This used to be an OK app but I have to say in the 13 months that I've used it - everyday, I've only learned so much and not as much as I would like.Firstly, it's very American and based on the language Americans would use and the way they phrase - not UK or Europe - e.g. purse in the UK is not a handbag. It's where we keep our coins. There's a lot of stuff like that. (The UK language has a lot of French words in it as it was our main language for 300 years in Medieval times so some of the American words and phrases actually complicate it unnecessarily.)Secondly, there's a lot of repetition and things are rarely explained that are, I think, essential to know. Not a lot of grammar teaching and very little conversational practice. Thirdly, it's geared towards kids and league tables and I would imagine their biggest audience to actually be adults, not kids. The conversations are very childish and extremely unlikely for you to have irl. The graphics were not good in the beginning so it took me a while to realise the questions were about the graphics too... once I'd deciphered them.I was originally on the paid package and the whole set up was geared at being competitive - again, more suited to kids. It never really was very practical for those wishing to travel to France.Now I'm off the paid package it's really awful and puts me off staying on there, full stop. You are penalised heavily for mistakes by losing hearts, there's an advert after every exercise and it just doesn't explain at all if you make an error. Apparently, this is to encourage you to buy it and when my yearly package ended I did consider it but absolutely not now. It's not great at all and with so many other apps out there now it isn't worth spending an annual subscription on.Have I learned much in 13 months? A bit, but not as much as I would have liked. I'm going to Jumpspeak now and will buy a subscription there.
