Rocket Languages. app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 5136 ratings )

Education
Developer: Libros Media Ltd

Free

Current version: 6.0.8, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 21 Feb 2013
App size: 25.48 Mb

Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean (and more) anytime and anywhere with Rocket Languages.

GET STARTED FOR FREE
Sign up for a free trial and see for yourself how quickly youll be speaking another language!

WE DO LANGUAGE LEARNING LIKE NO ONE ELSE

We take you to the heart of the language youre passionate about and give you everything you need to understand the language and the culture like a local.

Each full level has:
• Over 60 hours of Audio lessons
• Over 60 hours of Language & Culture lessons
• Plenty of Writing lessons (script languages only)
• Voice Recognition that lets you perfect your pronunciation on the thousands of phrases in every course
• 24/7 lifetime access with free upgrades
• All of your progress is synchronized across all of your devices

HAVE LIFETIME ACCESS TO YOUR COURSE.
A new language can be yours for life, and we believe your language course should be too. With Rocket Languages, you can come back in a month, a year or even a decade and still have full access to your courses. Youll also get all of the updates and improvements that we make for free!

PERFECT YOUR PRONUNCIATION.
If you can pronounce words correctly, then you know youll be understood by the locals - which is why we teach you to talk just like they do. With our courses, you can check your pronunciation using our state-of-the-art voice recognition system and to native speaker audio of thousands of useful words and phrases.

PRACTICE ON-THE-SPOT SPEAKING.
Many new language learners feel nervous about talking to native speakers, so weve created the perfect activity to address this problem. It lets you practice both sides of common conversations in a comfortable, stress-free environment, so that youre ready to respond when youre out in the real world.

LESSON LIST
Remember what you cover.
Youll put a lot of time into learning your new language, so we make sure you can remember it all by including fun and engaging activities in every lesson. These activities use algorithms to identify where youre having trouble and help you practice problematic words and phrases until they stick.

LEARN HOW THE LANGUAGE ACTUALLY WORKS.
Knowing a few set phrases in your new language can be helpful, but will only get you so far in real-life situations. We take you step by step through how the language works so that you can build sentences on your own and actually take part in conversations.

TRAIN YOUR EARS AS WELL AS YOUR MOUTH.
When you first hear someone speak in a language you dont know, it can be hard to make out even a single word. Our courses come with tons of downloadable audio tracks that train your ear to your new language.

BE READY TO BLEND IN WITH THE LOCALS.
Communicating and connecting with people in another language isnt just about using proper grammar - its also about understanding another culture. We get you ready for this with lessons on everything from greetings and foods to holidays and local customs.

GET COURSES TAILORED FOR YOUR NEW LANGUAGE.
A lot of other courses out there take a cookie-cutter approach, using the same template for every language they teach. At Rocket Languages, we understand that no two languages are exactly alike! Thats why weve carefully crafted each of our courses to include whats practical, relevant, and useful for the language you are learning.

STAY ON TRACK AND STAY INSPIRED.
Motivation is key to learning a language, so we make sure to provide you with a wide array of motivational tools and techniques. Theyll keep your interest up and your focus sharp so you can meet your goals and make better progress.

Pros and cons of Rocket Languages. app for iPhone and iPad

Rocket Languages. app good for

Its awesome! I have found the best way to learn French. I learn new words very strong, the application shows news words again and again while going on. Also the program allows practicing active skills like speaking and writing. I pronounce each phrase up to 30-50 times. Its very effective for me. Thank you for great program!

So far so good I really like this app its helping me to master the Chinese and the French language

Sometimes responds slowly, but overall the best language learning app Ive seen so far! Thanks to Rocket Languages!

Some bad moments

I keep downgrading my review of this app. I would advise against purchasing this program simply because the software does not work properly. I have spent the last 30 minutes trying to progress through a single activity and the voice recognition keeps stalling and wont allowing me to progress. My internet connection is completely fine. This has been a constant frustration the whole time Ive been using this app - and it isnt any better on my computer. Unfortunately, I cannot change my initial favourable review on the Rocket Languages website, which I wrote after completing my free trial and getting a $10 discount to submit. So beware the favourable reviews you see online for this program. There are other glitches with the app, which make it frustrating to use and lead to a lot of wasted time. It misses activity points and you have to restart the app to complete a section. The playback in some of the testing sections gets cut off. Also, the presentation of some of the audio lessons is really weird. Sometimes the instructor is antagonistic to the listener and lesson 3.2 is blantanly sexist. Be careful with the trial lessons, because theyve clearly put their effort into perfecting those ones.

I just purchased level one and it looks like I will be asking for a refund. So far I have sent two emails and left one voicemail and the company still has not responded. Neither of my Bluetooth speakers will work consistently with the software and worse than that is the fact that the volume through my phone goes down to a whisper after a few minutes! Fix it or refund my money!!

I like the program but the app is horrible. Cant hear on the test and cant record your voice. Once you tap the microphone there is no way to turn it off except to exit the app.

Audio playback is still broken. Hard to believe this made it through QA (they do have QA, right?) The interface is also very sluggish. It is obviously not a native app, which I am not necessarily opposed to as they can be done well, but this is not.

You have to delete this app at least once a week and then re-download because the sound starts to come through as a whisper. Major downfall for such a good program. Please fix asap!!

I use Rocket languages on desktop and it works decently well. The mobile app however on my iPhone 6 doesnt even record my voice properly! Its choppy and never records my voice in one cohesive clip resulting in poor recognition and poor scores. Im learning Mandarin so practicing speaking is critical and this app prevents me from doing that. Please fix the mic issue ASAP!

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