Name: Busuu: Language Learning
Rating: 4.7 (70400 reviews)

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Busuu: Language Learning

Busuu Limited

Released: 2010-09-21

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Version 27.4.0

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Version 27.4.0

Released: 2010-09-21

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Description

Busuu helps you communicate with confidence from day one. Combine expertly designed language lessons with feedback and tips from our global community of native speakers and harness the power of learning together.

Looking for the best way to learn a new language on your phone? You’ve just discovered it, with Busuu, a Chegg service – we’re the app that makes learning new languages easier, more fun and more effective for all.

Whether you’re learning to get confident having new conversations, for a higher grade, a career boost, or for mind-blowing travel experiences, Busuu’s got your back.

We’re already helping millions of people overcome their learning struggles, from lack of time and motivation to problems with grammar and vocab. We help our learners achieve their goals, one milestone at a time – and we want to do the same for you.

DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW FOR FREE LANGUAGE LEARNING

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How are we doing this? We’re glad you asked. Whether you’re learning on your iPad or iPhone, Busuu helps you…

– Learn up to 14 languages

That’s right, 14! We’ve got complete courses in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Polish, Russian, Arabic, Dutch or Turkish with Busuu.

– Master languages with real people

You want to learn the relevant language, right? You’re in luck: we’ll connect you with our community of native speakers so you can get localized language knowledge and support. Feel even better when you help other learners in return.

– Learn from the experts

Busuu’s online courses are created by our ingenious language experts. Learn step-by-step with bite-sized lessons, plenty of practice and lots of opportunities to test your progress.

– Say hello to useful language skills

Learn the language that will really take you places! With regularly updated content, video flashcards featuring real people and useful cultural tips, you’ll be fully immersed in no time.

– Kiss goodbye to stressful timetabling

We’re serious. We organize your learning time for you with a personalized Study Plan. Simply tell us when you want to study and for how long, and we’ll send you notifications to keep you on track.

– Revise with ease

There’ll be no forgetting on our watch. Smart Review cleverly saves all the grammar and vocab you learn in lessons and stores them in one handy place, so you can make those tricky words and rules stick.

– Show off achievements with official certificates

With our Busuu language certificates, you’ll have actual proof of your language capabilities.

– Access specialized courses for language lovers

You’ve learned the basics, and now you’re hungry for more. Learn about manga, advance your pronunciation or add travel-specific phrases to your skillset, plus much more.

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DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.

See what others have to say about Busuu:

● EDITOR RATING: EXCELLENT - PC MAG

● Named 'Best Buy' language learning app by the Independent in 2021

● Language Learning App of the Year at the EdTech Breakthrough Awards 2020

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PLEASE NOTE

A lot of the features are free, but you will need a subscription in order to get access to all features of this app. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current payment period. Your iTunes account will be automatically charged at the same price for renewal within the 24-hour period prior to the end of the current payment period unless you change your subscription preferences in your Account Settings.

You can manage your subscriptions through your Account Settings after purchase.

What's New in Version 27.4.0

Improved learning experience. New content. Bug fixes. Our experts have been working hard to make learning languages with Busuu easy and effective.

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Busuu Limited

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Developer

Busuu Limited

Version

27.4.0

Size

184.4 MB

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VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 14.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.7 of 5 (70,400 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2023-02-17

Learning lessons made simple

I love this app, since Ukrainian is not available, I am trying to learn Russian to speak to the people I have met from Ukraine over the past few years, since they all speak both. I thought that it would be impossible to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, but with this app, I was able to teach myself easily! I love that you can submit your attempts to native speakers to judge and help people yourself. I think that this app doesn’t get the press of the other ones, but offers everything at less cost. You do get out of it what you put in, and I am grateful for reminders. I don’t know if I will become fluent, but it is giving me a good start so far!

2023-02-16

Busuu Review

So far Busuu has helped a lot with learning the basics of Japanese. I don’t mind the ads either so that’s a plus too.

2023-02-16

How do you delete an exercise ?

This app will throw you into learning the language that you wish to learn, it’s great

Only thing is… This exercise I wish to delete from my public page. Thank you

2023-02-16

More demanding but more rewarding than Duolingo

Starting off I was a user of a certain owl’s app and it was ok but Busuu has really felt like I’ve been improving with a solid lesson plan for Russian so far, learning simple sentences and actively having to read a sentence and get meaning out of it. Instead of a random jumble of words like “The horse ate my toothbrush”, you get sentences like “Anna is a journalist, while Tom and Debora aren’t” and then asked a question like “who is the journalist?” Helping you understand the language more and more. Pricing at first feels a bit much at around $90 a year but splitting that up, it’s only around 7.50 a month making it super affordable in the long term.

2023-02-15

Interesting approach

I’m learning Dutch (Netherlands) and my girlfriend asked me why I’m using an app for Flemish. The material is interesting and engaging, but can be confusing at times.

2023-02-15

Italian is fun!

I’m learning words that I consider to be important when having a conversation and are more basic. I was on another program where I felt that the amount of daily words were to advance and to many at the same time. So far I like it, thank.

2023-02-15

Great all around

I have tried literally all the language learning apps. I’m enjoying Busuu the most. Minimal tedium, fairly comprehensive, and it has a community feature for practicing your language.

My only complaint is that they make you go through the lessons sequentially.

2023-02-15

I love the videos

Great to hear a real person talking and not a choppy computer

2023-02-15

So much fun

It's great 👍I learned Japanese in 1 week with this app!

2023-02-15

I’ didn’t think i could

. . but I’m speaking it , i have confidence to keep moving through the next lesson

Very good program. I would like to be able to write the characters.

2023-02-13

Excelente!

2023-02-13

Really love it

Much better than other apps. Feels more like school

2023-02-13

Very intuitive and well designed platform

This platform is very well designed. I feel that I am really learning and improving. It is gamified but not so over-gamified that the learning is lot. It is clear that the designers of the instruction and the app worked thoughtfully to make such an effective platform

2023-02-13

حيدر

2023-02-13

Best Language Learning App

I’ve used several language learning apps and the structure of the lessons and the topics that are covered just don’t compare.

Any plans to go all the way to C2? That would be incredible!

2023-02-11

Very good

2023-02-10

Best resource I’ve found so far

I love Busuu! I love how structured the lessons are and how you can have your word reviewed by other native speakers. I also like that they have a review tab, so you can review the things you’re weak in like grammar or vocabulary. Some complaints I have is that in the past is that one or two answers haven’t been quite accurate (I am learning Japanese) to the question being asked, but I haven’t encountered this in a while. Since this is something that all apps have trouble with, I don’t think it’s a massive problem, but could be frustrating/ confusing for a new learner. Also with learning Japanese, the app will sometimes pick and choose when you can and can’t use kanji to answer a question, even if your answer is correct—especially in the review section. This is convenient for beginners, but can be frustrating for upper level learners wanting to practice their kanji. It also can be kinda strict with “?” vs “。” which can also add to the frustration.

