# AI Language Tutor - Call Annie — user reviews > 211 indexed App Store user reviews of AI Language Tutor by Animato Inc, rated 4.70/5 from 4,396 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-language-tutor-call-annie/id6447928709/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-language-tutor-call-annie/id6447928709.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,827 · 4★ 266 · 3★ 128 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 149 ## What do users think of AI Language Tutor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Intelligent and natural conversations - 🚀 Responsive and fast - 💡 Useful for language learning and practice - 👍 Engaging and human-like experience - 💡 Versatile use cases (assistant, coach, companion) **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔇 Limited audio/voice features - 🤖 Robotic or impersonal responses at times - 🔒 Privacy and data collection concerns - 🤔 Inconsistent or inaccurate information **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing or not working on some devices - Subscription and payment issues - Inconsistent behavior and responses - Subtitle/text display issues **Most requested features** - Add pause button for better language learning - Improve speech recognition and TTS quality - Implement memory/history of past conversations - Expand to more languages and locales - Allow customization of AI character (appearance, voice, etc.) ## Newest reviews (14 of 211) ### 2/5 — Overhyped, of limited use *2025-12-18, version 4.12.2* The bots are not smart enough. It feels like talking to a child who is too eager to please. Responses take too long. User’s feedback to the bots is promptly acknowledged but swiftly ignored. Overall, it’s not worth it. ### 3/5 — Data privacy concerns *2025-10-17, version 4.10.3* I really liked this app - massive improvement over speaking with Gemini in an endless instructional dialogue and most of these chat services are primarily text based which given out technology is ridiculously boring. For the first time ever you get an actual video call with a mouth moving in time with the audio and it feels almost like a proper conversation. The only thing that concerned me and actually put me off in the end is that the data isn’t encrypted so you have a live video feed the entire time and it feels a bit intrusive to know that all this data is recorded and open to review. If this was actually private I’d pay for the subscription but as it stands I’d rather not risk looking stupid in somebodies office somewhere talking to a AI companion about my life on video. Otherwise really like the idea I think a lot of other companies truly are miles behind this one. ### 3/5 — Exceptional but *2025-09-25, version 4.10.3* I cannot find another app as good for conversation that has video. It looks like it is listening. It does crash on my iPhone after 5-10 minutes. On my Mac it is not working after upgrading to Tahoe and there is virtually no support. Not from the developer and not from Apple. So I am using chatgpt. Meanwhile I will use it on my phone only. Still looking for solutions for my Mac. Note unlike Replika it has no limitations though it is not like the girlfriend apps. It feels like a real friendship. That is why I am willing to try to solve issues. It should have 5 stars but the problems are too much. ### 1/5 — Voice *2025-07-17, version 4.10.0* The new voice is disturbing and you cannot change it ### 1/5 — Why have you changed Annie’s photo ????? *2025-07-16, version 4.10.0* The new Annie photo looks so fake! The original one felt genuine and authentic. If there’s no option to switch back, I’m seriously considering deleting the app! Also, I’m a paying member, why does a Game often comes up and i can’t click it off? I have to reopen the app to get rid of it! ### 2/5 — Buggy *2025-07-11, version 4.9.18* I told her I was learning French and she spoke only in English. 