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1. [R4] Busuu 2/5 · US A2 level for Chinese sucks: I spent 131 days learning A1 level. I was really looking forward to A2 level; however, when I started A2 level lessons. It had vocabulary that it never taught me nor did it teach me any grammar. This app has a lot of ads and I paid for the premium. It feels like a huge waste of time and money. The only good thing I got out of this is that I am proficient in A1. Wish th
2. [R13] Busuu 1/5 · US Too many adds for premium: Have been using it for a while now and haven’t been keeping up the practice because of how many ads they have or how often they want you to go to premium
3. [R15] Busuu 3/5 · GB Good but the ads and the reviewing of words: I think they should change the app so that we need to pay premium for a language ai thing instead of to stop ads and to review words. The amount of adds as u get past lesson 8 is to much
4. [R16] Busuu 1/5 · US Can’t skip ads: Be great if I could skip through them
5. [R9] Busuu 3/5 · US Avis: Belle application mais trop limité pour la version gratuite
6. [R33] Busuu 3/5 · GB Paying: It’s really good and is very easy to learn But I just wish it was fully free. A lot of language learning apps make you pay for the stuff you actually need to learn to know a language and it’s so annoying
7. [R35] Busuu 4/5 · US Great!!: It's perfect to learn languages but they should add something where you have conversations for free
8. [R7] Busuu 1/5 · US I just downloaded may have gotten charged: I was downloading the app because I wanted to learn French when o downloaded the app I went on ChatGPT which told me it was free and I didn’t need a subscription but now I believed it charged me 200 dollars so I’m not sure why it wasn’t clear and I DO NOT want to get charged cause I am fully ok which just having the basics
9. [R10] Busuu 1/5 · US No refund: Busuu promised a refund. They mentioned 14 days for a refund. After a day, I asked for a refund and they refused. Buyer beware! This program reminds me of all the reasons I hated High School Spanish class.
10. [R36] Busuu 3/5 · GB Good but pricey: This is actually a really good app for people who want to learn a language. My husband is French and he heard how much my French improved in just two hours.
11. [R37] Busuu 2/5 · GB A great app terrible for existing customers: I loved this app. Bought the premium version to avoid advertising. Less than £50 . At the end of the year the premium version was nearly double!!! I contacted Busuu and they said no deals for existing customers. So I had to delete my account and lose a year’s worth of learning. Then use a different email to re subscribe for the reduced price for new cus
12. [R3] Busuu 3/5 · US Busuu: So basically the app is really good and helpful but Duolingo is better. Duolingo focuses on little things and makes you do it again and again. Busuu grows alit at you and doesn’t repeat alit if it but its helpful.
13. [R18] Busuu 3/5 · GB Good content, but not ideal for learning: I tried it for an year for German and Italian and I am sad to say the concept of the is not ideal. I think that the content in fact is really good. It has a lot of practical content (even if lacking in grammar). The problem however is that there is not enough exercise and repetition. While I cam across some very nice and practical concepts, I hardly reme
14. [R22] Busuu 1/5 · US It’s not worth it: I paid for the subscription but the lessons are way too basic and it’s really hard to learn anything. I don’t recommend this app to learn any language.
15. [R12] Busuu 3/5 · US Mr Tom Schilling: I am yet to have any of my exercises reviewed. Are there any other Dutch learners? Are there any Dutch native speakers? I can’t find any.
16. [R19] Busuu 2/5 · US Bad Audio: Audio is completely horrid. Cannot hear anything that is being said by these AI voices.
17. [R23] Busuu 4/5 · US Watch out for occasional muffled computerized voices: Most of the voices are great for helping to learn, but some of the voices sound like computerized muffled voices that are hard to understand because it’s so distorted. Why are those strange versions included with the more natural sounding voices?
18. [R26] Busuu 4/5 · US Weak words: It’s a very good app and has helped me learned a lot of things about German, but according to the app every word I say is weak even when I say it perfectly, which makes it feel suspicious and I kind of feel like it’s a scam.
19. [R6] Busuu 3/5 · US Add Tagalog: The app looks helpful but please be the one app that has Tagalog. I’m trying to speak to my grandparents in their native language and I can find nowhere to learn it
20. [R2] Busuu 5/5 · US It’s a game, a fun way to learn.: I like how you can correct your pronunciation with native speakers. I also like that there are weekly leader boards; it gives you a competitive drive to learn more.
21. [R51] Duolingo 1/5 · US Too many ads not enough learning: After every lesson there is an ad and the whole battery thing makes no sense. Why is there a limit to learning?