A recommendation: aside from the complaints I mentioned above— have a writing resource to reference/ practice from. I’m learning Japanese so having a page dedicated to the characters would be nice. Overall I really love this app.

2023-02-08

THIS APP MAKES LEARNING ADDICTIVE

i’m a native english speaker and i’ve tried multiple apps in an attempt to learn japanese since my dream has always been to open a bakery there, with a certain owl app everyone’s been booing in this reveiw section it was overwhelming and much more difficult then it should have been, the lessons were random and didn’t start at the basics,i barely ever finished a lesson since it was so overwhelming. but two days in to this app i’ve already surpassed daily goals 225 stars out of my 20 star goal, gotten to chapter 3 and i can’t stop myself from being excited throughout school thinking about opening the app on the bus, it’s super easy and the lessons are structured well. little encouraging hints and explanations they have before and after each lesson are so helpful. the lessons are easy to follow and don’t stress me out at all, not being able to afford the premium also doesn’t slow down my work speed since it still allows me to complete lessons with the exception of just an add before the lesson start!!! it’s repetitive and makes memorizing easy with short lesson clips and pictures! i love this app so much i really suggest getting it!

2023-02-03

Brand New User

Hello, I just found this app about a month ago, but I didn’t really interact with it till about 1 week ago when I allowed the notifications to appear. Once I started getting daily reminders and started following the lesson plan, my language ability (Chinese) quadrupled. I had been watching Chinese drama’s with English subtitles for about 5 months to get use to the different sounds/tones. I could recognize a few words just from repetition, but if the subtitles were not correct it was useless. After downloading several apps that offered Korean (also learning) and Chinese I found this was the best one for me.

The lesson plans are straightforward and with the way it’s set up it really makes it easy to learn. In addition to the lessons, you can make flash cards to practice your vocabulary/learned sentences, practice your writing in pinyin or hanzi. You are also able to retake lessons or quizzes to help you refresh, as much as you want. I’m only in chapter 4 of 14 for Mandarin beginners, but I have already learned a lot. I can recognize and understand many sentences in my Chinese drama’s, I can point out and understand some of the hanzi if I am using Chinese/Mandarin subtitles for English speaking shows, etc.

I decided to upgrade to premium after using the free version for a week (wanted to support the app makers) and hope to continue progressing rapidly. If looking for a language app I would highly recommend this one!

2023-01-19

Perfect platform for me

I did a lot of research concerning which paid platform to use on my language learning journey. I saw people praise Busuu and I saw people criticize Busuu. Well, I had to see for myself. I did the free trial and immediately got drawn into the platform. It’s very engaging, has a lot of information, and is, in my opinion, affordable. More than one mode of learning is activated; writing, speaking, visual, and listening. You also get the chance to interact with people who are also learning a new language in a controlled setting, making it hard for people to turn it into a dating app, which distracts from learning. They also give the option to book some classes with instructors to get more assistance with your learning. I highly recommend doing a free trial of the classes. The instructors are knowledgeable and patient with you. They know how to engage students in conversation so that you apply the Spanish you know, which helps you learn. I will continue to use Busuu because I have a great balance of self-learning and guided learning that has helped me learn a lot already. Hopefully this platform can be a great fit for you, too.

2023-01-05

Amazing language learning app!

Right now, I’m learning Russian and Polish to try and impress my Polish friend. Russian’s just for fun though. It’s nice that not only you get corrections, but you can also help others out in languages you already know! I use Duolingo as a side preference for vocabulary and other grammar related topics, but Busuu is my main preference. The personal study plan is AMAZING. Another great thing is that the yearly subscriptions go on sale at least 10-15 times a month. For half off even! I just bought the subscription today, and I can tell it’ll be worth it. I can’t wait to see what’ll happen next with Busuu! Highly recommended. 💕

Update: This works! I’ve memorized quite a few sentences with this app and they added so much new content for the first unit on the Polish and Russian course! Definitely still highly recommended. Can’t wait to see what new content Busuu has yet to release!

2022-12-01

The worst customer service ever

I used to enjoy learning with this app until they added their “role playing” videos which to me looked way too amateur. Anyway, I’d purchased a yearly plan and despite the fact that I had cancelled it and my subscription status had an exact expiration date, I still got charged for another year! When I contacted them exactly a minute after I got charged they were like “ we’re sorry you THOUGHT you had canceled your subscription, no refunds will be issued” I had never encountered such service before. Update: Now they are trying to “clarify “ things for me and telling me how a subscription works as if it’s my first time subscribing to an app. I appreciate the developer’s respond to my feedback. However, my problem was not the renewal, I think we’re not on the same page. I had canceled my subscription and as I mentioned, there was already an exact date for the end of my service either under my profile or somewhere else but I’m certain of it. Despite that, I got charged for a another year at full price and I was denied the refund. I don’t know if it was a bug in the system I was dealing with or else but it wasn’t cool.

2022-11-19

This app really makes learning fun

I joined last month and have already finished one level of French, which was a review since I had taken French in high school. I love that the platform is collaborative and native speakers in the language you want to learn correct your errors and you can help & correct those trying to learn your native language. Very cool. And there is a nice mix between written and spoken lesson options. I’ve tried several language apps and this one is my favorite! There are definitely some glitches that need to be resolved. The scoring is odd and you get double points than expected with reviews of flash cards. And it is not intuitive that you need to remove vocab words from your vocabulary list to not have them continually repeated in your quizzes and to generate different flash card quizzes. And the test I took for French A1 was odd. There was more fast spoken French than there was through all the lessons. Thankfully, there is an option to slow it down. It seems like there should be more fast spoken French in the lessons, if that’s how you will be tested. Also, there was vocabulary in the test that wasn’t taught, or if it was, it was just in passing. It seems like those words should be included. Also, I wasn’t able to take the test on the app - and that wasn’t really clearly indicted in the app. But overall, it is one of the better language learning platforms I’ve used and I like that features keep being added.

2022-11-06

Favorite language app! Just one little change…

I love this app! Currently using it to brush up on French for an upcoming trip. I like how you can choose the lessons you need most and how it teaches you useful phrases and conversations rather than just basic words. And you can test yourself listening and speaking which most other apps don’t have and is important for real world use.