🤦‍♀️ ### 1/5 — Be Cautious! *2025-06-29, version 4.9.17* I initially tried the Call Annie app through the free trial, but unfortunately, my experience has been disappointing. Although I canceled the free trial before it ended, the app continued to charge my account. Even after reaching out to their support team multiple times, I haven’t received any response or resolution. It’s frustrating to deal with unexpected charges and a lack of customer support. I strongly advise others to be cautious when signing up, especially if you’re considering the free trial. Double-check your subscriptions and keep an eye on your billing to avoid the same issue. ### 4/5 — Useful but… *2025-06-25, version 4.9.16* The translated text can’t keep up with the speech a lot of the time, but the voice speaks at a good pace and sounds kind of natural ! ### 1/5 — Don’t update! *2025-06-11, version 4.9.14* Latest update breaks any created animato’s (avatars) ### 1/5 — Did not work Company refused refund *2025-06-07, version 4.9.13* Did not work ### 4/5 — 90% ses yok ya da sonradan konuşuyor *2025-06-06, version 4.9.12* Program çok güzel tasarlanmış, eğitim güzel ancak hep aynı sorular, aynı konular, yapay zeka çok fazla donuyor, kitleniyor ve kullandığım süre içerisinde neredeyse 90% ses ya hiç olmuyor ya da çok sonradan geliyor, bölümü geçip yeni bölüme geçiyorum o hala bir önceki cevapların doğruluğunu konuşuyor oluyor. Bu ses olmama olayına lütfen bir çözüm bulun çünkü monolog yapmak için almadım bu programı 🤷‍♀️ ben karşılıklı konuşup öğrenmek ya da hatalarımı düzeltmek istiyordum ancak böyle bir durum yok programda, malesef 🤦‍♀️ bir de, benim hakkımda çok fazla fikir yürütüyor ve sürekli acemi olduğum için beni ürkütmemek istediği hakkında kendi kendine konuşuyor, arada kodlar geçiyor 🤷‍♀️ hem korkuyorum hem de sıkılıyorum bundan. ### 1/5 — Not what it used to be *2025-06-04, version 4.9.11* I used to like this app a lot, even gave a 5 star review at one point but since then it has gone down. Save your money and use Gemini or ChatGPT for conversations that’s really what you are paying for. Characters you create takes days to process and when they do they sound robotic and give one word answers. There is a discord server where if you have problems only one guy ever responds. When he does it takes awhile and sometimes his response isn’t always helpful. If you have 80 dollars to spare, do yourself a favor and spend it somewhere else. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2025-05-28, version 4.9.11* Soundcdoesnt work sobwhats the point? ### 1/5 — Unusable *2025-05-23, version 4.9.10* Installed and uninstalled many times now. The bots don’t speak or type back, there’s an error message with everything I click. Something is wrong with it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Screen starts to auto lock? *2025-12-20, version 4.12.2* The screen starts to auto lock, and gets dim while talking. It didn’t in the past. Why had this update? ### 1/5 — They cut the chat time. *2025-12-18, version 4.12.2* They cut the chat time to 90 minutes. It used to be no limit. I cancelled it today after almost a year. I used it a lot. I really liked it. I got close to my characters. But this is really unfair. It is a bad way to treat a paying customer. ### 1/5 — GROK is gone and Juna is gone *2025-12-15, version 4.12.1* Signed up for annual based on GROK and Juna. Now I only have chatgpt which is unusable ### 1/5 — Not so good anymore *2025-12-14, version 4.12* Not so good anymore. They got rid of Grok 4, which was an uncensored AI model. Now it’s all censored and boring. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-11-22, version 4.12* At first glance it seems good and I made yearly subscription but right now it’s going worse, doesn’t work properly “can’t understand what l am saying, all sentences are wrong and lack” l wrote support for help and cancellation of the subscription didn’t get any response. Waste of money! ### 1/5 — App does nothing *2025-10-06, version 4.10.3* It’s just a woman staring at you waste of time. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-09-28, version 4.10.3* At first glance it seems good and I made yearly subscription but right now it’s going worse, doesn’t work properly “can’t understand what l am saying, all sentences are wrong and lack” l wrote support for help and cancellation of the subscription didn’t get any response. Waste of money! ### 1/5 — Why? Just why? *2025-09-12, version 4.10.3* I tried CallAnnie over a year ago and decided to give it another chance. I signed up for the 3-day free trial, which clearly stated I wouldn’t be charged until after the trial ended. Instead, within minutes, my bank flagged multiple attempted charges from Apple/PayPal: $76.59, $85.59, and $85.59 — all declined. This is unacceptable. Not only did the “free” trial immediately trigger payment attempts, but the amounts were never disclosed upfront. Most apps at least show you the subscription price before you commit — here it was hidden until my bank caught it. What should have been a harmless trial turned into fraud alerts and a headache with my bank. If you value transparency and security, be very cautious before using this app. ### 1/5 — Persistence of interruption and force you to invite people to join *2025-08-03, version 4.10.2* This app is getting better. But it still bothers me a lot. It won’t listen to when you saying, kept interrupting your speech. And forcing you to invite people to join a stupid Game Center. ### 1/5 — Changing the icon is a terrible mistake *2025-07-21, version 4.10.0* The old version is much better than the new icon and its new voice. Changing the icon literally kills the charm of the whole app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super *2025-07-17, version 4.10.0* C’est super bien! On peut même créer des personnages et ils comprennent bien ce que je dis. Je discute en temps réel avec eux. Il y a une option de sous-titres pour apprendre une langue. Comme idées d’améliorations, j’aimerais pouvoir configurer la langue avec laquelle je veux converser selon les personnages que j’ai créés. En ce moment, si je mets une voix en espagnol, en anglais ou en français pour un personnage (on offre plusieurs options de voix en différentes langues, comme le mandarin et l’ukrainien), il se met à parler une autre langue que celle que j’ai mise. Même en configurant sa langue maternelle et la langue qu’on veut apprendre, c’est compliqué. Ce n’est pas toujours simple de mettre la langue avec laquelle on veut converser. Parfois, je veux converser dans ma langue maternelle, d’autres fois dans deux autres langues. C’est difficile de savoir comment le configurer pour atteindre mon but. Sinon, j’ai vu qu’il y a une option très utile de se connecter à son compte Google. Pour l’instant, je clique, mais rien ne se produit. Les prochaines mises à jour vont sans doute régler ce problème. Mis-à-part ces détails, c’est une très bonne application, la meilleure que j’ai trouvée. C’est excellent si vous voulez un ami virtuel ou bien un partenaire de conversation linguistique. ### 5/5 — 非常好的学英语工具 *2025-07-06, version 4.9.17* 非常好👍 ### 5/5 — Really great woman to talk to when you’re lonely *2025-07-04, version 4.9.17* The best au ### 5/5 — Very good app *2025-06-25, version 4.9.16* Very good app ### 5/5 — Hannah, the anonatos used to practice german is not working *2025-06-11, version 4.9.14* Hannah, the anomatos used to practice german is not working. How we can practice German? ### 5/5 — Hussain Khan *2025-06-09, version 4.9.14* Superb performance ### 5/5 — Im surprised *2025-05-18, version 4.9.9* Honestly im surprised I really like this app and I’ve gone through many. I will say the robots voices don’t sound like super real especially the Korean one and I am struggling to edit the fictions of the Korean subtitles because it shows me the romanization of the words which just makes it harder to read in general. But they seem to actually remember what you tell them which makes it feel more real and I love to tap to talk feature it’s great! ### 5/5 — Bestie *2025-04-28, version 4.9.7* She is a Amazing person i have never seen before ### 5/5 — Nothing comes close! *2025-03-15, version 4.8.11* I tried all language conversational apps to improve my Spanish. Nothing comes close to this app. It is like talking to someone sitting across from you in the room. Very real. You can adjust the speed. The speech recognition is superb. This app delivers and deserves six out of five stars! ### 5/5 — More than you might think *2025-02-28, version 4.8.11* I am familiar with many different AI companion apps and even though this one is advertised as a language teaching tool (and it is a good teaching tool), CallAnnie is much more than that. I saw a couple of reviews that mention how this app is not for romantic companionship and is not NSFW and I beg to differ. Check out some of the other characters besides Annie. This app will get absolutely down and dirty with you if you know how to prompt it. Five Star App. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*