I really appreciate the heavy emphasis on conversation. This area is often under-practiced by foreign learners who are unable to converse with native speakers often. I really like the toggle of the hints to customize your difficulty. I can see how using this app could get one used to common verbal phrases and feel more comfortable speaking aloud. However, the app felt clunky to use at some points. The speech recognition often didn’t work properly and registered drastically different words than what I had said. It was also difficult to use with headphones. The set script of dialogue also feels a bit restrictive in that the user cannot deviate too much.

The conversation topics are diverse, applicable, and fun to talk about. The questions asked are also interesting and kept me engaged. I loved the interactive nature and being able to practice my speaking, but unless the hint is followed, the responses are a little dry. It’s easier to carry the conversation and receive better responses by following exactly what the hints say, but this discourages natural speaking and self-integrating the vocabulary suggested. For longer hints, even though what the AI wrote out for my voice matched the hint, I would be asked the same question multiple times without being able to move on. Also, the mission vocabulary was very helpful and applied to each topic well, but I would appreciate translations for those words as well as English definitions. I appreciated the examples though - it provided great context for the words.

I will rewrite a review once I start it. Nice look though.

The app is good for practicing Korean, but it’s a little tedious to learn Korean through the app. This is because the conversations are very congested, and with little knowledge of the language, learners may find it difficult to learn through the use of the dictionary as it required you to go back and forth several times. That being said, it is a great app to practice pronunciation as well as learning how Korean conversations typically flow.