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4.7
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5 2,739,475
4 588,535
3 103,206
2 34,267
1 55,002
Andi Motta
Learning Made Fun My 8 year old son and I have been using your app and have had so much fun learning new languages. We started just knowing English. Now I can proudly say that we know German, Spanish, and are working on Portuguese. It's so important that people can speak multiple languages so that we can communicate with people from all over the globe. Thank you for this free, alternative to the overly expensive Rosetta Stone.
Amanda Simwaka
Easiest way to learn a language It's easy and fun learning a language with Duolingo. I love the varied ways they use to help you learn vocabulary and grammar without a lot of explanation. Bots are a fun, new addition to the app, I just wish they'd allow you to use whatever words you want. I also wish they didn't capitalize the beginning word of each sentence because it makes it too easy.
Keiko J
so easy but voices fail sometimes such a great language learning app it doesn't feel like work! I'm learning German through it right now and I love how the vocab builds but they continually bring words from previous lessons so you don't forget those too! the only downside is that sometimes the voices fail which is really important to me as I really want to make sure I get the pronunciation right! i really really hope they come out with Mandarin and Cantonese in the near future as those are the languages I really need help in!
Joe P
Good but could improve There is not enough emphasis on constructing the target language from scratch. You end up having a vast recognition memory but little else. You need to be able to formulate the words without help. There needs to more focus on speaking. This worked well on the iphone but on the android version you could literally grunt and it accepts it!!! Also what happened to Greek for English learners as was available on the iphone in beta mode but not on android. It is definitely less intutive to use.
Mandy B
More info please OK, I love this app. Starting here so you don't think I'm picking on you, only making requests. Could you *please* put links from the app to the same course on the website. I understand that there are more details about grammar etc there. Unfortunately I've forgotten which email and password I've used for the app so I can't sign in online. A direct link (carrying over the login details) would be v helpful! Also could you add voice lessons to the other languages, like you have in the French one. Thanks!
Luigi Doyle
Duolingo An app that makes learning a language simple and easy, it's done step by step and tracks how well your doing in a specific subject, very useful for beginners in a language but even for those experienced aswell. Only criticism is that some of the phrases duolingo uses are not logical for instance "they eat an apple". This is the only criticism I have off the app and I can show off that I speak German now :D
User reviews
Learning Made Fun My 8 year old son and I have been using your app and have had so much fun learning new languages. We started just knowing English. Now I can proudly say that we know German, Spanish, and are working on Portuguese. It's so important that people can speak multiple languages so that we can communicate with people from all over the globe. Thank you for this free, alternative to the overly expensive Rosetta Stone.
Easiest way to learn a language It's easy and fun learning a language with Duolingo. I love the varied ways they use to help you learn vocabulary and grammar without a lot of explanation. Bots are a fun, new addition to the app, I just wish they'd allow you to use whatever words you want. I also wish they didn't capitalize the beginning word of each sentence because it makes it too easy.
so easy but voices fail sometimes such a great language learning app it doesn't feel like work! I'm learning German through it right now and I love how the vocab builds but they continually bring words from previous lessons so you don't forget those too! the only downside is that sometimes the voices fail which is really important to me as I really want to make sure I get the pronunciation right! i really really hope they come out with Mandarin and Cantonese in the near future as those are the languages I really need help in!
Good but could improve There is not enough emphasis on constructing the target language from scratch. You end up having a vast recognition memory but little else. You need to be able to formulate the words without help. There needs to more focus on speaking. This worked well on the iphone but on the android version you could literally grunt and it accepts it!!! Also what happened to Greek for English learners as was available on the iphone in beta mode but not on android. It is definitely less intutive to use.
More info please OK, I love this app. Starting here so you don't think I'm picking on you, only making requests. Could you *please* put links from the app to the same course on the website. I understand that there are more details about grammar etc there. Unfortunately I've forgotten which email and password I've used for the app so I can't sign in online. A direct link (carrying over the login details) would be v helpful! Also could you add voice lessons to the other languages, like you have in the French one. Thanks!
Duolingo An app that makes learning a language simple and easy, it's done step by step and tracks how well your doing in a specific subject, very useful for beginners in a language but even for those experienced aswell. Only criticism is that some of the phrases duolingo uses are not logical for instance "they eat an apple". This is the only criticism I have off the app and I can show off that I speak German now :D
Quick learning success It just lacks detailed grammar theory. Grammar is always useful, even if you're only aiming for conversational level. Also, the speech output (synhetic?) simply mispronounces some words, make sure to double check so you don't embarass yourself.
