Drops vs Rosetta Stone Classic (2024)

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] Drops 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
2. [R3] Drops 3/5 · US Great learning tool!: Very useful, well organized.
3. [R12] Drops 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.
4. [R63] 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.
5. [R4] Drops 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
6. [R13] Drops 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
7. [R69] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 3/5 · US Terrific program, terrible app: This app is remarkable. Rosetta Stone has been around for 30 years or more. They have had an iOS app for closing in on multiple decades. And yet, after all that time, it still stumbles between using it online - connected to the internet via cellular/WiFi - and offline. I use R.S. At home on WiFi. Works great. I use R.S. on the bus (no connection) - terrible. Very of
8. [R87] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 3/5 · US Frustrating: I’m having a huge issue with the app not hearing me. I’ve updated it consistently as well as my iOS, but much of the time, it says my mic isn’t working or gives me a low score despite perfect pronunciation. I love the idea of live feedback, but the execution is awful. Also, the feature that allows you to tap on an image to see the English word is super glitchy and never works. Someti
9. [R7] Drops 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
10. [R40] Drops 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???
11. [R70] 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
12. [R112] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 1/5 · US Audio is unusable: Doesn’t matter if I’m using the phone, external earbuds, external headphones, whatever. Audio quality claims it’s bad and the scoring is completely random. Saying the same word or fragment multiple times in the same way could be completely right or completely wrong. Difficultly slider on speech doesn’t seem to help at all either.
13. [R15] Drops 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.
14. [R51] Drops 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…
15. [R90] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 3/5 · US I love it but….: I love this app it helps me learn different languages and it is awesome however.. after I finished some lessons it told me to pay or I can’t be learning
16. [R118] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 1/5 · US False advertising: Do not pay for lifetime access with Rosetta Stone. They claim lifetime access, but it only applies to the current app. Almost as soon as I paid for lifetime access, they came out with a new app and the subscription doesn’t transfer. It’s obvious they’re stopping old app and it will be discontinued before the end of my life XD false advertising..
17. [R96] Rosetta Stone Classic (2024) 3/5 · US Valuable learning method-Technical difficulties with app: I have been using this app for over a year for Japanese on an iPhone. I continue to have technical difficulties- sound disappearing; microphone not picking up my voice. Minimal help from tech support. Using headphones resolves some of sound problems. The learning method itself is a valuable addition in conjunction with other methods. I
18. [R39] Drops 3/5 · GB Alright but paywall behind everything: It is good for learning vocab but u can only do one lesson a day