# Kids learn languages by Mondly — user reviews

> 64 indexed App Store user reviews of Kids learn languages by Mondly by ATi Studios A.P.P.S. SRL, rated 4.50/5 from 293 ratings.

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- Rating breakdown: 5★ 229 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 25

## What do users think of Kids learn languages by Mondly?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 User-friendly and easy to learn interface
- 🎮 Fun and engaging for kids
- 🌍 Supports many languages
- 📚 Effective vocabulary learning
- 🎵 Entertaining with upbeat music and graphics
- ⚡ Quick lessons (7 lessons in 10 minutes)
- 💰 Lifetime subscription option available
- 🎯 Good for heritage language learners

**Cons**

- 🔊 Repetitive and annoying sound effects/cheering
- 📖 Too many clues/answers given away
- 🎮 Limited interactivity beyond flashcards
- 💬 No conversation or dialogue practice
- 🤖 Poor pronunciation quality (robotic/mechanical voices)
- ⏱️ Content pacing issues (too fast or too slow)
- 💳 Expensive subscription pricing ($47/year)
- 🔄 Repetitive lesson structure
- 📝 Word-for-word translation approach
- ❌ Missing grammar elements (articles, gender, vowel points)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Premium subscription not syncing across devices
- Unable to access premium features despite payment
- App freezes on lesson completion screens
- Incomplete lessons that cannot be finished
- Multiple charges for same subscription
- Swipe gestures not responding on parent screens
- Language selection switching not working
- Multiple choice answers hidden behind buttons
- Blurry backgrounds causing motion sickness
- Languages listed but not available (Thai, Latin, Catalan)
- Inconsistent and incorrect translations
- Customer support unresponsive to issues

**Most requested features**

- Ability to turn off sound effects and cheering
- Conversation and dialogue practice modes
- More challenging difficulty levels
- Alphabet and vowel point lessons for Hebrew
- Toggle for vowel points in Hebrew
- Accessibility features for deaf/hard of hearing users
- Ability to replay words multiple times
- Grammar articles and gender markers for nouns
- Family account option with shared subscriptions
- Notes/word list reference pages
- Slower speech speed option
- More varied game types beyond flashcards

## Newest reviews (16 of 64)

### 3/5 — Too many clues

*2024-10-09*

It took me a while to figure out how to turn off the sound, but once I did that that was better than having the sound of kids screaming yay constantly. 

One thing that I would appreciate more is having less so that you actually have to think about it. Currently, it is showing me the English word and then it shows the the object plus the target language word for that Object. 

If I am actually going to remember the names of the objects in the target language, please show me the target language word and not the English word underneath it.  At intermediate it shows me at least the English word and then makes you select the target language word to match from a group of four words. But it’s less frequent than I would like, and it could be done with the pictures as well.

### 3/5 — Unable to get the kids app even though I paid for the premium

*2024-01-21*

This is so frustrating.  I want to let me kiddo learn Spanish as we are also but even though I paid for the premium lifetime subscription and it shows in my app that I have it, it is asking for me to purchase a subscription for him.  I bought the lifetime subscription for this benefit as well!  Something needs to be done about this!

**Developer response:** Hi, 
Thanks for the review. If you have a Premium subscription, you can access the full Premium content in Mondly Kids. You only need to sign in with the Mondly account linked to the purchase. Please send us the receipt and a short description of the issue at ios@mondly.com. We'll sort this out for you right away. 
Best, 
the Mondly Team

### 4/5 — Not very useful

*2023-07-23*

I feel like it’s just repeating the same thing over and over again and trusting you to remember it in your head. I feel like that’s not getting me any ware, so I can speak more Spanish. It says the answer in the audio and has a picture above each word. I’m doing this to get me better at Spanish not repeating until I know the words.

### 4/5 — Good

*2023-02-01, version 10.0.3*

Good

### 4/5 — Goes to fast

*2022-12-17, version 1.0.12*

It’s a good app to learn Spanish. It just goes really fast whenever they say the words whatever I try and learn the words I always get confused because Like they say it for two seconds then I don’t know what the word is.

