# Duolingo: Learn Languages — user reviews > 30,360 indexed App Store user reviews of Duolingo by Duolingo, Inc, rated 4.70/5 from 5,502,723 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/duolingo-learn-languages/id570060128/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/duolingo-learn-languages/id570060128.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,624,336 · 4★ 557,264 · 3★ 134,967 · 2★ 46,466 · 1★ 139,690 ## Is Duolingo safe? Duolingo: Learn Languages appears safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Duolingo is 94 out of 100. This assessment is based on 5,502,723 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7 out of 5. Of 5,502,723 App Store ratings, 94.2% point to a safe experience, 2.5% suggest some concerns, and 3.4% point to a risky experience. ## Is Duolingo legit? Duolingo: Learn Languages appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Duolingo is 100 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## What do users think of Duolingo? Reviews of Duolingo are mostly positive: the Education app is rated 4.7/5 from 5.5M App Store ratings. What users like most: fun and entertaining learning experience, motivating streak and league features. Top complaints: issues with voice recognition and pronunciation feedback, aggressive monetization tactics and paywall for key features. Summarized from real user reviews. **Pros** - 🤩 Fun and entertaining learning experience - 🎉 Motivating streak and league features - 🎨 Cute and engaging animations - 📚 Effective for learning vocabulary and basics - 🤖 Useful AI-powered features like voice lessons **Cons** - 🤖 Issues with voice recognition and pronunciation feedback - 🤑 Aggressive monetization tactics and paywall for key features - 🤯 Frustrating heart/health system that penalizes mistakes - 🤔 Lack of grammar explanations and focus on just memorizing phrases - 🤷‍♀️ Inconsistent app experience across platforms **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing or crashing during lessons - Incorrect translations or answers marked wrong - Inconsistent behavior of certain features like leagues **Most requested features** - Add more languages, especially less common ones - Improve grammar lessons and explanations - Allow more flexibility in navigating the course content - Provide better feedback and corrections for mistakes - Sync progress and features consistently across app and web ## Newest reviews (14 of 30,360) ### 3/5 — Impossible silly targets? *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I have a kid who's currently threatening to quit Duolingo, despite having a paid account and over a years streak, just because of all the duplicate puzzle pieces she's receiving on something that's supposed to be an incentive. What do they want from us? We already pay ££s. ### 3/5 — it’s nice…? *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I would really like the “lives” back. Energy runs out too quickly! I love the lessons but I just have no energy left! Re-charge is too expensive for me. Super….? No thanks! And I don't really care if I'm more likely to finish the course with super but I wouldn't waste my money on that. Overall I thinks it's ok. ### 2/5 — Duolingo review *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* You get to learn new languages, music, math and chess and you can customise your avatar and equip it a few suits while you have a streak and you can show it off. You can also make friends on Duolingo. ### 4/5 — Lifelong app *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* The best language learning app. I wish they kept the heart system, I understand why they removed it but it was a better feature. Now, you have to pay with gems or money to keep learning. The app is no longer what it used to be! Not affordable for low earners anymore which I was when I first started using this app to learn Arabic and Portuguese. ### 2/5 — Since when is this a thing *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* Why do i have to talk to answer maths questions?? ### 5/5 — Duolingo *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* Duolingo has helped me lean my chess so much easier , funner and faster 👍👍 ### 3/5 — bring back matching practice session!!! *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* get rid of the evil flashcards!!! i don’t want to do them when they suck!!! me putting the right answer but not plural when it gave me no indication it should be plural so it’s wrong: 🤬🤬🤬🤬 please give me back my fave word matching game ### 5/5 — Duolingo *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* It has really helped me with passing school it takes you three easy steps to build up and soon u will be fluent in whatever language with Duolingo ### 5/5 — Duolingo *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* Duolingo is one of my best apps to use to learn languages, I would recommend super Duolingo as you have unlimited energy ### 5/5 — I only gave it five stars for you to see this *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* First the guy in the red suit in Duolingo and the long blonde hair guy and he does the annoying”ha ha ! Or the hoit ma! He is soooo anonymous ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* Great for learning new languages AND amazing 🤩THAT YOU CAN LERN CHESS AND PIANO TO ### 4/5 — Positivity please!!!! *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* Right i love this app great for learning and consistency but you NEED to make the ‘nudges’ more positive! Like ill get a nudge and itll be like ‘are we even a team?’ Like what? A simple ‘Heyyyy just done my streak hbu’ is fine!!!! ### 5/5 — Duolingo *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* I love it! It has improved my day and mood immensely since I started. It’s been so much fun to learn Spanish ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ### 5/5 — Good for old brains *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* Lots of practice and repetition to make it sink in ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not really about learning anymore *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* More about collecting trinkets, chests and strange scoreboards than learning, even if you pay Duolingo is always trying to get more cash ### 1/5 — Add quick sign in *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* It would help people when you don’t know your login ### 1/5 — Owl or just one enormous bug? *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* It crashes far too often and what could be more irritating than finishing a lesson and the app crashing before your xp is registered. You have to do the whole lesson again! Another bug is the way you work hard the previous day to earn your triple score only to find that it’s mysteriously vanished. Not a bad app spoiled by more bugs than “I’m a Celebrity” ### 1/5 — What has Duo done? *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I am leaving Duo today, cancelling my subscription. Three years ago I thought it was a great way to learn Swedish but the course was short, over in 9 months, so I did it again as the Daily Practice was the same two phrases…Poland’s flag is read and white, then, I can hear their laughter through the wall. These are seared on my synapses. Then I paid for Super Duo. That was better for a bit but so much time is wasted on clicks. Strangely XP and Triple Points don’t motivate me! But being able to speak Swedish -for my yearly visit-does. What are these tiles about. Every day duplicate after duplicate. Utterly nonsense. So I leave. Hubby is leaving at end of his subscription. Duo, you have lost the plot and AI doesn’t help. ### 1/5 — energy is the worst thing. *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* as someone who used to play Duolingo every day for 2 years it is really frustrating that it now has energy, You get the daily amount of energy but when that runs out you either have to watch an ad or get premium. As for the premium not everyone can afford it. I used to be someone who loved Duolingo but ever since they added the energy, it’s no point in learning it anymore, you need to PAY to learn languages. that’s all I have to say. ### 1/5 — Full of childish sounds and features *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* Seems like the app was made for a 5 year old. Absolute joke ### 1/5 — Happ *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* It ended my soot thing a day early so I didn’t get all my soots but my sister did ### 1/5 — Incompetent or sinister *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* Just a greedy company that 100% knows people will pay money to save their streak. Well i’m not gonna give you a cent ai garbage app. I was on like a 800 day streak. Got to about 11:55pm and I realised I was gonna lose my streak. Quickly hop on to save it, my lesson was absolutely not like the normal “boy eats green apple” type lesson it normally regurgitates. All of a sudden it is about 2 grades above my ability and I can’t answer a single question. Thankfully I have a streak freeze, so it’s all good. Shady tactic but whatever. About a week goes buy and then today I just start the day with 9 energy with no more freezes… I do a lesson get every single question correct and still during the lesson I run out of energy… so the option is to either buy gems or… Well would you look at that, if I upgrade to premium I save my streak… screw this app and screw this company. I would use profanities but I’m sure I’ve left a one star review here before so maybe it got deleted. I’m not a fan of ai but seeing this company’s stock price go to $0 in the next few years is gone be nice. ### 1/5 — VERY BAD AND ANNOYING *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* When I’m in ANPTHER COUNTRY IT KEEPS SPAMMING ### 1/5 — New update sucks *2026-10-12, version 7.143.1* The constant ads/trying to get you to pay for the subscription, running out of “charge” in 1-3 lessons, and the overwhelmingly ridiculous reminder notifications will be the downfall of this app. Really wanted to learn a new language and wanted to go back to the old reliable Duolingo but am sadly disappointed. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very nice *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* Very good. It has really helped my learn another language. ### 5/5 — i dont knowwhattomakethetitle123 *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* i love duolingo but it broke! it says update the app to unlock new features but if i press update it doesn’t do anything and when i press not now it also doesn’t do anything. Wait never mind i just used used this page to update and now its fixed🎉 ### 5/5 — INCREDIBLE *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* This is amazing my streak is around 400 helps a lot with anything . INCREDIBLE! ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* Chess has taught me so much I went on to win a chess championship ### 5/5 — best app ever!!! *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* this app is amazing.i could never speak Spanish until i started using Duolingo. you can learn so many different languages and also chess and music. in my opinion it is better to get the super one where you pay because you get loads more things and you can do the lessons easier. Duolingo help you learn how to speak a language step-by-step and if you don't understand it it's OK because you can repeat the lesson. this is the best app to learn or languages! ### 5/5 — Dang this is gooooood *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I learnt how to speak two new languages! Definitely recommend but can get a little frustrating. Especially when you try get legendary on a unit but you can’t because you cannot pay for max. ### 5/5 — AMAZING! *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I love Duolingo it is amazing, definitely recommend it. ### 5/5 — Really good *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* I am 9 and this really is improving my French ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-10-13, version 7.144.0* E foarte bun îți dă și Duolingo super pe gratis vreo 2 sau 3 zile ți-l dă dacă ești bun😀 ### 5/5 — swahili *2026-10-12, version 7.144.0* very complex language and i’m able to pick it up easily either this 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 2026-10-16.*