Babbel - Language Learning

Name: Babbel - Language Learning
Rating: 4.7 (705946 reviews)
Author: Babbel GmbH

Speak Spanish, French, Italian

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706K Ratings
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Babbel GmbH
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Millions of people are learning languages with Babbel — the language app built by language experts. Why Babbel? Our short, interactive lessons rethink old-school language education to get you speaking a new language with confidence! BABBEL WORKS: • Efficacy backed by researchers at Yale University: 100% of study participants improved their oral proficiency in 3 months* • After 10 hours with Babbel, Michigan State University researchers found: 96% of learners saw better test scores on grammar and vocabulary 73% of study participants became better speakers** ==================== Our language experts build every language course tailored to your native language. This way you learn Spanish and 13 more languages quickly and effectively. TRY BABBEL – DOWNLOAD THE APP AND TAKE A FREE LESSON ==================== LEARN 14 LANGUAGES: It's not just a Spanish learning app! Learn French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Indonesian, and English. ==================== Why are Americans learning languages with the Babbel language app? SHORT, EFFECTIVE LESSONS Easy to fit language lessons into your day LESSONS FOR EVERY SITUATION For travel, work, and more LISTEN, SPEAK, WRITE Well-rounded language practice PERFECT YOUR PRONUNCIATION Sophisticated speech-recognition technology RETAIN WHAT YOU LEARN Review feature that’s optimized to help you retain knowledge LEARN GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT Useful tips & tricks as you learn OVER 5,000 LANGUAGE COURSES Learn Spanish and 13 other languages with in-depth content, including more than 60,000 language lessons OFFLINE MODE Download lessons and learn anywhere ==================== Read Babbel Magazine to get tips, tricks, and interesting facts about how to learn languages: * Babbel Magazine: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine Follow us on social media for tips on language learning! * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babbelusa * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Babbel.usa ==================== You will need a subscription in order to get access to the full learning materials for one language. Each subscription will be automatically renewed 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 iTunes Account Settings. When a subscription is canceled, access to the app’s courses and features will expire at the end of the current payment period. You'll get access to all courses for the following durations: 1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months Privacy policy: https://about.babbel.com/en/privacy/ Terms of use: https://about.babbel.com/en/terms/ CONTACT US: Ideas, comments, or feedback? Email us at support-mobile@babbel.com START YOUR LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNEY TODAY: Learn Spanish (Latin American or Spain) Learn French Learn Italian Learn English (American or British) Learn German Learn Russian Learn Polish Learn Portuguese Learn Turkish Learn Norwegian Learn Danish Learn Swedish Learn Dutch Learn Indonesian *Based on a study conducted with Babbel users learning Spanish. Van Deusen-Scholl, N., Lubrano, M.J. (both Yale University) & Sporn, Z. (Babbel), 2019. "Measuring Babbel’s Efficacy in Developing Oral Proficiency." **Based on a study conducted with Babbel users learning Spanish. Loewen, S., Isbell (both Michigan State University) & Sporn. Z (Babbel), 2018. “Learning Spanish with Babbel: Oral Proficiency Outcome in App-Based Foreign Language Learning”.

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4.7

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706K Ratings

Super Intuitive!
Mar 13

Elaine1cote
I love that this exists. You can learn at your own pace as the app guides you through or you can do it your own way. They give you all the lessons and categories that you can skip around on depending on what you want to learn. The goal setting and tracking, helps to keep you learning. NOTE: This WILL NOT work if you don’t make an effort to do at least an exercise a day. Sometimes the tracker doesn’t always seem to update properly, which has affected my streak. That’s can be annoying, but I like that I get 2 streak freezes on Monday, so I don’t always have to learn over the weekend. I am learning Polish, it is a super difficult language and it seems that some of the sentence structure or phrases are a little outdated.The variety of phrases and vocabulary available to practice and sort through (make your own flash card categories) is really amazing! Very helpful to practice and use what you already know. I love that you practice listening, speaking, flashcards, and writing through each lesson, but you can also pick which category you would like to review out of the 4 to hone in whatever you’re struggling with or want to test yourself on. I like that the lessons are not very long and that this app is constantly being updated to work better and perform better for its users.I have not used any other language app. I bought the life subscription when it was on sale. Best purchase I could have ever made!