One thing I wish it had was an option for a spelling setting to be turned on or off. As someone using it for travel I mostly need to listen, speak and read. So it can be a bit frustrating when a question gets marked wrong over a minor spelling error (or “almost right” over an accent when my keypad doesn’t have them) because the lesson will keep making you go back to that same question until you get the spelling perfect. Since I am not going to need to write in the language I’m learning this becomes a hold up when I only have so much time to fit it in on a busy day.

2022-09-18

After 3 months review.

This App is good and bad. It does some things great and some things awful. The great: As a vocabulary learning tool, it does fantastic. Your ability to learn vocabulary through the lessons is very good. The beginning lessons are fantastic. You learn so much so fast that you think you’ll reach fluency at this pace, then something happens. Introduce the bad. The terrible: At some point this app tells you that you know say 300 words. But then the lessons start using words in the example sentences you’ve never heard or seen before. They are testing you on the 300 words they say you know with hundreds of words in sentences you’ve never even seen. The tests have unknown words so you’re left getting frustrated. The grammar lessons at a certain point, do the same thing. This app at some point starts treating you like you know way more than you do. It’s a great app and I avoid the grammar lessons to avoid getting frustrated with the app and basically use it to reinforce vocabulary. I skip the grammar lessons and concentrate on the vocabulary lessons. This app will give you knowledge. But honestly, I couldn’t care any less what the name of singular, masculine adjective, split pronoun, with a past participle adverb hugging preposition is… really, who cares about this technical mumbo jumbo.

2022-07-29

Offline app is extremely slow

I’m learning German, Arabic and Spanish on this app. It works conveniently and I definitely recommend buying premium. It helps you develop a study plan based on when you’re available and lets you choose when and how long to study for each week. Then, it gives you an estimate of when you’ll be at your goal (A1, A2, B1, B2) based on your study plan. With premium, you’re able to give 5 friends 30 free days to try out the paid version of the app. Me having no friends, can’t review that part.

The thing is, it gives you a button to download the lessons for when you’re offline. However, when you open the app when you’re offline, it takes about half an hour to an hour to completely load the lessons. This can be extremely frustrating and difficult. I recommend opening the app BEFORE you go offline so that everything is loaded and ready for you to learn. Overall, this is a good app for learning languages and being someone who has tested many apps, I recommend this over Babbel or any other app.

2022-07-10

A very complete language app

Of all the language apps I have tried, I find Bussu to be the most effective for my learning style. I am near 100% through all of French and have started Spanish and Chinese. I like how the lessons correspond to the A1-B2 levels of CEFR (Common European Framework). It would be nice if the Chinese lessons would correspond to HSK levels. It would be nice to always see the pinyin alongside the Chinese characters, but you can easily toggle back and forth. Lessons for A1-A2 are well developed and consistent for most Latin-based languages. However, content starts to slightly diminish with a few errors once you get into the later courses B1-B2. If they can be more consistent, provide more content, and fix these minor glitches—I would give this app 6 stars! After 18 months, I have reached an intermediate level of French using the app as my foundation for grammar and basic vocabulary (I have not used a textbook). I plan to use this app for many years to come. Definitely worth the value!

2022-05-28

Excellent Learning Tool!

Updated: 05/22.

About 6 months ago the app introduced an upgrade that ruined one of the most important features: correcting others’ written exercises. Corrections are no longer highlighted making it near impossible to learn from others users help. So sad. I assumed this would be fixed right away, but it has not. I loved this app before and renewed my subscription for another year, before the update that ruined it. My renewal turned into a waste of money.

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This covers all the beginner/intermediate grammar topics for Spanish and has lots of exercises. The best part of this app is the ability to practice writing and receiving feedback from native language speakers. This feature took my learning to another level of skill and confidence! I have finished all the lessons, but I am still getting value out of the well structured review program (but see below). Spanish language levels A1 and A2 are outstanding. The quality of the Spanish lessons starts to drop off with B1. And B2 is very poor instructionally. So sad to finally get there and find that Busuu did not invest much in this level from an instructional perspective. Also, the Review function of this app is great for A1 and A2. So-so for B1 and nonexistent for B2. I still give the app 4 stars because of how great it is for beginners and lower intermediate level learners, which is the bulk of Busuu users.

2022-05-17

Update 1

I like it so far I hope the social and speaking aspects become stronger as I get deeper into it. I just finished Pimsleur french and this seems to be much better at grammar. I think if you’re serious about learning French and are trying to do it on your own or with your phone or on your phone as much as you can, both Pimsleur and Busuu have a place. Pretty impressed so far

The social aspects are really blossoming! The “friends” that I’ve made are really good at helping change literal translation that sound weird in the respective target language, to an appropriate expression of an idea. PLUS they correct grammar and spelling! It’s brilliant. Humans have such hard wired social rules. There is no way that I am not going to correct their target exercises after they have helped me! So I am spending my time reciprocating and boy is that fascinating too! Flipping enjoyable! But you do have to engage that part of the application when prompted.

I will upgrade to 5 etoiles if the structured lessons press beyond intermediate French. I like everyone else I think is looking for a clear path from idiot to near fluency in our target languages.

2022-03-24

Bad updates

To be clear: I love this app. I love the community aspect and the quick lessons make it easy for me to fit learning into my routine. However, they updated the app recently and now my corrections don’t turn green. This is a problem since I provide avid support to my network on here and I frequently correct lessons. Another thing missing is you can no longer see engagement (comment count) on each post under the community tab and they’ve made it *too* easy to just click “it’s perfect!” when in reality, most of the time people who grade something as “perfect” are doing harm to the learner as it is not perfect, it has errors. I think this app should encourage discourse and examination beyond just saying “it’s perfect”. Just my two cents. I also wish it would refresh the community feed more often with new lessons to correct—I’m always seeing the same ones all week.

I know this app is growing and continuing to improve so I will give it the benefit of the doubt. All in all, I don’t mind spending money on this app because I enjoy it, but I hope for a smoother experience on the app in the near future. Please fix the green corrections not showing up! 🙏

2022-03-12

Good, but could use some improvements

My thoughts on this app have been mostly positive throughout my usage of it. I have managed to pick up Italian as fast or maybe even faster than Spanish in school. I am very glad to have grammar lessons that help a person actually understand the rules of a language and how to use them correctly. It is very easy to go back and review words if you have forgotten them. I do still have complaints though. The Italian course is big and I like it that way, but I noticed for other languages (Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Polish) there is not only no McGraw hill tests, but also a much smaller number of lessons. This concerning for me, a person who hopes to eventually learn polish, because I know it is a hard language and requires lots of studying, memorizing, and practicing. There is also a lack of lessons that prioritize learning grammar rules which I know is also important for the language. I am hoping that one day the Polish course as well as the other short course languages will eventually grow larger with future updates.

