hear what you have to say, I came across a section that taught how to polish your conversations by using the right words. The author advice to write words that one is not used to using. So I bagan to look for an app that would help me to learn in a simple practical manner. Since I spend most of the time on the phone communicating through texting I also got used to doing everything in it. Like reading and especially writing. So looking for apps I found this one and it has help me because it works like study cards. I memorize words that are commonly used by many people especially at the job, doing business in conversations except me.
Awesome app.

by LotsaCaffeine

Though I’m no fan of the subscription model...I understand it and accept it as a former small business owner. That’s my gripe.
My praise is a nice, functional app that does what it claims. Everyday (or multiple times a day), I have the opportunity to expand my this app with words I may have heard in passing or read at one time...but now understand their meaning.
I love to write articles for my blog...it’s critical to maintain a diverse this app in order to keep my postings fresh and engaging.

Thanks!

by Billiefan🌊

I absolutely love everything Monkey Taps published. Vocabulary is immaculate! The words are interesting and geared towards challenging the user’s this app. The themes are beautiful and there’s one for every aesthetic! Also, there are so many categories and making your own “mix” is really fun. Finally, the widget system is so helpful and really makes my home screen look a lot better! You can customize widgets by changing the theme, size, categories, and times changed in the widget. Amazing app, would highly recommend!

by YourFavoriteMadison

I believe that knowledge should be free.
I absolutely love Vocabulary! I love learning new things especially when they’re completely free and help me better myself as a person.
I do believe knowledge is power and being an entrepreneur myself I am very limited on where I spend my money. I absolutely love Vocabulary and appreciate the creators for giving other people the opportunity to better themselves and teach themselves. Thank you so much!
I highly recommend Vocabulary.

by Gacha Girl_12

So far Vocabulary is really good! I love that you can flip through and see all different kinds of words. Vocabulary definitely has five stars from me. I really liked that you could choose what kind of this app level you were at so you didn’t get words that were too hard to understand. I also liked that you could allow notifications to send you a new word every day! Vocabulary is very good. I recommend it for anyone that is trying to learn new words or want to widen your this app.

by Rubie T

I really enjoy Vocabulary, it has a lot of great words that I’ve never seen before and the definitions and examples are clear and helpful. That said, rather than having multiple reminders every day of different words, I would greatly appreciate (presumably other people too) if there was functionality where it reminded you of the same word various times throughout the day to really imprint it in your brain. I would much prefer learning one word really well per day versus getting lots of reminders on different words throughout the day. I find myself paying less attention to Vocabulary for this reason.

by Gamaka12:

I got Vocabulary about a week ago and loved it. It will give me random new words throughout the day that give me guidance and inspire me to write. They will have the word, with part of speech (noun, adj. etc), pronunciation and a sentence example. I made a mistake on my end where the sentences were no longer coming up. I reached out and in under an hour it was all taken care of. I never really cared about this app but I’m actually really loving it. There are some cool words out there you can add to favorites and make different folders for alike words as well. Like I said, great app and even better customer service. Don’t hesitate to download and pay the 19$ a year.

by Potheadwithabrain

I like the frequency and consistency of Vocabulary and the words it delivers, however, that being said I have been quite the loquacious individual since a young age, and have a significantly more diverse this app than most. But the “Thesaurus” seems to have gone the way of the other “sauruses”, extinct. Diction as well as understanding and ability to communicate the information obtained, seem to be skills that are going away also. So keep it up, just up the content .

by Davie103739

I love that Vocabulary gives you new words as often you you like. A few improvements I would love to see are:

-Give the gender of the word along with the word. Knowing the correct gender is crucial.

-Give context. Sometimes seeing a word used in context can drastically improve ones understanding and the likelihood of it becoming a useable this app word. Don’t just give the word “comida”. Show it used in a sentence: “quiero comer comida”.

-Give the option for the notification more like a flash card. Have the Spanish word on top with its translation separated with a space.

Lastly, make the list of this app more useful. I get a lot of words I already know. Make the list of words Not the top 100 most used words.

Good app, Great potential.

by Mkendieo

I like the fact that Vocabulary is simple with no ads. I also like the reminder feature that you can set to send multiple times during the day.

Instead of just looking at a new word once and forgetting it you will have a better chance of remembering the new word if you repeat it during the day.

It is missing some features however. Vocabulary doesn't tell you if the word is a noun, verb, etc. Also, it is not shown used in a sentence. Also you can't save the word as a favorite.

Other than that I like Vocabulary. 😃👍

by ProfessorPurpose

This is a very nice app. Works as expected. One suggestion: if one wants to learn a word, it needs to be used, in a context, numerous times. Rather than get a few different new words each day, I’d like it to have an option to stick with one word throughout the reminders period, say three times throughout the day, rather than three different words each day.

Maybe there’s a way to do this but I couldn’t find it.

by Sonrisa Arquitecto

Remember the legendary King Midas??

This crew of the Developers is his 21-st century’s legion!!

Everything they had touched turned into the PUREST GOLD!

I am the Lifetime Member of their library of apps, and consistently enjoy the outstanding quality of production!

From the incredible reliability to the phenomenal content, from the outstanding App Support to the sensational depth of knowledge- Vocabulary is the embodiment of the titanic efforts that are continuously applied to keep the application practical, and as beautiful as it is today!

To the Developers: Well done! Bravo!

by SunnRae79

For myself, at least, Vocabulary selects words that are at a great difficulty level. Not too difficult, but not a waste of time. It also has a lack of annoying ads detracting from its usability.

by Hakuai

I truly enjoy Vocabulary...it helps me not only in adding to my this app but as second language English speaker it’s nice to have the ability to learn how to properly pronounce them

by Karen4545

For a this app app that defines words, I’d expect that the author(s) would ensure correct spelling, but Vocabulary is replete with typos. (There’s a new word for the developers: “replete”.) Examples: “btight” in the definition of “luminous,” “belinging” in the definition of “endemic,” “no fully formed” in the definition of “inchoate,” and “giv” in the definition of “laud,” to name a few. Inexcusable in an app such as this.

by Alome5

I love to enhance my speech and Vocabulary had been easy and fun to use. I have tried other apps but they would give me words that were so out of the ordinary that I couldn’t couldn’t even find ways to use it. But, Vocabulary had so many fun and interesting terms.

by Bdogg82

I really like Vocabulary, lots of great new words to learn. There is one annoying problem with it though, some of the longer words are repaginated and split into 2 lines of text. It really makes no sense as in some cases an eight letter word can be split over 2 lines and in other cases a 12 letter word will fit on one line. It's almost as though the font size is changing randomly.

by Hfjsidfokasojdjisei

This game has the perfect words for kids and parents. You are not going anywhere else without the appearance you can not do that you can not get the money hybrid skill sack shag for fuzzy black gold in a pinch and the other half is not the one that can do that for the next three months you only do it you can do it for the rest of your life but I love it I love you you do you and your mom love love your voice I can love love your love love you and I love you I can not love your mother I love you love and I love you love love you and

by Nebaru Yubi

Very well executed.

You can instantly use thus app in flash card mode by covering the bottom half of the screen (the definition) with a piece of paper, then slide it down for the answer.