Developer Response
Hi Elaine, Thank you very much for your excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ feedback. We're thrilled you're enjoying learning with us that much. This is what inspires us every day. Happy learning!
Super Intuitive!
Mar 13

Elaine1cote

I love that this exists. You can learn at your own pace as the app guides you through or you can do it your own way. They give you all the lessons and categories that you can skip around on depending on what you want to learn. The goal setting and tracking, helps to keep you learning. NOTE: This WILL NOT work if you don’t make an effort to do at least an exercise a day. Sometimes the tracker doesn’t always seem to update properly, which has affected my streak. That’s can be annoying, but I like that I get 2 streak freezes on Monday, so I don’t always have to learn over the weekend. I am learning Polish, it is a super difficult language and it seems that some of the sentence structure or phrases are a little outdated.The variety of phrases and vocabulary available to practice and sort through (make your own flash card categories) is really amazing! Very helpful to practice and use what you already know. I love that you practice listening, speaking, flashcards, and writing through each lesson, but you can also pick which category you would like to review out of the 4 to hone in whatever you’re struggling with or want to test yourself on. I like that the lessons are not very long and that this app is constantly being updated to work better and perform better for its users.I have not used any other language app. I bought the life subscription when it was on sale. Best purchase I could have ever made!
Developer Response Mar 17
Hi Elaine, Thank you very much for your excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ feedback. We're thrilled you're enjoying learning with us that much. This is what inspires us every day. Happy learning!
Recommend Lifetime Subscription if you can afford it.
Sep 17

Phillip Hackney
I recently started hanging out in a Spanish speaking Latino community and decided it would be good to learn español to communicate with them better. After briefly considering a class at a community college, I decided an app would be better for learning at my own pace. I read several reviews of language apps before making a decision and Babbel came highly rated as the one with the most educational pedagogy behind it, as opposed to DuoLingo which is cartoony and gamified. Upon creating my account and selecting a membership option I noticed an option for a lifetime subscription and selected it after mathing it out. At $299 it covers the cost of the yearly plan for 3 years and then you have it for the remainder of your earthly existence, or 100 years, whichever comes first. I have been very happy with my decision so far as I feel I have made more progress in a few weeks than several quarters of Spanish 101 & 102 back in college. With the lifetime subscription I may even venture into another language once I’m comfortable with Spanish. Having native speakers to converse with is also helpful.I have one minor complaint about the latest update. The notification badge on the practice tab used to display the number of practice items, but is now just an orange dot. Could an option to display the number be added back in please? Otherwise I am very happy with the product so far.

Developer Response
Hello Phillip, thank you very much for your great feedback. That's really perfect, from getting motivated to actually realising it. There's nothing better than learning a language and being able to use it straight away. Keep it up and be proud of your achievements!Kind regardsThe Babbel Team
Recommend Lifetime Subscription if you can afford it.
Sep 17

Phillip Hackney

I recently started hanging out in a Spanish speaking Latino community and decided it would be good to learn español to communicate with them better. After briefly considering a class at a community college, I decided an app would be better for learning at my own pace. I read several reviews of language apps before making a decision and Babbel came highly rated as the one with the most educational pedagogy behind it, as opposed to DuoLingo which is cartoony and gamified. Upon creating my account and selecting a membership option I noticed an option for a lifetime subscription and selected it after mathing it out. At $299 it covers the cost of the yearly plan for 3 years and then you have it for the remainder of your earthly existence, or 100 years, whichever comes first. I have been very happy with my decision so far as I feel I have made more progress in a few weeks than several quarters of Spanish 101 & 102 back in college. With the lifetime subscription I may even venture into another language once I’m comfortable with Spanish. Having native speakers to converse with is also helpful.I have one minor complaint about the latest update. The notification badge on the practice tab used to display the number of practice items, but is now just an orange dot. Could an option to display the number be added back in please? Otherwise I am very happy with the product so far.
Developer Response Sep 19
Hello Phillip, thank you very much for your great feedback. That's really perfect, from getting motivated to actually realising it. There's nothing better than learning a language and being able to use it straight away. Keep it up and be proud of your achievements!Kind regardsThe Babbel Team
Great app!! ⭐️🌟💫✨
Sep 2

harperbear77
This app is amazing!!! I’m learning French, which as you probably know is not the easiest language to learn. I’ve used other language apps such as Rosetta Stone and Duolingo, but Babble is by far the best!! A big factor for me especially when learning something like a language is the aesthetic of the app and/or website. I love the appearance of the Babble site! It’s a nice, calming, chill aesthetic ideal for language learning! Babble also provides many different ways of learning the same language! You can listen, write, speak, and even use digital flash cards of words and phrases. Babble provides you with daily vocabulary reviews, and keeps you motivated by giving you a learning streak.You can take your time with Babble. I don’t feel pressured to go fast and do a bunch of lessons. The lessons are short, the longest taking 30mins to complete. Similar to other language apps, Babble uses pictures to help you visually learn words and phrases. It divides your learning based on your knowledge of the language. For example, I started learning French a month ago, so Babble put me at Newcomer level 1. When you sign up you can select what level of learning you’re at, and let them know your goals.(learning to fluency, writing the language, grammar, speaking) Overall, Babble is a fantastic app!! I would absolutely recommend getting it! Au revoir! 🥐🇫🇷🥖

