VietBuddy Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience66.7% of reviews
Neutral0.0% of reviews
Negative experience33.3% of reviews

~ Based on 12 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is VietBuddy Safe?

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Is VietBuddy Legit?

VietBuddy: Learn Vietnamese appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for VietBuddy is 65/100.

Based on 65 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Great Concept, but Pronunciation Practice Needs Improvement

The introductory cheat sheet lesson is great for hearing Vietnamese tones, and the flashcards are helpful for listening. I also saw a review mentioning Viet 101, but I couldn’t find that lesson, so I may have missed it.

I’d love to practice individual words and get more precise pronunciation feedback. For example, “rất” is difficult for me to pronounce in roadmap sentences. Feedback like “use a higher tone” can be hard for beginners to understand, so more specific guidance would help us improve and build confidence before moving into free-form conversations.

Overall, I really like the concept of the app and can see how helpful it could be with a few refinements!
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Super slow

Responses are slow. Takes over a minute to respond and get feedback

Response from developer

Hi, I am sorry to hear that. Next update will improve this by using real-time transcript, making the feedback instant!

Gimmicky

It teaches you a few phrases, but does not do anything to test or retain the information . You can also only speak to the buffalo for a few minutes a day. It is more flashy and gimmicky than it is helpful.

The best app for learning and remembering Vietnamese

As a Vietnamese person, everything is very clear and it reflects the real-life situation!

Scam

After registration it routes you to a subscription plan. Meaning u have to pay if u want to use the app.

Response from developer

Hi, I think calling the app a "scam" is a quite unfair. While I understand your frustration, providing these features comes with real costs, which is why the app isn't free. I'm genuinely sorry that your experience didn't meet your expectations, and I appreciate your feedback.

Excellent!

The app helped me to learn very efficiently.

Great app to learn vietnamese

The audio is very realistic

Too fast

I’ve already found some errors. The audio sound that they play is cut off and too fast. They expect you to learn a entire sentence before even teaching you tones. Not great for beginners.

Response from developer

Hi, To my knowledge, none of the audio is cut off. Also, if you find the audio too fast, you can always click the “Slower” button to reduce the playback speed. We don’t expect you to memorize any of the sentences. As explained in the app, these sentences are designed to train your ear to hear and understand Vietnamese. You can use them together with the transcripts, vocabulary flashcards, and conversations to improve your listening comprehension. The first lesson the app recommends is also a Vietnamese 101 lesson that introduces the tones and different sounds of the language.

The perfect app to stick with your Vietnamese

Vietbuddy is the best app I’ve used to learn Vietnamese. I’ve tried many others, but this is the only one that really got me to stick with it and keep my streak going, and I don’t regret it. It’s extremely fun and engaging. Well designed, easy to access, easy to understand, yet suited to any level. Honestly, I think it’s a truly excellent app.
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Can’t recommend enough

I got the yearly plan and the app skyrocketed my Vietnamese from A2 to C1 in a few weeks. I truly recommend doing those listening exercises because that is the reality of living in Vietnam, learning words and sentences by heart won’t help when you have to understand what locals say to you. I truly can’t recommend enough💕
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its a no brainer

no better option if you wanna get serious at learning vietnamese, i got the yearly plan and the before and after is incredible. the best part is the app focusing on hearing and speaking

Life changing

I got the yearly plan and I can’t think of going back to using other apps. The best part is the hearing part because the voices just sound so natural, it recreates real life Vietnamese situations. Can’t recommend enough!!