Reviews for DuoCards – Vocabulary Builder

Honestly, this is the best flashcard app I've found for Bengali. It has been hard to learn Bengali because there is not a lot of resources available but this app has a simple interface, some readily available material, and it's easy for me to create my own study material from online articles and videos. I also think the algorithm works well for me. It keeps me motivated to see my list of "known" words growing steadily while still reminding me about some of the older words so I don't forget them.

I wanted to review my "learned" cards. I'm not sure how the app decided I'd learned them but I had forgotten many of them and would have liked to have been able to review them. Unfortunately this required a subscription (to use the Filters feature). Paywalling this sort of basic feature felt too user-hostile, so I decided to find another flash card app.

Really well-designed app. It's exactly what I was looking for to help broaden my Spanish vocabulary. However, the free mode is a little too restrictive. You cannot add ANY more words if you have 20 or more that you are "learning", and the app takes weeks to decide you have learned them, so you get stuck in a bottleneck of practicing words you already know. I get having to make money - but it's also important to have a usable app. I would reccomend changing this setup or at least the word limit.

I've found this app to be tremendously useful for language learning. As a longtime fan of paper flashcards, streamlining and automating that process into an app let me take it to the next level. I started with the free version, but was quickly motivated to go beyond 20 words per day, so I upgraded to the paid version. Some of the best money I've spent this year. I've since added over 2000 words to my vocabulary in German. My biggest complaint is the lack of even limited offline functionality.

Overall, I like how easy this app is to use, but I think I was too quick to spend money on it. Actually studying with it isn't very nice. I'm constantly having to turn the sound and romanisation on and off so I don't cheat myself and it's really frustrating. Also, you can mass important cards, but then it's gives them to you all at once instead of spreading them out. If a way to toggle the sound and romanization for the back and front of cards is added then I would give it a higher rating.

A solid vocabulary builder for foreign languages. The app is really in your face about buying a subscription. Without said subscription, there are lots of useful features, like the "undo" button and the ability to learn more than 2 languages at once, that are locked behind an in-your-face paywall. I would love there to be more functions for free users in this app. And, if there can be an ability to buy a lifetime subscription, I'd consider the investment if the price is good enough.

After glancing at other reviews I should say I have the paid version. It is very cheap and good value. It sounds like popups make the free version unusable. Easy to use and great for adding vocabulary. I love both the suggested card packs and the ability to add my own words, in either my target or original language. I like that it's not just swiping back and forth, but gives the option to type your guess for the card in, which helps me remember better than just thinking or saying the words.

Great flash card app I really like how they work and how easy it is to add cards. However, the free card limit made me immediately Uninstaller and look into a different app. I just want to have my flash cards on the go, and I dont have enough money for chicken nuggets so I absolutely will not be paying for this. It would be one thing if it was a one time flat rate but im not doing a subscription service.

DuoCards is a fantastic tool for vocabulary building. It's super easy to add words you want to learn. (Type them in, share them from a web page, find existing lists, etc.) You get instant translations, so no need to look the words up. The algorithm for learning the words is extremely effective. There are options to study smaller lists separately, and other useful tools. I had a few questions about features that weren't clear to me, and I found that user support is fast and super helpful.

App experience was really poor so deleted after 5 minutes. I just wanted to watch a video with translations, but never even got that far because I had to go through tutorials, say no to upgrading a few times, make some flash card deck, review all the words, then the elephant started complaining about finding some flames or cave or something for some quest I had to do, and at that point I just gave up. Just give me the learning content you advertised and don't block me from watching a video.