But better! I’m fluent in Spanish but not native. Some countries’ accents and jargon are hard for me to understand. This app allows me to watch a huge variety of content, from various countries, with subtitles and translations. It also gives me the opportunity to slow down, speed up, rewind, etc. I couldn’t recommend a better way to learn or improve a language.
Yeah, it works. It does what it says it will. It has the clickable captions and everything, and flash cards. But the shows are so very boring, and some just downright annoying. They have no substance or plot and look like they were made and written in a day. Despite being a well-made website and app, and despite looking like Netflix, the shows aren't good at all. There are other free alternatives that are actually enjoyable. Sorry LingoPie, I wanted to like you.
I debated subscribing to this app, but the costs were too high. So when they offered lifetime access for $160, I figured that was the best deal I would get. I signed up, the free trial happened, the app kept freezing and disconnecting, but I figured, no big deal, I have a lifetime to figure this out. Except the charge came today, it was higher than the one I was offered - and it was renewing yearly. What happened to “lifetime”?? I checked back on all of my e-mails, which clearly state “lifetime access” - but the parts with pricing disappeared when the limited offer window time ran out. And I didn’t get any confirmation e-mails from them after signing up.
I never should have taken the bait. That’s fraud, pure & simple. And it’s been reported as such.
Developer Response
Hi EQuinn713, we deeply apologize for this inconvenience. One of your agents has already explained this to you. I am loving Lingopie so much. I have studied for about a year but hearing the language used in conversation has helped me so much in getting to the next level. One of my favorite apps now
This app is great. The concept of learning a new language through TV shows has been fantastic. The only thing I think the developers should add is a dedicated app for smart tvs. I have been mirroring phone through Apple TV and that works just fine. Thanks Lingopie hope to see some new content!
Thank you Lingopie. This is a lot of help, especially if your not in the country of the language you are trying to learn. New update is great too cause it just plays normal speed for you till next spoken section of tv show/movie then slows down again for you so you don’t have to keep changing it yourself.
Right now (and repeatedly in the past) the app isn’t working at all. When it is, There are some major flaws with both translation and airplay.
1. When you send the content from your app to the TV, if it even works (right now it doesn’t for me), it doesn’t play at reduced speeds which is one of the most useful elements of the app. Also, while casting, when you click a vocabulary word to save it, it glitches. Many times the subtitles play on your phone while only the video is sent to your TV. I usually can only watch on my computer, although every once in a while airplay will function. 2. When you click on a word to save it for vocabulary practice, the wrong translation appears about 80% of the time. What’s the point then? 3. There’s some rad content, it’s just not as good for language learning as I would like and I want to watch it on my TV!!!! And I’m tired of all the problems occurring over and over again. I never know what I’m going to get. Am I going to be able to watch on the app on my phone? Is it one of the miraculous times it will kind of work on my TV via airplay? Sometimes it works but most of the time recently, it doesn’t. And if so, what’s the point of $90 a year?
We signed up a few weeks ago, and found it really helpful for our multi-lingual, homeschooling middle-school family. BUT yesterday I realized the $8-something "monthly" "Friends and Family" plan is actually billed all at once, when I found the $99 ding on my credit card. I could afford monthly, but that $99 ding hurts. Not sure what to do now, or whether we'll keep it. I feel misled, and I don't do business with companies that mislead me. :(
My first experience (Spanish) was a glitchy app and worse when I tap on a word for the translation it didn't even match what the subtitle was saying the word meant. Looked things up in Google translate as well and could not get the meaning they were putting in their subtitles either. How can I learn this way? This morning when it asked me to rate my experience and I put a 2, I hope an I'm sorry message and ask to email feedback. I tried to and when sending the email it said the email cannot be delivered because it doesn't exist?? Wow...
I bought the annual subscription. Day later the app still was not acknowledging that I had bought it. Finally got some response from them and they said they did not have any subscription associated with my email address. I sent them proof of my subscription through the app in my apple subscriptions and my bank account showing it was paid. Still no response yet. And the cherry on top was apparently there is a slightly cheaper yearly subscription rate that wasn’t showing in the app, but it shows under subscription plans under my Apple Store subscriptions tab.
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