Drops: Language Learning 4+

Great

I started with the free version, which was good- you get a 5 min session per day. A good little selection of activities to learn and select the right words/phrases. Can learn any of the languages they have, but only 5 mins per day. After a few weeks i upgraded to premium lifetime membership as it was half price, and I love it. I’m currently learning french, and plan to learn hindi after that. With the upgraded version, you can choose how long you want your session to last (5,10, 15 mins, or unlimited). You can do as many sessions as you like in a day then. The Dojo is good for going over words you have already learnt, so that you don’t forget them, and it finds the words you struggled with in the sessions so that you can practice them more. I love the way the streaks work, you can miss a day then practice again the day after and still keep your streak alive. I tend to practice about 3-4 times a week, and I’m still able to easily achieve good streaks. I like how you can see your progress as well with the word counter (novice, tourist, then conversationalist). It’s nice and easy to use, and it has a positive and encouraging feel to it, which makes it more fun to use. I’m using this as a foundation before going onto sentences etc, as i use to use duolingo but found it a bit overwhelming so this is great as a first step in learning a language. Then from here you can easily expand your knowledge. :)

Almost everything I could ask for

What is the title says I think this app is amazing. Whether some people believe or not that this is optimal learning the spaced repetition system has worked great for me in the past I find that one exposed to my target languages, I am able to recognise vocabulary and understand its meaning but this is all this app is just vocabulary. so I really recommend if you want to learn, sentence, structures and other common rules that you buy a textbook or take tutoring. about the languages they have to offer I feel it’s a double edge sword they offer some great Language is the other playful like Duolingo just don’t offer specifically I’m talking about Thai but there are other languages I would like to see on there specifically for me, the khazak language is a big one, but it surprised me to see Irish be added, and things such as that. So lastly, I will talk about the things I don’t like tying back to my last point I wish the languages they added one more frequent. I understand it’s a process but they are very quick with adding new topics so maybe new languages on the horizon quicker? And lastly, this app crashes a lot, and when it crashes really is the only way of fixing it is to reinstall it and then next time you launch it will crash again and when I asked them about it, but you told me to change my spoken language from British English or American English and this works for a little moment and has now stopped again so please fix this.

Down to three minutes?

*Edit after Drop’s response* - I’m really happy that you responded and I’m very thankful that you’ve reinstated the 5 minutes! It shows you care about your users, which is really nice. It’s absolutely fine if you inform us beforehand and let us know in advance if you’re going to do the three minute thing because now you’ve explained it, I think its a great idea! But for it to suddenly change to three minutes with no announcement or explanation, when you hadn’t updated the website or pictures on the app store, it came across quite badly. Thank you for the response and the action you’ve taken, it’s really appreciated!

*Original complaint* - I’m kind of a bit confused because this new update has made the minutes go down from 5 minutes for free users, and its 3 minutes? You advertised and are still advertising for 5 minutes a day free. Thats not cool. You can’t do that. You’re trying to subtly chage it by not even announcing in in your update history. You can add more adverts, I don’t mind watching them, but its just not fair to lower the 5 minutes because you made it a selling point of the whole app. Its in every advert and every mention. It’s always ’learn a language in 5 minutes a day’. You can’t try change it to three when no ones looking.

Developer Response ,

We apologize for any confusion caused by the recent update. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we have reinstated the 5-minute limit for free users and appreciate your feedback on our communication.