### 5/5 — This was great

*2022-10-21*

This app was very informative and easy to learn I wanted to learn Germany because it’s in my blood and this help a lot

### 5/5 — Nice

*2022-09-04, version 1.0.12*

Easy learning

### 5/5 — Genial

*2022-05-21, version 1.0.12*

Buena y con opción de pago único (NO SUSCRIPCIÓN) Para los usuarios que no quieren pagar Suscripción, pueden pagar la opción de pago único (lifetime) en la página oficial de Mondly y podrán usar la misma cuenta Premium en otra plataformas.

### 2/5 — Disappointing but not a lot of competition

*2022-02-19*

I’ve been using the Portuguese version of the app with my kids (5 y.o. with Portuguese as a heritage language but not really bilingual). They find the flash card format a little boring. They are just starting to learn to read in English, but can handle the small translation tasks. The problem there however is that what they are asked to do is word-for-word translation, which I don’t think is ever a good way to think about the relationship between language. That conceptual problem is exacerbated here by inconsistencies and mistakes. In fact the app gives the impression of having the Portuguese carelessly laid over the common architecture. Sometimes a European and Portuguese word is mixed up, such as relva and grama, for grass. At other times there are clear mistakes, such as ‘vidro’ which means the material ‘glass’ but is mistakenly used to refer to a drinking vessel. One exercise had the subject pronoun ‘vós’ (seldom used now outside biblical contexts and needlessly confusing for children). Sometimes more than one correct answer was possible but only one accepted (‘este copo aqui’ and ‘este copo’ meaning essentially the same thing, with the former more emphatic). One tree was uncompletable as a question had no correct answer. I used the in-app form to report it and only received an answer significantly later saying that I’d used an old e-mail address.   

I’m not a big reviewer, but have taken the time here because I made the mistake of signing up for a year and there simply isn’t enough material to justify it. I wasn’t prompted to sign up for so long by the app,  but did so on the basis of some good reviews which led me to expect something more involved. I certainly only have myself to blame here.

Basically, while a year is a total waste of money, a month isn’t terrible and probably enough to get through the material. As for alternatives: my kids found ‘Gus on the Go’ fun. ‘Peg and Pog’ was great (and there is both European Portuguese and Brazilian). Neither is a course, though. Both are good for a long journey maybe. I’ve tried Droplets (which is much more involved and carefully done than Mondly Kids), but it’s more appropriate for significantly older children in terms of vocabulary and style.

### 3/5 — Got it for Latin, but no Latin

*2021-07-01, version 1.0.12*

The Mondly Kids website clearly lists Latin in the slider, between Catalan (also not available) and Dutch, yet there’s no Latin in the app. With a 6 1/2 year old absolutely obsessed with all things Roman and curious about the language, I was eager to test this out and put down the money if it was good. Disappointed. 

 The kid is also interested in Japan, so we tried Japanese. First preschool level daily lesson starts with ‘theatre,’ ‘cinema,’ ‘actor,’ and ‘film’—are you kidding me? And cinema and film—often interchangeable in English and apparently the same word in Japanese—confused the kid (and me) when trying to match. Not impressed.

Edit: After letting the kids play a little longer, I added a star, but as a language educator and learner, myself, I don’t see anything exceptional so far. There’s a lot of missed opportunity, in fact. We’ll give it a week and see if the kids keep interest and I find any reason to adjust the rating.

### 5/5 — My daughter

*2021-06-21, version 1.0.12*

My daughter is always playing roblox. So I took her iPad and downloaded Mondly kids. Now she is learning so much! I just love Mondly so much thank you 🙏 for inspiring my child 👧🏼👧🏼👧🏼👧🏼

### 4/5 — Ou est l’apprentissage de l’alphabet ...…?

*2021-05-08*

Ou ??

### 5/5 — Good learning

*2021-03-09*

This app is awesome!

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2021-01-15*

This app teaches you lessons in different languages. It helps me learn bulgarian and mandarin it is amazing.

### 5/5 — Awesome app

*2021-01-10, version 1.0.12*

I wish I had something like this when I started learning English. This app is great. I just had to get the subscription since It does deserve it. Greetings

### 2/5 — Turkish isn’t pronounced well

*2020-11-28*

I wanted to purchase the turkish version for my kid but the pronounciation is far from accurate. It seems like it is made using a digital program, a robotic voice with no intonations nor emphasis whatsoever.

