Lingvist Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience59.3% of reviews
Neutral9.8% of reviews
Negative experience30.9% of reviews

~ Based on 457 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Lingvist

Is Lingvist Safe?

Lingvist: Learn Languages Fast appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lingvist is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 3,708 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,703 App Store ratings for Lingvist.

Is Lingvist Legit?

Lingvist: Learn Languages Fast appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lingvist is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Slow to get through immediate repeats

There should be a more targeted and effective way of getting through a large list of immediate repeats. It does not seem to shrink.

STOP ADDING WORDS TO MY ACTIVE DECK!!!

I’ve been trying to get through the deck of more 3000 words for months now to lately see my “total” progress continue to DECREASE as they repeatedly add words to my active deck!!! It is very discouraging to see my percentages drop from mid 70s to low 60s. There were already 3000+ words in the deck!!! Why the need to suddenly add 1000 more?!? Why not just make a new deck, and leave my current deck alone?!? 😤😫😖
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Подписка

Здравствуйте, приложение очень классное, но не получается оформить подписку, в виду санкций. Помогите пожалуйста

Comme si, comme ça

This is my language learning app and it does one thing, really, which is vocab. Nothing else, but it does vocab really well. You can virtually forget about the speaking, listening and grammar sections.

And it has really helped me French improve.

But, there are a couple of things I’m very concerned about:
One is that, to my memory, the app has never been updated since I first downloaded it a couple of years ago. Like never.

It’s pretty stable, but there are some bugs, and it doesn’t seem like these will ever get addressed. I’ve put in a couple of support enquiries before and received no response whatsoever, so I have the impression that someone has made the app, put it on the App Store and has abandoned it.

Thirdly, and this is more of a gripe a functionality thing, the sentences the words are presented within are very dry and conservative. You get the impression that the entire world exists in heterosexual nuclear families where mum stays at home and dad works a corporate job (or perhaps is a civil servant). It feels very hard to relate to and, crucially for language learning, is not memorable.
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Не могу оплатить помогите

Я с россии почему не могу вообще никак купить годовую подписку-???! Помогите

Response from developer

Спасибо за ваш отзыв! Мы понимаем, что повышение цены может вызывать неприятные эмоции, и нам очень жаль, что новое предложение кажется вам слишком дорогим. Изменения в стоимости связаны с развитием приложения, новыми функциями и постоянным улучшением качества обучения. Мы ценим каждого пользователя, поэтому периодически предлагаем скидки и специальные предложения. Пожалуйста, следите за нашими рассылками, возможно, скоро появится подходящая акция. Если у вас есть дополнительные вопросы или нужна помощь, вы всегда можете написать нам через поддержку по адресу hello@lingvist.io, будем рады помочь!

No added features or improvements based on 100’s of loyal users feedback, simply ignored, over 2yr

Chang logs of over 2 years doesn’t have any added features.
Zero added features that hundreds of users thoughtfully suggested and although the Dev responds to just about if not every review & rating and is most courteous and grateful sounding but actions show that it’s all lip service.

So many hundreds of small improvements simply ignored.

I hope this changes it’s just sad.
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Paid and still can’t use the app

Paid and still can’t use the app

简洁优雅的软件

这款软件界面非常简洁优雅,大大增强了背单词的视觉体验,各方面的功能也不错,总体来说很值得付费。但是有一个问题是背单词的统计数据方面做得太低级了,例如“根据现有习惯估算背完单词本需要的时间”这种简单的功能都没有。“学习数据”那一栏没什么大用处,界面倒是做得很好看,但像“平均用时”“效率波动”这种数据通通没有。同时,我希望在背单词界面加上可以手动点击“此单词已背过”的功能。

I hate typing

I dont like to type I will not be using this

Go For It!

Lingvist has been the best app so far in regards to me learning Russian. I can’t thank this community enough. I believe that there is a science into learning or acquiring another language and I believe Lingvist has got it down to a T, please don’t ever stop working on this app. This subscription is worth it if you’re serious about language acquisition.

Russian is no easy language and I like how they have it set up to introduce even novice learners to become familiar with words while also displaying how they’re supposed to be used in context.

There’s a certain amount of hours that’s needed to be put in to acquiring the language and Lingvist helps track it down making it easier to accomplish my goals!!

I’ve had to figure out my own routine and how I could best utilize the Lingvist app to make the most out of it based on the way I learn languages the best.

But I can’t express how much Lingvist has contributed to so much of my Russian language journey ! Maybe in the future, adding a section to where learners can test & gauge their language proficiency would be really cool! Thank you Lingvist team 😭❤️
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Conversation

Very poor. Does not translate the conversation and doesn’t give you enough time to answer very disappointing for the money I have paid

Has helped build vocabulary

Really enjoying the ease of learning new vocabulary. With daily use I’ve noticed an improvement in my word recall. I enjoy the interface, overall the best flash card app I’ve used for date

simplified chinese

Could you add courses on American English taught in Simplified Chinese? Currently, we only offer American English taught in Traditional Chinese and British English taught in Simplified Chinese.

will charge you even though free trial

i signed up for the free trial and was immediately charged the full annual plan

Frustrating

Great concept, but the algorithm is broken. I have been stuck at 6 percent vocabulary for some time. Despite getting 41 percent correct the last time, the program won’t give me any new words. One month later and still not a single new word.

Response from developer

Thank you for your honest feedback. We’re sorry to hear your learning progress feels stuck — that’s not the experience we want anyone to have. Our spaced repetition system is designed to reinforce words before introducing new ones, but it should still feel motivating and balanced. Please contact us through the in-app support or via email hello@lingvist.io so we can review your account settings and learning history. We’d like to understand what happened and help get your progress moving again.

Wonderful tool

I’m really enjoying Lingvist for improving my French vocabulary. One request - in some cards in the General deck you ask questions like “your brother is small” where we need to fill in “your” in French. However you don’t specify which Your you want - formal or informal; therefore students have a 50-50 to answer it correctly. If your cards can specify formal vs informal for sentences like this it would be helpful.

Edited in April - my example didn’t make sense
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Проблемы с озвучкой

Озвучка пропала почти везде. Почините, пожалуйста, а пока 2 ⭐️

Response from developer

Спасибо за отзыв! Нам очень жаль, что у вас возникла проблема с озвучкой — понимаем, насколько это важно для обучения. Если есть возможность, напишите нам через поддержку в приложении или на адрес hello@lingvist.io. Это поможет быстрее разобраться в ситуации. Спасибо за терпение 🙏

Wonderful tool

I’m really enjoying Lingvist for improving my French vocabulary. One request - in some cards in the General deck you ask questions like “his brother is small” where we need to fill in “his” in French. However you don’t specify which His you want - formal or informal; therefore students have a 50-50 to answer it correctly. If your cards can specify formal vs informal for questions like this it would be helpful.
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Pretty good spaced repetition

Good pacing, word selection is a little strange, speech recognition is not great, little voice is not that similar to native speech. Overall has helped me build a pretty decent vocabulary.

Great for learning incorrect translations

I am forever reporting translation errors. So much so, that I might as well be working for them. Don’t waste your time or money with this app. There are so many errors in this app. I’d be outright embarrassed to release this to the public.

I’ll also add that the errors aren’t being fixed.