Duolingo: Language Lessons
★ 4.8What it actually doesLearn new languages with the world's most downloaded language learning app!
Actually does
- ✓Free trial
- ✓Language learning72% of reviews
- ✓Уроки шахмат16% of reviews
- ✓Progress Tracking16% of reviews
- ✓Social network8% of reviews
- ✓Free tier8% of reviews
- ✓Subscription4% of reviews
- ✓Система энергии (лайфы) для уроков(bonus)8% of reviews
- ✓iOS widgets(bonus)4% of reviews
- ✓Gamification48% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Speech-to-text
- ⚠Уроки музыки
- ⚠Ad-free
Common complaints
- ✗Music section not working — lesson completion button unresponsive20% of mentions
«WHY WON'T THEY LET ME STUDY MUSIC, I keep tapping to try to pass the level, but it just won't respond and won't let me pass»
- ✗Critical errors — app fails to load, crashes on startup, error when completing quiz20% of mentions
«After the update, the lesson won't load, even if I wait a long time. Every time I log in, a window appears saying 'an unknown error occurred'»
- ✗Speech recognition fails — requires repeating a single word 5+ times8% of mentions
«You repeat the correct answer five times and it still marks it as an error. Really makes you want to quit»
- ✗Progress freezes — app shows lessons as incomplete when they were passed12% of mentions
«Same issue for several days in a row. I complete 1-3 lessons, and the next day it shows I didn't pass anything yesterday»
- ✗Excessive pop-ups (chests, streaks, rankings, notifications)8% of mentions
«So many pop-ups: some chests, streaks, your ranking, enable notifications. Because of this I keep abandoning my training sessions»
What people praise
- ★Fun and engaging language learning format
«A really cool offer for learning languages. Easy to remember and learn languages»
- ★Learning effectiveness — noticeable progress in language mastery
«I've been learning Chinese for a month now and I can speak freely! Results are excellent — great reaction time, hearing improved»
- ★Completely free access to learning
«I recommend this app to everyone, it's free. So you don't need to hire tutors»
- ★Easy to use — suitable even for very young learners
«Very easy and accessible language teaching. Suitable even for three-year-olds»
- ★Additional chess and music lessons diversify learning
«I learned to play chess. I've been studying for several months now, mastered chess and I'm learning Chinese»