SAT Vocab Genius 4+

Study > 500 key words & roots

Brainscape

Designed for iPad

    • 4.4 • 14 Ratings
    • $19.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

RECENT #1 RANKED SAT APP!! Did you know that you may be WASTING most of your SAT study time on inefficient learning methods? Let me tell you how you can LEARN FASTER while STUDYING LESS.

It’s all about using a technique called CONFIDENCE-BASED REPETITION. Rather than toiling through a book of vocab words or playing a cute game, your brain learns best when concepts are repeated in just the right interval of time, based on YOUR confidence in how well you know it. If you ever see a concept that is “too easy”, you are essentially wasting your valuable study time. Same deal if you see a hard previous concept that you’ve already forgotten.

STOP WASTING YOUR STUDY TIME!

Brainscape has made it absurdly easy to study your SAT vocabulary using the latest in confidence-based repetition techniques. Using its system of smart flashcards, Brainscape simply asks you how well you knew each answer on a scale of 1-5, then repeats each concept in exactly the pattern your brain needs for maximum memory retention. We’re essentially OPTIMIZING your learning.

SAT Vocab * includes:

• 1,400 flashcards for the most common words found on the SAT and ACT, complete with definitions, sample sentences, and synonyms that present words in various contexts
• Over 300 “word elements” flashcards for common prefixes, suffixes, and roots, which will help you figure out any unfamiliar words you may also encounter on the test
• A customized flashcard repetition algorithm that cuts your memorization time dramatically
• Convenient “browse” and “search” functions that allow you to easily find the cards you want
• Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your progress

The Brainscape platform was created by learning sciences researchers from Columbia, Yale, MIT, and The Princeton Review, and all of our content is curated by some of the world’s top subject matter experts. Check out our website at brainscape.com to see the growing body of subjects and features that we are developing to enhance your learning.

Welcome to the Brainscape community! You’ll be glad you joined us.

What’s New

Version 3.20180228

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Bug Fixes

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Mobeale ,

Pretty good

I am a Junior studying for the SAT. I have been playing with this app for the past hour or so and I am about a fourth of the way through the first set of words. I've also taken 2 Advil because staring at the screen reading complicated vocabulary words can give you a major headache.

This app definitely provides a good way to get all those lengthy vocab words memorized before the test or even just to broaden your vocabulary in general. I don't recommend this app if you aren't serious about studying. It's not a fun app by any means. It's very repetitive and dull. However, in the end it gets the job done!

Teacher dad. ,

Paid for the app and with this update they charged me.

I paid for this app already, but now with this update they charge you again. Before you could use the paid app without having to make a Brainscape account (with hundreds of accounts with other things, I would rather not make another if I don't have to; the account is used to sync your vocab progress in the app with their website). Now when you update, the app comes "locked" and in order to unlock the app (although you bought it already) and "prove" you already purchased it, they want you to log-in to your Brainscape account. However, if you never made an account before (because you never had to), you cannot unlock the app. You are then forced to repurchase the app to unlock it. Either Brainscape is dishonest or there is a bug in their update.

Anonymous-user47 ,

Save your $4.99

Even the free apps have a quiz mode and speak the word and definition. This app does neither.
Its only redeeming quality is that it uses spaced-recall techniques, although the spacing between words seems too short.
Additionally, it has less than 1000 words. Hopefully, the developer will improve this app. In the mean time, save your $4.99 and support one of the developers of the free apps by using their apps, which are at the time of this review vastly superior.

Date of review: May 2012

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