Lingvist User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience59.4% of reviews
Neutral9.8% of reviews
Negative experience30.8% of reviews

~ Based on 448 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

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 3,690 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 3,690 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

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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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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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.

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.

Mediocre if it was a free app, terrible for what it costs

Forgot to cancel and got charged $85. Nice. The ability to do vocab by speaking (which is why I downloaded this app) just straight up does not work. Horrible layout, have to click the smallest buttons in the world.

Don’t bother

Unless you want to pay an unnecessary amount of money, don’t bother downloading this. Find an app that will be KIND and teach you for free.

Жалоба

Верните деньги за подписку на год, ваше приложение перестало работать в России

Response from developer

Спасибо за отзыв. Нам жаль слышать, что у вас возникли проблемы с использованием приложения. Пожалуйста, напишите нам на hello@lingvist.io с подробностями вашей ситуации и информацией о подписке. Наша команда поддержки проверит ваш случай и постарается помочь разобраться с возможными вариантами решения. Спасибо, что обратились к нам.

После оплаты -приложение перестало работать

Прошу разобраться в чем причина или вернуть деньги.
Переустановка,обращение к операторам связи,впн и прочее- не помогает.

Response from developer

Спасибо за отзыв. Нам жаль слышать, что приложение перестало работать после оплаты. Пожалуйста, напишите нам на hello@lingvist.io и опишите вашу ситуацию подробнее (какое устройство вы используете и что именно происходит при запуске приложения). Наша команда поддержки проверит, в чем может быть причина, и постарается как можно быстрее помочь решить проблему. Спасибо, что сообщили нам об этом.

Не работает

Просто ужасно! Приложение перестало работать спустя пару месяцев после оформления подписки, по совету самих же разработчиков удалил и заново установил приложение и что Вы думаете, не могу зайти в него, минут 30 пытался. Что происходит, сделайте уже что-то, за что я деньги заплатил!?!?!?

Response from developer

Спасибо за отзыв. Нам очень жаль слышать, что у вас возникли проблемы с доступом к приложению. Переустановка обычно помогает решить подобные технические ошибки, но если вы по-прежнему не можете войти в аккаунт, пожалуйста, напишите нам на hello@lingvist.io и опишите, что именно происходит при попытке входа. Наша команда поддержки постарается как можно быстрее разобраться в ситуации и помочь вам восстановить доступ. Спасибо, что сообщили о проблеме.

Great for B1-C1 learning

Been super happy with this app. I’m at the stage of my language learning when I can have stilted conversations with locals. This app is perfect for pushing me to the next level. It’s great for practicing different conjugations and usage. It’s not just a vocabulary app. And yet you can use it as a vocabulary builder as well. I also love how you can create your own card sets very easily. So you can truly customize and prioritize your learning.

Hoping the next generation of the app includes more information in the tables and notes menu at the bottom of the screen. Would love to see all the conjugations for verb cards. Also, would love descriptions in the notes for similar words. Like in Spanish, the difference between volver and regresar, or despedir, echar, and soltar. I think the note section could give more context for nuances of similar words.
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Response from developer

Thank you for the detailed and thoughtful feedback! We’re really happy to hear that Lingvist is helping you move from basic conversations toward the next level and that features like conjugation practice and custom card sets are useful for you. Your suggestions about expanding the tables and notes section—especially adding full verb conjugations and explanations for similar words—are great ideas. Providing more context and nuance is definitely something we’re interested in improving over time. Thanks again for sharing your experience and ideas, and we wish you continued success with your language learning!