Buddy.ai: Aнглийский для Детей
★ 4.7What it actually doesBuddy.ai is an app for children to learn English through conversations with a virtual robot tutor. It contains 1,000+ words and videos across 14 topics, but suffers from serious technical issues, high costs, and subscription cancellation problems.
Actually does
- ✓Language learning70% of reviews
- ✓AI assistant60% of reviews
- ✓Subscription100% of reviews
- ✓Free trial(bonus)30% of reviews
- ✓Russian localization20% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Voice notes
- ⚠Speech-to-text
- ⚠Video player
- ⚠Customer Support
Common complaints
- ✗Hidden payment in the middle of lesson / sudden commercialization60% of mentions
«Why does a paywall suddenly appear in the middle of a sentence?»
- ✗Unable to cancel subscription (error, account access unavailable)40% of mentions
«I try to cancel the subscription through settings and it gives an error. I emailed to have them remove the subscription, I got a confirmation, reference number and that's it...»
- ✗App stops working after paying for subscription35% of mentions
«As soon as I paid for the subscription, the app immediately stopped working!!!»
- ✗High cost (2000+ rubles/month) compared to free alternatives50% of mentions
«It's absurd, you could just buy an English book and it would be cheaper!»
- ✗Incorrect speech recognition / child hears themselves incorrectly20% of mentions
«If a child mispronounces a word, the AI can accept it, and then in the future the child will keep saying it that way»
What people praise
- ★Cute and attractive robot design
«especially this cute robot»
- ★Interactivity and gamified learning format
«Very good game that really teaches English»
- ★Good vocabulary (1000+ words)
- ★Correct pronunciation from native speaker
- ★Russian language support for understanding