Legentibus: Learn Latin

This is a great way to start learning a language. Immediately immersive yet intuitive. It reads it to you so you get the pronunciation as you go. You can pause, go back, click on words for definitions. The stories are fun. There is plenty of free content before needing to buy any extra.

I prefer this to duo, I get more out of it rather than one word at a time thirty different times.

It would be perfect if we could save vocabularies to a list. I don't like going back to story just to remember a word

I really love this app. I feel I have learned more in a few months of daily use with Legentibus than I did in several years of high school and college language classes.

The greatest app ever made

Beautiful app, immersive, engaging, very intuitive to use. More Auda content please!

I find this app indispensable for learning Latin through the natural method, especially for internalizing vocabulary and sentence structure. A few features would make it even better: 1. An easier way to switch from a monthly to a yearly subscription. 2. A “Back to top” button after finishing a chapter, many users reread the material. 3. The option to highlight sentences and save them in “My Notes.” I’d love to build a collection of good Latin sentences to use as examples to write my own.

This is actually incredible

I tried other modes of learning and other apps. It is wrong to call this just an app when so much attention and effort has been put into giving people the best opportunity to learn Latin at home. I have truly grown in my understanding and vocabulary well beyond any other app or system. If you want to learn with primary sources level adjusted to guide you along, than this is your way to learn. I could not be happier with it and only wish I knew of it years before!

exceptional

The very best! I studied Latin at school, long long ago, and wanted to get back to it. This app is the answer, and worth every penny!

Me and my dad had been trying to find an app that actually would make us learn Latin and this is a wee bit better than Duolingo showing us Latin but then again, we do still need to tell the difference between classical and ecclesiastical Latin. Either way, we LOVE this app. Thanks, Latinitium, and keep up the great work! <3

Phenomenal resource for learning Latin. the readings by Daniel are excellent!

perfect app

valde bonum.

doesnt let you progress past very easy latin without paying $100 a year. some of the lessons are just "watch this video" and they dont really give you any help applying what was said in the video. this app not for me.

Too expensive to be practical or to actually recommend to students. Want higher subscription numbers? rethink your price point and offer monthly memberships. I hope to be able to use it in the future.

Great app, great support from staff!

This is the best latin learning app in the internet

Absolutely a great app to learn Latin.

I've had some initial frustrations with the app, including being over charged for subscription, but this was resolved quickly. I am otherwise pleased with the app very good for Latin learning and I am continuing to subscribe. good range of materials. recommended.

Best for Latin

I love this app!!! I only wish it were more easier to start the books over from the beginning. Everytime you want to relisten to a story you have to manually go back through the whole story.

TikTok, eat your heart out.

Me encanta ésta aplicación, es maravillosa y la recomiendo al 100% 🤩. He aprendido un poco de japonés e inglés y ahora quiero aprender latín

thanks sm for free content!

Great library of books. I've probably made the most progress from this app

optime convenit cum Familia Romana!

It's a wonderful way to learn!

I've tried several resources for learning Latin and this is the BEST. Seriously. They combine the method of LLPSI (literally), and the UI makes it perfect. It is intuitive and makes learning fun. I'm not worried about flashcards or drills because the pacing is slow, but gradual, with the right duration for each topic. What would make this truly stand out as an auto-didact learning aid would be commentary after a reading, reinforcing the concepts from the reading; e.g., adding the Latine Disco.

One of the best sources to learn latin!

very simple to use nice to use and it runs smooth and continuous through the computer and Wi-Fi

Fantastic Latin learning resource. Worth the price for the quality and depth of texts, translations, Latin audio

This is a sensational app. The stories are read very engagingly in an accent I am pleased to mimic and acquire. And there is a great range of content which will keep me going for a long time until (one hopes) I become competent. Happy to pay.

This is so amazing! I have wanted to learn Latin forever and this method is by far superior to the random vocabulary quizzes method. You immediately get the satisfaction of reading Latin in coherent narratives and stories from this approach, which is how you actually learn a language! 5 stars!!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

One cannot truly study Latin without this.

it doesnt load, but if it did i would be able to use it

This app is excellent. I'm passionate about truly learning to read, listen, and speak latin, and legentibus has taken away so many barriers on that journey and is helping me to build a solid daily habit. I would recommend legentibus as the #1 recource for anyone wanting to get started with latin, wanting to sharpen existing skills, or even a pro who just wants a great library of readings. I pay for a subscription and most likely will for years to come. I couldn't be more pleased with the app.

amazing

Very good app, well designed, and the tools are quite good. However, the subscription pricing needs to be revised for countries whose currencies are not the dollar or the euro, because after conversion the fee becomes disproportionate.

