Preply alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Preply 1/5 · US Be careful your credit expire: I dint notice it at first but later I found out my credits were expiring. This system is morally wrong. I paid for my classes it doesn’t cost this company anything to keep my credits current. It’s a scam!
2. [R4] Preply 1/5 · US Didn’t work the first lesson.: Keep an eye on your credit card statement after you cancel. They’ll charge you monthly. Even after you cancel your subscription is finished.
3. [R10] Preply 1/5 · US Engañosa: Tengan cuidado. Contraté 4 clases para mi hijo para un examen puntual. Y la plataforma te renueva mensualmente sin que pidas renovación. Para colmo de males te programa fechas de clases sin que te enteres
4. [R22] Preply 1/5 · US Unethical billing practices: Their subscription system is a textbook case of dark patterns designed to waste your money. Basic simple things like purchasing the amount of classes you need and want are made difficult. Update: I got a developer response. It amounted to saying that their policies were standard. Indeed. It’s standard to obfuscate and manipulate. It’s standard to make money by getting
5. [R3] Preply 3/5 · US No Refunds: the actual lessons are normal, but the customer service is terrible and you will not get a refund on lessons if your tutor canceled on you last minute or if you cancel your subscription before you take every lesson.
6. [R13] Preply 1/5 · US Poor support: Honestly I wouldn’t recommend if you have any issues support is literally not helpful at all. I don’t enjoy their subscription model. The tutors can be great-really takes trial and error.
7. [R16] Preply 1/5 · US Account Randomly Deactivated: UPDATE* of course the response from Preply was the same stock response to other users’ frustrations, further confirming that this app probably does not have human support at all. No actual communication, just automated messages that don’t help or explain anything whatsoever I woke up this morning to an email saying that my account was cancelled, even though I had a l
8. [R19] Preply 1/5 · US SCAM! Be careful you will never get a refund: Be careful you will never get a refund! The teacher failed to show up for the lesson twice; I requested a refund through support, but they’ve been giving me the runaround for a week now, and I still haven't received it! Choose a different way to learn the language!
9. [R6] Preply 3/5 · US Switching between written documents needs improvement: See above
10. [R9] Preply 3/5 · US Could’ve been 5 stars, BUT: Need more flexibility with recurring schedules. For example, setting up recurring classes for every two weeks or 3 or the first Monday of every month, etc. My calendar is complex but could follow a pattern if this was available on the platform Second, easier way to manage multiple tutors. I have multiple tutors for different topics and more flexible scheduling would he
11. [R12] Preply 3/5 · US Tutor Great: I absolutely love my tutor! I just wish you could make a sub profile because my son who is only 9 and I are both learning on Preply but instead of being able to have a sub profile or added person to the profile I can only add lessons which I believe makes it difficult for my tutor because he has to plan the lessons and since it’s just my profile sometime he only knows what to teach un
12. [R15] Preply 3/5 · US Clumsy app: Hard to collapse keyboard after typing required died such as leaving a note for why a reschedule is required.
13. [R31] Preply 1/5 · US Rude Instructors: My experience with this app was highly negative. And, there seems to be no customer service. I complained about a teacher who was late and rude. No emails. Nothing. I just deleted the app. And, I still have credit on there. I tried it as an alternative to italki, but found I like italki better. At least italki will give you refunds and respond to CS requests.
14. [R41] Preply 1/5 · US Unprofessional: Tutors cancel recurrently, reschedule without asking if time would work, very difficult and unreliable
15. [R45] Preply 1/5 · US Scam!!!!!: Do not use. They allow instructors to schedule classes whenever they want without you agreeing to it, and expect you to pay! They will essentially steal your money.
16. [R7] Preply 1/5 · US Acosadores: Estuve como profesora menos de una semana en la app y lo único que recibí fueron mensajes de “alumnos” con fotos de perfil sumamente inapropiadas, imágenes explícitas de cosas que nada tienen que ver con enseñar un idioma, completamente decepcionante. No es un lugar seguro para aprender ni enseñar
17. [R51] Babbel 1/5 · US Languages: No other languages are provided other than a short amount, really disappointing seeing as I really wanted to learn Korean
18. [R52] Babbel 5/5 · US Stop the doom scrolling!: In my spare time it is nice to be able to learn something like a different language instead of fall into the trap of doom scrolling. And it is fun too!
