Mnemo Major System Trainer

Conceptually this is the perfect app for training major system fluency, I like the trainer. The first thing I did was turn off images… although memory palaces are made of images, the ones here have too many interpretations. I don’t know what a macaw looks like, that picture is clearly a dart and not an arrow, how do I tell this is the sun and not the sky, etc. You are able to edit the words and pictures, but I don’t feel like spending the time to redo the entire set of 100-1000 flash cards. Thankfully, you can switch to words only, which is especially necessary if you break into triple digits… some words don’t seem to have photos or be translatable into a photo. Many of the 3 digit words I have never even heard of and while they’re fine for the trainer it makes the generator less useful since the words are impossible for a layman to imagine. There’s another major(heh) issue where sometimes Sh- words are interpreted as S words and get quizzed wrong. I also think this app would be better off with text input as an option in word to text, since it can sometimes clue you in on the right choice by elimination. I wouldn’t nitpick like this but this app is absurdly expensive for what is essentially flash cards, honestly you might be better off getting Anki and downloading someone’s major system set. Please take better care in your app development if you’re going to set the price this high.

Nice clean Interface and training ideas, but if you’re an American you’re going to have to get over some unusual choices for photos. I had to simply memorize them the way the developer intends us to, and move on. For example I sent this to Support but never heard back: Sauce -- shows more strawberry than sauce, and chocolate is not a common "sauce" Waste -- shows a typical holder of waste rather than actual waste Sour -- shows a lemon, which has a sour taste in the juice, but on a big list of nouns having a photo represent a "taste" is inconsistent. Perhaps a face with a sour expression is better Ice -- Americans think of ice cubes from the fridge, not ice crystals that are hard to see on the phone photo Tea -- Americans almost never drink tea out of a clear glass jar. Looks more like honey Ham -- looks more like a cut of beefsteak than the way ham is often prepared Arrow -- very clearly NOT an arrow. That is what is called a "Dart" Team -- would be better if one at the top was not red and all the others white, making us think of the individual at the top, not the whole “team” Door -- more of a cartoon of a door, or a toy, than a typical door. Very few people have blue doors Douche -- Not a good word for American English. Nut -- most people think of walnuts, pecans, cashews, etc. NOT coconuts Weiner -- the word is singular, so the photo should show just one Nail -- the word is singular, the photo should show just one Ink -- should just show the inkwell, NOT the pen Knob -- Americans think of the device that opens a door as a knob. The photo is of a "button" Moss -- looks more like "sprouts" or soemthing. Moss is usually seen as a green growth at the base of a tree or on a rock. Mommy -- would be better if the mother was the focal point of the mommy picture, not the baby Match -- word is singular, the photo should be Rat -- the photo is very clearly what americans consider a "mouse". The grey Norway rat is what we envision as a rat Rome -- the photo is of a dome-like building shape used in many governmental buildings in the world. Better an image a thing in Rome that has a distinctive shape that is unique looking on a 15x15 millimeter image Rock -- word is singular, image should be of just one Robe -- photo shouldn't include the face of a person as the focal point Light -- of all the 1,000,000 of classic, real, day-to-day lights we all see, why choose a photo of an imaginary one coming off of the thumb that barely shows the light p

A lot of the preset images are counterintuitive or wrong. For instance it has 88 mapped to fife, but a picture of a smoking pipe is set for that word.

Not sure what the other reviews are on but it lacks a user friendly UI. I'd recommend saving yourself $10 and using another developer app.

This app is a godsend. If you want to master a Major or Dominic mnemonic number system this is an excellent application. The website help is excellent with concise directions. The app makes it very easy to plug in pictures you choose off the web or your photo album to match your numbers. The game of matching is especially helpful with the plus of picking out the range of numbers / photos to play with. It keeps your interest which helps when learning. I come to this as an older adult who doesn't mentally visualize well. Practice with this application is helping that. Finally, it's simply wonderful to go from learning about these techniques to actually practice them. If you're new to this memory technique I strongly encourage you to do a little more reading on this technique or learn about it via a youtube video and then come back to this app. And check out his Mnemo Route application too. The developer's feedback was quick, cordial and helpful when I had a question. I'm using his app on an older IPad 2. I hope he comes out with an Pad version.

This app is impressive for its functionality and worth the price. I am a newbie in learning the major system, but not for long!

The manual was offline the day I bought it, so I had some trouble finding a few of the features. But once I was able to read the manual everything was easy to use. This is a nice, clean, pretty app for organizing major system images. I think I'll get a lot out of this app.

This is a good app for learning the major system and gives you a way to add your own numbers and build a custom major system image list.

Excellent app, with customization of words/pics you can select words that better suit your memorizing. Just would like to see randomization so as to concentrate on the numbers you are having issues with, so you can strengthen them more.

This is a phenomenal app and everything I was looking for in implementing the major system. This app also allows me to get a lot more comfortable with my 2 digit major system from 00 - 99. I love how it allows me to take pics or find them so easily from them web. I only have one issue: there is little malfunctioning going on in the finding pics from web process. For example: for 22, I picked an image of a nun. Then at 28 I was trying to pic an image of a knife. However, everyone I would select the image for the knife, it would revert it back to the image of the nun for whatever reason. All I had to do was exit out of the app and re enter. However, this has happened multiple times and it's a little frustrating with a list of 100 words. Please fix this issue and I will promptly give a 5 star rating. Most of the times it works flawlessly though. Sincerely, Qazi.