I’ve been using Duolingo for over 2 years straight and make sure to practice every day. The other day, they decided to change it for the worse yet again and now if I make 5 mistakes, I have to get more Hearts (5 max), meaning I can only make 5 mistakes in an exercise before I have to “buy” more hearts. Learning language is about making mistakes, and the new update makes this app unusable. I realize this is another greed-based decision to force it’s users to pay for the service, but this has made me realize there are better alternatives. I’m giving 1 star because it was a good app to learn a language in the past, but in reality, now it’s zero stars. Don’t waste your time, not that you will be allowed much since 5 mistakes and you’re locked out (and of course your progress is lost as well). An absolute joke.
