Learn Russian app review: phrasebook for travel in Russia 2021

Introduction

Booting up Learn Russion, I am greeted in Russian, thanked for installing the app, and discover this languages app works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Even though I haven’t tried the app yet, it already asks me to upgrade it.

Tapping through a quick, one-page guide shows me how the iPhone languages app works and lets me know that if I have trouble, I can always contact them on their website.

I quickly found out that this app is not designed to actually teach you Russian, but it’s a very handy phrase book to have with you if you travel to the country of Vodka, winter, and bears.

Keep reading our Learn Russian app review to see if this is truly a top languages app for iPhone and iPad users. 

Most-Used Sentences when Traveling

The app is well-laid out and comes with an overview of the most used sentences for traveling to Russia, particularly the capital, Moscow. Available in the free version, before upgrading the app, are six handy subjects.

You have Greetings, allowing you to do quick introductions, about where you’re from and what age you are. General Conversation simply has handy conversational sentences to offer. The Numbers subject speaks for itself, while Directions and Places focuses on the most common amenities in Russia.

Transportation is very Moscow-based, talking about the shuttle and the airport. Lastly there is Eating Out, which has all the basics in there, including different foods and handy sentences.

Upgrading the app for $4.99 will unlock another 12 subjects, totaling the amount of sentences to over 800.

A Sentence Spoken for You

If you’re completely useless with a language, sometimes it’s handy to have the app do the hard work for you. When you click on a word or sentence, the app will pronounce the sentence for you as if the app itself is a Russian person. Russian people speak really fast. Luckily, if you actually want to learn to communicate in Russia a little bit, you can have the app repeat it really slowly, which helps you with the pronunciation.

If there are sentences you use often, you can add them to your favorites page. There is also an option to have the app read out an entire list or subject, which goes so quickly, I can’t really seem to find a use for it.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very useful if you are traveling to Russia
• Well-designed
• Clear voice when speaking Russian

Cons

• Upgrade is expensive
• The voice speaks too quickly

Conclusion

Learn Russian - Phrasebook for Travel in Russia is a very useful app to have in your pocket when traveling to a Russian-speaking country. It won’t make you learn the language and speak it fluently, but it will help you get around and it covers all the basic needs for visiting Russia.

The app looks really good, is easy to use and only takes up around 22 MB of space on your device. I will definitely recommend this app for anyone wanting to visit Russia.