Just use ChatGPT, it’s better and you’ll save hundreds of dollars
What an awful experience it has been in the last year trying this app. It was insanely expensive when I initially signed up (cheaper now) and hardly worked.
For many weeks and nearly months at times, the tech just didn’t work. I tried to use it on my phone before the app existed and I couldn’t log into the website or I would just be prompted that it currently wasn’t functioning. Next time I’ll just go to my ATM, withdraw a few hundred bucks and light it on fire.
When the app was launched I was excited just to see functionality. But that was only an appearance. Because so many months I was locked out of conversations with responses like “I can’t give an opinion on that” and so on. Just going by normal, casual conversations I easily have with ChatGPT. And then I realized, why not just use ChatGPT instead? It can hold substantive conversations and I love that with ChatGPT I don’t need to push that pesky “send” button. I can just enjoy a conversation in Spanish while commuting to work - and never have to interface with the app throughout.
Teacher AI usually (emphasis here, USUALLY) has more native sounding accents than chatGPT does. But it’s so buggy that you often never know what to expect.
The straw that broke the camel’s back here was the lack of notice that my membership was closed to expiration. Imagine a service that did nothing for you suddenly showing up at your door with their hand out saying “pay me.” I just logged in, got prompted to renew my membership and, well, no thanks.
For many weeks and nearly months at times, the tech just didn’t work. I tried to use it on my phone before the app existed and I couldn’t log into the website or I would just be prompted that it currently wasn’t functioning. Next time I’ll just go to my ATM, withdraw a few hundred bucks and light it on fire.
When the app was launched I was excited just to see functionality. But that was only an appearance. Because so many months I was locked out of conversations with responses like “I can’t give an opinion on that” and so on. Just going by normal, casual conversations I easily have with ChatGPT. And then I realized, why not just use ChatGPT instead? It can hold substantive conversations and I love that with ChatGPT I don’t need to push that pesky “send” button. I can just enjoy a conversation in Spanish while commuting to work - and never have to interface with the app throughout.
Teacher AI usually (emphasis here, USUALLY) has more native sounding accents than chatGPT does. But it’s so buggy that you often never know what to expect.
The straw that broke the camel’s back here was the lack of notice that my membership was closed to expiration. Imagine a service that did nothing for you suddenly showing up at your door with their hand out saying “pay me.” I just logged in, got prompted to renew my membership and, well, no thanks.
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NOT free at all
This is not a free app with in-app purchase. You can not use this app at all unless you agree to a pay plan. I didn’t sign up, so I don’t know if it’s any good or not.
Terrible
My daughter downloaded the app and didn’t tell me and after my 7 day trial I was charged a year and total of 157.28 and I tried to get my refund back and they denied me 3 times very upset and u shouldn’t be keeping ppls money when it was a mistake and not approved by me I would like my refund back tbh
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Good but needs some fixes
When it works it is great but I am often running into issues where after I message or talk to the app it just stays stuck on loading a response. I have to then close the app down and restart. The performance really needs to be improved.
Are you nuts?
The only way to test it out is to buy a one-year subscription for$200 and have a free week only to decide if it’s even worth such money . Shame on you, Greg, btw.
Great Idea… So buggy it’s unusable
This is a fabulous idea, and for the few minutes it worked I was AMAZED. I’ll check back in a few months & maybe give this another shot. That’s my free advice to anyone else considering the app & subscribing, too.
I downloaded Oct 23, 2024. It worked great when I tried it out for 15 minutes. Even bought a subscription to give it a fair go.
Writing this review Oct 31: I’ve tried on three occasions to get it working again, including multiple restarts & one delete/re-install.
Spent a couple of hours casting about for any kind of tech support. There seem to be ONLY two avenues: Discord, where other users might know something, or emailing the company, which promises to reply within 24 hrs. So, the two extremes. No FAQ. No documentation. No chat or voice tech support.
Discord mainly seems to be Jan (the developer) explaining why people are wrong or expect too much… look; this thing isn’t ready for commercial release if you can’t support a software you’re SELLING to people.
I downloaded Oct 23, 2024. It worked great when I tried it out for 15 minutes. Even bought a subscription to give it a fair go.
Writing this review Oct 31: I’ve tried on three occasions to get it working again, including multiple restarts & one delete/re-install.
Spent a couple of hours casting about for any kind of tech support. There seem to be ONLY two avenues: Discord, where other users might know something, or emailing the company, which promises to reply within 24 hrs. So, the two extremes. No FAQ. No documentation. No chat or voice tech support.
Discord mainly seems to be Jan (the developer) explaining why people are wrong or expect too much… look; this thing isn’t ready for commercial release if you can’t support a software you’re SELLING to people.
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This newest version is a disaster
I took a chance and paid for a year subscription after testing it for a week. This newest version is a disaster. Even though I have an active subscription and recognized login ID and password, I am faced with another paywall when logging into the app. And there are problems using the microphone when I log into it from my browser. The old version worked pretty well. This needs to get fixed quickly, or I need a refund.
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What is this???
I was reluctant to learn a new language and hearing this app was made by XiaomaNYC and a bunch of other creators I was excited. I was hit with a paywall and I signed up for the free trial. I went on to try it out and then I was immediately put into learning the language without even knowing what it was saying it doesn’t give you the option to start fresh and I thought anyone could learn using this app, but instead you have to know a lot before you actually use this app. If you are new to a language try Duolingo first as its more user friendly and its also for beginners.
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What a great concept and well executed
I love this and have been using it to learn Spanish. It’s great for those speakers who don’t have confidence speaking in the real world. The accents are accurate and if you are looking at it at a tutoring perspective it is a great bang for your buck! Although the time it takes to respond might take a little bit longer then I would like at times the tech is only going to get better and I’m exited about the possibility’s!
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Amazing learning tool.
The service isn’t actually free but I don’t mind at all, it is definitely worth the money! It would be great to see a free version come out but for now I am enjoying this app as is. I learned of this from Xiaoma and I am so glad that I did. I didn’t have high expectations as I usually don’t have very good success with language learning apps. But this one is phenomenal and a really great learning tool. It’s just like talking to a native speaker without the hassle of finding someone to practice with. I highly recommend.
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