# LearnEnglish Videos — user reviews

> 77 indexed App Store user reviews of LearnEnglish Videos by British Council, rated 4.70/5 from 440 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learnenglish-videos/id874253464/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learnenglish-videos/id874253464.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 354 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 8

## What do users think of LearnEnglish Videos?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 📚 Excellent ESL/English learning material
- 🎥 High-quality authentic videos with subtitles
- 🌍 Engaging content about British culture
- 👨‍🏫 Outstanding narration and commentary
- 📖 Includes scripts and transcripts
- 💾 Downloadable videos for offline use
- 🎯 Useful for IELTS exam preparation
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🆓 Free application
- 🗣️ Improves listening and pronunciation skills
- 📚 Diverse and interesting themes

**Cons**

- 🎵 Unwanted background music
- 🌙 Missing dark/night mode
- 🔊 No audio in some content
- 📱 Limited landscape orientation support
- 📊 Not interactive enough

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Audio missing from some videos
- Landscape view rotation issues on iPad

**Most requested features**

- Dark/night mode implementation
- More diverse and varied topics
- Longer video content
- Remove or make music optional
- Better landscape mode support
- More interactive features

## Newest reviews (11 of 77)

### 5/5 — Great app

*2020-06-12*

Thank you very much great app with great language 😊😊😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review. We hope you find your app useful! :)

### 5/5 — Mercccccccc

*2020-04-15, version 1.5.4*

I enjoy it😍🙏

### 5/5 — Review

*2020-01-24*

If you see this app accurately will know many things that maybe before never heard first you hear fluently English and new words that before don’t utilize this is very useful for students want participate in ielts exam because their knowledge about English increase and instead learn several formula and tips learning English basic which aim of ielts exam is learning English completely I recommend dear students don’t go follow apps that teach English as several tips and when changes a word then can’t answer questions this app is really benefit because teach English lessons deeply and permanent remind students second with this app familiar with an ancient great culture that were mother of civilization and what we have is from Great Britain with thousands scientists in app we see slightly from great culture of Britain nature like also this country and best climate and best ground gift to Great Britain and people hard work and built best national park that see their complete natures and best modern cities with tall buildings and best views all this things made it best country in worldwide temperature is convenient and people live happiness best genius students move their and this country is strong and with big civilization and culture that influenced other countries and people such as US have effected from it and culture made progress human I recommend students read this free app and learn English from original and hundred others information about culture and human civilization and creativity of men I appreciate producers this app and hope success always in world

### 5/5 — Foot ball uk

*2019-10-26*

Very nice

**Developer response:** Thanks a lot for your review and we hope you continue to enjoy learning English with our app!

### 5/5 — Muito bom!

*2019-05-18*

Estou usando para melhorar meu inglês e estou gostando

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review. We hope you like the videos. Don't forget to download our LearnEnglish Podcast app too. It is a FREE app with regular new content. Check it out! :)

### 5/5 — That's wonderful.

*2019-05-01, version 1.4.0*

That's wonderful.

### 5/5 — Great

*2019-01-11*

It's really great,I see that it's so useful to learn English easily thanks British Council.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your feedback and support. :)

### 5/5 — British Concil videos

*2018-11-06, version 1.4.0*

That was wonderful, i hope improve my listening with them.Thanks a lot. There are wonderful videos that improve our listening.

### 5/5 — Perfect!!!

*2018-01-07, version 1.4.0*

For who need study English, this application is perfect! Good job! Amazing!

Thank you

### 5/5 — Great

*2017-10-06*

I loved this app cause they are helping with my English!

### 5/5 — GREAT App

*2016-09-20, version 1.4.0*

Great Video is a amazing GREAT App to learn about Great British and to imitation British accent. It reminds me of all the beautiful days when I studied in the UK.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — App is not working. Just advertising there nothing else.

*2026-06-19, version 2.1.8*

App is not working on my iphone 12 pro. First time opened and there is an advertising no able to close it and start using this app. I tried to open 10 times and advertising is still there. Unusefull.

### 1/5 — O som não funciona

*2018-11-07*

Já reinstalei e mesmo assim não sai som

**Developer response:** Hi there, thank you for your review and we are sorry to hear that LearnEnglish GREAT Videos is not working properly for you. Could you forward this to us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org? We will do our best to assist further. Thank you.