**Developer response:** Hello,
Thank you for the input. We appreciate your feedback and we’d like to hear more about it, do get in touch at ios@mondly.com. Looking forward to hearing from you, Ioana, Customer Care

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Just a series of overpriced flash cards

*2024-04-06*

We used it for Spanish. Even in full version there is no conversation available. There is no game and nothing interactive apart from touching the flash cards. But even then, the outrageous thing îs that the child is not allowed to think at all! The answer is always sounded, even on quizzes! Which means there is no quiz as the child is not tested since the answer is spelled out every time. Basically, it’s just a money grabbing for something that effectively has just ONE feature: to say the word in English then in Spanish, all the time! There is no variation to this scenario. So if you are hoping your child is going to have some fun with this forget about it. How many times can you press on a flash card?!

**Developer response:** Hello,

Thank you for the review. We're sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with the Mondly Kids experience.
We offer both images and sound to aid learning and improve language retention. Additionally, there are two difficulty levels: preschool and school. At the school level, learners are introduced to sentences for a more comprehensive learning experience. You can change the level at any time under the profile settings.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact us at ios@mondly.com. We're happy to help!
Best regards,
Ioana, Mondly Languages

### 1/5 — Paid for premium; do not get premium features

*2023-06-07*

I am extremely frustrated. I have paid for Mondly premium, the 33 language package, which should also include the kids application. Even on their main adult application it says that I have the premium version, and the kids version all though logged into the same exact Apple account it says that I do not have premium and is requesting that I pay for premium for kids separately. I have reached out to support and received no reply (EVEN THOUGH I WAS CHARGED 2 TIMES) so at this rate either way I’ve paid for the kids premium.

**Developer response:** Hello, 

Thank you for sharing your feedback here. We take these matters very seriously but, unfortunately, we were unable to associate your username with a support request in our database. Please contact us at ios@mondly.com and we'll get back to you right away. 

Looking forward to hearing from you, 
Ioana, Customer Care

### 1/5 — blurry background other issues

*2023-02-18, version 10.0.3*

1. blurry background makes me nauseous. People who get motion sickness easily don‘t want blurry backgrounds.  2. No way to see the notes page that gives you the word and sentence list. Kids banned from this, but makes no sense to do this! Those who know how to study will refer to thos to refresh their memory. Banning us from this is daft!  3. Israeli kids see words with viwel points before seeing them without vowel points. Those who are eeaf or have auditory processing issues are not stupid with zero ability to learn foreign languages! We need to be able to toggle vowel points on and off.  4. Deaf and auditory processing issues people can not do Hear Only questions so should be able to simply turn those off in settings. 5. MOST apps for language learning BAN those who cant hear properly from learning on their apps by requiring good hearing processing. Hebrew is imposible for me to learn without the vowel points so I understand what is being said. The transliteration is not good enough because ‚e‘ can have many sounds - eh, ay, ee depending on what transliteration rules you use. Thank you for correcting these short comings!

**Developer response:** Hello,

Thank you for your suggestions; we greatly appreciate them. We'll make sure to take them into account for our future updates. We rely on our learners' voice when it comes to further bettering ourselves, so please keep your feedback coming at ios@mondly.com. We're listening!

All the best from the Mondly Team!

### 1/5 — App has an error on lesson for Learning German

*2020-12-15, version 1.0.12*

Child reached lesson 6 of 7 for learning German and the app will not let her complete a sentence.  Definitely an issue with the app.  Have a screenshot that I can show to prove it is not working.  My daughter can no longer go any further with app and we paid for the subscription.  Can not recommend.  Poor product.  I did reach out to support to hopefully fix.  Until then it does not get a good review.

**Developer response:** Hello, Unfortunately, we were not able to associate your App Store nickname with an email in our database. Please send us an email at ios@mondly.com so we can assist you with this issue. Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ioana, Customer Care

### 1/5 — Says it supports Thai but it does not

*2020-10-25, version 1.0.12*

It lists Thai as one of the languages supported but that is not true. Did not have Thai on the list of languages to study.

### 1/5 — No me gustó

*2020-08-27, version 1.0.12*

Pagué la suscripción y nunca pude acceder a las actividades, únicamente a unos ejercicios diarios que están en la opción gratuita (o sea que perdí mi dinero para nada) Ni se puede crear una cuenta ni tampoco hay forma de comunicarse con atención al cliente

### 1/5 — Yeah, not really happy

*2020-06-19, version 1.0.12*

The app is okay I guess, but the thing that I have a problem with is the subscription. $47 for just one language is way too expensive. And do you really have to put up the subscription screen every time you finish a lesson? Also, the lessons really don’t help that much. There are a lot of words in Chinese that aren’t correct. So overall I’m not really happy with it.

