What Users Really Think About Duolingo - Language Lessons

Aggressive monetization with energy systems limiting free learning.

"The energy system is frustrating; you can’t learn without paying. (Duolingo - Language Lessons)"

"I hate how they limit lessons with energy bars. (Duolingo - Language Lessons)"

the energy/battery thing. so dumb. i have to watch 3 ads just to recharge to do another lesson. then i have to do it again. ads are long, loud, annoying, and repetitive. nothing appealing about them. you know what else isn’t appealing? that new font. the new font of the duo app makes the greek alpha...

It’s too limited and simple. there is only 3 sections. i don’t recommend it for learning vietnamese. It looks like they ran out of money and not putting too much effort for this language

But it doesn’t allow any customization, or at least I haven’t figured out how. I’d give it four stars if the upgraded version wasn’t as expensive.

DONT GET THIS APP IT SUCKS

Hadn’t used this app in ages and then I got a free month of super, so I started it up again. Honestly I really liked it, but after my month was up I was only able to do 5 minutes of lessons before I ran out of energy points and couldn’t use the app anymore without paying. Then i remembered why I sto...

I’ve been learning Portuguese for almost a year now, and it’s been fun, plus I’ve learned a lot. But a lot of times with this app it overestimates my current strength in the language. Since there are so many different things that you have to get correct, and i feel it’s hard to remember these specif...

Hello! Duolingo is a good learning app to learn multiple languages, but its missing something from not learning the language well, when learning the letters you should add the definition and like match the words up when doing the letters. Like I have a high streak and the letters section when its te...

I was already on the fence with this app due to extreme repetition of a small part of vocabulary and a bad system for introducing letters/ characters. Then I got 'pranked' by a complete stranger which emphasized competitiveness over learning. Not here for that. Editing my review: I'm no longer allo...