Tahanan: Learn Tagalog

If you use the trial, set a timer or add the ending date to your calendar. You get NO correspondence or reminder. I emailed the day my ended to ask a few questions and never got a response. I was charged the full amount for the subscription and was not able to choose which one I wanted to switch to. VERY disappointed.

I’m in the tutorial and this is already peak

i am now 5 months into this app and will give an updated review. there have been updates with the apps and Luke seems to be constantly trying to improve it. it will take some time and work, but personally I’ve lost a little motivation getting on it because of his flashcards system. i went on vacation and the cards stacked up to 250+ cards. let’s be honest, when you’re busy the last thing anyone wants to do is complete 250+. i offered my feedback to Luke and he stated he would just have a “vacation mode” option but changing the flashcards would mess with the algorithm of your learning pace. well i was just clicking that i knew every word for it to clear and that also doesn’t accurately reflect my progress. he then told me that you can save your progress and exit if need be. my only issue is that the cards will continue to stack. i also realized that it wasn’t me being on vacation that caused it—it’s just how it’s set. the further you move in the lessons, the more words gets added to the cards. so even when i cleared it and was ready to just keep up with it moving forward, i got 250+ cards the next day again. at that point i didnt even want to open the app. other times, i opened it but only did the next lesson and the “coach challenge” and the flashcards weren’t touched. but Luke is set on keeping the card system the way they are. this is a tad disappointing because the purchase wasn’t cheap and i feel like i didn’t utilize the time like i wanted to. i’m not sure i’ll renew after my year. i use duolingo for spanish and I love how short the lessons are and interactive they are. they even use timed bonus xp points that randomly get activated sometimes so what i thought would be 10-15 mins end up with me being on the app for an hour. so it works as far as getting people to want to use the app and actually spending time on it (if time permits). Luke talks a lot about how “other apps” don’t target one language so the focus isn’t there. Regardless of his selling point, there should be something said about the success of Duolingo and grabbing people’s attention. I have had it since 2019 and plan on continuing to have it—-plus Duolingo is significantly cheaper than this app. I think i had more time in January because I wasn’t as busy, but now that I am 5 months in and busier… it’s different for me. However, that doesn’t change the fact that there are no other apps teaching Tagalog, so it could be a hidden gem still if it had major improvements.