# Learn Swahili For Beginners — user reviews > 32 indexed App Store user reviews of Learn Swahili For Beginners by Ali Umer, rated 4.40/5 from 361 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-swahili-for-beginners/id1609646660/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-swahili-for-beginners/id1609646660.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 284 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Learn Swahili For Beginners? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good starting point for learning - 👍 Free with unobtrusive ads - 👍 App looks nice **Cons** - 😞 Deceptive free claims - 😞 Premium required for functionality - 😞 Inaccurate spoken words - 😞 Incorrect translations - 😞 Poor pronunciation - 😞 Robot-like voice - 😞 AI-generated audio is wrong - 😞 Computer mispronunciation - 😞 Too many ads - 😞 Search engine not working - 😞 Cannot change search direction - 😞 Still getting ads after upgrade - 😞 Font needs changing - 😞 Awkward voice accent - 😞 Limited content (flash cards only) **Commonly reported bugs** - Deceptive free claims - Premium required for functionality - Inaccurate spoken words - Incorrect translations - Poor pronunciation - Robot-like voice - AI-generated audio is wrong - Computer mispronunciation - Too many ads - Search engine not working - Cannot change search direction - Still getting ads after upgrade - Font needs changing - Awkward voice accent - Limited content (flash cards only) **Most requested features** - Use native Swahili speakers for pronunciation - Improve search functionality - Allow changing search direction (Swahili to English) - Fix font issues - Provide sound and tests ## Newest reviews (11 of 32) ### 2/5 — Fair Content but Overpriced *2026-07-23* The developers of this app nicely offer a structured way to learn Swahili and have some good features. But, this app demands nearly $10USD per WEEK for the full version. If this app wishes for purchases, a price of $7.99 per MONTH, I think, would be more fairly priced. ### 2/5 — Still getting ads. *2025-01-30* Upgrade to pro but I am still getting ads when I open this app. ### 2/5 — Not correct pronunciation *2025-01-07* The app looks nice but pronunciations are so wrong. And if you said that to someone that actually speaks Swahili, you would embarrass yourself. They have the right words except not the right people saying the words it sounds like a AI bot or Siri. Get another app for your own time ### 1/5 — So much add videos. *2024-07-15* There are so many ads videos that it is almost impossible to see the lessons. For that reason I gave it a low score as you can’t learn anything in this app. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2024-06-06* Probably the worst app ever. The digital voice the app uses sounds like a robot, and the pronunciations are wrong. Don’t waste your time or money ### 3/5 — Pronunciation of Words *2024-04-26* The pronunciations of words are not correct! This is the first thing I noticed. If you are not going to use a voice with the correct accent, at least pronounce the words correctly. Not hearing the correct pronunciation is not helpful! ### 2/5 — Bad *2024-04-04* Too much commercials. That’s annoying. ### 1/5 — Computer mispronounciation *2024-02-22* Never written a review but I must warn you that all the audio files are AI generated so almost pronunciations are wrong, if not worse than how a non-native speaker would have said them. Please don’t waste your time! ### 1/5 — Robot voices *2024-02-08* You can’t understand and learn from these robot voices because their pronunciation is so bad. ### 1/5 — 🤦‍♀️ *2022-08-24* It’s not in native tongue to learn the dialect. The voice is automated and will have you sound like a fool ### 3/5 — Voice accent *2022-07-19* This is a useful app. Though, I would highly assert that the voice of the bot repeating the sounds, words, and phrases be changed to a native Swahili-sounding speaker. It’s awkward to hear an American English-speaking person regurgitate a language that’s not theirs. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Deceipful billing *2026-08-12* Most content not available on the premium Sunscription. I went for 12.99 per month and find not even basic Kiswahili phrases are available. ### 1/5 — If it’s not free don’t say it’s free *2026-05-12* Can’t earn my trust if it starts with even the slightest deception ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-02-01* Worst app ever if you don’t pay for premium then you can’t do anything I can’t afford theses prices no worst app ever ### 1/5 — Not accurate *2025-11-21* Even though I am just starting, even I can see/hear that what is written is not what is being spoken!!! Not helpful! ### 1/5 — Swahili *2025-09-02* English ### 1/5 — Terrible app! Don’t waste your money. *2025-06-27* The word pronunciation is incorrect. Often the speaker is saying words in English instead of Swahili. Some of the translations are incorrect. It’s one of the worst language learning apps I have come across. ### 1/5 — Nothing works correctly. *2025-02-12* The search engine doesn’t work. I type in a phrase but there’s no, “Go” or “Search”. You also cannot change the search to Swahili to English even with an icon for that specific purpose. Also, I paid the extra 6.99€ to have no advertisements but I still get them. ### 1/5 — Search doesn’t work *2025-02-09* The search engine doesn’t work. I type in a phrase but there’s no, “Go” or “Search”. ### 1/5 — Pronunciation Is Wrong *2024-09-01* The audio of this app is computer generated and pronounces most words incorrectly. ### 1/5 — Poor *2024-08-21* The font needs to be changed. For example a w is two v’s side by side . Also the voice is unable to pronounce the words correctly. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helps *2026-08-17* Helps me soo much and I needed to learn Swahili for my family ### 5/5 — Great place to start learning *2025-06-29* Free with ads that are not in the way of actually using the program. One observation to consider changing. Some of the vocabulary words when spoken by the program are not at all what is before you in Swahili. ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-01-29* Thanks for sharing ### 5/5 — Very good *2023-03-13* I learned this so I can talk with my best friend in secret I love it ### 5/5 — Note vocal robotisé *2022-05-27* Impossible d’avoir la bonne prononciation avec des notes vocales robotisées !! Nul ### 4/5 — Accent *2022-07-11* The app is good but I’d highly recommend that the voice pronouncing the phrases be a person that is a native speaker, with the accent. I have the danish version of this app and it’s a danish accent. The corresponding accent should be used for this app. ### 3/5 — Not very accurate *2026-06-23* Gets a few of the words wrong and differs from what is written vs voiced ### 3/5 — 一般 *2025-07-11* 很多语音匹配错的 ### 3/5 — Aussprache falsch *2024-07-12* die Aussprache ist KI-generiert und falsch. Schade, so ist es leider unbrauchbar. ### 3/5 — accent *2024-07-02* the voice sounds like a robot --- *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 2026-09-08.*