2022-02-09

Excellent Language App

I am studying Spanish through Busuu. I signed up for the premium year-long service and love it. I can review lessons as many times as I need to before moving in to the next lesson. This means I can really learn something well before learning the next lesson, so I am confident in what I have learned so far, before moving on to the next lesson. Very helpful. They use a variety types of exercises i— verbal, fill in the blank, and pick the correct workout or word order to make a sentence. This variety helps you retain the lessons well. I can also move on to a lesson ahead, if I want. For instance I wanted to learn all of Estar conjugations and then all of Ser conjugations, but the lessons are broken up this way: singular Estar, singular Ser, plural Estar, plural Ser. That was confusing to me, so I went back and reviewed all the Estar conjugations, ‘til I had them down cold, then reviewed all the Ser conjugations. Very important to be grounded in these before moving on!

Also being in the premium membership gives you access to all lessons, so be sure to get that membership. You might want to wait for a sale; I joined on a 60% off sale.

Good luck!

2022-01-30

Love it, just some innovative ideas I had

I really enjoy the app it is very comprehensive and easy to study from the review sections if I don’t feel like doing a lesson. My favorite part is the community aspects how you can chat with other native speakers. This app is great for true comprehension of the culture and the rules of the language with lots of exercises for memory and pronunciation. If you’re a more auditory learner and want to learn more naturally/quickly with everyday convos, The only other app I recommend to people is Pimsleur - 30 min audio lessons with very relevant vocabulary that you will find yourself using immediately. Using Pimsleur and Busuu together daily with have you fluent in no time. The only drawback with Busuu is that you can only talk to them on the speaking/writing exercises. It would be really dope if the friends part was expanded like a mini social media blog or chat features.

Also, could you add Farci (either Afghani Dari or Persian)? Other than these things, this app is amazing and one I always recommend !

2021-12-24

Like the app but…

I like Busuu but I hate the fact that you have to pay EVERY MONTH just to learn a language! I’m trying to learn Japanese and I’m impressed I’m actually pretty good and it’s my dream to travel to Japan and live there one day! Some people don’t have the money or don’t want to spend money just to learn a language! Maybe it’s a requirement for a job or maybe you plan on traveling to that place and what if you can’t speak enough of that language to get bye? That’s pure disrespect! I refuse to pay just to learn Japanese I’m trying to become fluent and I’m not even close because I have to pay! I’m not buying anything just to learn a language that’s wrong! Not everyone has the money for it and some people are required to speak a language! Paying every month to speak a new language??? That’s CRAZY! Please change this not everyone has the time to search the whole App Store just to learn a language! Busuu is a great app but it’d be way better if you didn’t have to PAY! Nobody wants to spend money every month so they could learn a language not everyone has that type of money! I’m ashamed… Please fix it as FAST as possible!

2021-08-30

Like the app form of a high school class

This app is OK, and I’ll share my favorite aspects first—the community and the certifications. The community is phenomenal. I can speak or write answers to prompts and get non-judgmental feedback quickly. I can also do the same for English-learners, and people are gracious to share and learn. I also like that there’s an integration with McGraw Hill to actually earn certifications, which I can use professionally. But this app is essentially a high school text book. I can’t see or ask WHY something is incorrect, the voice recognition exercises feels disingenuous, I’m marked incorrect for small errors/mistaken keys, and the prompts recycle pretty quickly. To me, it even looks like a book that they would issue in high school from a design perspective. Like other users, I also use Duolingo to supplement my learning, and I think Duo is more intuitive in recognizing what I’m doing well and what I need to work on. Duo’s A/B testing clearly makes a difference. The UI on Duo is also much cleaner. I pay for both apps (both bought annual plans on RIDICULOUS sales), and I am glad that I did so in my pursuit to learn French/Spanish, but this is very clearly not an app that will help everyone with that journey.

2021-08-08

Just one problem

Okay, so almost everything about the app is great and all but there’s one issue... Recently, my account has been acting up. Im the type of person that moves from one home to another to another and then back to the first home. FYI:I have the internet connected to all of them. Anyways, every since a month ago, I haven’t been able to learn. I open the app just as usual, go to the lesson, and click the start lesson button thing. But after doing that, Busuu tells me that I’m not connected to the internet and that I can use it if I’m offline. So, I’ve been deleting the app, downloading it, deleting it and so forth. Although that method works, it makes things very difficult for me. I also have the membership premium so I don’t want to quit it. But, since a few days ago, the app as been lagging and repeating the problem(said above)much, much, more frequently. Like on a daily basis. Even though these few days I haven’t been switching between homes. I’m sincerely hoping that the app will sometimes fix itself because I truly do enjoy using this app. But other than that, the app is really great :)

2021-08-06

My go-to app for German.

(50yo male Realtor from NY) Busuu has really helped push my language learning to a new level, especially with conversational German.

I take a private lesson once a week and even my teacher is impressed with my language learning, and she’s from Germany.

I use a couple paid apps, but I ultimately end up using this one 90% of the time. I still use the other ones because there’s no “one app” that’ll teach you everything. But if you want one app, I would say this Busuu is it.

Once in a while there will be a word or phrase that isn’t quite right. But it’s usually not an issue. In any language, no one speaks perfectly all the time.

There are frequent updates to lessons, even the ones you’ve already completed. So I would recommend that once in a while, go back to the ones you have already done and do them again. You will learn something new, even if they are in the very beginning. The best advice I could give would be, do not rush through it. You’re learning a language, not playing a video game. The goal is not to finish, but to actually understand what you are learning and saying. Viel Glück!

2021-08-05

SO AWESOME!!

If you’re looking for an app to learn a language, pick Busuu! Unlike some other of the language-learning apps I’ve used, Busuu was the best so far! The app makes sure you learn the basics you’ll actually use first instead of like how to say boy, girl, and random food items. It starts off with how to say hello and bye and how to greet others. Also, how to ask who someone’s name is and to say where you’re from. It has a review section, too. If you want to review any of the words you’ve learned anytime, you can. Other people who speak the language you’re learning can help you make corrections with exercises you do, too. I’m currently learning Italian and a lot of Italian-native speakers have helped me with my Italian. Another great thing, it’s very accurate! I like to use google translate to make sure these are correct, and it does NOT disappoint! So please, again, download Busuu if you want a great app to learn a language from.