22. [R53] Duolingo 3/5 · US Duolingo: Duolingo is a really fun game that teaches you fun languages, math music chest all those things it’s really fun. It’s free well Kinda it really has fun challenges and helps you with what you need to know and no ads, thankfully
23. [R58] Duolingo 5/5 · US How I love to just learn new languages: So when I startedbi looked through the languages then I stumbled apon Norwegian which I have always wanted to go to Norway because of there pretty snow and it's also because they have whale meat like what!!!! So then I pressed Norwegian then I learned a lot like also I learned Hawaii 🌋then I also learned math music and chess and some new english words so tha
24. [R69] Babbel 5/5 · US Formal class now Babbel: I have taken two separate intensive online classes in German. I cannot give them bad reviews because I certainly learned a lot. However, the classes were every day and ongoing, and sometimes even more than my brain could absorb. I am now back to Babbel and feeling very comfortable with it. I like the fact that I can learn at my own pace. There are days when I can squeeze i
25. [R70] Babbel 3/5 · US Absolutely not, (it’s given a five to get seen): This app is just not for me, I did one lesson and then it wanted me to subscribe to do all my other lessons, like I just want to learn French for free! I thought I would download this app with loads of good reviews but I don’t want to pay to learn a language, they might as well jut have you pay for the app at that point, my real review is one star
26. [R72] Babbel 5/5 · US The BEST language learning app: I’ve tried many and this is the only one that sticks. The info sticks and the learning is easy and fun. LOVE LOVE LOVE
27. [R73] Babbel 3/5 · US Thorough but soooooo slow: Love the content and the structure, but the AI takes forever to process the spoken word!
28. [R82] Speak & Learn English 1/5 · US Mentira: No es gratis cómo dicen tantos comerciales
29. [R83] Speak & Learn English 5/5 · US So far, I like everything: We're still exploring, we'll see later. They haven't asked for money yet at the very beginning. · translated
30. [R84] Speak & Learn English 3/5 · US Great way to explain topics: I love to have explanations in my native language but the ai is still learning my language and sound too robotic and mispronounced some words
31. [R85] Speak & Learn English 1/5 · US Đã hủy đăng ký nhưng tháng nào cũng vẫn trừ: Đã hủy đăng ký nhưng tháng nào cũng vẫn trừ 4-5 tháng nay rồi
32. [R93] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 1/5 · US DOESN’T WORK!: I have a new headset. The app can’t hear me, it doesn’t even recognize input when I speak. I say something correct and it tells me I am wrong. Very frustrating. How am I supposed to learn? I paid for a lifetime membership of DISAPPOINTMENT.
33. [R94] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 5/5 · US So fun and fulfilling!: In the same age where we’re constantly taking things in that are just entertainment when you finish the short fun, easy lesson if you feel good about yourself and it’s one of the only ways to keep your brain renewing and getting better learning, a musical instrument or language and with Rosetta Stone it’s infinite and why not reach out
34. [R96] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 1/5 · US Very unhelpful and unclear: I'm learning German, and the speaking lessons are the most difficult because of the app's inability to recognize the actual words being spoken. For example, I was in a room of people speaking English while doing my German speaking lesson, and i paused speaking because it was too loud. The app heard the voices and thought that they were saying the words on the screen, so
35. [R99] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 1/5 · US Content is fine, microphone detection doesn’t work: The content within the app is good and the app is easy to follow however, you are constantly fighting the app to recognize the words you’re saying. The microphone on my iPhone works perfectly fine but the Rosetta Stone app is constantly telling me that the microphone has bad quality and it doesn’t matter how you hold the phone, if you use headpho
36. [R107] 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
37. [R109] 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.
38. [R110] Memrise Easy Language Learning 1/5 · US Unfortunately, the app was very buggy at first, and now it has stopped working altogether. It used to be my favorite app. · translated
39. [R111] Memrise Easy Language Learning 5/5 · US Best one yet: I have tried so many language apps, but once I got memories, it changed my life forever. Duolingo didn’t work. It kept asking me for subscriptions when it said free and it’s add
40. [R17] Busuu 5/5 · US Love it!: I’m learning German, and this taught me more in a day than Duolingo has in a month! But, since you learn so much so quickly, go back and take the chapter reviews again to sharpen up your skills once in awhile
41. [R27] Busuu 3/5 · GB Good but not great: I enjoy many aspects of the app, I miss the enjoyment of Duolingo but feel I learn more on Busuu, I also don’t really enjoy bouncing from topic to topic as I feel it breaks my consistency of learning
42. [R40] Busuu 5/5 · US Busuu: It is a very good learning tool to help you learn new languages. I was doing Duolingo but it only taught me the basics. But Busuu has really helped me learn a lot more about Japanese.👍🏻