Mondly Reviews

Im reviewing because it keeps asking me to review and since i already paid i don’t see it quitting any time soon.

If you care about Mondly it’s good. Still missing some things. Needs more diverse grammar. Mostly simple sentences in present tense.

Also they took out a feature where you can swipe letters to form a word as a type of question. You have to type a really tiny letter exactly on the center in order for it to register. The other types of questions are pretty ergonomic and easy though. A big plus.

Overall get Mondly for the daily lessons they are good. Mondly could use a better interface. You cant really look up any vocabulary in a timely or efficient manner. You can search words but you must go through a lesson to maybe see it used in context. And it also takes forever at the end of a lesson to continue on learning. You have to wait for the animated brain to finish loading and showing you almost useless data.

Beginner to advanced modes don’t really change in content. You just have to type stuff out more in the advanced mode. But i like how each level of difficulty has a separate level of completeness in the lessons. Although i wish there was an option to merge.

Pros: good vocabulary. Free Daily lessons. Other good stats. One of the better options for learning multiple languages.

Cons: could teach more grammar. INefficient interface! Nowhere to review vocabulary.

Tagalog language is very easy and fun to learn with this program. Everything is well organized and lessons well explained. The only bad thing is that some sentences, when spoken to you by Mondly , they don't agree with what you are reading. I have reported them, however, the next time they come up, they continue being wrong. It seems to me that Mondley doesn't review the content, at least that is true with Tagalog Language, where there are several mistakes being reported and they never get corrected.

Tagalog is a fascinating language, however, it is a language that cannot be learned by memorizing words. Therefore the teaching should be more like the way you learn in school, and not by memorization; it is too complex to learn the way Mondley lays out its lessons. I have not seen any explanations as to how to change a word from singular to plural or how to understand focus markers, focus pronouns, etc. I believe that maybe everything is included here. However, the presentation needs serious rearrangement.

I take language learning seriously. Mondley, now it's your turn to teach seriously!

I love Mondly when it comes to learning. The hands free style where I can practice speaking is amazing and I’ve been able to put into practice the kanji, katakana and hiragana I’ve been learning on my own (I recommend this program in addition to a book or another program to practice sentence structure). I love everything about it...except the chat bot sections. The responses I give don’t work with the bot (despite them offering me the sentence) and if I try to do another sentence (which sometimes is an option) it’ll count it all as one sentence. I don’t know how to “speak” a period into a sentence. It’s frustrating. Even more frustrating however are the repetition sections. I repeat the dialogue exactly as they ask me (it even is recorded the same) but they mark me as wrong for using hiragana instead of kanji for some words. How do you “speak” in hiragana vs kanji? The program never says it. They just repeat the same section over and over again and drive me insane. I love Mondly...except that part. Please adjust the chat bot sections to either teach how to use the dialect they’re asking you to use (slowing down doesn’t help when it’s the same sounds you’re using and you’re still getting it wrong), or make it a bit more lenient with foreign speakers trying to speak a language they are unfamiliar with. Beyond that I love the program and recommend it to everyone...except the chat bot sections.

It’s early but I’m making progress with Afrikaans. Its best feature in my view is the use of recordings of native speakers rather than computerized voice synthesis (compare Duolingo, which by the way does not include Afrikaans) — or maybe it just has really good computers. I like the fact that much of the syntax and even vocabulary is taught implicitly rather than explicitly, but I am fortunate to have had high school German to guide me. Some ability to reference a formal description of the grammar would be extremely useful I think - some kind of context-sensitive link (a huge task for the developers I acknowledge). A second choice would be to enable attached comments from other learners/speakers, as does Duolingo. Those are sometimes inaccurate but usually self-corrected by the community and the discussion is useful. Still, on balance, I believe I will be a better speaker using this app than Duolingo — I can look up the grammar but Duolingo will never make me a natural sounding speaker.

