# Palfish Teacher-English Tutor — user reviews > 214 indexed App Store user reviews of Palfish Teacher by Wuhan Qinxuan Technology Co., LTD, rated 4.70/5 from 3,637 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palfish-teacher-english-tutor/id1020664979/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palfish-teacher-english-tutor/id1020664979.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,137 · 4★ 219 · 3★ 73 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 185 ## What do users think of Palfish Teacher? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Amazing company - 🤩 Fantastic teaching experience - 🤑 Great pay and bonuses - 🤗 Wonderful students - 🕰️ Flexible hours - 🎓 Helpful teacher community **Cons** - 🤖 Poor customer support - 🤑 Pay cuts and unfair fines - 🤯 Unstable app with frequent glitches - 🤬 Unethical and disrespectful practices - 🙅‍♀️ Outsourcing to low-paid teachers - 🤷‍♀️ Lack of transparency **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing during classes - Verification code not being received - Inability to delete account **Most requested features** - Landscape mode for teaching - Ability to search for students by name - White/rubber pencil tool in class - Better communication and support for teachers ## Newest reviews (10 of 214) ### 2/5 — Pretty lame *2024-07-01, version 3.7.0630* Seemed like an easy concept, I am a Native English speaker, have done lots of teaching and online teaching, plus I have the 120 hour TEFL certificate. The mock/trial class went very bad. Not enough direction given so I was told to do it again. I prepared and tried again, but still no full explanation of anything. Then I was told I was not wanted. It’s ok, not the first time I’ve been rejected, but this was just strange. The whole layout and concept didn’t make much sense, wish there was more explanations so I could do the job correctly. ### 1/5 — Worst company *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* I worked for PalFish for over 3 years and I used to live it earning £18+ per hour, then they started cutting the pay, eventually down to £6 an hour, eventually they randomly fired everyone and deducted more pay for the final classes that they cancelled. The people who run this company have absolutely no morals and can’t even be described as human. ### 1/5 — Awful and deceitful *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* This company lies about their loyal teachers, makes up stories to tell students which are completely false, steals money from teachers, excessively fines teachers, and is hands down the worst company I have ever worked for. If I could give zero stars, I would! Stay away!!! ### 1/5 — Used to be my favorite company. No longer. *2022-01-27, version 3.5.0120* I taught for PalFish for 3 years. What was once a beautiful place to work for where you got paid fairly and had good relationships with teacher admins has changed completely. After the Ministry of Education in China changed their rules on foreigners teaching ESL online pay has dropped to an unlivable wage for most people. Teacher and student customer service is almost non-existent because of lack of staff. The company no longer cares about well-being of teachers and I haven’t heard of a successful appeal for real emergencies in about a year. Instead, when my home was in range of a forest fire and I was suddenly evacuated during the night I was told I should have found somewhere to teach that morning (it was impossible- im in a small town. There was nowhere to go and cell service was barely operable and main roads out of town were closed. I was never reimbursed for fines - teachers in the Philippines have been fined for cancelling while there have been serious life threatening typhoons threatening their homes and families. It’s all very sad. If they do pay enough for you to live in your country then great! But, don’t expect to be helped or feel cared about as a teacher when it comes to the company itself. If PalFish ever gets its act back together I’ll happily change this review. Until then, I feel people should be informed while considering to work for them. ### 1/5 — Highly censored and racist app with perverts *2022-01-25, version 3.5.0120* This app only supports "foreign teachers". They separate "Chinese teachers" from foreign passport holders. They give all the trainings and supports to foreign passport holders. And ignore the Chinese teachers even if you live in a foreign country. They even have a preference feature says "prefer foreigners". All the texts here are highly censored as well! Also I came across perverts couple of time showing their genitals in a video class! GROSS! ### 1/5 — Crumbling company was once great *2022-01-22, version 3.5.0110* They paid their teachers competitive wages at one point. I was successfully teaching for more than 4 years, and had complete 5k class hours. But