This is hands down the best app to learn to read and speak Latin. I have been using it for over a year and it's nice that the lessons are generally short at the beginning but they also have super advanced texts as well for the seasoned learner.

Fun Way to Learn Latin! There are countless stories to read and pick up Latin. There is also a guided path to follow if you are just learning, but you can read any book you'd like at any time should you wish. There are some really great pictures sprinkled throughout the stories that really make them come alive. Legentibus amo! Veni, legi, vici!

Incredible. Im actually learning Latin.

Legentibus is a well designed app for learning to read Latin. I highly recommend the app to anyone who is learning Latin. There is enough free content to try before subscribing to give you a good idea of what the experience is like.

steady reading and progress. well worth the price

Incredible app! Well presented, innovative, informative and has immediately complimented my Latin study! Highly recommended even if you are learning a Latin based language, this will help a lot.

It was difficult but exciting

really amazing app, I am surprised by the amount of free content. I really look forward to reading and listening to the chapters every night. I've studied using Wheelock's book but have found this approach much enjoyable. I love getting to a new chapter and understanding it well on first read, feels like it's really sticking. I would love to see a flashcard or other mini game type feature to help reinforce, maybe a sentence scramble or which case ending quiz type of thing. Five stars 🏆

A good app with a good design, but I'd suggest removing AI illustrations and supporting real artists. Very expensive, but I'm still using the free available features, and it's a good place to start, so that I can move on to more independent learning in the future. I'd also suggest adding a dark theme everywhere, not just when reading text. And, maybe, a function to create your own dictionary? Also, It'd be good to warn at the very beginning that the lessons are limited.

Without a subscription it seems you are restricted to initial parts of pre-designed courses. And some 🆓 books for all levels. This app has great potential! I just started the Immersion Course (Module 4) & the learning approach is fantastic! Deep thought was put in Latin 'authenticity'. The premium stuff seems 🔝 notch! I thought the app was very 🆕. But it's been out for 4 years: +Works 💯% offline -a tad buggy & unintuitive -No dark mode=minus⭐ -More settings plz -slowed audio breaks sometimes

Been following the Latin immersion course for a month now and I love the extra beginner stories interspersed between Familia Romana and Colloquia Personarum chapters.

This is a wonderful app. Includes audio with texts and texts are automatically linked to dictionaries for quick lookup, rather like Diogenes. I hope they keep adding more texts. Would love to see Vergil to study it on the go. highly recommend for Latin learners

amazing it look and feels good

Brilliant! I was able to learn many Latin words and grammar structure under two modules

So glad to find an app for actual classical Latin. Although there's a place (a very small place) for "modern" Latin talking about traveling to NYC or ordering at a restaurant, it's not really useful (looking at you, duolingo). I took Latin years ago, and I want to brush up on it and read actual Latin texts. This app will help with that.

Concept and contents are industry leading. I wrote a complaint about a glitchy touch-to-translate implementation, but, returning to the app this behavior doesn't seem to repeat anymore.

The best app fr, but please add an option for notifications 🥹🙏

I am absolutely in love with the learning style and wish there were more apps like this with other languages. It's immersive and I find no difficulty in memorising the words.

Easy to use with engaging stories.

Excellent app that helps keep track of learning, with an excellently varied library of texts, all narrated well, with definitions and copious contextual and grammatical notes. That most stories come with lavish artwork is the cherry on the top! I highly recommend this to anyone seriously studying Latin! Macte virtute, Domine Pettersson, et maximas gratias ago tibi pro labore tuo!

I am very eager to learn Latin I think this is the best platform I have see. it is very useful for beginners. I recommend you free version of it.

didnt motivate me

★★★★★

Content is great, but the App/UI needs some work. Eg. retracting the look-up sliding window takes both luck and precision it almost is a bonus mini-game! Can't wait for version 2.8. Hopefully you can get the last star back.

