Actually gets you speaking!
I’ve tried so many language apps and this is my favorite by far. It’s especially great for fil-am who understand Tagalog pretty well but can’t speak it. The app will actually get you speaking with the 1-1 coach and AI conversation partner. I’m only a few weeks in but I feel like my speaking skills have improved so much already!
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Easy & Great Learning Tool!
I have been using that app for 1 week, and it was been a great experience so far! The lessons are engaging and well paced. I really enjoy the simulated phone call/conversations. This is something not offered on other language learning apps. Salamat Tahanan for making learning Tagalog a great experience! I look forward to continuing my studies!
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Best Tagalog App I’ve Ised
Super helpful! I love the one-on-one coach and AI coach to practice conversations. They also provide corrections. The creator is also so attentive and open to suggestions. I also love the cultural insights. I highly recommend this app.
Great app!
This is a great app for learning Tagalog. I’m really happy to be learning my Filipino roots. My one request is to add vocab lists to review words in groups (like the difference between my, your, and hers/his all together. Thanks for your great work!
Good app
Please add option to play audio lessons at 1.5x or 2x speed.
It also doesn’t mark audio lessons as complete when I tap mark as complete.
Otherwise the best app out there for learning Tagalog. The cultural insights are a great addition too.
It also doesn’t mark audio lessons as complete when I tap mark as complete.
Otherwise the best app out there for learning Tagalog. The cultural insights are a great addition too.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback! I will add these suggestions and bugs to my product road map and address them as soon as I can! If you have any other feedback you can reach me at luke@tagalogapp.com or use the in-app feedback option in the settings. Maraming salamat for the review! -Luke
Love this app
I love Tahanan. I got this app to better help me communicate with my partners grandma. He’s Filipino (I’m Mexican) and his grandmother mainly speaks tagolog. I’ve learned so much and it’s such a nice feeling to be able to ask “Kumusta po kayo?”and see the excitement in his grandmothers eyes. It can be very challenging at times, but Tahanan makes the process fun. It’s also brought my partner and I a lot closer. He loves helping me study and we always plan study dates at local coffee shops.
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Highly recommend
Fun and super helpful. I’ve tried other apps but because Tahanan is so hands on, it’s actually making a difference. I’ve learned so much within a week of using the app and love the ai coach and real coach feedback. It’s what makes Tahanan stand out from other apps.
UI needs tweaking
Flash words runs off the page. Reduce font to fit on screen.
Response from developer
Thanks for writing this feedback! There’s currently a known bug with text fitting when the font size is enlarged by your device’s accessibility settings. I will be addressing this issue very shortly. Maraming salamat po
Great app!
You can definitely see the amount of effort put into this app, very organized and I appreciate how they went above and beyond to incorporate background information on Filipino culture. It's nice that they use real people for the voiceovers which lets you hear accurate pronunciation. After seeing this app advertised on Instagram I immediately downloaded and paid for my first month to work towards my goal of being able to communicate with my Filipino side of the family. I'd say their pricing isn't so bad because let's be honest- the average person spends that much at the drive through. Their lessons are easy to understand and have really helped me pick up new words and phrases. No complaints, I definitely recommend!
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Great Learning App
I’ve long struggled to find a method of learning Tagalog, with the goal of conversational fluency with my fiancée and her family. After trying many apps, this one finally has helped me take big steps toward that goal! Between the lessons, flashcards, AI conversational phone calls, and assigned tutors - I have learned at a much faster pace than ever before! The price is higher than many other apps, but the return on investment is well worth it.
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Tahanan😢
Tahanan was okay. You can only go to like 3 lessons and then it won’t let you continue without paying for a subscription. I don’t like that you can get the basic info without having to g to pay. I know most apps are like this. I would use Duolingo but there is no Tagalog.
Loving the app so far!
Probably the best app for Tagalog that I’ve tried! The UI is really clean and I appreciate the structure of the lessons.
ZERO SUPPORT
If you use the trial, set a timer or add the ending date to your calendar. You get NO correspondence or reminder. I emailed the day my ended to ask a few questions and never got a response. I was charged the full amount for the subscription and was not able to choose which one I wanted to switch to. VERY disappointed.
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Response from developer
Hey can you please send an email to luke@tagalogapp.com? I am terribly sorry if I missed your outreach to support. I will happily refund anything you were charged. There’s an email reminder sent out 48 hours before your trial ends. If the email failed to reach you I deeply apologize. I would love to make this right with a full refund and a free lifetime plan to the app.
The holy grail
I’m in the tutorial and this is already peak
In App Purchases
hii team! When i first downloaded this game i thought this was free bc i found the ad on tiktok so i was like ooh let me try and when i opened it you had to pay and for a girl that’s never learnt her cultural language of Tagalog it’s a shame bc when i go back I won’t be able to connect n understand what they are saying as for a 16 year old going back to see my family back in the Philippines I would love if this app was just not only paying for the entire thing but sadly it is sad bc i undownloaded the app bc it was the one i really found that was good out of all of them that i found.
