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Speak English: Lingo AI
HongKong Gleaming Limited · 2,368 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
2,368 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 14 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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"nothing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Cannot handle single syllable words. The main problem here is they have done nothing to mitigate the problem of the AI not having enough context to understand single syllable words. They build in single word repetition at the beginning of many early lessons. This results in lo…" - cruzy42
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"does"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t buy it. It’s terrible. It speaks with an accent and does not follow your level of the language mastery. Waste of money and time unless you are a complete beginner and even then you can find better resources" - Olen-a
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"money"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t buy it. It’s terrible. It speaks with an accent and does not follow your level of the language mastery. Waste of money and time unless you are a complete beginner and even then you can find better resources" - Olen-a
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"lessons"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App. I'm on the free trial period, but I can only interact with the AI; I don't know what the app includes: lessons, vocabulary, books" - Lulú28
📋 All 14 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Don’t buy it
It’s terrible. It speaks with an accent and does not follow your level of the language mastery. Waste of money and time unless you are a complete beginner and even then you can find better resources
Slow and complicated to keep going
It takes time for this app to develop anyone’s language and I admire the effort but is not good! I’m very unhappy with my purchase
No Reading Practice
The app draws you in with a fun pictograph reading exercise, but once you sign up no reading exercises are available.
Click bait
Followed a 30 day free trial advert and got charged immediately for a year. Additionally app is nothing like the advert.
Not what is advertised
This app is nothing like the IG ad. Absolutely not worth it.
Feels Like A Scam
I subscribed based on an Instagram Ad. The App works nothing like it. It is clunky and not at all user friendly with basic limited features that simply throws you in the deepened with no way out. Wish I could get my money back.
Dishonest
My subscription was $29.99 and they charged me $39.99
Disappointing
The AI voice is annoying, when you repeat a word it does not recognize it. I repeat it 10 times and it still doesn’t hear me. Do not spend your money.
AI tutor that can’t speak
I don’t understand why this app has such a high rating. The “AI Tutor” doesn’t actually talk - it only communicates through text.
If the goal is to practice listening and speaking, this app doesn’t help. You can only practice reading.
Also, the tutor has an animated face that moves but never says anything, which feels very strange.
Maybe something is wrong with my version, but if not, this feature is very misleading.
If the goal is to practice listening and speaking, this app doesn’t help. You can only practice reading.
Also, the tutor has an animated face that moves but never says anything, which feels very strange.
Maybe something is wrong with my version, but if not, this feature is very misleading.
App
I'm on the free trial period, but I can only interact with the AI; I don't know what the app includes: lessons, vocabulary, books
La MAYI
No me enseña inglés y me ablan en inglés
Cannot handle single syllable words
The main problem here is they have done nothing to mitigate the problem of the AI not having enough context to understand single syllable words. They build in single word repetition at the beginning of many early lessons. This results in lots of frustration, and many times you either have to choose skip - which is inconsistently available - or deliberately mispronounce the word. Eg in French, pronounce the final consonant, even if incorrect.
Jay
The app is great but the pronunciation is hard the microphone does not recognize sometimes your voice and and the AI tutors does not finish their sentences or reviews at the end of the lessons
Can get annoying. Wants you to repeat the phrase correctly.
And that can go on ad nausea without a hint of what needs to be corrected. I need to cancel this.
Sentiment summary
91%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)