2021-06-02

Almost Perfect

The study plans and the very easy to follow short lessons makes Busuu one of, if not my favorite, favorite language learning apps. The only problem, which may or may not be a problem for others, is the limitation on how many study plans you can have going at once. If you’re like me and love learning languages, you would probably want to be able to have two or even three study plans going for different languages at a time. However, Busuu limits this to just one, even with a Premium Plus account! Thankfully, everything else is amazing. The remaining features barely make up for this lack in freedom for learning more than one language. Overall, it’s a great app. I’m just a little disappointed with this one feature, or lack there of. I would highly recommend it to anyone that only plans on learning one language though.

In Response to the Developer

I appreciate the concern and with all due respect, it doesn’t seem like the decision to learn more than one language at a time should be up to someone that doesn’t know me or my motivations. That kind of decision should be up to the user, or at the very least, a feature for Premium Plus members. I am saying this with much respect and appreciation for what is already made available. Thank you.

2021-05-17

The only language app I’ve ever paid for

Hi!

I bought the premium Busuu after one day of usage. I was really excited about the community aspect of the app and that native speakers could correct my work. I am learning Japanese and the only gripe I have is that more vocabulary isn’t included in the flash cards. The lessons do an amazing job of introducing new words throughout but I never write them down because I go ‘oh, these will be in the flash cards that I can review at any time’ but they never are and they’re not counted in the fluency tracker. I am loving the writing and grammar lessons—I can read and write in Hiragana now!!! How cool is that?!?!? I just don’t know what very many words mean. I’m two weeks in to learning and I spend about 30-60 minutes every day on the app. I am hoping future lessons cover more words, otherwise I’ll just go back through and write down all the words that are thrown in and make my own flash cards :) which wouldn’t be hard and I am happy to do but it would be nice to have them as part of my digital library too. Thanks, Busuu! I am really excited for my Japan trip next year and I think I will be well prepared!

2021-04-18

Rather good Spanish, from Spain, program

Pros: I enjoyed having many listening exercises involving native speakers to help train my ear. There were also opportunities to record myself speaking the target language, and to have my speech corrected by native speakers. Both these factors were valuable.

Cons: First, For me, there wasn’t enough explanation and repetition of the grammar rules. Second, some of the questions were rather vague as to what was needed to answer correctly.

Third, the course is Euro-centric. The Spanish taught is that which is spoken in Spain. Many of the expressions wouldn’t be used in Latin America. It would have been nice if there had been a Latin American Spanish option. Many of the English expressions are not used in the US either. -Fancy, for example, is not a verb here. Fourth, I paid for a six month course, but now that I have reached my goal, over a month early, I am no longer able to access the videos. Why? I feel a little short-changed in that regard.

Overall, this is a good course that could, and should, be better.

2021-01-17

Best Language Learning App I have found yet

Busuu is an incredible application for learning a new language. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn a language outside of the classroom. I do have some recommendations particularly with some of the exercises and lists. It would be nice to always have the user’s native language translation for every word, phrase and sentence in the lessons. Also, it would be helpful to be able to navigate back to previous pages in a lesson to help when you may not remember what was introduced. Lastly, it would be nice to be able to create custom lists and to be able to send a word or phrase to a chosen list during the lesson. Possibly enable a bookmark feature where a user could periodically go back and review activities they bookmarked. I’m sure I’ll have more suggestions as I use the application more but these are a few that I wish were available already. This is still “hands down” the BEST app I’ve come across! Except job!

2020-12-30

Great for Language Learning, not Difficult Enough and Not Enough Direct Reinforcement

Busuu is probably the best paid language learning software out there. It includes cultural notes for each language, like differences in phrases used in Spanish in different countries, that “how are you?” Is not commonly asked in Germany and seen as a very personal question, or how Russians use Patronymic names as their formal names. It also does a great job of making sure you’re actually pronouncing the words right, getting the spelling right, and learning new words. Additionally, it also teaches you according to CEFR standards and you can take tests and get certificates of language knowledge from McGraw Hill according to CEFR levels, and you can put them on your LinkedIn profile.

The biggest problem is that it doesn’t really do a good job of reinforcing what you’ve already learned. You have to go out of your way to review the words, phrases, and spellings. I would highly recommend using this app to learn grammar, pronunciation, and phrases, and use Duolingo on the side to help expand your vocabulary in your target language.

2020-10-05

Busuu is a great app

Over time, I have tried most of the language apps; Rosetta Stone, Babbel, Duolingo, Drops, etc. Busuu is the best of all of them in most ways. The language level evaluation is great for those that have some understanding of the target language but are not sure of how to rate themselves. The goal setting of a “lesson plan” helps to keep a person on track. The words taught and dialogs are very practical to what a person might experience in everyday conversations. Grammar is integrated into the lessons every few lessons. It is helpful when grammar is spaced out like this. Every so often, there will be an assignment of writing a short paragraph on a subject in the target language. This gives practice using what has been taught. You are graded by others that are also learning, and grade others on their writing skills in their target language (with you having a best understanding of your native language). The only small weakness I find with Busuu is that the grammar review after the initial lesson is not as good as with Babbel. I am doing exercises at B2 level in German and the only “practice grammar” that I ever get is on the accusative case. On the other hand, the vocabulary practice is done exactly right. It uses something like the spaced repetition that Anki and Quizlet use.

2020-09-02

Great but can be improved!

Unlike other apps, Busuu is a great tool for learning a language without getting bored in a fairly dynamic way. In addition, it is designed that I can study English effectively by setting the amount of time you can allot for a day, and because it is addictive, I can study every day.

In particular, by practicing how to use words correctly in sentences in this app., I can naturally acquire practically necessary grammar.

However, one problem is that there is no way to review what I have studied or especially the new words I have learned. The problem is that the more I study a new unit through this app, the more this problem accumulates, and as time passes, I can't remind myself of the words I didn't know or the new words I studied.

Therefore, if there is an option to review the contents of the unit I studied previous time, or add the ability to note words I don't know or want to remember while studying, it will be an app that will help my study English.

2020-07-23

I like it.

I like this app so far. It allows you to speak and share with native speakers of your language of choice. The only thing I am struggling with is learning alphabet with Arabic. The flash cards give you pictures, but when you get quizzed they sometimes may give sentences or match making with words. If I do not know the alphabet I have no way of knowing what it says even if I have learned the phrases or words. I’m not sure what to do about that. May I suggest a more in depth breakdown of the alphabets for each language? My language is Arabic and they have some interesting sounds that we do not use in the english language. To see the letter and know the sound associated with it would help tremendously The rest is really cool. I find it fun and engaging. As someone hoping to become an ESL teacher some day soon, I really enjoy correcting and helping the others’ exercises . Everyone is so kind and thankful. You really get a sense of purpose. Chokran/ Thanks!