Grew up with Vietnamese parents who didn’t teach me to read or write in the language but I speak fairly fluently. So I prefer to write responses to Mondly instead of speaking them to improve in the areas I need. I can spell the letter combinations of most words without a hitch but the Vietnamese tones can be tricky to decipher. My complaint is that Mondly will give my response as correct even though I’ve used the incorrect intonation mark. Maybe you could possibly fix it so that the correct answer shows up in addition to my “correct” response. This way, I can spot my mistakes. The reason I know that my “correct” responses are not correct is when I’ve typed in the last letter, I still have to tap the “check” button. When I’ve spelled it absolutely correctly, the answer will ding without me doing anything. Otherwise, this app is helping me rediscover my native language. App is so much better than when I first paid for it many many years ago and stopped using it shortly thereafter. They’ve greatly improved the listening and speaking functions. It’s so much more immersive and interactive than before. I know that this app is making my life better moving forward. I know I can finally visit Vietnam one day without being ashamed that I can’t read or write in my birth language. Shout out to Ioana at this app for helping me out with restoring my purchase.

A fairly clear structure with good visuals and clear pronunciations. My goal is to read books in French, and Mondly seems more geared to travelers or business people visiting a French speaking country. I also feel it is more geared toward British English than to American English even though I specified American when I signed up. They use words like biscuit for cookie, holiday for vacation, etc. which gets a little confusing in some of the modules. Is a “cooker” a stove? Most Americans would never use the word cooker. And Americans spell color without the letter u. Also, I have been using Mondly for twenty months, and feel there is not enough explanation of verb tenses or conjugations. Some of the translations are too loose. It would be easier if they better explained them; for example an American would say “I need ___” whereas in French they say “I have need of ___”. That much I learned in high school, but it was not explained in Mondly . Small things like that can be very helpful. Colloquialisms (or what I take to be colloquial) are not explained at all. For example, the word cour translates as court, but Mondly uses it interchangeably with garden, which is confusing.

I liked this app and used it for a year membership. The problem was when I decided I didn’t want to renew. There is no method of shutting off the auto-renewal or cancelling membership. In the “settings” screen, then down to the “About” screen. Click on “Subscription info”. It says “auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase”. Wrong. this app does NOT show up in my list of apps at the iTunes Store to cancel. I see “Lose It!”, Netflix, Apple Music, but no “this app”. This is showing on my bank statement as 2COCOM and nothing to do with Apple. I googled 2COCOM and it is a separate billing company. And they will not refund or cancel the auto-renewal. It also is not on my iPad settings / subscription list. THERE is NO way to CANCEL. Suggestions anyone?
UPDATE: After putting up this review, I was contacted by this app and they did offer my money back - which I accepted. They said I was sent an email a week before the auto renewal - I didn’t see it but it could have went in my junk folder and was missed. They also offered an extra 6 months at no charge if I renewed.

I’ve been eager to learn Spanish formally so when I saw a deal on HuffPost for a lifetime subscription to this app for about $40, I grabbed it. Overall I’ve been very pleased with Mondly . I like the range of lessons available (daily, grammar, lots of different categories). I like the competitive piece of it too, and the bonuses for doing at least one lesson each day.

My only quibbles are that it’s unreasonably picky about correct answers and there isn’t quite as much conversation as I’d like. An example of the pickiness is that it asks to translate “Que clase de habitacion desearia?”; I translated it as “what type of room would you like?” And it dinged me because the correct answer was “what room type would you like?” It would be great if there were alternate correct responses.

In terms of conversation, it would be good if there were more opportunities for speaking practice in each lesson. I’d like it if there were times when there was a sentence in English and I had to come up with the correct Spanish phrase without a prompt, rather than just saying what I’m reading.

