App Profile: ReDi

Willy bob joe

Rating: 4/5

“Always show text” setting does not work

CommanderDavy

Rating: 3/5

I can’t find instructions in the app, so I’ve fumbled around a bit. But now that I’ve used it a number of hours, I’ve learned my way around some, and find it helpful. Some of the exercises seem to error out almost as frequently as they work. For example, you’re instructed to listen to a sequence of five tones, and describe whether it is ascending, descending, or some combination of the two. it will play two tones, and then the remaining three tones are not played. Or the exercise will begin, but then spin and eventually show a single word “error,” without further explanation. But other exercises work really well. As you complete exercises, additional exercises become unlocked. It isn’t always easy to tell which ones you’ve done. If you accidentally tap “skip,” there’s no way to go back, which is frustrating. Remember you can always tap the speaker button to listen to the word (or instrument or whatever) again.

Slimed can

Rating: 1/5

All the exercises are designed to test your ability to hear with the sound processor. Many of the exercises are ones where you listen to a series of spoken phrases that you have to sort in the order you hear them. Here’s the flaw: the app includes phrases that are not among the choices. If you doubt yourself, you will get the false impression that you aren’t hearing as well as you actually do. If you know that the app is mistaken, then you get frustrated because you have to get a failing score to get out of the exercise and move into the next. It’s useless!