I noticed this as well, but the crashing was a more serious issue for me, ha!
Yes the crashing and unnecessary review is still broken, worked in the N-2 release.
I think it’s not user friendly to tell people to uninstall and re-install apps. You need to write code that fixes any broken preferences and database entries rather than forcing end users to do such operations that is not the case with all other iOS applications.
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After posting an incorrect answer the app no longer displays the answer I entered below the correct answer as it did before this update.
The crashing is mostly fixed for me, but the keyboard issue isn’t. 
As previously mentioned:
I must have missed it - thanks!
BeaTrisy,
Thanks for keeping us up to date. Can I suggest that if the fix is not imminent (i.e. within 24 hours), that you consider reverting to the working version BEFORE the latest set of updates and resulting bugs were implemented. Unless there was something really critical in the updates, right now I think you may be frustrating more users with the problems that were introduced than you are helping people with the well intended new updates. That way, you can work on fixing the problems without as much pressure, (almost) everyone will be happy and you can re-release the new updates including the fixes once you’ve tested and are ready.
I’ve been on a roll lately with my learning, but with the lack of a keyboard toggle I’ve been seriously slowed down. I’m a long time Pro user and would really like to be able to keep learning, sooner than later.
Cheers… Erik
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Hi, I’m also waiting for the keyboard toggle to be re-introduced. Can you please at the same time re-introduce the ‘your answer’ feature at the bottom of the screen, if my answer was not correct? It really helped with learning what I was entering wrong, thank you!
iPhone 8, iOS 11.3, Memrise 2.3.20
The bug with Classic Review doing more reviews than the amount prompted is also very annoying, worked in the N-2 version.
Hi Mike,
this won’t fix any issues with your IOS app, but:
To me it seems to be one of the elementary issues you have on the IOS plattform that you can not rollback to a previous version (online)?!?
Can you even do manual backups of apps / phone so you can restore it, if the latest Apple IOS online store updates are not working anymore because of bugs?
Could happen to ANY app!
Maybe you guys need to be aware that you are beta testing new app releases once you press the store update button or auto-update is configured (default on Android)!
For Android you can search online archive sites and re-install the downloaded .APK file manually to easily rollback to an older working version.
The Memrise team would IMHO need a testing department and quality assurance (QS) team with a “testing concept” to guide functional testers (not the app developer!) through ALL basic app features (learn new words according to settings, review due words according to review settings, over-watering, keyboard, different writing script for different languages, etc.) incl. out-of-bounday conditions (e.g over-watering, wrong answers) for at least ~4-12 weeks (maybe 6 months?) before rolling out a new app version.
My impression from all the web portal updates in the last 6-18 months was, that those 4++ weeks of functional / elementary testing (QS) are not made available from the investors, but instead of recently committed new developer code seems to be rolled out immediately??!?
The Memrise dev team seems to have (very) strict deadlines when to rollout new releases, with what functions…and this IMHO creates all the trouble of non-tested, non-working, buggy software AND additionally on top removed features and only annoys users.
Example:
The web portal dashboard (full desktop browser mode on PC) is hardly useable since the last updates as the “classic review” button is randomized with Pro and was hidden behind a 2nd mobile app menu button screen (all explained in detail in the announcement threads).
The “max. global streak badget” as a motivator was removed but is still available in my older Android app version.
When I used the Android app (older version) on an Android emulator to learn (10 word setting) new words sometimes I would never have thought in using this mobile app for “classic reviews”:
- too many letter hints on buttons (hadn’t seen option to switch to hardware keyboard like you described for IOS; I will re-check my version)
- no free typing (if hardware keyboard switch is now removed on IOS with latest update: basically this could mean that they do not want you to have it!?)
- multiple choice questions mixed with other exercise challenges (e.g audio listening) to water due items from the backlog queue
So I 100% focus on web portal reviews with a bunch of installed user scripts to force me into typing / recalling all of my due review backlog items.
I would rather NOT want to have “exercise challenges” like multiple choice, Speed review, Listening, etc. to water any due items and modify SR intervals.
Why do you all mobile users think that mobile app reviews for due items make sense to do when you can not “lock” the exercise challenge?
Won’t that create too many “false positives” for the next word SR intervals when you can not turn OFF button hints, multiple choice and mixed exercise type questions?
Just my 2cents
Hi BeaTrisy, is there an ETA for this fix? Not having a full keyboard option is actually much harder to complete review sessions.
I totally agree that Memrise should put more resources on QA and regression testing of the iOS app instead of the easter egg feature upgrade that broke many default functions.
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No word in many days now… I’m frustrated waiting to get existing, prior functions back… and my finger is also hovering over the ‘cancel’ button on my upcoming membership renewal. Are you intending to tell us what’s going on Memrise team? Please do… and please… at the least… rollback to the last truly working version!
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I can switch to the iPad keyboard after today’s update, is that the issue discussed or did I misunderstand something?
Tested the new Memrise app released today from the App store. Review still broken, it prompts for more than the number of new reviewed words. This has been broken since the N-3 release – the Easter Egg feature release.
Hi BeaTrisy,
Firstly, thanks to all @ Memrise who got the keyboard toggle switch back.
Secondly, is there any information regarding the ‘your answer’ box, which appeared below the correct answer on the page after an incorrect answer was submitted? I would like to know if this feature has been removed permanently, or is a bug that the team is working on. This has also been mentioned by Marcus.W and Merritcat in this thread.
Thanks for any info
Hi @Ayudar, No the ‘Your answer’ box hasn’t been removed permanently. It will make it’s way back into the app with the following update.
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That is great news!
Thank you for the reply.
Good news. The ‘your answer’ box has returned in latest update (v2.3.22).
Thanks to all @ Memrise for their work on this.
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