Learnist 1.3.7
Content-centric UI
The Learnist GUI is centered around the content submitted by others, such as how to make a almond butter, or how to work your muscles properly, and so on and so forth. It’s got a tile-based interface, and you can choose how to navigate, either by tapping or swiping. One thing it’s missing is a Home button.
Learnist uses translucency, minimalistic graphics, and an overall elegant design. The image quality is very high, and navigation is a breeze. However, it doesn’t have a home button, which forces you to hit Back multiple times to get to the main Learnist page.
Crowd-sourced effort
Learnist is a crowd-sourced service that collects the world’s knowledge. It offers curated web, text and video content on what the developer calls Learnboards. It covering tens-of-thousands of topics, and there’s no shortage of social interaction either. You can follow people just like on Twitter and get their curation on a regular basis.
You can save stuff in your Reading List, but you can’t read this stuff offline, which is a bit of a turn off. Even the lamest web browser has this feature.
You get to have your own profile, complete with an avatar and a background picture, and you can sign in with Facebook if you want. There are a lot of settings that you can tweak, but the default experience should be fine for everyone. You probably won’t need to pay the Settings pane a visit any time soon.
Learnist Collect allows you to save and share the things you’re learning from anywhere around the web by adding any URL to the app via the new iOS share extension. You can even add a category and what you learned and to save it for later, or even share it with the rest of the world. This is possible thanks to the new iOS 8 support and to the operating system’s new share extension.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI8
Learnist uses translucency, minimalistic graphics, and lets you choose how to navigate the content. One thing that’s missing is a Home button. |
Function9
A crowd-sourced collection of the world’s knowledge, Learnist delivers curated web, text and video content on Learnboards covering tens-of-thousands of topics. |
Security7
You can connect with Facebook or you can create your own Learnist account. Either way, it will require some of your info. |
Battery9
Normal consumption levels. |
Price9
The service itself is free, as is much of the content. But some guides, magazines and other types of content also come with a price tag (albeit a very small one). |
Compatibility6
App’s designed for both iPhone and iPad and requires iOS 8. |
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Specifications
- price:
- Free with IAP
- current version:
- 1.3.7
- reviewed version:
- 1.3
- developer:
- Learnist, Inc.
- category:
- SCIENCE & EDUCATION
- os version req.:
- 8.0
- age rating:
- 17+
- in-app purchases:
- Yes.
- hits:
- 552