# Forvo Pronunciation — user reviews

> 789 indexed App Store user reviews of Forvo Pronunciation by Forvo Media SL, rated 3.60/5 from 504 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forvo-pronunciation/id375819093/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forvo-pronunciation/id375819093.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 251 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 28 · 1★ 126

## What do users think of Forvo Pronunciation?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great pronunciation resource
- 👍 Variety of pronunciations by native speakers
- 💡 Helpful for language learning
- 👍 Useful app overall

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Unreliable login and sign-up process
- 🐛 Limited vocabulary coverage for some languages
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable performance

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App freezes when searching for words
- Unable to log in or create an account
- Pronunciations fail to play or load
- Inconsistent behavior across devices

**Most requested features**

- Add ability to download pronunciations for offline use
- Improve navigation and search functionality
- Implement a 'stay signed in' option
- Add support for landscape mode on tablets
- Expand vocabulary coverage for more languages

## Newest reviews (19 of 789)

### 2/5 — 用不了

*2026-07-19*

点击单词没反应，没有发音。白买了用不了

**Developer response:** 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。

### 3/5 — 소리가 너무 작아요

*2026-07-08*

발음이 거의 안 들려요. 폰이랑 아이패드 둘다 동일...

### 2/5 — Не проигрывает аудио

*2026-07-03, version 4.2.2*

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.

### 2/5 — Not working

*2026-06-23, version 4.2.2*

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

### 1/5 — No sound

*2026-06-09, version 4.2.2*

It does not play any sound

### 1/5 — It doesn’t work at alk

*2026-06-04, version 4.2.2*

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

### 2/5 — Grundfunktion funktioniert nicht.

*2026-05-31*

Bis vor kurzem war es schon extrem schlecht gelöst, wenn man sich eine Aussprache anhören wollte. Lange Ladezeiten mit vielen Bugs. Seit kurzem funktioniert es bei mir aber gar nicht mehr, sich Aussprachen anzuhören, was die App absolut nutzlos macht. Sehr schade.

**Developer response:** Hallo, und entschuldigen Sie bitte die Unannehmlichkeiten — der Fehler lag bei uns. Auf manchen iPhones blieb die App stumm, wenn der Stummschalter aktiviert war. In Version 4.2.3 ist das behoben: Bitte aktualisieren Sie die App und versuchen Sie es erneut. Falls weiterhin etwas nicht funktioniert, schreiben Sie uns an info@forvo.com, wir helfen Ihnen gerne. Vielen Dank für Ihre Geduld.

### 1/5 — 完全沒聲音

*2026-05-29, version 4.2.2*

如標題，買了一個空殼

### 1/5 — Not worth the money.

*2026-05-29, version 4.2.2*

It used to be a great app. Fix it already!

### 1/5 — Used to be great, now completely broken

*2026-05-26, version 4.2.2*

The app no longer works. You can still search, but unfortunately there is no audio in the results. It used to be a very useful app that I really liked, but sadly it hasn’t been working for quite a while. I’m using the website instead.

### 1/5 — La app no funciona (no se escuchan las pronunciaciones)

*2026-05-26, version 4.2.2*

Utilizaba mucho esta app y me era muy útil, pero desde que la actualizaron cuando le das al botón de Play no se escucha nada. Una lástima, por favor arregladlo pronto!
Si se corrige cambiaré puntuación. Gracias

### 1/5 — Horrível

*2026-05-25*

Não sai nenhum som.

**Developer response:** Olá, e lamentamos o incómodo. A versão 4.2.3 corrige os problemas mais reportados, incluindo as pronúncias que não tocavam no iPhone. Atualize e experimente novamente. Se algo continuar errado, escreva-nos para info@forvo.com — lemos todas as mensagens. Obrigado pela paciência.

### 1/5 — Useless: no audio

*2026-05-25, version 4.2.2*

This app produces no audio on my iPad, nor my iPhone, which makes the app useless.

The app's support link leads to a nonexistent page on the developers' website. (This is the link from the "App Support" button on the app's page in the Apple App Store.)