Mostly good Love that it teaches you the language and that it provides you with some clues if there is a new word. Would be better if you could learn groups of words or numbers etc. Also teaches you some very odd and useless sentences, my favourite being "I am a duck and I speak English"
The finest lingo-app I know!! But there are some things that should be better.Ill give one: sometimes when you have a typo mystake he doesn't see that, and doesnt get your answer, and it is sucks. But most pf the time- he knows that it is a typo. Grate app, but can be better
really helpful but it needs some additional languages I really enjoyed this app when I started to learn french because of the step-by-step process. It's like I enrolled myself on a french class. The problem is, I also want to learn korean and japanese but there is no way that I could find those languages in your app. I will rate five stars if you will add those languages. Thank you!
Help. Voices fail. (Love the app though!) The voices have been failing a lot; in French and in Esperanto. Even when I press the word no pronunciation is heard_ no voice specially in Esperanto, hard to learn because I don't know how to pronounce whatever is written so please fix this. Love the app, it would be great to see the additional notes like in the website version.
So easy its like a reward So easy to use its like I'm rewarding myself at the end of the day. The lessons are fun and the app doesn't let you off if you mess up. Small mistakes like capital letters get a gentle reminder, but misspelling or mispronounce a word and it repeats the lesson you got wrong. I love that.
Gamification Wins! Language learning so-so. Turning language learning into a game is brilliant. The main problem is a severe lack of variety in the questions or the vocabulary, and doesn't focus on COMMON sentences. I answer basically the same question 2 or 3 times in the same 5min lesson. Is it Poivre or poivre at the beginning of that sentence... gee I wonder. Needs an option to disable the written exercises for people interested only in conversational skill. **Also needs more things to spend lingots on!!
The best language app out there Free or not this is by far the best language app I have ever come across! It's so well put together, I'm quite grateful it's free. I even managed to get 4 co workers and my daughter to download it and they are all loving it!
I haven't been able to use this app since Sep 2015. It says 'trouble connecting to duolingo try again in a bit'. My Internet connection is fine, app doesn't work whether I'm on 4g or WiFi. I can log in on my browser so its not a problem with my account. I tried logging in with my Google acct and it says 'unable to login with google try again later.'
Duolingo June 2, 2016
Sorry to hear that :( Can you send us one more email to android@duolingo.com with app version 3.24 in the email title? Can you also let us know more details, such as what is your user id, what device do you use, etc? It will be great if you can also include some screen shots. Thank you very much! Habit Forming The app makes learning a language into a habit, and therefore you're much more likely to succeed. It can't really stand alone, as it doesn't help you commit things to memory as well as flash cards, and it doesn't explain grammar (at least for French), but for what it's worth, it's a good introduction to a new language.
You are making money now with ads!!! Making money isn't bad because you need it, but the bad part is that you're only earning money and you aren't improving the app nor adding new courses! Your app is perfect, but your teaching system deserves 3 stars, and I remove one more because you don't add courses we have been waiting literally for years! Such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more!
In at the deep end but fun. As the title suggests you are pretty much thrown in at the deep end as you start and have to guess a lot of the new words as you learn then. However it is a really fun and simple way to improve your vocabulary and learn a new language. It's broken down into easy to manage lessons and there is even a tailored lesson to make sure you have retained information from previous ones. Would highly recommend.
Fulfilling It goes at your speed. I strait up suck at languages and I'm actually learning some things, thought that would never happen. It's good at motivating you and giving you positive reinforcement. I still skip days and have to go back to review the basics every other time but it remembers what you are good at and what your struggle with. I feel pretty good about myself when I finish a lesson--triumphant. I recommend this app for casual learning!
This is great! I told my niece that Rosetta Stone doesn't have Norwegian as a language choice, so she installed this app for me, and I have been loving it! I'm building a vocabulary and trying to learn to speak the language, my mother's tongue.
What? This app honestly isn't That good. I took French 1 and 2 and there is so so much inconsistency in this app. For example if you have to pair "IL y a" goes with "ago" but if you have to read or write a sentence it means "There is" . There are many things that need to be done to improve this app. More consistency for one. More accuracy for two. More realistic for three. ( I don't think I will ever need to say "I am a whale" in French. And that's just it.
