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Langua: AI language learning
LanguaTalk Inc. · 2,053 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"work"
7 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Buggy app, intermittent microphone.. The learning program in the app is marginal at best. The app is super buggy and I can’t get the microphone to work inside the app. Would not recommend this app or the service." - Scooter416
2
"doesn"
7 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mediocre at best. If you’re looking for an app that teaches you, this one isn’t it. For a paid app I feel that it is glitchy, poorly constructed, and the user configuration is lacking. If you are looking for an AI model to converse with maybe it’s ok but ove…" - Jahn Dowe
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"learning"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Buggy app, intermittent microphone.. The learning program in the app is marginal at best. The app is super buggy and I can’t get the microphone to work inside the app. Would not recommend this app or the service." - Scooter416
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"stuck"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Buggy. The app is surprisingly buggy considering the cost. Half the time, the chat is stuck loading and you can’t even start a conversation. Slow performance throughout the app. It’s the best AI language tutor I’ve come across, but it’s just a bum…" - JA Dilla
5
"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Worst app ever. The learning course is primitive. I The app is always glitching. There is language mistakes and countless errors. Absolute waste of time and money!" - vvvbbjdjdnrhhdbdb
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"something"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not worth the money. I was fluent in Spanish 45 years ago and I have lived in Mexico for the past four years and speak fairly well. I still started at the very beginning like you would if you didn’t know any words of Spanish. The speech recognition is horrible.…" - t4657c
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"doesn work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
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"buggy"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Buggy app, intermittent microphone.. The learning program in the app is marginal at best. The app is super buggy and I can’t get the microphone to work inside the app. Would not recommend this app or the service." - Scooter416
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"subscription"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Poor support. Feels like this app is run by AI. Had an issue with my subscription and couldn’t get any help. Really frustrating." - wanting realism
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"chat"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Buggy. The app is surprisingly buggy considering the cost. Half the time, the chat is stuck loading and you can’t even start a conversation. Slow performance throughout the app. It’s the best AI language tutor I’ve come across, but it’s just a bum…" - JA Dilla
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"slow"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Buggy. The app is surprisingly buggy considering the cost. Half the time, the chat is stuck loading and you can’t even start a conversation. Slow performance throughout the app. It’s the best AI language tutor I’ve come across, but it’s just a bum…" - JA Dilla
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"worth"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not worth the money. I was fluent in Spanish 45 years ago and I have lived in Mexico for the past four years and speak fairly well. I still started at the very beginning like you would if you didn’t know any words of Spanish. The speech recognition is horrible.…" - t4657c
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Not for beginners!
This app is not for beginners at all!
1 Bug Fix away from 5 stars
Dev Team. Fix the bug that causes the app to hang when selecting “generate feedback”. Otherwise the app is great. Fix it and I’ll fix this rating to a 5 :)
Buggy app, intermittent microphone.
The learning program in the app is marginal at best. The app is super buggy and I can’t get the microphone to work inside the app. Would not recommend this app or the service.
Navi
Has a bug after update
Will try to scam you
Before I start - do not download this app under any circumstances. I downloaded it to try with the free trial. I did not like the app for several reasons (including frustrating settings, long processing times of responses, and poor interface) and decided to unsubscribe. I deleted the app and cancelled the free trial. A week later I get a message my Chase that their fraud alert flagged a $213 charge from Apple, and I found this app had still tried to charge me for the yearly package. I almost never write reviews, but I felt the need to warn others here about this incident - and also the app stinks
Not good
You can just reply in any gibberish and it says “good job” lol
Mediocre at best
If you’re looking for an app that teaches you, this one isn’t it. For a paid app I feel that it is glitchy, poorly constructed, and the user configuration is lacking. If you are looking for an AI model to converse with maybe it’s ok but overall it just doesn’t justify the cost.
Worst app ever
The learning course is primitive. I
The app is always glitching. There is language mistakes and countless errors. Absolute waste of time and money!
The app is always glitching. There is language mistakes and countless errors. Absolute waste of time and money!
Not worth the money
I was fluent in Spanish 45 years ago and I have lived in Mexico for the past four years and speak fairly well. I still started at the very beginning like you would if you didn’t know any words of Spanish. The speech recognition is horrible. The logic behind something as simple multiple-choice test is stupid you say a and it puts EH. You say B and it puts BEE. You say C and it puts SI. It should only put the letters A, B, or C. So it marked you off things until you finally get so frustrated you have to type everything in your brain locks and you don’t want to go on any more. I’m running on an iPhone with a lot of memory. And it still has to be reset three or four times each lesson and takes 20 or 30 seconds to respond to some words that you say, even though you know, they are pronounced correctly. The speech recognition is just terrible.
