Dot Languages User Reviews

Name: Dot Languages
Rating: 4.23636 (55 reviews)

Dot Languages

Dot Languages ApS

📚 Education

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App not opening

After signing up the app closes every time I try to open it, I’ve restarted my phone and reinstalled the app, still it crashes :(

Podzimni_anickaa

3 months ago

Favorite Chinese learning app

I just started using the app today and I already love it! I used HelloChinese before and then they suddenly wanted me to pay so i looked everywhere for another app until i found this one. Although i have to "redo" everything i learned on other apps it's been really fun and the dictionary feature is amazing. This is genuinely the best layout for any language learning app that I've ever seen and apparently it's free?? This app is so underrated.

ra1nynight

6 months ago

I love this app

This app is really amazing for character recognition and learning tones, strokes, etc. They have pretty much everything you need, articles, dictionary, and even a progress bar that keeps you accountable each day. Personally, using Dot Languages has made me enjoy learning Chinese so much and I’m so grateful for this app.

Ephyinpin

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind words and support! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re enjoying the app and finding it helpful for learning Chinese. Your feedback means the world to us, and we’re grateful to have amazing users like you on this journey. 😊

我喜欢

🤍

‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your sweet review and the kind heart! 🤍 We're really glad you're enjoying Dot Languages. Your support means the world to us. We hope the app continues to make your Chinese learning journey fun and rewarding. 加油! 💪

Too simplified, unhelpful buttons, and not intuitive to navigate anymore

The beta version has now become the default version and even though you can switch off Interactive mode (the conversation is presented one speech bubble at a time) and go into Reading Comprehension mode (the whole article is presented at once), there are some issues. The interface has a minimalist feel to it compared to before and while it looks sleek, it’s become more complicated to actually use and there’s a lot of friction points due to the design choices that were made at the cost of functionality (e.g., it’s very clunky if you want to restart the audio of the article from a specific spot). There seem to be more updates recently but it feels like changes are being made without thorough or thoughtful user testing. Sad because I used to use the app a lot more but now these changes and new friction points are causing me to get less out of the app and less excited about using the app. I will say though that I appreciate the team being fairly responsive and they seem like they do care about user feedback but they will probably not go back to the version of the app I loved.

Anpanman21

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your detailed feedback. The features and functionality you’re referring to are currently in beta and under active development. Your insights are incredibly valuable to us as we experiment with and refine these features. Please consider sending feedback directly through the app so we can address your specific concerns and improve the experience. If you’d prefer not to use beta features, you can always turn them off in the settings.

Very helpful

I started off with Duolinguo to practice Chinese every day, in addition to working with a tutor and textbook. After about a year I'd finished all the Chinese content it had. After looking at many apps I chose this one. I'm grateful to the team as they're very responsive if there's a problem. And my tutor appreciates it as it's helping me quite a bit with tones and writing hanzi. And I'm so glad that this app will not run out on content as I continue learning. I recommend this app!

Trilingual music teacher

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for this wonderful and heartfelt review! 🙏 It means a great deal to us to hear that Dot Languages has become your go-to app after such a thorough search. We're especially happy that our support team has been helpful. It's fantastic that your tutor is finding the app useful too! We're committed to keeping the content growing so you'll never run out of material on your Chinese learning journey. Wishing you continued success with tones and hanzi, 加油! 💪

Love it

It is so helpful, kind of wish it had Korean and Japanese as well! But mandarin is made easy with this :)

Grace1la

a year ago

Good lessons, No ads

Found this from reddit, my favourite chinese learning app

Dueerose

a year ago

App has gone severely downhill

The latest update has taken away so much of the features and flexibility I used to love about the app. The app used to be such that the entire article was presented in a straightforward manner with the ability to listen to it at 0.6x, 0.8x or 1.0x speed, and you could start and stop the audio from anywhere in the article. Now the articles are presented in this overly gamified and controlled way where only one line of dialogue is presented at a time and you have to press continue to move forward while unnecessary pop ups for new vocab disrupt the flow. Once you get through clicking through the numerous continue buttons, there is seemingly no way to replay the audio except going back and starting over, so the flexibility to listen to the article from a specific spot is gone. I hate that I have no control or freedom in how I engage with the articles anymore. Not being able to replay the audio in the article because there is no longer a play button is a severe design flaw.

Anpanman21

2 years ago

Response from developer

not good anymore

it was good before they charged it. overpriced but too much bugs

CapybaraFat

2 years ago

First glance

Useless unless u pay. Hsk 7-9 not free.

WaveRide

2 years ago

I love this app

This app has everything you need for learning Chinese and its truly a blessing that such a helpful resource is free.

