Truly perfect for intermediate Spanish
I love it. The word puzzles are fun, the vocab review/flash cards are so handy, learning about different Spanish-speaking communities, *and* listening to those stories from the people who wrote them?! *Aaand* a lot of the vocab is highlighted and you can click and read the definition in Spanish and English.
It’s awesome. It’s awesome! I wish I had this years ago.
It’s awesome. It’s awesome! I wish I had this years ago.
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Excellente
Je me suis beaucoup amusée le graphisme est top très ludique et agréable bravo! Je recommande
Nearly perfect—especially if you’re short on time
I work 60+ hours a week but don’t want to give up on reaching full conversational fluency (and having interesting, culturally-informed things to talk about). I’m not terribly far from that goal, but my learning had reached a plateau. Unedo has reinvigorated my progress, and I can feel the difference in my comfortability woth Spanish. Also, the articles are an awesome length; I can read one quietly on a break or listen while I’m doing chores or read one aloud before bed to practice pronunciation. Cheers and gratitude to the whole development team.
After a few weeks of use though, what I notice is that I feel super overwhelmed by the sheer volume of new vocabulary in each article. I love learning new words, that’s not the problem, but the Flashcard and Library features doesn’t provide any context about how and when a word is used. For example, articles use a lot of different versions of “however/although” like sin embargo, pese a, a pesar de, si bien, etc. Since the writing team is from all over the world, I can’t tell which form is common, formal, or region-specific, and it feels paralyzing to not know which one to start using in daily life. The Library and Flash Card features are cool, but since each article is so zoomed-in to its own topic, what my education is missing is a zoomed-out contextual understanding of a word or phrase. Basically I need the SpanishDict App as a companion to this one to get a comprehensive learning experience and that’s a lot. It can become a barrier for me.
Lastly — I’m always wondering if the graphics at the top of each article are made by humans or AI. I hope humans, and if so, it would be cool to have their work credited so we can support them outside of Unedo, too.
After a few weeks of use though, what I notice is that I feel super overwhelmed by the sheer volume of new vocabulary in each article. I love learning new words, that’s not the problem, but the Flashcard and Library features doesn’t provide any context about how and when a word is used. For example, articles use a lot of different versions of “however/although” like sin embargo, pese a, a pesar de, si bien, etc. Since the writing team is from all over the world, I can’t tell which form is common, formal, or region-specific, and it feels paralyzing to not know which one to start using in daily life. The Library and Flash Card features are cool, but since each article is so zoomed-in to its own topic, what my education is missing is a zoomed-out contextual understanding of a word or phrase. Basically I need the SpanishDict App as a companion to this one to get a comprehensive learning experience and that’s a lot. It can become a barrier for me.
Lastly — I’m always wondering if the graphics at the top of each article are made by humans or AI. I hope humans, and if so, it would be cool to have their work credited so we can support them outside of Unedo, too.
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Great app, sad to see AI being used.
As a few other reviewers have said, it’s sad to see AI being used for some of the images. This app has huge potential. I just downloaded it today and really love it. If the AI stuff is removed in the future I’d 100% pay for the subscription. App feels way more useful than something like Duolingo. Happy to see the developers replying to reviews and not just denying the AI stuff. Hopefully this app explodes in popularity and you can do updates removing the Ai.
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Enjoyable
Fun games and good for extending intermediate vocabulary. Would be nice to have more control over the flash cards but maybe that’s what the ‘smart review’ feature will involve
Paywall
The app itself is great, the puzzles are fun and the stories are interesting, but they are advertising the app as though their subscription is completely unnecessary to use it. That is not true. They give you free access to the stories for five days and then you have to pay for their subscription to read them. Then the only thing the app can offer you is two small puzzles every day, which is hardly enough to actually practice learning a language. I’m very disappointed because nowhere did it clarify that you couldn’t view the “sparks” after so many days. You know, the main thing anybody probably downloaded the app for?
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Response from developer
Olivier here, one of Unedo's founders. Thank you for the honest feedback, and I'm sorry the paywall caught you off guard. If our messaging made it feel like the subscription was unnecessary, that's on us to say more clearly. Quick clarification, because it works a little differently than a five-day timer: Puzzles are free every day, forever. No countdown, no limit. Stories (Sparks): you get a set of free ones to read and keep for good. A lot of other features are accessible without a subscription too. And we send free Spark credits from time to time so free users can enjoy our stories. But you're right that the stories are where we ask you to subscribe, and here's the honest why: we're a tiny, self-funded team publishing original, human-written stories every single day. Passport is what lets us keep doing that with no ads and no investors pulling the app off course. Your point about being upfront is fair, and I'll take it back to the team. If you'd like more time with the stories, reach out from inside the app and we'll sort you out.
God Bless You, Unedo!
I never really waste my time writing reviews but this app needs one. I’m fifteen years old, I’m Mexican and Puerto Rican mixed, so naturally, my family speaks Spanish around me. Though, I feel out of the loop as they talk, while I feel behind. I’m a ‘no sabo’ kid, but this app has been restoring my confidence, day by day, in being confident in who I am. I want to thank the creators of this app, and the people who helps design the app, because you guys are angels sent from above. I was so excited to be able to recite what I learned strictly in Spanish, and I understood word for word as I took my time reading what each word meant, and the flash cards helped them stick to me, that I was able to tell my mom about Maria Izquierdo, and all that I learned about her, with full confidence! I’ve only had this app for two days. TWO. I learned more than any language app had ever taught me for three years, and it’s a blessing to be able to connect with my heritage with apps like this, that give plenty for free, for kids like me, or even adults. If you’re someone like me who wants to reconnect with their culture—DOWNLOAD THIS APP. ❤️
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Love this app!