Mark
Horrible. Full of bugs. Speaker mode doesn’t work on iPhone. They speak so fast í can’t follow. AI gets stuck in loops. What a mess
Speech recognition failure
It makes the app unusable. If they had an option to back track or take back a failed transcription than it would be functional. There is an option for no auto-send. But it doesn’t seem to work. Often I’ll say something and will be cut off with a false transcription of “Gracias”
What a turd of an app
I got charged 50 bucks because I didn’t cancel quickly enough. That’s on me. But wow, this app is a total POS. How can you charge for this with a straight face?? For heaven’s sake, have some integrity. Either make something worth paying for or don’t offer anything at all.
Waste of money
Accidentally continued a subscription and now I’m stuck paying $199.99 for some AI slop.
Difficult getting started
I find this program to be very difficult to set up as a daily routine. Too many moving parts.
Not much better than Gemini
It’s much more flexible to just use Gemini. The guided sessions are very verbose and won’t follow my instructions to cut it down. Overall not worth my money at all. Reaction time is also too slow. Sentence pronunciation often doesn’t work. It also corrects my pronunciation even when it’s flawless, probably just to repeat itself. Overall I get much better learning experience on Gemini than on Langua.
Can’t cancel subscription in app
Any app that’s let’s create subscriptions but does not let you cancel subscriptions in app is lame
Chinese learning
Not sure why people like this app. Didn’t find it useful for Chinese.
On PC +, On IPhone = Awful
Won’t hear your speaking, won’t give explanations (it’s an error that is failed to give an explanation). It’s related to internet strength for sure. But is awful in 5G. Good on fiber but I’ve got to restart my phone. One star
Freezes up
The chat feature freezes up all the time. I’ve changed between the two AI modes as instructed. I want this to work, but it’s just not.
Poor support
Feels like this app is run by AI. Had an issue with my subscription and couldn’t get any help. Really frustrating.
Very Buggy
The app is surprisingly buggy considering the cost. Half the time, the chat is stuck loading and you can’t even start a conversation. Slow performance throughout the app. It’s the best AI language tutor I’ve come across, but it’s just a bummer that I can’t use it as much as I’d like to be use the service won’t even load.
Human Review ~ Buggy
First, a compliment. The call feature is amazing.
Like a real human.
Mine was female, and I loved the interaction.
It was going good for a sec. But then she went off track and kept talking and talking.
If they get this right, this would be an incedible app.
Your own tutor, you can talk to in real time.
But, for now, at least, it doesn't work.
Like a real human.
Mine was female, and I loved the interaction.
It was going good for a sec. But then she went off track and kept talking and talking.
If they get this right, this would be an incedible app.
Your own tutor, you can talk to in real time.
But, for now, at least, it doesn't work.
Nice idea soooo badly implemented
I really want this to work. But it just doesn’t. The worst is the fundamentals. The voice recognition (ASR) model is utterly useless - at least if you’re not in one of the most popular languages like English Spanish or French which I haven’t tried. In Polish it confuses a word that sounds like “chesh” with a word that sounds like “talk” - unforgivably bad.
Plus the UI is so bad it really gets in the way. Press the record button and you often have to wait more than a second or maybe two before it starts recording. C’mon. This is fundamental too. The speaker’s volume jumps around randomly. The navigation is confusing.
There’s really nothing I can recommend about this except hope. So that good idea earns it a second star. Please fix this. I want it to be useful.
Plus the UI is so bad it really gets in the way. Press the record button and you often have to wait more than a second or maybe two before it starts recording. C’mon. This is fundamental too. The speaker’s volume jumps around randomly. The navigation is confusing.
There’s really nothing I can recommend about this except hope. So that good idea earns it a second star. Please fix this. I want it to be useful.
Not Compatible for all languages
This app seems to be good to learn something like spanish or french, but it is impossible to learn Chinese with this app, you get stuck trying to pronounce the same thing for like 20 minutes then, the ai doesn’t help you try to pronounce it, and then you just can’t progress.
Does not remember what we’ve done
Same lesson again is not helpful.
BEWARE THE FREE TRIAL
As soon as i clicked the 7 day free trial it immediately charged me $32 which is one month of the unlimited plan. While still only giving me the 7days then kicking me out.
Not what I was expecting
The AI was very slow to respond and process and every other time I tried to respond it would ask me to repeat words that even my Colombian wife was telling me I was saying correctly
Just ok
This is an expensive app for the quality. Any random AI chat tool is just as good or probably better.
Sentiment summary
90%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)