CleverDeck

So glad I found this. Helping me learn French.

This app was an amazing way to study a language. I was using this to study French and and great success. I was a premium member but it appears this app is no longer supported. I have emailed the contact email address (Justin) but have had no luck. I am very disappointed as this app was the best way to learn vocabulary! I hope the developer gets it running once again.

This is an amazing app. It uses a spaced-repetition algorithm, and the cards are . . . aesthetically pleasing. Highly so. Wonderfully so. That might seem like a silly comment—but little things like that matter. The images are on point; the colors are vivid; the font is just right; each card has an example sentence; and there's a top-notch recording of a human voice for each word. That sounds like a simple recipe, and I would have thought that there would be other apps that have all of those seemingly simple elements. There aren't, at least not that I've found. I say "underrated" only because this app has far fewer downloads and ratings than it deserves. It's a diamond in the rough. Download it. Use it. Сейчас! * FYI, my review is based on the Russian cards; I've not studied any other language on this app.

Much prefer the Reword French flash card app anyway.

If you pay for the premium, it will take your money but not give you the subscription. You will still only have access to 100 words.

After happily using this for years, it suddenly doesn’t work anymore. The developer used to be responsive, I did email him in the past and found him to be very helpful. Now, there’s no answer to my emails. It’s too bad because this used to be a great program.

This app is BY FAR the best way to learn foreign language vocab. Other apps have spaced repetition, but only this one has the correct pronunciation (ie. real person, not a robot) and pictures to reinforce. The cards were recorded by native language teachers. This is the app I’ve been searching for now for so many years!!!! Why would anyone waste their time making inferior cards with Anki? Is it easy? Of course not. But it really really works with time and patience...

I have tried daily for two weeks or more to open a deck, but I continue to get a “network error “. I have a paid subscription but am told I don’t have an account! I have emailed Justin but never received any response!

Update, 7 Jan 21: So sad this app no longer appears to be supported...was a premium member, but now I can’t log in or access my deck beyond the first 100 cards. So sad! Have emailed the developer several times, but no luck. Loved this app and would add it again if it works. ****** Been practicing with the French deck for a few weeks - love this app! The graphics are really professional and vibrant, and often interesting or funny, making the words more memorable. The pronunciations sound natural, not too fast or slow, as if I’m overhearing something in real life instead of listening to a robot. The sentences/usage examples are also fun and great for putting the word in perspective. My one recommendation would be to add an option to hear the sentence being pronounced as well. For me, five new cards a day are plenty, which gives me time to review and really learn the ones I’ve missed without feeling pressured. I can honestly say I look forward to using this app every day - the cards are like a good book I love reading again and again. In fact, that’s the next app I’d recommend: a deck with a sentence on each card, that tells a story as you go along. Please make that! I hope this developer adds more apps to help language learners - I would give this ten stars if I could. So helpful - thank you!

This was hands down one of my favorite apps for language learning. I’ve been a paid subscriber for years. Recently I noticed I could not add any new decks to study and an error would pop up. I reached out to CleverDeck but no response. It’s been down for several months. Incredibly sad to see such a great app that I’ve recommended for years to go down this way.