There’s so much to enjoy about this app and I really feel like I am improving my Spanish! However, my favorite part is how high quality the daily Sparks (passages/articles/sometimes even interviews) are. If you click on the bios of the authors you will see that they are generally working creative writers and journalists and it really shines through in the quality and creativity of the material. I’ve gotten so many book and film recs from this app to check out and I’ve only been using it a couple of weeks! In an era of “content” it is so refreshing to encounter such high quality, human written work in an environment where the focus wouldn’t necessarily even need to be on the craft. It’s so much easier to learn when the passages are such a delight.
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Maravilloso
So far beyond what you might expect a simple language learning app to be. The format is effective to begin with, but add in the richness and relevance of the articles (“Sparks”), and you’re not only improving your Spanish daily, you’re getting insight, often profound, into many of the communities and individuals represented by the language itself. Es una aplicación estupendísimo.
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Perfecto
Me gusta mucho! В полном восторге от приложения! Gracias
Superb Learning Tool!
I’m so grateful to have found Unedo which is providing me optimal challenges vocabulary-wise in addition to fascinating well-written essays about Hispanic culture and history. As a Spanish teacher, I’m looking forward to using some of these essays as models for student writing as they master organizational and transitional skills. The puzzles and connections games are fun too!
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So fun and effective
Just the Spanish learning app I was looking for - real culturally relevant and fun content.
Phenomenal educative app.. quality diminishes inmensely with AI voices
It’s crazy how the immersion this app immediately goes away once I hear the AI voices in the stories, because you can tell how much love they put into everything else. As a Spanish speaker already it makes me not wanna use it
AI art is really off-putting
The app seems like something I genuinely want but the AI art is so ugly that it I end up closing the app almost immediately. I’m glad I got the free trial.
It’s weird how ai art looks so cheap and gross and how quick this phenomenon happened. Maybe it isn’t even ai but it definitely has that “gross” quality to it that’s hard to describe. A half-assed doodle on ms paint would feel a thousand times better than what they are going with here.
It’s weird how ai art looks so cheap and gross and how quick this phenomenon happened. Maybe it isn’t even ai but it definitely has that “gross” quality to it that’s hard to describe. A half-assed doodle on ms paint would feel a thousand times better than what they are going with here.
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Flawed
Excellent little three minute audio essays about interesting topics are presented with precise diction which makes this much easier to understand than other apps I have used.
However, to hear each one you must complete two games: one is a silly and useless guessing game based on “wheel of Fortune”; the other requires knowing obscure vocabulary.
The nice audio clips appeared daily, but there is no obvious way to go back and review them, and if you do not do the silly games on the day they are offered, there is no apparent way to go back and find these audio clips you have paid for. The audio clips are the only things of value.
Finally “Smart Review”, whatever that may be, is forever “coming soon.”
However, to hear each one you must complete two games: one is a silly and useless guessing game based on “wheel of Fortune”; the other requires knowing obscure vocabulary.
The nice audio clips appeared daily, but there is no obvious way to go back and review them, and if you do not do the silly games on the day they are offered, there is no apparent way to go back and find these audio clips you have paid for. The audio clips are the only things of value.
Finally “Smart Review”, whatever that may be, is forever “coming soon.”
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Response from developer
Hola. We like a raw and honest review, it helps us understand better how user really relate to the app. With that said, it sounds like you might not have checked out the REWIND section which is essentially your activity history: all articles you view will be saved there so you can access them anytime. I also want to make sure you scrolled down on the "audio clips", as the text of the audio clips is available with highlights to help you understand the vocab. The text is hidden on smaller screens, and we are in the process of adjusting that. If this resolves your qualms about Unedo, would you consider adjusting your rating? Our small team works really hard on this app and every 5 star rating helps us get Unedo in more hands. Thank you.
Love this App!
I’ve been telling everyone I know who is learning or already speaks Spanish to try this! It’s perfect for someone who already knows Spanish to improve their vocabulary, but also it’s fun puzzles and very interesting to learn about the cultural things from across the Spanish speaking world. I’ve learned so much and read articles about things I already knew about but they are still very interesting and informative. It’s helped me find movies in Spanish, books to read, and places to travel! The Sparks (articles) are written well, and can be read or listened to. It does cost but it’s totally worth it to me!
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Unique approach
I'm enjoying this interesting approach to learning Spanish. The stories and word groupings and explanations give a great interesting cultural as well as vocabulary building addition to typical Spanish learning apps.
Fantastic App!
I absolutely love Unedo, for myself (I learn so many new cool cultural ideas) and for my Spanish language students.
Easy and fun to do every day
Great for those with more of a B1 spanish level (or were B2 and need to get back on the horse). Focus is on comprehension, building vocab, and actually relevant cultural info that’s appropriate for adults or YA.
A beautiful app
This is an excellently presented app that looks great, includes interesting content, and has really helped me to engage with the language and improve my vocabulary. Consisting of puzzles, games, and news articles it presents a daily dose of Spanish that’s both engaging and fun. Amazing work!