2020-07-20

Better than duolingo

I’m loving Busuu so far. It’s a refreshing take on learning a language vs what many other apps tend to do. This one actually includes real photos with their vocabulary, which helps solidify the language better in your mind vs mentally translating it to English first. They also have conversation demos spoken by actual ppl so you can pick up the proper inflections. AND there is a social option where every once in a while you are offered to put something out there for native speakers to read/listen and correct if needed. You, in turn, can help others by correcting their work as well.

Update: I dropped my rating down by a star because while I do still love it, I feel like this lessons are only giving you the basics of what they expect you to learn? You get some vocabulary, but no practice on sentence structure for how to use it. So when the dialogue comes around, all I can catch are the few words I learned and I have no idea what they are actually talking about and what is other vocab I wasn’t taught and what are all these sentence particles I was never shown.

I wish there would be a better breakdown of grammar and sentence structure because while the lessons do a great job at holding your hand in the beginning, I feel a little thrown off a cliff now.

2020-06-08

Probably the best language learning app

People are drawn to Duolingo because it’s free, I totally get it. And no shade to them, because I think that they serve a purpose. But if you’re serious about learning how to confidently converse in another language, Busuu is where it’s at. It’s very reasonably priced considering what you actually get with a premium membership. The app itself functions super well, have not experienced any issues in a month of using it. The layout is great also, very user friendly. It’s so helpful to be able to have your writing and/or speaking exercises corrected by native speakers. It’s such a valuable resource. The lessons are paced perfectly, too. I’ve tried a few language learning apps in my day, and let me tell ya, I think Busuu is the winner. I like Mango quite a bit too, for different reasons. And one suggestion I would make to Busuu would be to have a pronunciation breakdown pop up by clicking on a word. The native speakers are excellent and speak clearly, but it would just help quite a bit. Especially with French, yikes... All in all, would highly recommend! Busuu doesn’t get enough hype!

2020-05-16

Best Language App Out There!

I just have to say bluntly that this app is incredibly effective and beneficial. No matter the language you are learning, it teaches you actual grammar concepts and how to use them, which I find remarkable. As far as I know, no other language app on the ’App Store’ teaches you a language in that amount of detail. I am learning Japanese on ’Busuu’ and I find it amazingly helpful and effective. I have tried a number of language apps to learn Japanese and apps specific to learning Japanese, and none match the matter of excellence and quality this app brings. I have yet to complete the Japanese course, but I have tried out a few of the last lessons on the Japanese course, and the Japanese they are speaking are actually very advanced, even for English! The dialogue even expects you to know what the people in the text are saying, without Rōmaji! (Rōmaji is the Latin aid of Japanese words. Example: ‘たこ’ is ‘Tako’ in Rōmaji, and ‘Tako’ means octopus in English.) This app really leads you to having an advanced foundation and in some cases, I believe can lead to fluency! I highly recommend this app and have had so much improvement in my Japanese! This app makes you actually ”want” to learn a foreign language and this app makes it easy by giving you bite-sized lessons! I really enjoy this app and am looking forward to seeing what other amazing things I can say and do in other countries, all from the help of this app!

2020-02-12

Great app for language learners.

I’ve been using Busuu for a few days and the interface is smooth, it’s easy to understand. The fact that you can also set a lesson plan to learn at your own pace with built in reminders to use the app daily is a great function. You also have the ability to learn multiple languages at once, though if you want to create a study plan for the second language it will delete the study plan for the first so that is one issue I found. Ultimately the best function with this app is the interaction with native speakers, when you’re done with a lesson you have the option to either write or speak about what you’ve learned and it gets sent to the community for review and users can correct your pronunciation/spelling etc. It’s amazing to get feedback from natives, and if they are learning your language you can add eachother and correct each other’s exercises after each lesson. All they would need now is a direct message system and the app would be great.

2020-02-10

Suggestions

Hi! My name is Owen, and i’m currently learning Japanese on this app. This app does an excellent job of teaching and reinforcing information. It’s great that the app uses native speakers to help correct others work! I understand that this app has people pay money to use quizzes and other features to keep it add free, however I was wondering if it were possible to get quizzes and help from native speakers by watching ads for helping others with their exercise. (Of course leave out certificates) Unfortunately since I can’t complete quizzes I can only get 67% completion on my lessons and it discourages me from keeping the app. I would love to keep the app but i’m unable to pay and I know it’s a long shot to have someone read my review and actually think it’s a good idea to have a “trade-off” to get quizzes and help from native speakers. Although i’m most likely going to uninstall this app, I still love it!

2019-11-15

Best language app I’ve used

I have used my fair share of language learning apps but Busuu is the app I stick with. Its key feature is having interactions with native speakers from day one. Honestly, plain old humans are a better way to learn language than AI grammar bots. You will make mistakes and sometimes sound non sensical but it’s okay because the community is really nice and everyone helps one another in learning languages.

Busuu introduces concepts and new words in bite-size fashion. So that you’re making progress at a steady rate. In the dialogues, I feel like the ratio between “I’ve learned this stuff” and “let me try to figure out this other stuff” is good so that it never feels overwhelming. As mentioned above, interacting with native speakers helps tremendously in learning a new language and that makes Busuu stand apart from other apps. Will Busuu help you achieve an intermediate or advanced level on its own? No, but in addition to language tutoring sessions, flash cards and a textbook it will help a lot in your language journey from beginner to intermediate. So, yeah, in conclusion, I think the premium version is worth the money.

2019-11-04

Good service, but incomplete without paying for the subscription

I really enjoy the app and it is much easier to fit these lessons into my day than the lessons of some other apps, while feeling like I am learning something new and not going through the motions to continue my streak.

HOWEVER, if you are not paying for the subscription many parts of the learning process are off limits. This is very annoying and as I continue with the lessons, some of them are entirely unavailable and the next lesson is a little confusing because of the gap.

If you are not interested in seeing if this works well enough for you to invest, it may not be great in the long run. For Japanese, the quizzes and many grammar lessons are unavailable when using the freely available lessons. I have learned some nuances about words I already know, so it has still been a good experience.

If you can, supporting a great service is good. But if you can’t this can only help you with some portion of learning the language. This is why I reduced their star from 4 to 3. It is still useful but much less so.

