FluentU: Learn Language Videos Reviews

Useless

Alex Developer

Two weeks “free” trial is just a scam. I can’t even open the course to see what it’s about or how it works without providing my payment info. Useless. Deleting...

When I saw the ad for this app, I thought “ooh, something that might actually help me!” I download it thinking I could start almost immediately when... it told me to pay to use the app. Now I know it is giving you stuff from other places in the world like Japan and Mexico, but they should get rid of the prices, or actually tell people that it cost money! ?????

Don’t mind the 1-star reviews...this app is great!!

Pope Nobi

This app has been an absolutely invaluable tool in aiding my Japanese language studies and has allowed me to improve at a much faster rate than I would’ve without it. The people who are complaining that it isn’t free are just cheapskates

Technically works, but buggy and janky

AllTom

Don’t expect any UI polish. - Images pop in and out as you scroll. - Audio will only sometimes play while the app is in the background. - Forward/backward controls put the subtitles out of sync with the audio. - Dragging the week slider has random effects on the player, including jumping you right past the quiz to the next lesson. - At the end of a video, the final subtitle is replaced with the first subtitle. - Sometimes videos play twice and I’m not sure it’s on purpose. - Tapping a word makes the whole screen jump left for no perceivable reason, then it shows the definition after a pause. - No clear instruction on what to do when a course is up for review… everything just turns orange, but only some orange buttons make it blue again. - Subtly different interaction than on the web, so switching between the two is confusing. (For example, some videos on the web are audio-only on iOS.) - Two loading spinners appear on the screen at a time sometimes. - No loading spinners have cancel buttons. - Going back one screen often resets your scroll position so you lose your place. - Etc. But hey, it hasn’t crashed yet, and it gets the job done.

Needs Improvement to Match Web Version

MikeyLovesSushi

While the web version is great, the app is missing a key component — the video clips during the quizzes. On the web app, you could improve your listening skills by playing a clip of a YouTube video and answering a question. On the web app, you mostly can only rely on an automated pronunciation robot, which is wrong most of the time. Please make changes to the mobile app to match the experience on the web app.

Really thorough training

myshlist

I love the teaching method in this, it's very engaging and super helpful hearing words and phrases in different contexts to learn them completely. My one complaint is that when you get something right, a big green circle shows up to congratulate you but it covers up the sentences that I'm trying to re-read. Not that big a deal, but just the sentence highlighted in green to say it's correct would be enough for me. Thanks FluentU for this epic language learning app!!!

Hmm...

Mayberreeeeeeddr

This app is a great resource! I’m still trying find more apps to learn Latin American. But the only thing is that this should teach more words. I don’t mean words in general. It is hard to explain but here is an example, I’m not sure if this is correct but this might make you understand what I mean. “To + the = ir in Spanish. More Spanish grammar, is what I mean I guess. But overall it is a great app and hope more propels continue to use this as it advances!

Doesn’t work

Emagggg

None of the videos work. What is the point of the app?

Subscribed $30/month

mikemckenna

I’m using it for French and several other apps in parallel. The text to speech is a poor substitute that you get with native speakers in other apps. If you learn from this alone you will speak incorrectly. My partner is native French and identifies multiple mistakes in pronunciation and usage. That being said, it does grind you through the learning, as long as you don’t depend on it exclusively. I will probably drop the subscription in favor of other products.

misleading ads

savethebees23

i got an ad for this on youtube, and since i have been learning a new language recently, i thought ‚sure, why not.‘ it seemed so wonderful and reliant, but not once in the ad did it mention the only free part was the free trial. it is fine to advertise yourself, but must you mislead us?