Great app!

this app was extraordinary but sorry to say that it is not opening

I have long searched for more accessible Latin learning software. this app is excellent. I really like the features and literature examples. I wish there was a way to quiz vocabulary along. but this is an exact resource for someone who is picking up latin aftsr being many years removed from HS learning.

Adore this app. Helped me learn and understand latin in a way that was engaging and rewarding. As someone who hates learning languages through grammar, learning latin with this app through immersion in texts is just perfect. I wish creators of this app would make one learning app for other languages too with this same principle applied! Best language learning app I ever came across.

I'm always amazed at the amount of content available on this app. Id wager there's nothing else like it in language learning- anywhere, in any language. Very active development by people who care about latin. A phenomenal resource and well worth the money.

Make an option in the settings to disable haptic feedback or vibration, it's annoying.

Good so far

Wonderful app would be nice with a one time payment method though

Good structure for learn, some dixit words are in Lexus is version. Congratulations!

Im sorry, but can you add button/option where it will be able to turn off vibration in app? Thanks.

I can't use the app until I create an account..... we're so tired of apps making us sign up and then we mysteriously start getting spam, and don't try and say you don't do this. if you didn't then I'd be able to just use the app without giving you a password.

It is the best app to start Learning Latin with the Reconstructed Classical Pronunciation.

Optimus

Excellent for Latin emersion for beginners to advanced. Text with audio and the app just keeps getting better. Definitely worth it. Has many works including Familia Romana with audio and English interlinear. Quality work that makes learning Latin fun.

One of the best apps to learn Latin if not the best

This is excellent. It's a fun and easy way to learn.

One of the best resources to learn Latin. Worth the subscription.

Great app. Had to delete once free trial was over as it is obscenely expensive

The reading out loud structure is simple and powerful. And the lack of ads or gimics is amazing!

Looks good but hell expensive

Good all in one resource for learning Latin

I love using this app and it is so much better then other language learning apps . I would love it if they made a Microsoft version for my computer but other than that it's amazing!!

bugs, bugs everywhere Also I wish you can slow down at 0.9 not just 0.8.

Really amazing to learn Latin. This is the first time I am excited to learn a Language and legentibus is helping me keep that feeling.

The issue with installing the app was promptly resolved by the developer. Thanks a lot for good customer service and support. The app is highly recommended. It's the best I've seen so far in the field of learning Latin!

Misleading. No free titles without giving credit card information. Ridiculous! If there are free books, good luck finding them!

Great app! I really appreciate that you're able to practice latin and read entertaining stories from true chritstian texts to greek mythology. It's really handy how if you don't recognize the word, you can click on it for a definition. It can be annoying at times how most of the stories you have to pay for, but the ones I have gone through have been good.

Sumptus occultī: tibi tantum tribuuntur trēs diēs probationis, et sī oblitus es rescindere, circiter centum dollārīs gravāris.

No dark mode.

The perfect app for Latin, by all means—but, I think, switching between macrons and acute accent marks would be great, because I just wanna practice Ecclesiastical Latin. (And yes, I know the macron rules, but I'm not planing to use them generally.)

It claims to be free but after reading pages of "Getting started" they want $100. Scam!

I think this app is excellent. The price is more than reasonable. The user interface and navigation is a little clunky I think. Suggestion: when looking at the chapters in a book you are reading, please don't have the titles moving across the screen. I found that annoying. Perhaps there is a way to stop that? Your team has obviously spent a ton of time setting this up. I appreciate all the hard work you've done.

Exelent.

Excellent app, just what I needed for my Latin learning immersion experience.

Mea pronuntiatio Latina post meam lectionem et scripturam aliquamdiu lacessit. Haec app dives selectio textuum elata voce legitur quae me in doctrina mea adiuvant.

Useful but not what I was expecting 😕

This app is very fun to use to learn Latin. It's one of the best, if not, the best app for reading and learning Latin. I highly recommend it to others. My only problem is that the books I download don't appear in my library on my phone or tablet, even after I close the app and open it up again.

A great tool for Latin learners! You can check meanings of words while reading. I also love the fact that there are more voices reading the texts, so it's more varied!

