Drops

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. [R103] 1/5 · US 5 mins for free version: It sucks that I can only used this app for 5 mins a day
2. [R210] 3/5 · US Gulp: I like how it teaches you well and helps you sound it out but I don’t like how you have to pay for more than 5 minutes of learning. And it moves too fast.
3. [R255] 3/5 · GB Alright but paywall behind everything: It is good for learning vocab but u can only do one lesson a day
4. [R55] 2/5 · US Used to be great. Now there’s way more restrictions?: Drops used to be a good, versatile language-learning app that could let you learn and practice each of your chosen/added languages whenever you wanted; now, drops is restrictive and obstructive with how much and what languages you learn. You learn only one by default, unless you purchase the real deal. Do better.
5. [R71] 3/5 · US Free is fine but meh: Not worth the hefty price, and it only took me 318 days to learn everything they offered. Kinda pointless after that. Just do Duolingo.
6. [R294] 3/5 · GB Great but…: It’s very good for learning but limits you a lot if you don’t have premium! I was considering premium but it is £60 yearly…
7. [R304] 3/5 · GB MAC VERSION NEEDED: This app is good, the subject matter however needs updating and as a native who doesn’t speak the language im studying perfectly, some of the subjects/words are hilariously out of context, confusing or straight up wrong. Finally this is a learning app, so make it compatible on my laptop, for nearly £70.00 per year I’m sure you can do that
8. [R100] 3/5 · US Clever Interface, Lacks Depth: I speak five languages and have a PhD in English, so really wanted to love Drops and even purchased a lifetime subscription. Unfortunately, this app fails to deliver its full potential, especially for the price. PROS: Drops offers a clever way to sustain immersion while leveraging the power of spaced repetition, which promotes long-term retention of vocabulary. The
9. [R120] 1/5 · US Manipulative Marketing & Preset Annual Premium Membership on Free-Trial: The app is ok. That's not the problem or cause of the 1-star rating. I gave 1star because the developers auto-set the free-trial to end on a premium annual membership rather than give the user the option to select or change the membership duration (1-month, 3-month, etc.) before the trial officially begins. This tactic is una
10. [R124] 1/5 · US Listen to this before buying: The company uses the free trial as a way to make you automatically pay for the yearly fee instead of by monthly this is an unethical company. And they do not do grammar, strictly vocabulary do not buy or use or you will have similar issues!
11. [R375] 3/5 · GB Refund: The app said there was a 7-day free trial, but it charged me upfront. I did not agree to pay £67.99 per year I only intended to use the 7-day free trial. I would like a refund please
12. [R222] 2/5 · US Charged me: I signed up for a free trial. The app was fine, I chose it because it had Southern Vietnamese and most language apps focus on the Northern Viet dialect. However, I did find this app unhelpful for myself because there was not phonetic spelling for words or a way to slow down pronunciations. There was no way to expand on the words you were trying to learn, it felt more like a memorizat
13. [R9] 1/5 · US Canceled my permanent membership.. beware: Bought this outright in 2023. They shifted to purely subscription based and told me they couldn’t find any records of my purchase. I sent them the correct email and they said nothing was found. I found my purchase receipt and it was with the email I thought it was. If you had a permanent account, make sure you still have access. They apparently will ask f
14. [R87] 1/5 · US My premium lifetime paid account disappeared: I have been using drops for over 3 years and had paid for lifetime premium subscription. Today all my info is gone and I am not on premium any more???
15. [R28] 1/5 · US Will not let me subscribe to premium: Cannot subscribe to premium
16. [R183] 1/5 · US Membership issues: I paid for a membership and it didn’t apply. The only way to get a hold of these people is through a stupid “feedback” button. Apples quality control over apps is really declining. I’m about to drop Apple all together.
17. [R2] 5/5 · US Excellent: The blend of repetition, visuals, listening, and bite sized sessions work perfect for me. If anyone is learning Hebrew, this app is amazing btw!
18. [R13] 5/5 · US Try it out: Helps with important everyday words
19. [R19] 5/5 · US Love. it!: I love it 10 minute lessons I can tell my step mom. About all the Portuguese words learned it's great.devs good job
20. [R24] 5/5 · US ..: App is more for words that it is for speaking but it is a good app to be fair I’m only doing 5mins for now and will have more progress as I go such a good app tho
21. [R30] 5/5 · US Korean: It’s amazing it made me learn so much faster then Duolingo also it teaches u how u did and shows u pictures on what i is I really Recommend it
22. [R31] 5/5 · US Great with hungarian: I started Duolingo wasn’t so good with Hungarian but when I found Drops, it was great definitely try😀👍
23. [R34] 5/5 · US Learning Thai: Duolingo has forsaken me and drops is well made and has Thai!
24. [R1] 5/5 · US Better than duo: Actually immerses me in the language, and not just shoving me into forced limited practice
25. [R7] 5/5 · US Tada: It’s pretty fun!
26. [R8] 5/5 · US I love my four-year-old using it: I’ll give it a five star
27. [R10] 5/5 · US Cool game: This game is so cool. You get to learn so many languages. I love this game because I have to practice every day and I learn so many languages.
28. [R14] 1/5 · US Terrible: Terrible it teaches really basic words and tries to drill it in and then if you just say I learned it it’s fine. Duo better
29. [R18] 1/5 · US WHY IS THERE LGBTQ ON THE INTEREST?: Take that down Update: and blooket is better kahoot it’s to boring I trusted duo for Icelandic they don’t have it. But drops is straight up boring too much stupid ads and you have to pay money just to LEARN? CHOSE BLOOKET! and a different learning app
30. [R5] 2/5 · US Potential: This app does have potential and with a company like kahoot I’m sure they can make the adjustments. My main issue is the translations are wrong and you may not catch it if you are new to a language. This is important because it can cause misunderstanding it a conversation where it may already be hard to understand each other. I did make a note of this in the improvement comment box befo
31. [R6] 1/5 · US Too much ai clutter: I have the lifetime membership and have enjoyed the use of this app until I was forced to update due to pop up screens refusing to let me study. Finally update and find that it's changed and for the worse. Ai art at every crevice, organization made a mess with redundant grouping where it's a duplicate of other groups. I can't just go straight to a section, I have to find where
32. [R17] 1/5 · US Great until the last update: I’ve been a multi-year user and use the app every day. Since the last major update, it’s become significantly harder to navigate. The new folder structure has made it difficult to see what I’m actively working on and what I haven’t completed yet. Topics that were previously visible at a glance are now buried inside categories, and progress feels hidden. Even when I go
33. [R37] 3/5 · US Good app, but a lot of mistakes: Fun and easy way to learn language, but there are quite a few errors. For example, a word will say “el secreto” but the pronunciation will be “un secreto,” or the word will be “estás” but the pronunciation will be “está.” It’s quite annoying and makes me wonder how much of it is powered by AI.
34. [R96] 3/5 · US Sigh: I liked this app because it was just vocabulary. I don’t like that it changed to all kind of phrases instead of pure word learning. I promise, I’m never going to order a half pineapple pizza. I’d much rather learn the individual words than how to order one. Grammar and sentence building is a different skill than vocabulary, which is what I liked about Drops initially
35. [R508] 3/5 · CA Great for vocab, not great for grammar.: I downloaded this as support through my Te Reo Māori course. To have Māori available in an app is amazing and it’s been great for testing vocab. Going past any vocab I have issues. The sentences don’t contain any information about structure (flash card style learning all throughout). Also, the app often starts skipping to the next word/phrase before the l