2019-07-08

🏆🏆My Goodness this is AMAZING!🏅🏅🏅

First let me say this game has a variety of languages to learn and gives you accurate lessons! I’m learning French and I can already greet my family in the morning and start a formal conversation! This app tells you what words you are struggling on, it lets you download lessons, and lets you speak to people who fluently the language you are learning, these people can correct you and help you along the way! Talk about support! This app is great, splendid! But, it is not without its flaws. While learning lessons sometimes I do miss the meaning of a phrase or do not understand it. So, it would be great if they would tell you what you did wrong and/or the definition of a vocabulary word. Also it would be great if they started to add funny games too. Just so you can have a little more fun instead of only doing lessons and reading for a good 10 minutes. But, again this game is great, I recommend this to anybody that reads their native language well. Thank you for reading this review! 🙂

2019-04-08

BUSUU🥇💖💖💖💖💖

Busuu is a great app. I love how busuu walks you through speaking new languages. I also love that it shows pictures to go along with the words and how busuu will translate the new language that you are learning into the language that you already speak. I also love how busuu has the “listen and repeat” stages where you can repeat the new language you are learning so that you can learn how to actually say the new word that you have learned.

I love how busuu has added the buddying thing. That way, you and your buddy can help each other out in learning new languages. And they even pull up the buddies that are learning the language that you already know, and that speak the language that you are learning! 😀

And busuu is even FREE. Now you don’t have to waste your money on other dumb apps that cost like a million dollars every year. I was wanting to learn German because half of my family was from Germany. I was looking for apps that would teach me this, but all of them costed money-until I found busuu.

I would definitely recommend busuu to others in need of learning new languages. It is a great way to learn, AND A GREAT WAY TO HAVE FUN WHILE DOING IT!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁

2019-03-27

Surprisingly helpful and efficient!

I love how easy it is to use, and how amazing the community is. The lessons are designed very well and the app is extremely easy to use. Just pick a language you want to learn and let the app guide you the whole way through. It’s pretty straight forward and eventually you will be familiar and hopefully fluent in whatever chosen language. I strongly suggest you try out the community feature where you can find people to help you, correct your mistakes, ask for feedback, and even socialize. It’s incredibly easy to find people and make friends. I’ve been using this app for a few days to learn French and I have already learned about 60 words. The ONLY con I can think of is that during lessons you are required to listen to a voice saying words and phrases. This could potentially be a problem because sometimes it can be hard to hear what word or phrase they are saying, especially when they talk too fast. Other than that, everything works like a charm. I don’t ever write reviews but I thought I should praise a high quality app that actually helped me accomplish something. Honestly, it is quite fun learning a new language even if you aren’t serious in becoming fluent, and that’s where this app really shines... it makes it FUN and NOT boring to learn. Anyways, I love this app and I think it’s a great tool to pass the time and learn a new language fairly easily.

2019-02-25

Pretty Good so far

So I was trying out some language learning apps because I’m trying to learn spanish. I was checking out the subscription prices for busuu because I liked how the app was set up and all. I was going to screenshot it to think about it later, and when I put my thumb on the home button to screenshot I accidentally purchased the 1 year plan with my fingerprint 😂. So I tried to cancel it but it won’t let me cancel the subscription. I mean the price really wasn’t too bad for a 1 year plan, and I like the app. So yeah hopefully by the end of the year I’ll be bilingual I guess. Overall it’s pretty great though, it’s got a lot of different ways to learn and I really like how you can have people who natively speak the language to show you what you are doing wrong with your speaking. It’s a great app and I think it’ll really help me learn spanish, really my only complaint overall is that they won’t let me cancel my subscription.

2019-02-23

Not enough review of previous lessons

Seriously there is a lot of new material words as well as grammar is given at every lesson, but review is only for vocabulary.

Im trying to learn French and as an example in one of the lesson you flash a table in the “tip” section with a table of irregular verbs and their form to make a “passé composé” , and then some review of this verbs happen through the lesson so if I could not remember them all at one then to get though the exercise its a lot of try and errors, and lots of frustration (I guess I could have make a screen gab and cheat with it to go through....). I believe the learning should be a little bit more fun at least for me unless you are in live or die situation, were a lot of people are clearly not.... and lack of repetition and review of the grammar could eventually form gap in the very basics.

Im not in position to give you any advice how to teach foreign language cause clearly you have much more experience in doing that, I just provide you a feedback.

What I really like is that you have a lot of real life phrases which I think could be useful

2019-02-17

Great App

I have recommended this app to some of my English students because it's a great way to improve your English. I'm studying French and I love the translated dialogues they have on the ends of many of the units. They use native, non-robotic speakers and speak at a natural pace so you can hear the linking of words. I also enjoy the visuals and how they contextualize all of their wonderful flashcards with sentence examples of the words. I have a few suggestions for improvement. First, they often will throw 3 to 5 complicated rules at you and then have you practice them all at once as if you should have digested all of that info at once. I think they should introduce one rule then have you practice that one and build on that. Also, often there is no audio or translation in many of the activities and I believe that's a big loss to the student. That's one place where duolingo wins out because they are good about that. Also, I'd love more review, so past rules and lessons are woven into the new ones. Also, not a fan of the high pitched ding sound that you can't turn off. Overall very impressed and excited to keep using it. Update: Buusu is my favorite language learning app by far and far surpasses duolingo because more practical language is taught and grammar isn’t ignored. I’m studying Spanish on it now and wish I had a non-Castilian option because I’m looking to communicate with Mexicans and Latin-Americans who don’t use vosotros or that th sound for the s.

2019-02-02

Amazing App

Love the fact that I can learn different languages with a close or same curriculum as a college language course, I used to use other apps and found this one more helpful and more complete. So much , I didn’t mind paying the annual fee which is much more less that paying at any other institutions or college and you get the advantage of learning different languages at once. I’m currently learning French, Mandarin and Italian for the price of $35 a year. You also get to make friends from different parts of the world. If they are native speakers for the languages you are learning they’ll help you by correcting your exercises and viceversa, by making friends or anyone willing to help. It’s a beautiful community and you really feel the support, for the first time I do not feel embarrassed speaking words because they will also tell you how to write better or pronounce it better with no judgement involved 🙌🏻 it feels good ! I highly recommend this app to anyone looking to learn at their own pace. The app also makes a custom plan for you and it tells you how many months with consistency it will take you to be fluent. Yay!!!! If you don’t get it you’ll be wasting your time and money elsewhere! Get it!!!!

2019-01-24

Actually Great For Learning

It might just be my learning style, but this is by far the best app that I have found so far. I know there are probably many people saying the same thing about all the different apps out there, but you can test all of them out on a free trial anyways to see which one works best for you. Therefore, I am writing this to make sure that you at least give this one a try. I have been trying Duolingo, Babbel, Rosetta Stone, Memrise, and some others. However, I have an actual hardcopy work book that refered me to this app and it’s the best. I like it because it actually tells you the “why” and not just the “what”. It stops every so often to explain grammar and conjugation, which I didn’t see much of in other apps. Other apps just want you to use it enough until you figure it out for yourself, but my time and brain doesn’t allow me to learn in this way. I learn by having things explained to me, memorizing, and then repeating/practicing for long term memory. Other apps seem to start with the last step. This app also has many different lesson styles, which keep it interesting. Most comprehensive app so far.