**Developer response:** Hello,

Thank you for your review. We appreciate your concerns and we’d like to hear more about it, do get in touch at ios@mondly.com.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ioana, Customer Care

### 1/5 — i am eight and this is so bad

*2020-05-28, version 1.0.12*

look where are conversations stupider than mondly some good apps are 

duolingo
drops
droplets
lingodeer
pimsluer
innoative 

look i am not telling you to shut down just get inspiration by these apps 

for kids please use duolingo use grownup language apps it teaches you everything

### 1/5 — Good idea.. mind blowingly boring

*2020-05-22, version 1.0.12*

The designers need to get out and go observe many regular kids of different ages as they try and struggle with their app. Some observations:
1. No clear evolutionary learning path. You have to constantly hover around your kids when they get lost and haphazardly jump from one hodgepodge catchall category to another (“animals”, etc).
2. Boring “games”. No kid sticks around for these. If I pay, I want something good worth paying for.
3. Nouns are missing gender articles. For example in French the kids may learn the word for “car” and have no idea if it’s “le” or “la”. Looks like this was designed by folks who don’t speak foreign languages actively or at all.
4. It appears to demand and spawn multiple paid accounts and charges if you try to sign up on an iPhone and also add the app to your iPad.
5. App gets stuck on overly complicated menus that the kids can’t navigate out of. This happens all the time. So frustratingly simple to fix yet wasn’t handled.

Those are the bigger ones.

**Developer response:** Hello,
Thank you for your input. We're testing and updating our database to ensure that we provide the best service possible. We also rely on our users' voice when it comes to further bettering ourselves, so please keep your feedback coming at ios@mondly.com. We're listening!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ioana, Mondly Languages

### 1/5 — Don’t need to remember

*2020-04-23*

I’m not sure how this app would help children to remember words as the English is always said together for the word in the foreign language and there are pictures, so you can pass each level by listening to the English and the looking at the picture. The tasks are quite repetitive as well and there don’t seem to be any games.

**Developer response:** Hi,

I'm sorry to see that you did not fully enjoy the Mondly experience. If you have any suggestions on how to get a 5-star rating from you, please let us know at ios@mondly.com and we'll get back to you right away.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ioana, Customer Care

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — GOOD

*2025-01-21*

My friend is Bulgarian and I can't wait to be able to communicate with her and it helps with my Spanish school work

### 5/5 — A very solid app to teach children Hebrew

*2024-06-23*

A very fun app that the children have enjoyed using and have been surprising me with new words that they have learned.

### 5/5 — I love it

*2024-06-05*

Your game actually helps me learn different languages

### 5/5 — Good for Adults too!

*2024-01-06*

Get it 👍👍👍

### 5/5 — Great app for kids

*2024-01-01*

Love using this app for all my toddlers and myself, fun and easy to comprehend and follow along.

### 5/5 — I love this APP!

*2023-12-29*

I also have the Mondley app for adults and the Mondley VR app for my Oculus. I find using the Mondley app for Kids helps me learn Greek faster by undercutting my ability. Greek is an aesthetic language that bridges humanity to our ancient past.

### 5/5 — AMAZING!!

*2023-12-22*

This is a VERY good app for Persian, especially for kids like me. I’m going to Iran next year, so it’s good for me to learn some Persian. Plus it’s very fun and there’s so much to learn on this app! In 10 minutes you can do 7 lessons! That’s how quick it is! GET THIS APP!!

### 5/5 — Very easy to learn and entertaining!

*2023-10-17*

Happy with the lessons. My kid thinks its a game and enjoys learning.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2023-02-20, version 10.0.3*

My child loves this app. She has learned more bulgarian than me and having fun doing it!

### 5/5 — Kids Version is Awesome

*2023-02-04, version 10.0.3*

I don’t have kids… I just really like this version. 😐 it’s just more exciting than the regular version. I kind of wish the regular version had the upbeat music and cartoony world and picture of the kids version. And I wish the kids version was a little harder… 🤷🏼‍♂️

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