the dishonestly along with the pay cuts was not only a factor in my leaving, but an enormous let down that a company I once loved had become what it is now: a complete failure. They are failing their teachers for sure as they pay so little now. However, it -s much worse when you realize they are failing the students as well. Parents and teachers share screenshots of schedules, showing clearly what the teacher thinks they are opening fir availability, is wrong. Deception and bad news with e dry decision they make, concludes a zero recommendation for this company an employer as well as an edu actor. ### 5/5 — PalFish teacher *2022-01-12, version 3.4.1241* Very good amazing ### 1/5 — THE WORST *2021-12-30, version 3.4.1241* Palfish has become a complete joke. I was a teacher here for two years and used to make $30/hr. I really enjoyed teaching the kids and was the #2 ranked teacher in the company in 2019. It was a great job for traveling and working remotely. Recently, I decided to start teaching with them again and unfortunately realized very quickly that the company has become a total scam. They advertise that you will make $11-$17 per hour which is a huge deduction from their previous pay rates. THEN, when you begin teaching, you actually only make $8 per hour ($4 per class). Palfish has gone from being a good, fair company to work for, to a falsely advertised scheme. Also, they are now outsourcing most of their teachers to the Philippines and literally pay them $2 per hour ($1 per class). This is a horrible and unethical company! Do not waste your time with them. ### 2/5 — App keeps glitching *2021-12-28, version 3.4.1241* Every time I try to enter the classroom demo the app crashes ### 1/5 — The worst teaching platform *2021-11-12, version 3.4.1020* The admins don’t appreciate teachers at all. In fact they don’t even care if you succeed or not, if you’re ill one day or not. They don’t understand that without teachers, this app wouldn’t exist. They’re rude and ignore you when you have a question or need help. They can remove you from the course for no reason any time they want with no explanation. I have never been disrespected like this in my life. Stay away!! I was hired by BLINGABC and it’s been great! They even pay much more. Bye ungrateful PalFish! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Was good *2026-09-06, version 3.9.0720* Not anymore ### 1/5 — App issues *2026-08-09, version 3.9.0720* Can’t sign up for months now i have updated the app still I am not receiving the verification code ### 1/5 — Avoid this company…RUN *2022-08-04, version 3.5.0740* I used to really like waking up at 4am to teach with PalFish. I worked with them for over three years and was a well established teacher sometimes bringing in over $3500 a month. Even before the changes in China happened things started to go downhill. Pay cuts, fines for silly things, making you watch silly videos on how to teach. Anyway in early 2021 I had to cancel 7 classes as I needed emergency surgery. I appealed with all my documentation and was told sure you will get your money back. Months passed and no money was reimbursed to me. Finally one day 12 months after my appeal I decided to ask again for the money I was owed and in return I was sacked and my account was deactivated!!! Thanks PalFish 👍👍 So if you are thinking about teaching with PalFish my advise would be….don’t RUN, RUN, RUN!!! ### 1/5 — No honor and no shame *2022-04-07, version 3.5.0341* Palfish will fine you money for mistakes on their end. They have no loyalty and will cut your wages with no notice. They treat teachers as lesser humans. They sell classes to parents under the guise of having a native English teacher and then they give you a Chinese English teacher. Run away from this company. Do not spend your money here. I want to give zero stars. ### 1/5 — Teachers and Parents Beware! *2022-03-17, version 3.5.0230* They make up new rules and cause disruptions in teachers classes to “fine” them. The company steals the teacher money earned. Many parents feel they have been scammed and are lied to consistently by Palfish staff. They “scam” the parents and the teachers, they should be taken off the App selection to protect the consumers. Sad, they were once a good company. ### 1/5 — Avoid PalFish at all costs! *2022-03-12, version 3.5.0230* This company has no morals. We got a 40% pay cut with only 9 days notice last year. Now they’re firing experienced teachers for no reason! For example, teachers have been fired this week for complaints given 2-3 years ago. For cancelling classes within 24 hours if they caught covid or got ill. PalFish has been going downhill for the past 3.5 years but they just hit rock bottom. ### 1/5 — Avoid like the plague *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* Having to write this review is such a shame as I have really loved working for Palfish. Last