2018-02-25

Not immersive enough

My biggest gripe with any language learning app is there is waaay to much English (my native language) in the lessons. This app is no different. It’s so much harder for my brain to go back and forth between two different languages, rather than just being immersed in one language and not having to go back and forth. This is the way we learn as babies and this is the way that works for me. The first 3 flashcards were 3 different new Japanese words and the 4th flashcard was an English question, “This means ___. True or False.” Nooooo. I just had one card telling me a word and then two other cards of two different words and now you’re quizzing me in English? Just no. And then the next card was a sentence in Japanese asking again in English, what did I hear. If I listen to the same word and see the pictures, that’s all I need. No English. No quizzing. Just speaking and listening. If I want a translator, then I worry more about reading and writing. I don’t want a translator. I want a program that actually teaches me a language first. The reading and writing come last. So far, there is only one application that comes close to this. At the very least, I wish there was a way in this app and many other apps to have the option to only speak and listen first.

2018-02-22

Not for me

So, I started the trial and I liked busuu, but as I progressed through the program I found I needed to go back to previous lessons a lot, which isn’t very easy to do without interrupting and having to restart your current lesson. That made review pretty difficult. I also was dismayed at how quickly my “fluency” rating was increasing despite the fact I continuously needed to review old material. I finally felt I wasn’t really learning much. Plus, you aren’t really taught the written languages. The hiragana and katakana seem to be included incidentally, and kanji get thrown in randomly without explanation.

I hate to say this, but at least for me I found better resources Learn Japanese!!, Learn Japanese!-Kanji and Learn Japanese!!! seem to really be in tune with modern learning techniques, force you to review items you make mistakes on more often, and uses SRS review methods. You don’t need to know what SRS means, but it’s damned clever and really reinforces what you have learned.

Also, Anki is great for memorizing the Japanese alphabets, it’s REALLY important to learn those first if you are even a little bit serious about learning Japanese. I think busuu could really improve itself if it took a few pages from these other programs. If they did that, and I had a chance to review the program again, I would like the chance to delete this review and give them the stars I wanted to when I first downloaded the program.

2018-02-11

Addictive and helpful

Two weeks ago I knew only a handful of phrases of German that I’d memorized as a child. I have now worked steadily through the first level of Busuu German level one, taking copious notes, and I’m very pleased with all the vocabulary I have picked up, all the grammar I have mastered, and the friends from around the world I have made. I’m amazed at the complexity of the sentences I am able to construct within such a short time. Granted I devoted more time to it than would normally be possible. I have neglected some household chores and Facebook friends to study in every possible spare moment (before and after work).

It’s terrific to be part of an international learning community. I appreciate the input and enjoy helping others. It’s great to get tips and encouragement from native speakers. I’m also planning to brush up on my other languages sometime for fun. It’s nice that that you can learn more than one language with this method for no extra charge.

There is sufficient repetition of key concepts and vocabulary that they stick but not so much that it gets irritating. I think the pace is good. I think the concepts covered are good. I’d like to have learned some of them earlier (eg the endings of adjectives-which have not yet made an appearance) but it’s good to have that to look forward to. There’s a good balance of aural and written language.

All in all I’m very pleased with this app and would recommend it.

2018-01-09

I am obsessed

[disclaimer: I bought the full account so I have features not everyone might, but I seriously recommend getting the full version, it’s worth every single penny]

As an avid language learner, I’ve tried every app and website out there, and this is by far my favourite of all of the ones I’ve ever used. From the gorgeous and entertaining design to the sensical and organised lessons, everything is just perfect. I love the separated grammar lessons so much and the culture/grammar notes as I learn new things are so helpful and interesting, they really add an exciting element to my learning and remind me of how amazing it is to be opening the door to a new world by learning the language. One of my favourite things is how the lessons are laid out and how you can go about completing them. Unlike most apps and websites where the groupings are by random topics and you must do them in order, busuu has a fantastic way of taking a concept, teaching vocabulary for it, introducing grammar with that vocabulary, and making it all useful for actual communication. That to me is one of the best features, because I know that I’m constantly learning material I need, instead of crawling my way through 4 lessons about food to get to the important stuff.

Busuu is amazing, and I recommend it to literally everyone, thanks busuu for motivating me and making learning so much fun!

2017-09-27

Love it / Quiéralo

So far, so good. I would like to thank the developers for taking the time to read this (hello! :) Also, Thank You for developing Busuu. I have been refreshing my Spanish (first language is English) and I really do enjoy this app! Much appreciated! I recommend to anyone that is dedicated to learning another language as well!

I read in a previous comment that expanding the social portion of the app would be appreciated and I 100% agree ! It would be awesome to have pen pals or something set up that would allow one to practice with someone trying to do the opposite (like someone fluent in Spanish learning English would be my opposite and so I would b connected to them and we would be able to help each other one on one whenever possible . (via email, video chat, phone calls, all of the above :) or however Busuu would prefer to set a messaging system/way to communicate). I just really loved that idea and think the best way to learn a language is to actually use the language as much as possible and immerse oneself in the language consistently.

Thank you again Busuu for you super cool, fun, easy language learning app! I think tech people/developers are literally some of smartest hardworking people ever and I give you Kudos !! Take Care and God Bless✌️

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Learning lessons made simple

Busuu Review

How do you delete an exercise ?

More demanding but more rewarding than Duolingo

Easy

Useful app

Learning very quickly

Easy to follow, useful practical phrases

Suggestion

Rizki

Learn english

Great app

Amazing way to study!!

I love Busuu. By far the best learning app out there.

Amazing!

Amazing!

Good app

Has been a fantastic app so far

Interesting approach

Italian is fun!

Great all around

I love the videos

So much fun

I’ didn’t think i could

Great!! …But an annoyance

Honest review.

Bad

Great app

Good one

Helped me score 100% on my German

Its ok

Love learning language

Excelente!

Really love it

Very intuitive and well designed platform

حيدر

Best Language Learning App

Lovely app!

The App Is Great

Learning a new language

Best language app

SO GOOD

I love it so much

برنامج ممتع جدآ

Super reliable app

تطبيق رائع

Number 1

So far so good!

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS APP!!!

Very good

Best resource I’ve found so far

THIS APP MAKES LEARNING ADDICTIVE

Brand New User

Perfect platform for me

Amazing language learning app!

The worst customer service ever

This app really makes learning fun

Favorite language app! Just one little change…

After 3 months review.