Preply is not an education platform — it’s a machine built to quietly drain your wallet.During the worst time of my life — grieving my mother's death — they forced me to forfeit prepaid lessons because I couldn’t schedule them fast enough. My tutor was away, I was traveling internationally, and yet Preply showed zero compassion.They know real life happens — grief, illness, travel — but their system is designed to capitalize on your chaos. Once you’ve paid, your money is theirs unless you jump through rigid, heartless hoops on their timeline, not yours.I have lost over $100 to Preply’s engineered expiration traps. Support is robotic and dismissive — because the cruelty is baked into the business model.If you value fairness, humanity, or basic respect, stay as far away from Preply as possible.They will smile at you while they pick your pocket.
