So far great, but… a big caveat – Babbel - Language Learning Review

Really great language learning app so far, maybe even my favorite of the ones I’ve tried (DuoLingo, MemRise, Drops, etc.) since it includes more than they do and therefore I feel I’m learning more in it. Also I like the style of how the app functions overall. Other apps throw you right in and this one does too but does a better job of it by giving at least some background and pacing it better (especially important since apps like Drops and Memrise make learning other alphabets much harder imo). The relatively simple layout of the app helps keep from getting distracted and instead helps focus on the learning which is great. My gripes? I think they should make it much easier to repeat the audio (for example after learning a term the button or just text should be able to be clicked again to hear those terms or phrases again). UPDATE: They’ve been made aware of this issue and many other issues on their “Wishboard” which is full of suggestions/requests made by paying users. However, despite several of those requests having literally hundreds of upvotes by fellow members and being 2 years old in some cases, the Babbel team has done literally nothing about them. That is bad customer service and it is a shame since Babbel is a great app but has some areas it desperately needs to improve and easily could if they actually cared about resolving the things on the Wishboard instead of just putting it up there as basically a place for people to vent pointlessly as of now. Also, the free version has such a tiny preview that it would imply the premium version is lacking content. Luckily I just took the risk based on the reviews and was pleasantly surprised but I definitely think they need to expand the free preview so people can actually know whether they want this to be the app for them or not.
Review by ilovesushidude on Babbel - Language Learning.