Yooooo Mondly is crazy good and updated! Now with a hands free option that feels like a real teacher/tutor. The modules are easy going and quick to understand. I love being able to go back and repeat a single subject until it clicks!! This is for anyone really wanting to learn a language and is willing to put in some tune each day. Daily,weekly, and monthly quizzes optional but I also recommend doing those. Once you get into it you can check your “statistics” where it shows how much time you’ve invested overall, how many words youve reviewed, how many phrases you’ve reviewed, your level (based on the points you get from each activity), and a graph with the amount of points (I. E. Activities done) each day so you can see your progress. The community part makes it interesting to see how other people around the world or USA are doing! Super cool app overall

We thought it would be fun if both of us could speak it. Also to prank her family when I can understand what they’re saying in their native tongue. I’m four days into learning, and she’s already giddy with the progress I’ve made! Learning Bulgarian, which doesn’t seem to be the hardest so far. Learning is fun- it normally wouldn’t seem like it, but the colors, and other aspects of Mondly make it feel like a game. From each ‘level’ of a chapter, to the way the chapters are laid out on the screen makes it feel like you’re progressing your way through a game. I love Mondly- it’s honestly better than Duolingo. Thanks to the creators!

Footnote: I may be biased because I’m currently being allowed to learn Bulgarian via Mondly rather than take my second year of Spanish- so, big win right there.

I studied languages and speak a few, and Mondly is my favorite tool for learning Croatian. You can do small bite-sized lessons or more, and it gets you WAY more practice and vocabulary than other programs/apps (and I’ve bought a lot of them). You can slow speaker speed, and have a list to easily review vocab without re-doing the lessons. While I’m not far enough along to speak to how grammar is explained I REALLY like how you can highlight new words, and instantly see the infinitive and present conjugations, plus past and future. I take notes of these to review as I learn. If ONLY I had Mondly when I was stuck learning French in school!

Also I had an issue with Mondly when I got a new phone. I reported this error from Mondly and got an email the NEXT DAY with a solution from a friendly and helpful person. Totally fixed!

I was having trouble with my this app subscription, but Ioana from this app has been very nice and she helped me out in every step of the way, always promptly responding to my questions. It is rare to find companies nowadays that offer the excellent customer service that this app has; it values the importance of human connection. In another aspect, the this app app is just as amazing as its customer service, and I couldn’t emphasize on it more! I study my Spanish and Japanese with Mondly and I love how it’s a language app that doesn’t just spoon-feed you and actually makes you think! I love that it offers different levels of difficulties, from beginner to advance, w/c will determine the amount of clues you’ll be getting for the lessons. Anyway, thank you this app team for creating such an amazing app! Thank you Ioana for the excellent customer experience! I wish you all the best and I shall continue to support you. ❤️

This is better than other language learning apps for actually speaking and practicing useful phrases! As with all apps, you’ll need other supplemental learning tools. There are still the occasional little things that aren’t perfect, but very minor. The mic hears completely different words sometimes, but it often gives you time to correct. It makes you really listen and speak, and that is the best! The hands free option is terrific!

In English we say bookstore not bookshop. So that type of thing is really minor. Seems like it is US English usually so that is good, and I’d rather have weird English than weird Italian, so that’s fine.

It is fun and educational. The competition piece could be better. It would be good to compare yourself to others with similar points, not to see scores that are way greater than your own.

I also use another popular learning app, and am using this app in conjunction. this app is different from the other app. I appreciate the options to select my topic of learning (grammar today? Or travel? Or clothing?) and type of learning that suits me at the moment. I really enjoy the hands-free “chat” which corresponds with each lesson and requires both listening and verbal skills, as well as forces me to think of the correct response instead of choosing from a selection. I also appreciate that those types of exercises are optional and not required to progress because I am more familiar with some topics and don’t always need or want the extra verbal lessons. Highly recommend! Great tool especially in conjunction with other language learning options, as the way the lessons are broken up allow you to work on areas of your personal weakness instead following a one-size-fits-all order of lessons

I am addicted to Mondly. I tried it out for free, but got a subscription and have not once felt like I’m not getting my money’s worth. They are continually improving Mondly by adding more features and lessons. I have made this app a part of my daily language learning. I’ve found myself adding more languages and learning them more consistently. The daily lessons are prefect for me to be consistent with even a few minutes daily. And it’s so much fun!!

Update: re-upped my subscription. Every once in a while there will be an odd mistake, but being told you answered wrong, then shown the correct answer is the word you picked. A few times there has been a completely different sentence or variation of a word being spoken than is given as the answer, but it’s very easy to report these issues and I’ve noticed that the ones I’ve reported have all been corrected regardless of which language. Still very fun app and I really think it’s helping me with my pronunciation.

