Some tips from a serious learner. Some of these may be unique to where I use it.
1) The app is good for vocab and really basic greetings. It won't teach you to conjugate verbs, etc.
2) There are errors here and there. I've reported them at least half a dozen times and they always say there's no mistake, they've had a native speaker check. But some are really obvious things like the pronunciation was of a completely different word/phrase than the text shown, or the verb tenses don't match, or it's a slightly different word (El ano nuevo in Spanish for New Year's Eve). The denial of problems, even after they keep updating the images, is really disrespectful. I've saved up a lot videos that I'm going to post on social media to see if that makes a difference.
3) They almost never backed up or back up completely to server. Mine still says last backed on in June 2021. This is especially an issue if you're frequently offline, like on subways. The app will log out you because it can't verify the license and then when you log back in, it will lose a couple of weeks' progress. I've stopped using the app once the train starts moving. There are other bugs with the app too, at least on Android.
4) The most frustrating thing is that a word that you've been right on, maybe even just once more than the others, may not reappear. For instance, in each group of lesson there may be 10-15 words. I've played a group for hours and not see a word reappear. This is very common. So what I do now is intentionally mis-answer every question. That way it will show up again sooner or later.
Overall, it's the kind of app that's really helpful while being aggravating all the time. I have learned a lot of words but the way it works isn't good for learning. You have to be creative with your learning strategies to actually remember things months or weeks later.
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They also charge you local tax. But you pick a different country (example Vietnam), no tax. Wonder paying with paypal work with different country.
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Look like you can only checkout with Euro.
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if you open developer tools and network view, you'll see a bunch of calls to checkout.paddle.com to get these product prices. Only one identify this product is in Euro: 741909
If we go off 575271 as normal USD LIFETIME price $149.99 - 65% = $52.5 / 2 = $26.25 - should be price according to their 65% off and HONEY50. But this thing go off $165 Euro price.
They also charge you local tax. But you pick a different country (example Vietnam), no tax. Wonder paying with paypal work with different country.
Update (hacking):
Look like you can only checkout with Euro.
Proof: product info comes directly from API, example:
https://checkout.paddle
https://checkout.paddle
if you open developer tools and network view, you'll see a bunch of calls to checkout.paddle.com to get these product prices. Only one identify this product is in Euro: 741909
If we go off 575271 as normal USD LIFETIME price $149.99 - 65% = $52.5 / 2 = $26.25 - should be price according to their 65% off and HONEY50. But this thing go off $165 Euro price.
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PaulP6715why no deal? it comes out to $31 for 2 lifetime subs.
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