### 2/5 — No audio

*2019-10-27, version 1.5.3*

Can’t believe there is no audio ...... these are the kinds of subjects that will really grab the interest of students but without audio, for me, no good

### 3/5 — Sound

*2019-04-23*

There isn’t sound

**Developer response:** Hi there, thank you for your review and sorry to hear that the sound is not working properly for you. Could you try to mute/unmute your device to see if you can play the videos with the sound? If the problem persists, please let us know at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org. We will do our best to assist further. :)

### 3/5 — Good app but requires a little upgrade

*2017-06-22*

Awesome videos in it. They are useful for english exercises. You can download the videos in the app and keep them forever in your device. Personally, I really enjoyed this app.

**Developer response:** Hello there, thank you for your comment and we are glad to hear that you like our app! Do consider leaving us a 5-star review! It will help more users to discover our app! And if we also have another amazing app - LearnEnglish Podcasts for users to learn English. Do check it out! :)

### 3/5 — Video

*2015-05-12, version 1.3.1*

Nice to see some authentic videos, but how do I get the pic to rotate to landscape view on my iPad?

### 4/5 — English words and Idioms in spoken.

*2021-01-24*

I want to talk in practical English but l felt lack of spoken words and idioms .
If there is app for words & Idioms I would appreciate about it .

**Developer response:** Thank you for your email. If you would like to learn more about English idioms, do check out our LearnEnglish website. You could also download our LearnEnglish Podcasts app for more English listening materials. I hope that helps! If you have any further questions, please feel free to let us know at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org. Thank you!

### 4/5 — Acknowledgment

*2018-12-30*

The application is extremely usefull in learning english. I really enjoy watching them.  Thanks for your hard work and hope this app will be developed in more various subjects.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your feedback. Please allow me to introduce our LearnEnglish Podcasts app. It is a FREE app that we update the content regularly.

### 4/5 — Great

*2018-07-01*

Really fantastic for listening

**Developer response:** Thank you for your comment and we are glad that you like this app. Please allow me to introduce our another amazing app for listening - LearnEnglish Podcasts, it is a free app with over 80 episodes and over 20 hours of free listening about a wide range of topics. Do check it out! Feel free to let us know if you have any questions at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org. :)

### 4/5 — Mariana

*2017-05-09*

Adoro e uso com meus alunos particulares !

**Developer response:** Hi there, thank you for your review and we are glad to hear that you enjoy using the app with our students too! We would like to let you know that our Johnny Grammar's Word Challenge app is now available and it's a good app for students to learn English too! Do check it out! :D

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — flawless

*2022-04-25*

It’s the most perfect App for ESL

### 5/5 — Useful app

*2021-04-26*

This is a very useful app. I'm glad I got the chance to learn.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review. Don't forget to download our LearnEnglish Podcasts app too. It's a free app with regular new podcasts. :)

### 5/5 — Needs to remove music but is very good

*2021-03-19, version 2.1.3*

Needs to remove music but the app is very good

### 5/5 — I like it a lot

*2021-02-11*

I love it. How do I get rid of advertising?

### 5/5 — Dark/night mode

*2021-02-10*

Firstly tnx for your amazing app , but despite all the changes I find no dark/night mode on the new version

**Developer response:** thank you very much for your review. We hope you enjoy the videos. I will also pass your comment about the dark mode to our manager.

### 5/5 — Great 😌

*2021-01-26*

This app help me a lot to improve my English

### 5/5 — Extremely useful!

*2020-11-19*

Amazing collection! Enchanting commentary by Richard!! I insanely love this app!!!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review. We hope you enjoy learning with us! :)

### 5/5 — Lovely videos!

*2020-10-13, version 1.5.4*

Thanks a lot for the stories! Work as an ESOL teacher, use this material to make my lessons even more exciting!

### 5/5 — So far the best English learning app

*2020-09-18*

I haven’t found any better app. BC has made quite a few outstanding apps! All of them are good!

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review. We are pleased to know you enjoy learning with our app! :)

### 5/5 — Very ingenious

*2020-07-28*

Very ingenious

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