Good as a refresher course I learned Italian many years ago but rarely used it since. This app is great to refresh your language and fill some gaps. It would be great to get hints on improving one's accent.
Love this app. i wish you could speak into the mic and the app can tell you if you are pronouncing the word right or not and some times the app will ask you to translate a word they haven't told you what it means so you have to guess. Other than those two things it is a fun and easy.
The Aleph is??? I want to So learn Hebrew. But your beginning course is more Intermediate than a beginner level. You have us download the Hebrew keyboard but don't teach us what the letters are. Which only confuses new learners 😟
You actually learn! I'm 28 days now! Total streakin' lol 🐵🐮 I love being able to review old lessons. It is starting to sink in! I'm able to string simple sentences together! Im wondering when there will be more 'extra' lessons? Where was this 20yrs ago!!
Trouble with login I love this app. I recently rebooted my Android and the app keeps asking me to login with a new name a d doesn't accept my Gmail login. I get shut out when it asks for my phone number. What's with that? Isn't the Google logon info enough? Please let me back In without having to sign on with a new account. Thanks
Learning Russia language I still learning. Russia lang is not i want to learn but i find out it is super easy to learn and folllow for begineer lvl. i think the audio just speak too fast for me and not clear other than should be 5 star.
Fun and useful I've been using duolingo for a few days and it's actually a lot of fun! I started using it to improve my French (2nd language living in bilingual city) which is already good and I don't know how much it's helped so far, but definitely better than wasting time on social media or phone games. Perfect for bus rides
Awesome, but buggy. I get lots of issues with their app crashing, especially at the end of lessons. It's got forum discussions on the practice phrases but visiting the forum causes crashes, and posting only works about 1/4 of the time. I get similar issues with their website though, it seems to be down periodically or so slow I can't use it. Still it's an awesome free app and I highly recommend it!
Tried Hard Don't know why I'm not getting Russian speaking exercices in the app.. I even uninstalled and installed fresh. Speaking exercises do appear if I practice Russian on the site though. Nobody responds to any feedback !
Very helpful The speaking exercise is not working anymore. Once I click on "speak" it says wrong answer. It used to work before. I'm on android 6.0.1 I'll give 5 stars again when the issue is fixed
Excellent Currently learning Spanish and helps considerably. You won't become an expert, but you'll be able to learn enough to converse and practice with people who speak the language. App works great and is addictive!
I hate duolingo I tried to make a profile for myself and someone has taken my email address. But I like how it helps you learn different languages.
Always wanted to learn a second language. Great app. Easy to use. I think the Spanish voice automation could be slow when you have to repeat what's said. This will help you better than that lame spanish teacher back in high school.
Great app It seems to sometimes give you questions you really have no way of answering. That is frustrating because it feels like you haven't paid attention even though you did. Apparently it sometimes messes up the gradual exposure order. Like it will ask me to translate a word I have never seen before by typing it in English. It shouldn't do that. First expose me to the word with multiple choice or some other intermediate step. Another issue is that it capitalizes the words in the answer so that one is first.
A few issues The app is great I really love it! But unfortunately my flirting category in French won't fill up all the way no matter how much a practice it; it's stuck three-quarters filled! Also I just finished all of the French lessons and am gold in all of them (except for flirting of course) but am still only at 52% fluency. Is that a glitch or how it's supposed to be? I've been stuck at 52% for months now. Other than that, the app is a great learning tool! If you can fix these problems, I'd happily give it 5 stars!
This helped me with learning German, and is AMAZING! Helped me become fluent in German, and now I am learning Swedish. It can be wrong every now and then, but is still outstandingly helpful... There is still a bug that I hope they fix, in which the optional subjects I.e. Christmas, Flirting, and Idioms, will be good on a computer, and not fully strengthened on my phone. Aber noch ist es ausgezeichnet!
Wonderful! I work in sales, and I've noticed after a week of using duolingo that I'm beginning to understand our Spanish speaking customers conversations. Won't be long until I'm fluent! Thank you duolingo :)
Mucho gracías, Duo I struggle to learn languages. My high school and college years were painful on GPA. I have tried a few apps. Duolingo is the best out of those used. With a few tips I learned in college I may get past buenas Dias and adíos. Muy bien, no amigos.
Could use some improvements like explanation on WHY the wrong word was used rather than just saying it was the wrong word. But all in all a great app probably worth 5 stars easy with a few minor additions
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