Clozemaster: language learning 12+

I love this App for so many reasons! I can put it on radio mode and just listen- it even has a timer so I can listen to it when I go to bed. The sentences are authentic- not like the silly sentences on Duolingo. It uploads fast, you can download and “play” without internet. It goes way beyond the basics of Duolingo and their customer service is wonderful. If I report a glitch or have a question, they get back to me right away. I’m studying Romanian from scratch and doing German but set my native language to Spanish so I can review Spanish while learning German. It’s a simple to use App that is very powerful. (My only wish is that they’d keep track of how many days I’ve practiced instead of a streak because if I miss a day, it starts over. Id like to know, for example, that I’ve done 45 days out of the last 50. Also, maybe have a way to “ make up” those days missed by practicing twice a day. I like to be held accountable. Thanks for making a fun and effective App for language learning.

I don’t know how I initially came across Clozemaster, but I’m so glad I did. It is just a random assortment of fill in the blank sentences in a ton of languages (one at a time;), but that’s kind of what you need for language practice once you’ve passed the absolute beginner stage of a language. As other users have said, this isn’t for total beginners. Spanish/Italian/French/German are easy enough to figure out on Clozemaster with limited foundation. Russian, Welsh and Chinese definitely require some outside learning. I never like to say one language app is better than another, because they each do their own thing. Memrise rocks for vocab, Duolingo for sentence forming, Clozemaster for reading comprehension that pushes you to think of the correct missing word. Clozemaster certainly pushes you past the A1 level in comprehension that a lot of apps might stop at, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use other apps in tandem! Thanks for a great app! Please keep pro affordable as you reach out to more and more consumers.

This is one of the best language practice apps. It’s straightforward and effective.

The sentences, from the very beginning, are useful. They’re real world, conversation snippets. Things like “I’ll let him know”, “Yeah, we can go.” rather than “The horse eats apples.”

The UI is simple and enjoyable, and the old video game sound effects are unobtrusive and a great little dopamine hit. I don’t feel the need to turn them off.

Also, they only ever run “ads” for their own premium upgrade. No 30second “play this game” popups. Just once at the end of every round, “you can upgrade to premium!”

And I’d say premium is definitely worth it. I buy it when I’m ready to do a lot of review for a month or so, and it’s a good upgrade. Let’s you choose how many you want to do each round, up to just playing infinitely.

I wouldn’t recommend this app as a “first touch” for your new language. Top 100 words will be easy, but I’d suggest moving through the CEFR A level of your language before starting the top 500. You don’t need to be perfect with concepts, but knowing *why* you’re constructing sentences/words this way, will make your learning experience here much more effective. Have fun!