Koch Trainer

This is a SUPER basic app. The user interface isn’t really what someone that ever USED it would have built. BUT it is one of the only apps in the entire store that isn’t a child’s toy. This is a genuine learning app. The most glaring omission is that it doesn’t grade your session, it will display - In A Different FONT - what it sent and what you typed. If this sounds hard to reconcile, it is! This app seems like a beta release from someone that doesn’t really know what the app should do or how it should work. Still that does’t change the fact it is one of the VERY BEST in the entire store.

1 you can adjust to any speed you like You can start at 5wpm or higher 2 you learn by sound of the letters 3 spacing arrangements. Space at 5 wpm but send the letters at 30 wpm 4 this is a serious tool- don’t challenge the order of the letters ,numbers etc 5 hear m - - k -.- associate sound with the letter that’s where speed comes in 6 you could start at 20 or 30 wpm! I trained myself in 1976 when I became a ham operator. I studied the letters then the sound- wrong . It’s sound associate the letter or number or punctuation. Do it in your head. Don’t write it down Good luck HS

The current version does everything I need it to do. Uses Koch method and Farnsworth timing as recommended by most CW mentors. Works as advertised. Scratch pad feature is helpful as well. I'm a novice with CW and this app is Definitely helpful in building skill. Could it be improved by adding more features? Sure. But it does the job well and it's priced right. Great job by the Pignology team.

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Not even sure if this is the app's fault, but lessons are poorly ordered. Why k and m, then k m r? I did fine on k and m at 20 wpm, but couldn't get past the 2 lesson at the same speed. Needs work, maybe custom lesson designs or choices because the current lessons don't work, push me too far ahead too soon.

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There is at least 1 very offensive word in this app. Very embarrassing to have someone watch my translation. Unless this is fixed and I am notified I can not and will not recommend this app.