It does worth every cent of the subscription. It has a considerable (and increasing) amount of texts, good audios, enjoyable ui. It's the perfect companion for a Latin student. Learning by using the language. Only one request: a vocabulary manager, so you can track the words you have checked on the dictionary. And maybe a flashcard section with those words, to make sure that they remain in your memory...

Would be five but couple of things: 1. It isn't clear how to access the audio only version of books so I can switch off the screen. 2. Would be super nice to have some more Neo Latin titles (but I'm sure this is in the pipeline). 3. Is there a plan to put in a vocab tester? Would be very helpful to have some flashcards in the app for words I keep looking up. Otherwise a game changer for learning this language, wish I had this when I was a student!

I originally gave the app 1 star because it wouldn't load, but they were very prompt with responding and fixing the issue. I've used it a bit now and absolutely love it! This isnt just more enjoyable than the Latin classes I took in college, it's enjoyable full stop! I'm really excited to keep using it.

This is my favorite app. The audiobooks are high quality and clearly read with one of the best Latin pronunciations I've come across. There are many hours of content and more added continuously. The interface is well designed and easy to use. I highly recommend this app for anyone learning Latin at all levels. Listening and reading along to this app has improved my comprehension and vocabulary significantly, and I look forward to my daily study sessions. This is well worth the subscription.

An extrondinarily polished app for such a niche community. The layout, selection of books and audio, background listening and more is phenomenal. It's a must-have when trying to enhance (especially auditory) Latin perception. Cēnseō eōs hīc opus optimum fēcisse.

$90 for absolutely no teaching whatsoever!! This little turd, is not a learning aid. It has no teaching in it, no structure to learn from. The free books it reports, which has a dual language scan, can be booked out from a library for free! Save time and money and look elswhere, this is just a cash-cow for its unlearned creator. Probably THE WORST TEACHING APP EVER!!!.

It has a lot of useful features BUT there is a big programming flaw. If you reverse your place in an audio book before the first line, the book will crash and you will NEVER be able to open it again. Not even after deleting and redownloading the book. Very frustrating.

$100 for a year's subscription is TOO MUCH to pay all at once....at least offer an alternative of a month's subscription as well....so I've downloaded app but not subscribed.... maybe when I get an unexpected windfall of $100 I can give it a go!

Are you kidding me, I just waisted 20min reading all your it's not just a phrase it's a lifestyle of learning, why not just say it first, we the developers want a $100 a year to provide a way for you to teach yourself this language. Here's a tip go back in time and be a little more professional or at least curtious with other people's time. You get 1 star for your cheesy ways

Fantastic app, the best on the store for Latin learning. Just one weak point, would it possible to have a monthly subscription rather than a yearly one? Asking immediately for one year is a hard sale and 3 days trial too little. Makes sense to have a monthly one too.

Where has this app been all my Latin-learning life? It is well worth the price (especially to unlock LLPSI) and the storage space it takes up. Also appreciate the reading plans. It's one thing to know one has to read a lot of Latin to learn it, and quite another to find the material at one's reading level AND have ready access to audio pronunciation, commentary, and glossaries—all in one place. It's an almost unfair advantage. Founders did a splendid job on this.

Better than all of the apps I've tried so far, and now that it has "lingua latina per se illustrata" series, it's just perfect. Goes to show how little translation you need to understand a language.

This app is intuitive and comprehensive. It's also fun! I am an intermediate to advanced Latin student, but I find this app to still be useful. I even enjoy using the beginner resources.

Simply amazing app. The read-along with the intersected english is a super powerful tool for immersion, and aids comprehension wonderfully. Well worth a subscription!

Exceptionally good resource for learning Latin. Probably the best I've come across in any format. Better than books because you hear what you should be saying, even if it's only in your head. I was always told at school that Latin is a dead language yet I encounter it almost daily. I wish I had never listened to my teachers! Seems expensive at first but really it's much cheaper than taking lessons or buying textbooks.

This is a great app! As a self-study Latin student with one immersion week under my belt, I think this is a good way to learn to read and repeat the language.

Simply, the best resource for Latin studies I've ever come across. The idea is simple but ingeniously crafted in a simple and intuitive way. The overall UX is very well tailored, and pleasurable to use. It's pricey, one can argue, but it's well worth it, if one is seriously engaged learning Latin. So far, I have no improvements suggestions. But I do think Mr. Pettersson would be in a huge advantage if he could team up with some Ancient Greek experts and have that language added to it.

