Babbel – Learn French Reviews – Page 2
5/5 rating based on 71 reviews. Read all reviews for Babbel – Learn French for iPhone.
Babbel – Learn French is free iOS app published by Lesson Nine GmbH
I appreciate the app!
The unimpressed gamer ☹️
Most of the bad reviews are saying that they are going to fast, but if you download other french apps like Duolingo and use this as a practice tool it is very cool its more of a flash card game, but that is its main purpose. I already love it and i just got it!
Loving it!
learnfrench123
I have only been working on French for about a month and I can speak many simple sentences. One thing that I would like to be added is if there was a section on the main menu bar for all of the tips that they give you but otherwise its great!
Slow it down....
Msflysalot
I would love to be able to hear the language slow as well as normal. I would also like to stay in any specific question for a longer period of time for more practice. The app in general moves far too quickly. That being said, I am learning to read and write well in my new language, but I'd like to feel more confident to speak it too. Although to be fair I haven't found any app that really helps you practice speech well.
Need to allow for spelling errors
Disney pilot
I have been using several apps to learn French and while I am enjoying babble with help in understanding the structure of French, I find it extremely frustrating when I miss the spelling of a word by a letter or a typo. Also, in the beginner level they are focusing on spelling numbers without a lot of explanation. The commercials say that this is how children learn, but I’m pretty sure that children aren’t expected to be able to spell numbers up to a hundred before learning the basics of language.
Unwelcome change
cashew52
For the most part, this is a great app and a great way to learn. However, one minor change that must have come with a recent update is very annoying. I used to be able to see on the list of all the courses the number of lessons in the course and the number I've completed, e.g. 2/10. Now there is nothing but an arrow that takes me to the course page. I have to go to every course page to remind myself if I have completed them or not. PLEASE put the numbers back on the main course page!
What’s the Hurry?
OldStPete
It’s important to get pronunciation and spelling correct and I would like more time to do that and more time to review answers to figure out mistakes. Finally and most irritating, (I’ve been working on French) the app starts in on “Faire” conjugations out of the blue. No time in prep or practice.
Well, 10 minutes wasted setting up an account
Nickname1575
Babbel is so greedy. It wants to charge a $10.99 monthly subscription fee. When I heard the ads for it I thought they were going to give 1 -2 hours worth of material for you to determine if it would be worth to pay for the subscription, but no, it took 5 minutes for them to ask for me to unlock the material. One lesson! When I checked all the “courses” in the app, all the first lessons are unlocked. Which is useless! Instead of unlocking 50 hard lessons unlock 10 easy ones for beginners to determine whether your services are going to be worth their time and investment. Do they not know how learning a language works? You don’t jump from easy to hard the day you start learning a language. I was really excited because a lot of my favorite podcasts were advertising it. I gotta delete both apps that I downloaded.
Too Fast
Randivkp
Need to slow down the dialogue, it would be nice to hear it slowly and at regular pace. Also phonetic spelling would be helpful with some of the more difficult pronunciations. Also less spelling. Over all the app is helpful and well designed, just needs some improvements.