Reviews for Falou - Fast language learning

Falou looks really promising, but I couldn't even get past the first exercise -- the voice recognition wasn't picking up my voice at all and even though I'm not a native speaker, it would always give me 0% as if it's not picking up anyrhing I'm saying. I'm currently using other language learning apps with voice recognition and have zero issues.

Listen, I think the premise is good! I downloaded it because of the ads I saw on instagram, however, the app isn't on par with the ads. For example, Sometimes the microphone doesn't pick up my voice ?? like, it just doesn't register no matter how clear or how loud I say it. Also, it says "writing exercise" but you're not really writing anything. You're just choosing words. Sometimes, even if you say it right, it still marks it as if you've pronounced it wrong. All and all.. there's better apps.

Not terrible, but not great. If you aren't paying, you have to learn an entire section of vocabulary (such as food) level beginner to advanced before you can move on to a new section (such as travel). So you can't learn all the beginner words at once, it's just kind of weird and not for me. There other apps with better features.

The only positive is the voices they picked for the lessons. Everything else turned me off immediately. First off, their videos between lessons are awful. I cringed everytime i saw that bitmoji. Their advertising videos are skincrawlingly horrible and they're a Minute Long. Either let me skip or get to the point. I uninstalled because of one. Secondly, they start you off with hard words (for a beginner), instead of building you up from shorter, simpler words. Don't recommend.

I downloaded it just for fun to see if i can get 100% on my first language, Japanese. I absolutely do not have an American accent when I speak it, but I kept getting one wrong. I even tried to impersonate the sample voice. Also, it's really annoying that they keep trying to get you to subscribe. If you plan to, keep refusing until they eventually drop it down to 29.99. It might get lower, but I un-installed once they said my accent was wrong.

Lots of potential, but very buggy. The app recently added Japanese, which I was very excited for, but as I'm doing the course, I'm having a lot of issues. The mic isn't registering what I'm saying some of the time and the phrases/words are incorrect or do not match. For example, when you're asking if the other person speaks English, the audio is correct but the written phrase is just "Hai". These issues are becoming more frequent as I go and it's unenjoyable.

PLEASE BE WARNED!!! DO NOT BUY THE PREMIUM VERSION. I think this may be a scam. I did lessons on the free version and even though I was bombarded by ads, the app worked great. My voice registered. After paying for a year, I am stuck with a app that just doesn't work and it seems like a lot of people has this exact problem only after paying. I reported it, but they DO NOT fix it Went back to previous lessons that worked and they aren't working now either, after I payed for a year. 😡😡😡😡😡

Awful speech recognition. I'm currently using Duolingo and a few other methods to learn French. But wanted to increase my spoken lessons, this seemed like a good option. I downloaded it, got bombarded by ads to go Premium. Went for Premium, £20 because of a massive discount they offered. But now I'm just feeling I've wasted £20. It's an incredibly frustrating experience, the voice recognition is terrible and very inconsistent. There's no pointers to tell me where I'm going wrong. Don't buy.

I got annual paid access because I thought it was good. But there were so many words that the app didn't catch the pronunciation (the app didn't recognize the end of speaking). I tried French, and my partner used for Japanese. I'm a native Japanese speaker, but the app still didn't catch it. I tried one month, but the recent update didn't fix it. I requested a refund to Google as the app support showed, but Google refused it. It was wasting.

Half the time words are recorded as me pronouncing them perfectly. The other half they just aren't picked up at all. I know this isn't an issue with my pronunciation or my microphone. This is specifically reoccurring with one of the most basic Japanese words, です。I'm fairly certain I'm not butchering this two syllable word that I've said countless times while using other apps. Needs tweaking.

I love this app! phenomenal! I had spent almost a year trying other language apps, and did not find other apps very helpful for language learning.. i tried multiple different things and couldn't get where I wanted to be. but this is the best immersion based, highly advanced language learning experience. I've only used it for 3 months! and I'm nearly fluent in Portuguese now! ***HIGHLY RECOMMEND*** the subscription is worth it so give it try!

it's really helpful. I've tried Duolingo and it just kept letting me pass. I need work, not the easiest way. Falou is very helpful, I wanted to try and communicate with my Puerto Rican family, and I just didn't know what to say, but ever since I tried falou I've gotten better and better at my accuracy of what I was supposed to say. I even learned how to write and spell Spanish words, thanks to falou. I recommend it to anyone who needs some help learning any language you want. thank you falou!!!!

I paid for a full subscription but App still acts as if I never subscribed; annoying pop up ads and interruptive videos. The techs were unable to fix these problems. They have several different price points for the same plans so BEWARE!!!! This company is scammy. I paid 49.99 for a Premium Year plan. Too many bugs AND if you want a refund, it could get complicated. I paid through Apple, so Falou can't refund me. Thank Gawd Apple is sending back my $50 bucks!

I enjoy the app and pay for the premium but right now quite frustrated. Unfortunately it keeps popping up that I have no internet and try again. Immediately hit ok and I am connected again. The other annoying thing is that I am repeating the sound and get it wrong even though I feel like I am saying the same. perhaps a phonetic version when you get it wrong would help.

Been using it for a few days (paid btw) and it needs improvements. Some words are written one way and the speaker is saying something COMPLETELY different. I tried repeating what the speaker said, only to have to sound out the written word to finally get it. It's also not registering some of my spoken words that I know are correct. When you click on some words to hear pronunciations, it does nothing. 3 stars cause I like the format. Not worth to pay for it tbh unless they fix these issues.

The app updated to restrict ur time using the free version. I only kept it for the flashcards because the speaking lessons don't pick up even if a native speaker is answering (I had a friend test it). I don't think the app is worth paying for and now that the time in the free version is limited, I don't think I would suggest anyone download it either. Plus side, I do think even if the mic doesn't pick up your correct pronunciation, it helps you build confidence with speaking thru frustration

Studying Portuguese and for the life of me, Falou won't pass the way I say "Cheeseburger" AND IM FROM THE USA. Can't Skip, Can't continue in my lessons. my lessons are stuck because of my accent. Spent $30 for a subscription just for Falou to tell me I can't pronounce CHEESEBURGER! Just know if you get this and you can't pronounce something, you can't continue until the app approves. Annoying af.

I couldn't even use this App. it keeps saying that I need to connect to the Net ,while I was connected and using other apps. also I read lots of reviews mostly complaining about problems, alot of issues were about microphone and the pronunciation. so my one star is about not even being able to use the app because it would not even connect and also based on one star reviews from other users. I simply don't have time to deal with all the problems. thank you. what I found disturbing is.

I downloaded it to supplement my japanese learning. I have seen a lot of little errors in the first few chapters. It seems like they failed to test their lessons. Update: I tried using this again, hoping the company had some time to work out the bugs. It seems like none of the errors have been fixed. It just doesn't recognize some phrases. Canceled my subscription, which is disappointing because I really liked the concept.

So far not too bad. Constant ads for subscription. Easily dismissed/non-lengthy. It's nice to try conversation, yet Im constantly disconnected. The app doesn't pick up my speed - making me intentionally slow down and sound phonetic rather than fluent - causing me to "fail" or it entirely misses words. I do wish the voices sounded more native. Many sound Latin/Asian, a minority for Germany. Word/phrase selection feels erratic and a bit too formal. Tons of parroting and less education occurring.