19. [R53] Babbel 3/5 · US Let’s you pass but you shouldn’t: I want to learn but if you keep pressing continue you advance without actually learning. It rewards completion and not competency. Some languages I don’t care to write, so there should be a way to select what you want to get out of a language to go through it.
20. [R54] Babbel 1/5 · US Pictures have very little correspondence to word or phrases. Will charge you yearly without notice: The current PICTs are useless for expressing what is being taught. Zero refund once charged! I don’t recommend this company. No human to talk to also!!
21. [R65] Memrise Easy Language Learning 1/5 · US Horrible Customer Service: A few years ago I paid for the lifetime upgrade and since then I had to buy a new phone. Well guess what? The lifetime membership did not transfer. I emailed customer service about and they asked me if I still had the receipt EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD SEE IT ON THEIR END THAT I HAD PURCHASED IT. And of course I don’t have a receipt for something that I paid for over FIVE ye
22. [R66] Memrise Easy Language Learning 5/5 · US They have Chawcktow!!!: ❤️
23. [R67] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US Stuck: I think it’s got a bug because I keep going over the same ol’ lessons. It might be because I had to upgrade phones.
24. [R68] Memrise Easy Language Learning 2/5 · US Soulless robots and AI. Used to be better.: I used to spend hours and hours on Memrise, about a decade ago. I used it again a few years ago to study a language. Now Memrise is all about promoting its AI robots, which either are costing them tons and environmentally damaging, or are oft-used practice convos that aren’t really AI but they’re that terrible at branding it. This alone would be a dealbr
25. [R79] Praktika 1/5 · US Wrong language: I have selected I want to learn Arabic but tutor spoke English to me
26. [R80] Praktika 5/5 · US Lesson: Everything is cool, I just really want premium. · translated
27. [R81] Praktika 3/5 · US Regarding some issues: The person we're video chatting with blocks the text and conversation. Can you make it so they can be minimized or closed? · translated
28. [R82] Praktika 1/5 · US Audio stopped working: Reinstalled app, bug did not fix the problem. Contacted support, no response
29. [R93] Promova 1/5 · US Promising start but course is super short and worthless: I liked the program and decided to subscribe. Imagine my dissatisfaction when I found out the whole Japanese course was about one week worth of learning. There is nothing beyond that. And advertised AI mode is not available by the way. So definitely false advertisement
30. [R94] Promova 4/5 · US Like it a lot but….: I’ve only been using this for a few days, but I already really like how it’s phrases and sentences instead of just grammar. However, I’m getting a little frustrated because when doing the conversation type lessons, the input is very incorrect. It’s like it’s trying to take what I’m saying in Spanish and put it into English. I honestly need that more than anything so I might en
31. [R95] Promova 3/5 · US Arabic Is Worthless: The Arabic lessons have tons of bugs in them. Functionality is a pain. Beyond that the grammar and vocabulary is a bit off. I have friends who speak Arabic and they looked and told me to not waste my time.
32. [R96] Promova 1/5 · US Avoid: Poor product, there are much better options out there. And their unsubscribe button doesn’t work on the many many promo emails.
33. [R107] Speak 1/5 · US Như lồn: Vvvb
34. [R108] Speak 5/5 · US 5 stars: This app is helping me
35. [R109] Speak 3/5 · US No way to start at appropriate level: The instruction method is good, but it should test better so you can start at your appropriate level. It started me at “Hello, my name is. . .” which is way, way too basic for my level. I’ve reached out twice to customer service to see if there is a way to adjust, but I’ve received no response. I’m frustrated at this point and I regret spending money on the s
36. [R110] Speak 1/5 · US SCAM: Ad said it improves English, it only helps foreigners not improve English for Natives
37. [R21] Preply 3/5 · GB HELP: i have meet with an amazing german teacher but somehow the app keeps declining my card!! and i cant make the payment