DW Learn German

Best App to learn Deutsch! I still cant believe i found this amazing tool! It has lots of exercises, podcasts, PDFs, audios, videos ( I love Nicos story!) and so many other things, and the best: totally free!!! I’m completely shocked with the amount of resources you have! I gotta say I paid 50 bucks for a year subscription with Busuu, but I just can’t compare the quality and overall experience I’ve had with you, I actually feel annoyed for having paid for a terrible app with the other guys!! You guys are the best! Thanks for making me fall in love with Deutsch once again!!

Deutsche Welle has an enormous effort towards learning German online and they are likely that largest free resource in the English to German direction. I am critical of this app because it is only a web frontend to their website and precious app space is consumed with functionality duplicated by Safari, but without the features Safari provides, such as cutting-pasting text into a translator website for hints. The app does not let you cut/copy text. You can go to DW dot COM and click on “Learn German” in the blue banner at the top of the page and you will immediately recognize the app, in fact, it will render identically because Safari uses the same HTML kit as this app (or any other recent iOS app) I think the app is a great start for a programmers perspective in learning how to write apps for iOS and I am eager to see features like these added in: * Integrated glossary of favorite words that the user can add entries to populate. * Storage of offline lessons that Users can complete in absence of internet and synchronize their progress when internet is available. * Instant translation cheat for individual words via tap and hold. * Subtitles on videos. * User definable bookmarks of notable lessons for quick review. The addition of these will secure a distinction that sets it apart from a Webbrowser that is shortcut to a web page.

These lessons are a fantastic way to learn and study German. I appreciate being able to watch videos and study what was said in them, along with getting proper explanations for grammar and even some interesting cultural tidbits! The story is also a little cheesy, but I’m hooked on it and want to know what happens next ^_^ I do wish this app supported Split View on my iPad, though. I usually end up just opening up these lessons on their website from Safari so that I can also have a messaging app open on the side while I’m studying German.

Original review below. New review here: It’s great! Beautiful, high-quality videos with just the right challenge level for the language. Loving it! Thanks, Deutsche Welle! ________________________________________ Downloaded on an iPad Pro, launched once, and it looked great. Really polished, attractive, and I couldn’t wait to have a few minutes to check it out later. So I closed the app. It never opened again. I’ve deleted it and redownloaded it. I’ve restarted the iPad. No change. Every time it opens, the screen is blank with the message: Application Error 500. Totally dead. So I tried it on an iPhone XR. Exactly the same. Application Error 500 every time it launches. Very sad.

I appreciate that unlike other language learning apps, this one uses context rather than translation. You learn more naturally. The downside however, is that it won’t allow me to sign into my account and doesn’t remember previous work without signing in. Until there are improvements, it makes more sense to use their website.