Duolingo Reviews: Top Complaints & What Users Love
Gamified lessons for languages, math, music and chess · 4.7★ from 51,124,127 ratings · 500 recent reviews analyzed by AI
Duolingo: Learn Languages
Education · Duolingo
500 recent reviews analyzed
Energy limits and paywalls block lessons
12 mentions“if I don't pay gems or for duo plus I can't finish my lesson”
Streak freezes cost more and streaks get lost
7 mentions“they increased the price of streak freezes.”
Constant Super upsells and ads
7 mentions“it constantly asks for me to upgrade to their super plan”
Gamification over real learning
4 mentions“they have made so many changes to the learning delivery in this app that it is no longer usable nor about learning.”
Makes language learning fun
44 mentions“Duolingo makes language learning fun”
Streaks build a daily habit
29 mentions“The streak mechanic is very functional, it keeps me reminded to always do my lesson.”
Free to learn without a paywall
13 mentions“the fact that I've been learning many words without a payment”
Chess, math and music beyond languages
29 mentions“It also offers me a wide range of lessons to learn about including chess, maths, and music.”
Streak not saved or reset after practice
3 reports“Got to 169 yesterday and the app didn't save it.”
"Error, try again later" screens
2 reports“keeps giving me the "error try again later" screen”
XP boosts and gems not awarded
4 reports“Issue with xp boosts not being awarded constantly.”
Listening and speaker exercises break
3 reports“no listening (click on the speaker but it doesn't work at all)”
More languages for more native speakers
6 requests“Please add Malayalam for Malayalam speakers in the app.”
Don't auto-enable XP boosts
1 requests“I wish that the x3 exp is not enabled automatically.”
Landscape mode for chess
2 requests“I just wish we could rotate the phone turn the phone horizontally on the app.”
Better, less annoying voices
1 requests“The AI voices are annoying so hope they change it in the future”