Reviews of HelloWords: Vocabulary Builder

By: HELLOTALK FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE LEARNING TALK CHAT APP App

List of user reviews and ratings for HelloWords: Vocabulary Builder

Total ratings

4.40 (Rating count: 104)

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Review summary

Users praise the app for its varied practice modes, engaging visuals, and vocabulary focus, useful as a supplement to other learning tools. However, common drawbacks include audio pronunciation errors, price/billing concerns, occasional bugs or non-working features, and content/visual clarity issues for certain languages. Overall, it offers a fun, efficient vocabulary-building experience but suffers from quality and usability problems that affect trust and consistency.

Pros

A wide variety of practice modes (multiple choice, matching, spelling, drag-and-drop) keeps learning engaging.
Colorful visuals and illustrations make the app feel fun and visually engaging.
Effective for building vocabulary and quick recall; useful as a supplement to other learning tools.
Fast, quick, and engaging; quick practice sessions help maintain interest.

Cons

Audio pronunciation is often inaccurate or machine-generated across languages, leading to unnatural speech.
Perceived high price and confusing subscription/billing issues, with concerns about value for money.
Occasional bugs or instability, plus some exercises not functioning as intended (e.g., early reveal of answers or non-working tasks).
Content/visuals can be unclear or less helpful for certain languages (e.g., kanji) or when pictures are hard to decipher.

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Recent rating average: 3.40

All time rating average: 4.40

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-12-11	Bu*****	The audio has errors for multiple languages. In Arabic the word for fish is clearly written as “samak”, but the app pronounced it as “sam”. I found similar issues in Spanish, German, and Mandarin. The audio is from a machine translation source so it doesn’t sound very natural in many spots as well. If trusting the accuracy of what you’re learning is a big point for you, especially given the $30 to $150 price range, maybe check out something else. If you’re an Anki user and you are fine with machine pronunciations, then this provides variety beyond just flipping cards.
The audio has errors for multiple languages. In Arabic the word for fish is clearly written as “samak”, but the app pronounced it as “sam”. I found similar issues in Spanish, German, and Mandarin. The audio is from a machine translation source so it doesn’t sound very natural in many spots as well. If trusting the accuracy of what you’re learning is a big point for you, especially given the $30 to $150 price range, maybe check out something else. If you’re an Anki user and you are fine with machine pronunciations, then this provides variety beyond just flipping cards.
2024-10-11	Mi*****	I didn’t know how to get answers other than to leave a review. So I downloaded the hello Talk app first and accidentally purchased the hello words plus subscription for 1 year; which I know you can’t refund or switch them so I’ve been trying to figure out how to use the subscription that I paid for. But when I downloaded hello words, it prompts me to pay for the subscription I already paid for. So basically I paid for something I’m not even able to use. So if you can fix this issue and tell me how to use what I paid for, I can and will definitely leave a real review about the app, if you can tell me how I can use it.
I didn’t know how to get answers other than to leave a review. So I downloaded the hello Talk app first and accidentally purchased the hello words plus subscription for 1 year; which I know you can’t refund or switch them so I’ve been trying to figure out how to use the subscription that I paid for. But when I downloaded hello words, it prompts me to pay for the subscription I already paid for. So basically I paid for something I’m not even able to use. So if you can fix this issue and tell me how to use what I paid for, I can and will definitely leave a real review about the app, if you can tell me how I can use it.
2024-08-31	Po*****	i use hellotalk's version of hellowords daily and i love it! so i tried getting the actual app. it keep bugging and kicking me off mid lesson even if i still have time left? i can't get through three words without having to reload. also even as i'm getting it right it plays the incorrect sound, so i look stupid. 2 stars though because the hellotalk version is amazing and so so helpful
i use hellotalk's version of hellowords daily and i love it! so i tried getting the actual app. it keep bugging and kicking me off mid lesson even if i still have time left? i can't get through three words without having to reload. also even as i'm getting it right it plays the incorrect sound, so i look stupid. 2 stars though because the hellotalk version is amazing and so so helpful
2023-09-01	Pa*****	非常棒的软件是一个学习语言的好平台更是一个全球性的交友平台锻炼语言能力培养交际能力
非常棒的软件是一个学习语言的好平台更是一个全球性的交友平台锻炼语言能力培养交际能力
2023-01-31	Fa*****	It’s a good App
It’s a good App
2022-10-23	Br*****	Don’t download! When you click free trial it doesn’t load
Don’t download! When you click free trial it doesn’t load
2022-10-13	di*****	But it’s for money
But it’s for money
2022-09-30	tt*****	This app helped me a lot, it made my language learning very funny and easy
This app helped me a lot, it made my language learning very funny and easy
2022-09-11	Ar*****	The repetition may be boring to some but it the best for me to learn.
The repetition may be boring to some but it the best for me to learn.
2022-09-03	Pi*****	Two exercises don’t work (not showing letters to spell the words) and one just requires you to know to click the article before the noun. It seems to be a copy of the Drops app, which functions better than this one. The one plus is that the illustrations here are sometimes better than Drops because they use color.
Two exercises don’t work (not showing letters to spell the words) and one just requires you to know to click the article before the noun. It seems to be a copy of the Drops app, which functions better than this one. The one plus is that the illustrations here are sometimes better than Drops because they use color.