I am a private voice specialist and very often we work in foreign languages. This is absolutely one apps of the best that I’ve ever seen for education and recreation. I wanted to take the time to explain why I feel this way, for one thing I work with students who were on the autistic spectrum with great gift for music and left brain activity. This is fantastic particularly the virtual reality feature to be able to get my students attention and get them retaining the information. I also like that there are so many free features. Mondly is affordable at $10 a month, and I personally to keep myself polished on my language skills love the text conversation option. Whoever created this understands how the brain works and that education is very personalized. I think this opens a lot of doors to folks that maybe would get frustrated with the apps that only teach one way. I can only see this product improving as time goes on. And have high hopes for the future. Very best, Jen Vanella

this is genuinely my favorite language learning app, i love the number of languages available so much. i bought a premium subscription a few years ago and have access to all the languages offered, and i am so so glad i made that purchase. i started using this app for its korean course, and now i use it for korean, polish, mandarin, french, and german. the hands-free lesson mode is also very useful and enjoyable, albeit a bit frustrating when the bot just Does Not interpret what you say. some of the phrases they teach should be broken down a bit more for pronunciation and comprehension's sake, in my opinion, at least in the "core vocabulary" section. all the new sounds in a new language can be overwhelming to try and pick out and spit back out to the bot when she only says it to you once, so i think offering the "one word at a time" option earlier on with phrases would be very, very cool. i also love the daily lessons so much, the vocab is always useful. solid 9/10, will always recommend

Im giving this 4.5 stars. I truly enjoy Mondly , its just and very refreshing to see that their added new things to it every so often. New languages, new ways to learn. I’ve been using Mondly on and off for quite some time mostly do to work and everything especially given the time that we’re in.
However, the one thing that I would say that is making me give Mondly a 4.5 out of 5 stars is them taking so long to add new features to Mondly . Though, I completely understand with software engineering and things like that. Yes, those things take time. I understand. However, there are things that I would like to see be added that I think would change Mondly around a lot more. That and with the VR side of Mondly as well too. There really hasn’t been anything added to the VR app. Aside from thoes little flaws. I would highly recommend Mondly to anyone who wants to brush up on the languages they already know and want to learn any new languages.
Some of the grammar could still be working on, but nonetheless. I think this is a good game.

Mondly is fairly good, a little pricey month to month, but if you’re like me and you really care about investing into language learning then you wait until you see the “lifetime deal” and make that purchase off of impulse. Anyways, the lifetime deals are always worth it, trust me. I personally enjoy this apps way of teaching, it’s fun and it’s not bad at helping me remember stuff. I believe that the review for each sections in regards to vocab should be flash cards instead of swiping up or down to the correct one. Maybe there is that option and I just haven’t seen it, but I like flashcards way more for reviews. Anyways I used to use Mondly for Japanese andIt wasn’t bad but then I switched over to another platform that is far superior for Japanese than any other app. However, Mondly is really good for Spanish, I’ve been using it for Spanish and over certainly enjoyed it so far. I realistically want to give it four stars, but not because it’s bad, it’s just different than what I’m used to, but it is one of the best for practicing your speaking, at least compared to something like duo lingo. Mondly deserves 5/5 for the speaking portions.

This is a great app. It has plenty of useful phrases and vocabulary. It is also very challenging to make perfect scores which I enjoy. The only disappointment is the nouns are not taught with the definite article, Die, Der, Das. Whoever believed that the definite article was not essential in Mondly did you and your users a disservice. In German, learning the definite article with each noun is critical to being able to write and speak correctly. I am an intermediate learner, fortunately I know what indefinite article corresponds to the definite article. However, repetition of seeing the correct definite article with its noun cannot be overstated! I can name a number of apps and programs that also did not have the definite article with the noun and I deleted them or did not use them for that reason. The best thing about Mondly is the ability to create conversations for speaking practice. That is the most useful. Needless to say, adding the definite article would make this the most comprehensive language app on the market. Btw, the AR app is superb. It is just too easy and without the definite article. Can a user change the level from Beginner to Intermediate or intermediate to advanced after the initial setup has been done? Thank you and look forward to your updates since I did purchase a one year premium!

