Forvo Pronunciation User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience40.9% of reviews
Neutral8.8% of reviews
Negative experience50.3% of reviews

~ Based on 793 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Forvo Pronunciation Safe?

Forvo Pronunciation appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Forvo Pronunciation is 72/100.

This assessment is based on 504 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.6/5.

Safety Analysis

65.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
30.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 504 App Store ratings for Forvo Pronunciation.

Is Forvo Pronunciation Legit?

Forvo Pronunciation appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Forvo Pronunciation is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Gracias, grazie, a dank, tusen takk

I’m a longterm Forvo user and I’m glad the app is still being updated. My biggest barrier to contributing right now is that certain diacritic marks are not valid such as Yiddish phonetic symbols and in one case an entire letter for very common words like kh (כ) . Some very common words need that letter and sometimes you need phonetic markers to distinguish pronunciation. Hopefully, certain invalid letters / markers can get added at some point
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Useless App

Trying to sign up it asked four times for the same information. Once in couldn’t use the app at all. Lesson learned . Don’t waste your money on it.

No longer usable

Update: The latest review fixed the problem!! Thanks to the devs!
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I used to love this app but after not opening it in awhile I tried to use it recently and it won’t play any sound clips. I can search and find words but when I click the play icon it spins like it’s loading then doesn’t do anything. iPhone 15, iOS 26.3.1 (a).
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App Is Working Again

Thanks for fixing the app! It now works again, as expected.

Audio doesn't play

Love the website but the app doesn't play audio.

No longer working on iPhone

I loved this app for a long time, but a few months ago an update caused it to start working, and I haven't been able to use it since. iPhone 15 user, so it's definitely an app issue.

Nul

On ne peut même pas entrer dans l’application.
C’est du vol!

Response from developer

Bonjour, et désolés pour la gêne occasionnée. La version 4.2.3 corrige les problèmes les plus signalés, dont les prononciations qui ne se lançaient pas sur iPhone. Mettez à jour et réessayez. Si quelque chose ne va toujours pas, écrivez-nous à info@forvo.com : nous lisons tous les messages. Merci de votre patience.

用不了

点击单词没反应,没有发音。白买了用不了

Response from developer

您好,非常抱歉给您带来不便,这是我们这边的问题。在部分 iPhone 上,当静音开关打开时,应用无法播放发音。该问题已在 4.2.3 版本中修复,请更新后重试。如果仍有问题,请写信到 info@forvo.com,我们会协助您。感谢您的耐心等待。

소리가 너무 작아요

발음이 거의 안 들려요. 폰이랑 아이패드 둘다 동일...

Location required

Another cash grab. You can’t listen unless you sign up, can’t sign up without giving your location under the guise of “we need to know your accent”. I’m not interested in recording so you don’t need my location. One’s location is not a def indicator of accent either. I live in a mid Atlantic city yet there are people from the south, the north, the Midwest, other countries and they all speak with their native accents yet they live here in my city. Bogus.
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Не проигрывает аудио

Очень полезное приложение, достойное высокой похвалы.
После обновления перестало воспроизводиться аудио, то есть сам смысл этого приложения обнулён. Очень жду исправления.

Upd: Прошло около месяца, но тут без изменений — аудио проигрывает только через браузер.
И опытным путем установил, что приложение из appstore воспроизводит только когда подключены наушники.
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やめた方がいい

全然使えないアプリ、sign in もsign upもできん、なんでこんなアプリが存在する?お金の無駄使い

Recordings don’t play

The app stopped working: I hit the play button but the audio does play. This is the main feature of the app and it doesn’t work properly.

Not working

I play the audio and there is no sound. It’s not working. Please fix it.

Worst app

It doesn’t work at all. Do not pay for it. I paid and I want my money back.

¡Actualización!

Urge una actualización. Es buena app, excelente, pero lleva mucho tiempo fallando…

Inutilisable

Impossible d’utiliser l’appli. Impossible de s’inscrire. Merci de me rembourser

Response from developer

Bonjour, et désolés pour la gêne occasionnée. La version 4.2.3 corrige les problèmes les plus signalés, dont les prononciations qui ne se lançaient pas sur iPhone. Mettez à jour et réessayez. Si quelque chose ne va toujours pas, écrivez-nous à info@forvo.com : nous lisons tous les messages. Merci de votre patience.

Paid and Bad

The sound volume is too quiet despite the phone setting set to the maximum. What do we pay for?

No sound

It does not play any sound

It doesn’t work at alk

I pay like 3 Euros for nothing - it doesn’t work at all - the pronunciation has no voice .