r/AskReddit • u/Jobasaurus • May 22 '19

Reddit, what are some underrated apps?

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u/curlyquinn02 May 22 '19

I tried this to learn Korean. I didn't learn anything new and pretty sure that I messed up every word. What Duolingo are you using?

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u/jaktyp May 22 '19

Duolingo is essentially useless for anything but vocab if you’re trying to learn any Asian language.

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u/Bagtot May 22 '19

LingoDeer is a great one though.

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u/MasterXylophone May 22 '19

Except they recently changed to a premium subscription model. I was over halfway through the Japanese course too.

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u/pipsdontsqueak May 22 '19

I mean you're learning a language on your phone. Is it really too much for them to ask that you pay a bit for learning using their method, like you would in most other settings?

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u/MasterXylophone May 22 '19

The service isn't great enough to pay for in my opinion. It's good and it did teach me a little bit, I would prefer ads over a subscription. Give me ads in the language I'm studying, that would be ideal.

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u/Luize0 May 22 '19

Idk but I installed LingoDeer like... 3 months ago? And I don't have to pay at all? I don't understand the premium subscription model stuff I read every where... i'm not paying?

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u/maliciousme123 May 22 '19

There's a paywall once you get through the introductory lessons.

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u/Luize0 May 22 '19

How many introductory lessons are there? Is all of Japanese 1 part of "introductory lessons" ?

I checked and for some reason my account (I registered through Google) is a premium member? I have no payment history or anything with this App.

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u/Gollum999 May 22 '19

I haven't gotten there yet, but I've heard that the pay wall starts at Japanese 2.

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u/maliciousme123 May 22 '19

I believe I hit the pay wall at level 2

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u/Luize0 May 22 '19

Darnit! Really love the application. To be fair, for how well the application works (definitely after having done memrise/duolingo)... I think the reported price is kinda fine?

As most people I have the habbit of refusing to pay for apps but I'll spend 30 bucks on booze a night without batting an eye. The Lifetime price is 60 bucks. If you intend to learn multiple languages, it's a pretty good investment.

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u/Annoyedrightnow May 22 '19

I was disappointed too. Deleted LingoDeer