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1. [R3] 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.
2. [R4] Memrise Easy Language Learning 1/5 · US App review shows no words: Been over a month and no reviews. Your zendesk app won’t take my email address for bug reports. Stuck!
3. [R6] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US Eee: It no longer works
4. [R9] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US App seems to break every other update: This is my absolute favorite app to use ever and got me through so many languages at break-neck speeds, but its like every few weeks it breaks on and off after an update. Past few days its been a white screen with a red dot then an error message 70 percent of the time.
5. [R1] Memrise Easy Language Learning 2/5 · US No autorenew reminder: They don’t send a reminder that they’ll charge you for a whole year for the annual renewing subscription, and it’s a pain to ask for a refund. Pretty shady.
6. [R10] 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
7. [R31] Memrise Easy Language Learning 1/5 · US Billed without approval: Billing cancellation went through on desktop before renewal but you apparently need to cancel on your phone too. $100 plus charge, they do not respond at all, emailed 4 times same day of charge and nothing for weeks now. Desperate for money maybe, they will ignore you. Be careful with this company.
8. [R13] 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
9. [R15] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US Too much AI now: I loved this app so much. But now all the Ai took away all the fun of learning the language. I can no longer get through lessons without being prompted to type conversations with Ai over and over. I wish there was an option to avoid the Ai, but it is so integrated into the lessons now.
10. [R19] Memrise Easy Language Learning 2/5 · US Booooo AI: Used to be my favorite app for language learning 10 years ago. If I were able to opt out of using AI to advance (like it used to be!) then I wouldn’t mind still using it, but since I can’t, it’s bye-bye. GenAI is killing the planet. Do better.
11. [R27] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · GB Very mid: Struggle to learn, use of AI(?) is inconsistent and buggy
12. [R12] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US Bring back ASL videos please: Please bring back the ASL videos you all used to have. 💐
13. [R18] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · US They’re getting a little too greedy: They used to be the best app. But they’re removing features that I loved and used to recommend to my friends. Now I treat this app as an “at-your-own-risk” or unnecessary supplement to language learning. It’s okay. But it’s no longer the best.
14. [R30] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · GB Used to be the best: Sadly the rush to roll out AI features nobody asked for has ruined this app for the following reasons: - can no longer download courses and use on the flight - can no longer navigate easily to where you were in the course for for recaps - the whole experience is painfully slow now
15. [R45] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · GB Good app - but bring back community courses: The app is significantly better than Duolingo for learning useful phrases. Please add back community made courses for languages that aren’t officially supported
16. [R34] Memrise Easy Language Learning 1/5 · US Bad app: I tried learning Italian. And it said dai which means “ come on in Italian so these people think I’m done to think that mean it
17. [R40] Memrise Easy Language Learning 2/5 · US Use something else to learn: Probably the worst app out there for language learning. I am doing a free one now and it’s better than the paid version of this one. You learn things without any context. And the ai bot sucks.
18. [R42] Memrise Easy Language Learning 3/5 · GB First impressions: I've had this for 2 days now, so far very good, quite a slow pace for beginners which is good. The only thing (so far) I don't like is the fact that "grammar lessons" is listed under pro, I'm not interested in getting pro but I feel grammar lessons for language learning and is very important. grammar lessons should be provided at base level, maybe just have them be slightly mor
19. [R52] Duolingo 5/5 · US Duolingo: Bro Duolingo is SO GOOD you guys HAVE TO GET TO LEARN LANGUAGES NOW 💚
20. [R53] Duolingo 3/5 · US Good enough: Download it barely learned me anything the lessons are boring and the streaks barely help at all sucks 3/5
21. [R55] Duolingo 5/5 · US Duolingo Good: This is the best English learning app I've used. · translated
22. [R58] Duolingo 5/5 · US Great way to learn a new language for free: This app has helped me learn spanish very well for completely free and the only ads I see are rare and are only asking you to pay extra for no ads, but if you dont have the money for premium it is still very user friendly. The devs are doing a great thing by providing free education to everyone regardless of their budget! Highly recommend
23. [R66] Babbel 5/5 · US Solid steady learning: Babbel is a well designed and useful tool. Learning a language is really hard and this is the best way I’ve found to begin to build foundational learning blocks. Don’t expect to be fluent anytime soon, But if consistent you will see real progress
24. [R67] Babbel 3/5 · US Little basic: I wish the lessons were a little more challenging. The questions are kinda easy. maybe my spanish is more advanced than i thot. Are there more advanced lessons?