In case the developers read this review:

- I'm using Forvo Pronunciation version 4.2.2. No sound is produced when I click on the "Play" button for any word.
- In contrast, the website at forvo.com works fine: every "Play" button produces audio.
- My iPad Pro 12.9", 5th-generation, is running iPadOS 26.5.
- My iPhone 15 is running iOS 26.5.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2026-05-13, version 4.2.2*

I don’t know why but the basic play button on a pronunciation word doesn’t do anything.  You press it, it goes around in circles and then stops.  No sound.  Surely this is the first thing that should be checked.  I’m on iOS 26.4 iPhone 17 pro

### 3/5 — Buggy and needs work

*2026-04-20, version 4.2.2*

Fantastic idea for an app but the app itself is buggy as hell

### 1/5 — help

*2026-04-12, version 4.2.2*

no sound during update 2026-04 moblie phones ios

### 2/5 — 音檔不能聽

*2026-04-12, version 4.2.2*

之前可以用，現在完全沒有聲音

### 1/5 — No longer usable

*2026-04-08, version 4.2.2*

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).

### 1/5 — Does not work on my device

*2026-04-02, version 4.2.2*

I love Forvo - it’s amazing for language learning. Unfortunately the app doesn’t produce any sounds on my iPhone.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Audio doesn't play

*2026-08-11, version 4.2.2*

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

### 1/5 — No longer working on iPhone

*2026-08-02, version 4.2.2*

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.

### 1/5 — Nul

*2026-07-31*

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

**Developer response:** 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.

### 1/5 — Location required

*2026-07-04*

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.

### 1/5 — やめた方がいい

*2026-06-24*

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

### 1/5 — Recordings don’t play

*2026-06-24*

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.

**Developer response:** Hi, and sorry for the trouble — this one was on us. On some iPhones the app stayed silent when the ring switch was off. It is fixed in version 4.2.3: please update and try again. If anything still doesn't work, write to us at info@forvo.com and we'll help you out. Thanks for your patience.

### 1/5 — Worst app

*2026-06-15, version 4.2.2*

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

### 1/5 — ¡Actualización!

*2026-06-15, version 4.2.2*

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

### 1/5 — Inutilisable

*2026-06-14*

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

**Developer response:** 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.

### 1/5 — Paid and Bad

*2026-06-11, version 4.2.2*

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

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Add list of words of each language

*2026-05-05, version 4.2.2*

Good afternoon I like from you to add some important words for each language I started to learn French before 3 months so I have structure my self so now I want to learn words to strengthen my language so I have seen this app and download it but I cannot find all the word only trend can you assist me if you have list of words of French language so I can practice and thanks

### 5/5 — Excelente proyecto

*2026-03-28, version 4.2.2*

Forvo y Wiktionary son mi primera referencia para pronunciación.
Muchos programas de lenguas prefieren implementar síntesis de voz para cubrir la parte de la pronunciación, cuando su uso debería ser un último recurso.
Forvo es un proyecto de colaboración wiki y con ella trae datos lingüísticos auténticos.
Visiten la página web también.

### 5/5 — Super !

*2025-10-27*

J'adore utiliser cette application ! Pour les amateurs de langues et de sonorités ! Imaginez : écouter la bonne prononciation d'un mot dans une langue. Utile ! Mais comparer différentes prononciation selon les pays etc... Passionnant ! Utilisez la version web (gratuite) pour participer en prononçant des mots ou en en proposant à la communauté.

### 5/5 — Superb

*2025-10-10, version 4.1.2*

It is a fabulous app and I would be lost without it!

### 5/5 — I like it

*2025-09-06*

Very helpful for reviewing Portuguese pronunciations!

### 5/5 — Forvo

*2025-08-07, version 4.1.2*

Very useful. Worth the price. Helping me with Italian.

### 5/5 — Great idea

*2025-08-05*

Would be wonderful if more users regularly contributed to pronounciations

### 5/5 — Muy buena app

*2025-07-20, version 4.1.2*

Incluso para tecnicismos. Muy útil

### 5/5 — Great tool

*2025-07-17, version 4.1.2*

First time in Sweden and this has helped a lot.

### 5/5 — Vocabulario con idioma

*2025-07-13, version 4.1.2*

Me estoy iniciando, las frases y las palabras largas cuestan mucho. 

Tengo que empezar con palabras sencillas y cortas para llegar a las frases difíciles. 

Aprender ucraniano no es ningún pasatiempo. Comunicarse o hablar por comunidad de la App es apto. 

Recomiendo la app Forvo para gente interesada como yo mismo. 

Siempre con Forvo!

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