1. Without paying, this is essentially a glorified alarm clock with some cute factors to it, but nothing more.TL;DR: The in-app subscription and $6.49 English pack are somewhat bothersome, but the pricing is justified for a relatively new app from a company focused on books.
2. But unless if you're willing to pay a price for english voices on top of a pack for additional dialouge sets, it's difficult to recommend this app.It's kind of a fun thing to play with but the fact that you have to pay for English voice recognition and subtitles is a little irritating.
3. They probably had to spend a lot of time and money on these features for the English pack and on top of that they likely had no idea how well the app would do in English-speaking countries.
4. I strongly dislike how the paid extra conversations feature is a monthly subscription rather than a one time purchase.That disappointed me greatly.
5. Not to mention, voice sets (unlike with Nep & Friends) are paid for by a monthly subscription service.
6. If it was a one time purchase I would have bought it right away,but since it's a monthly subscription I haven't spent any money on it.
7. What's more is that for unlocking the full voice responses you have to pay a subscription of about $3.50 a month with a first month discount.
8. Additionally, the basic conversation dialogue is a monthly subscription of $3.49 USD per month.
9. ~ the Alarm setting is good and music is gentle and not too loud or annoying ~ countdown timer is accurate and she starts countdown starting at the 5 sec mark (only) though I would personally prefer it to start at the 10s mark.
10. ~ the stopwatch is the same (however) she counts at the 30s mark (at first) then proceeds to count at each minute reached by the stopwatch ~ the APP however, takes over the mobile device, you will need to swipe downwards to activate the devices menu, so you can see it, then use it, to get back to the device again.
11. I think the special voicelines available for 99¢ is a much better profit opportunity thank limiting it's main function.Super fun idea that got me hooked instantly, but lots of payment is required for the full experience.