Mondly is good in terms of layout, but that’s about it.
I am learning two languages- french and Japanese.
For languages that require characters, anything that’s not the Roman alphabet, they have an option to see the words romanized, which is not good at all. This disables the ability to read and translate the words, and a lot of beginners choose the ‘shortcut’. Mondly did not teach a single thing about romaji or katakana or kanji... or any structure of Japanese. I’m sure it’s the way for other languages, I chose Arabic before I deleted Mondly , and it was similar. I am a beginner in french, but the beginner option is far too easy for me and intermediate is the same. I got a question with two options that were correct, technically, but it marked me as wrong. It seems that Mondly just takes words from the language and inserts it into the same lessons used for all of the languages. Not good for learning languages, look elsewhere.

First of all, props to you for including less common languages. I’m Croatian and my American husband really wants to learn, but there are virtually no online resources for the language and the paper based resources are very grammar oriented, which isn’t helpful to someone who just wants to get by when we’re on vacation!
However, Mondly itself isn’t much good. He tried a few lessons and didn’t actually learn a single word he didn’t already know because most of the time you’re just matching an English word to a picture (with the Croatian word there but not prominent) or you’re translating a convoluted phrase that hasn’t been introduced.
As someone who is fluent in three languages and conversational in three more, I took a look at what was going on with Mondly and I can promise you that you will not learn Croatian from this (maybe the other languages are better, but I doubt it).

I’ve been using this app for over a year to learn Danish. Mondly works well but I am constantly frustrated with the content. Questions requiring translation are not precise and words that have not yet been taught are included in questions. For example, in a lesson that taught the word “cafeteria” as being spelled the same in both English and Danish then asked a question requiring the user to translate “cafeteria” as “kantinen”, a word that hadn’t yet been introduced in any lessons. Other examples for poor translations are “Where can I make a call” turns into “Where is there a telephone”, “Is the post office far from here” is turned into “How long is it to the nearest post office”, and “Please do visit me sometime” is “You are welcome to visit me.” It would be far better if literal translations are used and words are introduced before they are included in translations.

The software of Mondly is perfect, I have yet to find one flaw. My only critiques are that I don’t feel that Mondly is teaching me phrases to use realistically.
I don’t feel that it adequately challenges nor teaches/explains grammar on a level where you can begin to put two in two together.
When you make a mistake it docs you a star, and for you to receive 100% on the lesson you have to retake the entire lesson which makes the process frustrating and discouraging. I downloaded the trial version of Rosetta Stone and I was surprised and inspired by the contrast of their differences. Immediately Rosetta Stone enabled me to thoroughly understand why and what I was saying. It was not as easy but I felt that I learned more from a three day trial version of Rosetta Stone versus weeks worth of studying on this app.

If this app Adopted more features similar to Rosetta Stone and I would be entirely satisfied.

Thank you for sharing this enjoyable app. I have participated regularly & enjoy Duolingo. Your lessons are far more engaging & expanding. I do wish, though, that there was more conversational exercises. Keep it coming

Thanx, Darryl Cuda

Again, I very much appreciate this app. It is good, daily reinforcement of learning...what I like to call, the key to adult learning. Lessons are clearly the best. Aside, could U please tell me why many monthly challenges have “1 point”. Do you need to correct something? Also, I think your most recent change involves too much typing. Writing things is beneficial, but I think you’ve overdone that learning tool. Thanx again

Darryl Cuda

I’ve changed my mind...somewhat. The actual burden of typing so much is beneficial. Still, more moderation is needed. About 30-40% less would probably be a reasonable amount to still allow memory reinforcement.
There are still abundant errors with daily/weekly/monthly points which instead of 13 points, 43 points, etc, come up as 1 point. Please fix that!
Also, more frequent new material, without redundancy is a must. It’s not that hard guys, I’m sure you can show more creativity.
Nevertheless, I still love the site

Darryl Cuda

I’m really learning how to speak and read Greek. As a former language teacher I’m impressed that in 5 days I have learned lots of basic vocabulary as well as phrases that I will use in my coming travel to Greece. As well, Mondly is cleverly introducing the Greek alphabet. It combines pictures, audio and print. You are prompted to speak into a mike. Then Mondly reflects back what you say in writing. Using the color red when you’re wrong and white when you get it right. It works and it’s fun.