25. [R68] Babbel 2/5 · US So far I hate it: Week 2 and im still on how to say hello and goodbye, why is this so difficult? There are 3 Spanish words for the word “are” and I can’t figure it out at all. I end up quitting in under 10 minutes every day but I go back again and haven’t picked up a thing. This app makes me feel like I’m incapable of learning a new language.
26. [R70] Babbel 3/5 · US Confusing grammar lessons!!!: Lessons fly by too fast, not enough practice, random unknown words thrown at you, very disappointing! NOT HAPPY WITH BABBEL! The grammar and pronunciation lessons are confusing! It starts with choosing an answer out two choices but the choices are tricky and confusing! Some lessons are too long like there’s no end to them! The slang lessons are dumb! I need to lea
27. [R79] Speak & Learn English 1/5 · US No es cierto: Porque dicen que es gratis, es una publicidad engañosa, la descargué me decía siete días gratis y luego pagar una membresía, cancelé la membresía antes de los siete días e igual me cobraron
28. [R82] Speak & Learn English 1/5 · US Don’t get fooled: After 7 days you have to pay. ITS NOT FREE
29. [R83] Speak & Learn English 5/5 · US Fantastic: Me esta gustando como me esta enseñando mi teacherespero aprender
30. [R84] Speak & Learn English 3/5 · US 1 👍🏻 up: It is a really good app but it is just like all the other apps. ! It’s free in the beginning, then you have to pay whatever the payment plan is. I don’t remember if it was weekly, monthly, or yearly?!? So, yes if you are willing to be receptive and learn your lessons and actually put in the 15 to 20 minutes a day to do it, you will get the most out of the app. But it does come with having
31. [R94] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 5/5 · US Visual is best: I was not sure how i felt about this app, but visual learning helps a lot, i would still recommend you a good grammar book or watch tutorials online for proper grammar, if you have questions, but if you really want to amerce yourself in the language and not use cheap duolingo, for $200 dollars you can learn almost any language for life, they have monthy options if you can’t afford
32. [R97] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 5/5 · US Easy to learn, no monthly fees: Paid in full during a Black Friday deal, came with 20+ languages and I don’t need to pay a monthly subscription!
33. [R99] 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.
34. [R102] 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. [R108] ELSA Speak 4/5 · US Good,but not good enough: While voice recognition has improved significantly, it still fails to recognize speech in certain situations. Currently, the biggest problem with the user interface is the virtual character (the tutor) who occupies a third of the screen, which is unreasonable. This is an unnecessary (even useless) feature that only obstructs the view during learning.
36. [R113] ELSA Speak 5/5 · US Artist app: A nice app that helped me with pronunciation. · translated
37. [R117] ELSA Speak 5/5 · US Good app for English learners: Very helpful
38. [R5] 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
39. [R17] Memrise Easy Language Learning 5/5 · US Helped me so much!l: I used too be a Duolingo user but it hasn’t helped me with much Italian. I was looking through the App Store and found memrise! This app has helped me with so much Italian already and I’ve only had it for a month!
40. [R98] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 3/5 · US Duolinguo is ultimately better: I don’t know, this app is just super boring sometimes. The speech machine is hit-or-miss, the lessons seem all the same, and you can’t access a tutor without paying money. The live lessons are good though. Wouldnt recommend if you prefer something more colorful and complex.
41. [R105] 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
42. [R76] Babbel 3/5 · US Seems awesome, wish there was more for free users: I’m trying this app out and don’t want to use any free trial or pay anything yet and it just seems like i can’t do anything. I’ve only been able to do one lesson of a unit so far and everything else is locked. I understand not having as much as users who pay but this seems a bit ridiculous.