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love the heart behind the app
i am now 5 months into this app and will give an updated review.
there have been updates with the apps and Luke seems to be constantly trying to improve it. it will take some time and work, but personally I’ve lost a little motivation getting on it because of his flashcards system. i went on vacation and the cards stacked up to 250+ cards. let’s be honest, when you’re busy the last thing anyone wants to do is complete 250+. i offered my feedback to Luke and he stated he would just have a “vacation mode” option but changing the flashcards would mess with the algorithm of your learning pace. well i was just clicking that i knew every word for it to clear and that also doesn’t accurately reflect my progress. he then told me that you can save your progress and exit if need be. my only issue is that the cards will continue to stack.
i also realized that it wasn’t me being on vacation that caused it—it’s just how it’s set. the further you move in the lessons, the more words gets added to the cards. so even when i cleared it and was ready to just keep up with it moving forward, i got 250+ cards the next day again. at that point i didnt even want to open the app. other times, i opened it but only did the next lesson and the “coach challenge” and the flashcards weren’t touched. but Luke is set on keeping the card system the way they are.
this is a tad disappointing because the purchase wasn’t cheap and i feel like i didn’t utilize the time like i wanted to. i’m not sure i’ll renew after my year. i use duolingo for spanish and I love how short the lessons are and interactive they are. they even use timed bonus xp points that randomly get activated sometimes so what i thought would be 10-15 mins end up with me being on the app for an hour. so it works as far as getting people to want to use the app and actually spending time on it (if time permits).
Luke talks a lot about how “other apps” don’t target one language so the focus isn’t there. Regardless of his selling point, there should be something said about the success of Duolingo and grabbing people’s attention. I have had it since 2019 and plan on continuing to have it—-plus Duolingo is significantly cheaper than this app.
I think i had more time in January because I wasn’t as busy, but now that I am 5 months in and busier… it’s different for me. However, that doesn’t change the fact that there are no other apps teaching Tagalog, so it could be a hidden gem still if it had major improvements.
there have been updates with the apps and Luke seems to be constantly trying to improve it. it will take some time and work, but personally I’ve lost a little motivation getting on it because of his flashcards system. i went on vacation and the cards stacked up to 250+ cards. let’s be honest, when you’re busy the last thing anyone wants to do is complete 250+. i offered my feedback to Luke and he stated he would just have a “vacation mode” option but changing the flashcards would mess with the algorithm of your learning pace. well i was just clicking that i knew every word for it to clear and that also doesn’t accurately reflect my progress. he then told me that you can save your progress and exit if need be. my only issue is that the cards will continue to stack.
i also realized that it wasn’t me being on vacation that caused it—it’s just how it’s set. the further you move in the lessons, the more words gets added to the cards. so even when i cleared it and was ready to just keep up with it moving forward, i got 250+ cards the next day again. at that point i didnt even want to open the app. other times, i opened it but only did the next lesson and the “coach challenge” and the flashcards weren’t touched. but Luke is set on keeping the card system the way they are.
this is a tad disappointing because the purchase wasn’t cheap and i feel like i didn’t utilize the time like i wanted to. i’m not sure i’ll renew after my year. i use duolingo for spanish and I love how short the lessons are and interactive they are. they even use timed bonus xp points that randomly get activated sometimes so what i thought would be 10-15 mins end up with me being on the app for an hour. so it works as far as getting people to want to use the app and actually spending time on it (if time permits).
Luke talks a lot about how “other apps” don’t target one language so the focus isn’t there. Regardless of his selling point, there should be something said about the success of Duolingo and grabbing people’s attention. I have had it since 2019 and plan on continuing to have it—-plus Duolingo is significantly cheaper than this app.
I think i had more time in January because I wasn’t as busy, but now that I am 5 months in and busier… it’s different for me. However, that doesn’t change the fact that there are no other apps teaching Tagalog, so it could be a hidden gem still if it had major improvements.
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Refund received! :D
It billed me when I clicked free trial, but I got a refund!
have to pay to even use it
upsetting how you can't use it without paying. trying to learn how to speak to my family and i have to pay 180 dollars a year? ridiculous
Response from developer
You do not have to pay to use it. There is a free trial with no payment required to start. The subscription includes hundreds of lessons, realtime speaking practice with AI language partners, and personal 1-on-1 coaching from a Tagalog tutor at a fraction of the price of private tutoring. I’m an independent app developer and Filipino American building this app full-time from my savings as a passion project to help those like me and to employ Filipinos in the Philippines that share the same goal to help us learn the language we were born to speak. I’m sorry you didn’t have a good experience with the app. Please send me an email and I will make this right: luke@tagalogapp.com
Everything I wanted!
Flash cards, dialogue, lessons! This is literally what I’ve been wanting all in one. I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me learn but it doesn’t have everything I’ve wanted to practice so this is perfect! 🤩
Maraming salamat po!
Maraming salamat po!
Effective, User Friendly
This app goes at a great pace and milestones are reasonably achievable. I’m learning to teach my daughter and speak with my husband and his family! Love the different learning techniques as well as the cultural significance included in each lesson.