ReDi

Nice app, for the most part. I recognize that a lot of work was put into creating these exercises. However, some speakers speak too fast, don’t speak clearly, or don’t enunciate well. Some words are also not pronounced correctly which makes listening difficult. Occasionally I had to choose an incorrect answer because the correct answer was not being recognized as the correct response. At times, the recording begins as soon as one hits the “start” button. A slight pause would be helpful and less stressful.

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.

“Always show text” setting does not work