

The sentences and expressions it teaches you are static there’s no impromptu shuffled-up learning. Plus, I noticed that some languages don’t get the royal treatment like the English-German course does they have fewer local videos and no TikTok-style fun quizzes.Īnd finally, I think my biggest issue with Memrise is that it’s mostly a glorified flashcard app. I’d like to look for “noch” and see all the expressions it showed up in, for example. I’m also annoyed by the lack of a search function. Sadly, the new interface isn’t yet available for existing users unless they sign up for Memrise Early Access and sacrifice a few features along the way - streaks, stats, community courses, and it seems that the TikTok-style videos aren’t working on Android in Early Access. There’s one list of lessons per language that you can filter by topic if you need to speed up your learning of business or relationship vocab, for example. You pick the language first and from the home screen, you can quickly choose whether you want to continue learning or review. No more confusing UI, arbitrary courses for each language, or hidden review menus.

New users will see a whole new interface (pictured in the screenshots above) that changes everything. But the app has made great strides since then. When I first started using Memrise, it took me a while to understand how to skip reviews to learn more words or how to see the list of words and expressions I’d already learned. Like any app, though, this one isn’t perfect.