Indispensable as a source of listening comprehension for Latin. A wealth of material for Latin lovers of every level. The readings are presented in an agreeable style, mostly by Daniel Pettersson of Latinitium, with a few readings by other champions of spoken Latin. New books are added regularly. I cannot recommend this more strongly.

There's no lessons, no where to start just a bunch of dead links that feed back into each other. Good I guess if you're just reading in Latin for fun, but it is NOT clear (not even when I searched "lessons" in everywhere) how you are supposed to start or even where comprehension checks are. How is this teaching me Latin AT ALL? Bad advertising.

I'm not going to be strong armed into paying for anything. At the very least you could offer one free easy book to see if one wants to learn more or at all. I will unsubscribe and never download any of your apps. I have apps I pay for but I was given a choice. You will fail because of force.

I have tried to learn for YEARS. I would do great for a while but inevitably I would boged down on something and give up. I love the read along part the best but to me its the combination of several things that make this app the best thing I've used. If you want to learn Latin this is 100% something worth trying

Awesome app, well done! The only problem is that the premium version is way overpriced for the current amount of content - otherwise would definitely subscribe to the full one.

An astounding amount of resources and functionality in this app. The "reader" stories are perfect for Latin students not yet ready to tackle original Classical works. If the thought of a subscription bothers you, take a close look at wealth of resources- interactive etexts, audiobooks, new as well as Classical materials. All carefully curated by people understand teaching and care deeply about Latin. Customer support is top-notch too. Legentibus is a learning system, not just a library.

Lots of content and easy to use, its a very useful resource for learning latin at various levels.

I love this app! I use it everyday with my physical copy of Lingua Latina! The other stories are fantastic as well. There are some typos and misreads (Daniel reads words that are not in the text), but there isn't a better Latin resource available! This app is truly remarkable! The reading is clear and the pronunciation is perfect! I have but one request: please (if you guys at Latinitium are able) add the Confessions books by Saint Augustine. Great work on everything you guys have done here!

Macrons, authentic texts + copious beginner and intermediate materials, in-book vocabulary notes/lists, AND stellar pronunciation in audio recordings read at a pleasant pace for students. There is no other Latin learning resource as comprehensive as Legentibus.

Great app, finally someone have the courage to make it happen and keep this beautiful language alive. Long life to Latin. thank you developers. Ad Astra Per Aspera.

Great selection and range of Latin for reading and listening.

A Lil expensive, but there are plenty of good texts ( they are somewhat short) the reader are really good and have good and clear pronunciation. I enjoy this app and use it a lot so it's worth the cost to me. Only complaint is I started with month to month subscription and I'm trying to figure out how to switch to a yearly subscription, but I can't find an easy way without losing the remaining time on my current sub.

Absolutely brilliant to have such a great learning platform, and access to various levels of Latin text and original literature.

What a POS app -- and I don't mean "Point of Sale," either (though it might as well be a cash register the way you have to pay for everything)...despite a so-called "three-day free trial" it's not clear how to actually access any learning material because everything is locked for subscribers only, even the most basic texts spoken of in the seemingly comprehensive app intro/how-to. "Uninstalleo!"

love love love it, I just wish you could stop-and-play the audio and have it pick up where you paused instead of restarting the entire story and having to double-tap on the sentence you want to play from

Great app, love it. My only issue is that āmittere has been translated as loose, not lose. Minor point, but it confused me in the Jupiter book.

Needs more quality-of-life features, but is a good start, and the concept is 5☆

Everything I could wish for in a Latin-learning app; warmly recommended!

I think it's nicely done, and can't think of another app of it's type that matches it. if I could change anything it would be to lower the price a little and speed up the initial start up of the app which is annoyingly slow, otherwise great.

I would pay for it if they improved somehow the design or lower the monthly fee :"), anyway, it's helping to learn Latin, so I really appreciate it ♡

I love the stories and hearing them read in Latin with emotion at the natural rhythm of the language.

I love using this app; it is very easy to use, well designed, and contains lots of great Latin reading material.