Developer Response
Hi Harper,We are thrilled to receive such wonderful feedback! Your words inspire us to continue improving our product. 🧡️Merci pour votre enthousiasme, et bonne continuation avec Babbel alors !Best wishesThe Babbel Team
Great app!! ⭐️🌟💫✨
Sep 2

harperbear77

This app is amazing!!! I’m learning French, which as you probably know is not the easiest language to learn. I’ve used other language apps such as Rosetta Stone and Duolingo, but Babble is by far the best!! A big factor for me especially when learning something like a language is the aesthetic of the app and/or website. I love the appearance of the Babble site! It’s a nice, calming, chill aesthetic ideal for language learning! Babble also provides many different ways of learning the same language! You can listen, write, speak, and even use digital flash cards of words and phrases. Babble provides you with daily vocabulary reviews, and keeps you motivated by giving you a learning streak.You can take your time with Babble. I don’t feel pressured to go fast and do a bunch of lessons. The lessons are short, the longest taking 30mins to complete. Similar to other language apps, Babble uses pictures to help you visually learn words and phrases. It divides your learning based on your knowledge of the language. For example, I started learning French a month ago, so Babble put me at Newcomer level 1. When you sign up you can select what level of learning you’re at, and let them know your goals.(learning to fluency, writing the language, grammar, speaking) Overall, Babble is a fantastic app!! I would absolutely recommend getting it! Au revoir! 🥐🇫🇷🥖
Developer Response Sep 4
Hi Harper,We are thrilled to receive such wonderful feedback! Your words inspire us to continue improving our product. 🧡️Merci pour votre enthousiasme, et bonne continuation avec Babbel alors !Best wishesThe Babbel Team
Seems, great but I don't really know
03/02/2021

PercabethRules
I finished the first lesson and learned a few words! I am doing french just to pass the time, its not like i am going to france or anything and need to learn it. Since there is no true NEED for me to learn french and i was just doing it for fun, my mom would not let me pay for lessons. In ads or commercials i have seen, it says it is free. I did the first lesson, didn't have any problem with anything, and I really love the way it teaches you! The only thing is I wont be able to learn anything beside, hello, goodbye, and how are you? Since im not aloud to buy anything. At first i thought it was an add, but then i clicked away from it and tried to re enter the lesson, and it still didnt work! It really is a great app, but maybe you could give like the first tenn lessons free or something, and then you can give the option to buy the next ten lessons with money, and every time you get a question right you could get like stars or something and buy a lesson with stars. Im just saying this for people like me who dont want to spend their money on this app if they are not using it for anything, they should still have the option to learn! Also, you should add a few more languages. I was signing up and noticed thst there was only like six. The real reason I downloaded it was so i could learn greek. Definetly would be the best app ive ever tried to learn a language with if not for the price! God bless!

Developer Response
Hello, thanks for your message. We are dedicated to keeping education accessible, which is why Babbel offers free and paid lessons and free podcasts. You can do 20 - 60 lessons for free in 14 languages (each first one of every course). So, there’s a lot to explore! You only pay for full access. 😉
Seems, great but I don't really know
03/02/2021

PercabethRules

I finished the first lesson and learned a few words! I am doing french just to pass the time, its not like i am going to france or anything and need to learn it. Since there is no true NEED for me to learn french and i was just doing it for fun, my mom would not let me pay for lessons. In ads or commercials i have seen, it says it is free. I did the first lesson, didn't have any problem with anything, and I really love the way it teaches you! The only thing is I wont be able to learn anything beside, hello, goodbye, and how are you? Since im not aloud to buy anything. At first i thought it was an add, but then i clicked away from it and tried to re enter the lesson, and it still didnt work! It really is a great app, but maybe you could give like the first tenn lessons free or something, and then you can give the option to buy the next ten lessons with money, and every time you get a question right you could get like stars or something and buy a lesson with stars. Im just saying this for people like me who dont want to spend their money on this app if they are not using it for anything, they should still have the option to learn! Also, you should add a few more languages. I was signing up and noticed thst there was only like six. The real reason I downloaded it was so i could learn greek. Definetly would be the best app ive ever tried to learn a language with if not for the price! God bless!
Developer Response 03/04/2021
Hello, thanks for your message. We are dedicated to keeping education accessible, which is why Babbel offers free and paid lessons and free podcasts. You can do 20 - 60 lessons for free in 14 languages (each first one of every course). So, there’s a lot to explore! You only pay for full access. 😉

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