An update: I’m on my 58th day now and continuing to learn daily. I still have a long way to go to be fluent, but I’ll be able to speak basic phrases and vocabulary when in Greece. I’ve noted that I’ve covered less than 10% of Mondly ’s content so far. They have just updated Mondly to include more opportunities to speak and hear yourself converse. Very clever.

I’ve been using this app to dust off my rusty Finnish, using a premium subscription. After several months, I was locked out of all premium features, so I contacted support. They worked with me for eight days, trying one thing after another. They finally had developers manually sync my account, and they renewed my subscription for another year on top of that. They didn’t give up until the problem was fixed and encouraged me to keep them updated each step of the way. I was blown away!

What I like about Mondly itself: The variety of ways used to teach and reinforce new vocabulary & skills, like grammar, is very effective. The simple point system and stars are just enough of gamification to keep me going; I've found myself using Mondly for an hour or more. (It’s so easy to just one more lesson because they’re so short!) And it’s awesome to find an app with Finnish, a rarity.

There are a few vocabulary quibbles and such that I’d change (usually due to translation/meanings not quite but lining up with English), but they’re minor. At each step in every lesson, you can send a report, and I’ve seen some issues totally resolved after reporting a language issue.

I definitely recommend it!

I’ve only been using this app for approximately 1 week, but I’m not a novice when it comes language learning tools. I love how this app has a conversation component to their app that allows you to practice actually using the material that you’re learning and have learned, in real life replication. For me, being conversational in my target language, is my goal and this is a wonderful tool to simulate the experience of conversation without the inexplicable pressure of being in front of a live person where your nerves seem to magically swallow all of your knowledge. With this type of practice, the likelihood of your nerves getting the best of you, once you have the opportunity for face to face interaction, are minimized because it isn’t as foreign of an experience. (Pun intended...LOL) Bravo this app!

I have used Roseta Stone, Dou Lingo, and now this app. They each have their pros and cons. I seem to be learning fairly quickly with this app but some of the translations are very rigid compared to Dou Lingo. It’s not terrible, but it is frustrating to know the answer, but get it wrong because I use a synonym or a phrasing that I think is more correct than the only one allowed. I also found the terms used in each app for the same thing can be different. One last frustration is that when typing in English the autocorrect is off but in Dou Lingo it’s still on. But overall I am learning and using Two different apps at the same time seems to work better for me. An update to my review is that I am progressing at a good rate and I do recommend this app.

Mondly is good itself and I learned a lot in just one day. However, I bought the subscription for a month, to try the premium they advertise a lot, which looked cool, but it didn’t work. I went to the support, tried what they recommended (didn’t work), and emailed them. I got a bot email saying they are on vacation for a week. Edit: I emailed the actual email that is written in the reviews replies, and got a response a few hours later, so make sure you email that one! They emailed the developer and got it fixed right away :) It’s good for at least learning French, Italian, Spanish, and the main languages, but I’ve heard about some inaccuracies with Asian languages and such with different alphabets. In summary, recommended! Five stars.

I rated it four stars instead of five for a few issues with the instruction. The instruction is clear for the most part. But you have to know the basics of the language before beginning or you will be lost. Also the English translations are unaccurate and riddled with poor English grammar and faulty construction. All of things I miss come from translating back into English, my native language. Otherwise, I enjoy learning Portuguese. I speak Spanish so I understand the gramma structure of thee latin-based language. I think if Mondly included more grammar instructions at the beginning and corrected the poor English grammar, then it would be perfect. Update. Much of the poor English grammar has been corrected. There are still a few grammar issues with the English but I now study Portuguese and German daily and I am upgrading my rating to 5 stars.