year Palfish forced teachers to take an almost 40% paycut. At the same time, they disabled the messaging feature for 3 weeks for “maintenance” so that teachers could not tell their students what was going on. Any teachers who decided not to accept the new pay rate had all their remaining classes instantly cancelled and could not say goodbye to their students. This month, long-standing teachers are being fired for “offenses” such as too many class cancellations, complaints etc, most of which are either untrue or from over 2 years ago. Not to mention having their remaining classes cancelled and actually being fined for this. An even lower pay rate has now been introduced for new teachers, making this far below the live -able wage for many countries. There are far better paying ESL companies out there who actually treat their teachers with respect. Don’t lower yourself to this company’s standards! ### 1/5 — Avoid *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* Terrible company. Teachers get a 40 percent pay cut, then get fired for nothing. Avoid like the plague. ### 1/5 — Horrible company to work for *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* Started with PalFish in 2019 and absolutely loved it. I had bookings straight away and was earning a substantial amount of pocket money. Unfortunately, as time went on, our incentives were slowly chipped away. Including a pay cut in 2021, which severely impacted my financial expectations. I left in December 2021 and do not regret my decision. I became so paranoid of upsetting students, cancellations and disappointing PalFish as a company. I am now with other companies who are more supportive and actually treat their teachers like people not like dogs. Do not work for this company!!! ### 1/5 — Do not use this company! *2022-03-11, version 3.5.0230* I started this company in 2018 and it was great during covid. Then with 9 days notice the company cut all teachers salaries by 40% and now they are firing the best teachers for basically no reason! This company is not ethical they don’t care about their students or teachers! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awsome app *2026-06-14, version 3.9.0530* After nearly 2/3 years ive hit 4000 hours of teaching ### 5/5 — Amazing Company! *2025-10-14, version 3.8.1020* This is maybe not the best paid ESL teaching job in the world, but it is a great place to start and have a wonderful, easy breezy teaching experience. The curriculum is fun and is all provided for you, with very little lesson prep’ needed. The students are assigned to you also and so little marketing is needed, which is always great of course! I thoroughly enjoy teaching on this platforms and there are lots of bonuses, rewards and opportunities to make more money and expand your business. I would definitely recommend choosing PalFish to teach English as a foreign language- give it a try! ### 5/5 — Amazing Company! *2025-08-28, version 3.8.0830* This is maybe not the best paid ESL teaching job in the world, but it is a great place to start and have a wonderful, easy breezy teaching experience. The curriculum is fun and is all provided for you, with very little lesson prep’ needed. The students are assigned to you also and so little marketing is needed, which is always great of course! I thoroughly enjoy teaching on this platforms and there are lots of bonuses, rewards and opportunities to make more money and expand your business. I would definitely recommend choosing PalFish to teach English as a foreign language- give it a try! ### 5/5 — Palfish works beautifully every time! *2025-03-30, version 3.8.0330* No bugs here. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-10-04, version 3.7.0830* Works well, great for teacher development. ### 5/5 — PALFISH IS THERAPY *2024-09-27, version 3.7.0830* I love being a teacher on the app. -Teacher Nezi ### 5/5 — Enjoy the interface. *2024-09-01, version 3.7.0830* App seems easy and straightforward. ### 5/5 — 感觉不错 *2024-04-09* 可以根据自己的时间来上课 很好 收入也不错 ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-03-13, version 3.7.0310* This is a great app and they are improving it all the time! I have taught on PalFish platform and I absolutely love it! I recommend teachers and friends to PalFish and I plan on teaching again on their platform because I miss it so much!! Thanks PalFish!! ### 5/5 — PalFish is awesome! *2023-07-13, version 3.6.0710* I have been teaching with power face for quite some time now and I really couldn’t be happier.The extra cash has definitely been helpful and I love the job! The children that you teach are so sweet and eager to learn, for the most part. I look forward to going to work and that doesn’t happen very often for me. I highly recommend anyone should do this!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ --- *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 2026-09-10.*