Ephyinpin

2 years ago

Response from developer

love it!!

i just wished they have stories as well, not just articles 😞😞😞🙏🙏

User_sfwns2408

2 years ago

Articles disappearance

This really is a great app for mandarin learners and i’m very pleased with it. But i’ve been facing some issues lately when using it. The articles i’m reading disappeared when i hit the back icon and i couldn’t find it anywhere. Please kindly fix it. Thank you.

macyfang

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there, we are very happy to hear that you're finding our Mandarin learning app helpful! At the same time, we are sorry to hear about the issue you're experiencing with the disappearing articles. We'd like to investigate and resolve this as soon as possible. Could you please contact us at contact@dotlanguages.com with more details? Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

Fix this bug please (otherwise amazing app!)

I love this app. As an intermediate chinese learner, I benefit extremely from reading and writing practice this app offers. I could only reccomend it!

However, with the new update, I noticed a bug which happens after finishing a lesson. The “return” button appears in the main window below the practiced words. However, I can only scroll to a certain amount and the button is only visible partially making it very difficult to press. Please fix this annoying bug. Otherwise an amazing app!

Czcuber

3 years ago

Must have for learning Chinese

I have used many Chinese learning apps and this one is the best. The sheer depth of content plus the follow up exercises help me retain and remember what I learned instead of just reading and forgetting. There is so much content in here for me to learn at my current level—it’s wonderful. No other app does that as well.

I also like how the app is tied to the new HSK 3.0. I had been studying the old HSK format before and the new one is MUCH better. The words are more useful for learning and the characters you learn will build your vocabulary faster.

This is the best Chinese learning app. Get it!

Victor2773

3 years ago

Great potential, bugs and high prices are frustrating

I loved this app before the recent update. The new limitations to stories read, though frustrating, would be ok if it worked. However there is a bug where if you leave the story and go back in the same story, that counts as two stories being read, and you’ll be locked out of it.

When I was at the end of HSK 2 there were also these exercises where you had to answer questions, and they were so difficult to answer correctly. There were moments where I wrote the exact sentence from the story or recommended sentence and it not only didn’t work, it takes up to 30 seconds to tell you that what you wrote was wrong.

I was close to paying for this app, but these bugs make it frustrating to use. I’ll be using Du Chinese as a reader now since I’m not taking the HSK anyway.

yehitskels

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your experience with our app. We're glad you enjoyed it before and want to let you know that we've made significant improvements in our recent updates, addressing some of the issues you've mentioned, such as the exercise challenges. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we continually strive to enhance the user experience. If you encounter any more issues or have suggestions, we'd love to hear from you at contact@dotlanguages.com. We hope you'll consider giving the updated version a try.

Naww bro

The app doesn’t load at all, when i log in, the only thing i get is just the bear scree and it just stays like that. Just doesn’t work. And also kicks me out pf my login every time i open app. Awful

アカシックさん

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience with our app. We're truly sorry to hear about the difficulties you're encountering. It's important to us that our users have a smooth and functional experience, so we would like to look into this issue further. Could you please send us an email at contact@dotlanguages.com with more details about the problem? It would be helpful if you could include information such as the type of device you're using, the app version, and any specific error messages you may be seeing. This will enable us to understand and address your concerns more effectively. We're committed to resolving this for you and improving your experience with our app.

Very helpful

Great app. Developers are clearly very active in updating the app. The illustrations are a new thing which I don’t think are useful. It does not enhance our Chinese learning experience to see a drawing and an English word. Would love an option for lifetime subscription to access the premium features.

Lah chan

3 years ago

Response from developer

We apologize for the inconvenience. Some of our providers in the previous version of our app, only supported iOS 17, leading to issues with earlier versions of iOS. We're pleased to inform you that this has been resolved in the most recent version of our app. You might need to delete the version you already have installed first, to ensure no previous data is included with the update. If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at contact@dotlanguages.com. We would be happy to help ☺️

Solid Chinese Learning App

This app is really solid for helping you learn mandarin Chinese, especially with stroke order! I’m taking a college elementary mandarin class currently and wanted to find apps to help give me a leg up on the homework, tests and quizzes and this has definitely helped! When I first downloaded the app it didn’t work and I left a review saying so. Shortly afterwards the developers responded to my review and suggested certain things for me to do to get it to open and that they had fixed it and sure enough they had! Things I love about this app: - Stroke order learning! - Stories that include the vocabulary - Ability to select what you want to work on (i.e., listening, reading, or writing) Things I think could be improved: - Speaking exercises. I know the app says it’s being developed but this would really round out the app - More vibrant colors. The colors aren’t bad, but I feel like a wider variation in colors, backgrounds or something similar during exercises and practice lessons could give this app a very eye appealing look it it’s users - Pictures to help remember words. There is another app I use for learning mandarin which provides some illustrations of the characters to help one remember them better. It’s not a make or break, but it is something I've found helpful in remembering certain characters. Overall, this is a really great resource for learning mandarin and from my experience with it I highly recommend it for mandarin learners!

Meadlover27