This app is perfect for self learners. Currently I am in my first phase which is to write all the "Beginner stories" at least once, and reading them countless times. Supplementing with duolingo, I expect to reach a satisfactory, functional level of latin by 2023.

Lacks simple quality-of-life features that the majority of audio apps have made available for decades. No Playlist or repeat feature, and the longest "books" I've found are only about 20 minutes long. Refuses to play read-alongs in the background, and not all read-alongs are available as audiobooks. Even in audiobook mode, it crashes every 5 minutes or so. So I have to keep going back in to babysit it. Not usable for multi-tasking. $10/month is way too much for 45 audiobooks totalling 15 hours.

A perfect addition to your Latin language learning. "Audible for Latin." Almost. Some duplication with the latinitium patreon subscription but minor. After using the app for a couple of months I want to add that it is even better. Daniel has done a great job. He keeps adding more books. It is very professional! Highly reccomended.

The absolute best Latin resource I have ever used Easiest ways to get to know words, read great stories as you steadily but surprisingly quickly wrap your head around it's complex grammar

I think it's a pretty good app. It takes on the natural approach like LLPSI and has macrons for long vowels, things which are greatly appreciated. Besides, the pronunciation is top notch and it's also good to have more Latin content easily available. It has some minor technical problems like taking too long to load offline when you are not connected to the internet or having to keep the screen on all the time for the audio, but overall I'd recommend this, specially if they keep adding stories

Edit reivew: My original review complained about the lack of content but I have been using it for a couple of months now and I am really impressed about how often you get new materials. The app is easy to use and there is a lot of grammar content and references to use. It would be great to have more medieval/Christian content (for example the Vulgate Bible, John would be great). Maybe to get more than once voice reading some of the books (it's always the same man) but very good overall.

I would have loved to give this app a shot, but it refused to recognize my email address as legitimate so I can't get any further than trying to set up an account.

A high quality resource for Latin learners that has long been sorely needed. The available texts are engaging and intuitive; a welcome addition for beginner and intermediate students of Latin that would be ideal for independent study, but that could also complement a formal lesson plan. The app's read-along interface is serviceable, but it is too easy to inadvertently skip to the glossary, or to lose one's place whilst pausing to look up a word. Desiderata: Ovid, Columella, Pliny the Elder

Beautifully read and flawlessly recorded, Legentibus is an invaluable tool for students of all degrees of competence. It spares untold hours of frustration, deciphering obscure grammar and searching through dictionaries. Wish I'd had it as a beginner. Heartily recommended!

This is one of the best ways to learn and internalize Latin.

This is a superb learning device that allows for a full immersion in Latin texts. One has always the chance to pause the reading, consult the translation/ commentary (both of which come with the app) and then resume reading and/or listening. The more I use it the more I like it. I have been studying Latin for years and now I teach the language. I am not ashamed of saying that, like most Latinists - I guess - I've have always approached Latin as a code to decipher rather than as a proper language. Legentibus is helping me make a much-needed step forward to truly understand, appreciate and immerse myself in this most beautiful language. Thank you, sincerely. PS A similar app, perhaps even on smaller scale, on Ancient Greek language would be most welcome, too! Just saying...

I love this app. The interface is great and it's really helped me improve my latin.

Everything is great and works as intended but I, and perhaps others, would appreciate a dark mode for the app. Thank you for the hard work.

Mirabile auditu! Super Teacher, Magister Pettersson's latin book app. What a great product! Very polished despite only being released a short while ago. No ads, and very reasonably priced . One of my new favorite tools for learning latin. I use it whenever I have a little time but don't want to pull out a physical book. I hope you continue to add more books with audio and translations. Gratias tibi ago!!

I love this app! The UI is beautiful, and the concept for learning Latin is solid. I have only one issue: would it be possible to include the option of purchasing individual books/recordings rather than paying for the subscription? Not because the price is unreasonable, but because it would at least allow users access to some content so they can decide from there whether they want to subscribe or not. Multas gratias tibi ago, sodale! ⚔️

Brilliant! I'm so excited to find this! I've been waiting for an app like this to listen to Latin audiobooks... I've looked for Latin audios before and they really don't even try with their pronunciation! Love it!

I'm sure the new app's very good, but unfortunately my known and verified login credentials haven't changed, but an error declaring 'login incorrect' is displayed, and requires attention.