Quality degradation at Pimsleur: Language Learning  
Users report higher volume of Quality Issues than usual
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fair

Pimsleur: Language Learning | unitQ Score

The unitQ score is the fraction of public feedback data (iOS & Android) that mentions quality issues.
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
-9 Points Past 7 Days
Category: Education
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Android unitQ Score
Android User Feedback
36%
Android
63 Reports
iOS unitQ Score
iOS User Feedback
64%
iOS
110 Reports
User Feedback
64%
iOS
110 Reports
36%
Android
63 Reports
Pimsleur: Language Learning - Latest Quality Issues
Android
May 4, 2024
WARNING: DO NOT PAY FOR THEIR SUBSCRIPTION. I spent $20 to subscribe to this app, and I did not receive the product. I contacted customer support and showed them all the screenshots of my Google Play and my bank app, proving I paid, and they do not reply. I have now submitted a refund through Google Play. You may lose your money and have zero customer support. Choose another language app.
Android
May 5, 2024
It resets too often, loses the login and all downloaded data. No need to download lessons for offline use. Really unbearable
Android
May 6, 2024
After 6 months today I unsubscribed. For £20 a month I expect a product with a roadmap, constantly striving to improve and iterate. There have been no tangible updates to the product since I joined. They are charging for the Pimsleur name, rather than the product. The product feels like an audiobook from the 90s with some half thought through features. Plus the voice recognition doesn't work 50% of the time. It could and should be better, but the team has no interest in developing the product.
Android
May 8, 2024
Double billed me for a few months.
iOS
May 9, 2024
Great app for learning if you never need to cancel
According to Pimsleur, I have no login or subscription but they keep charging me every month. Interesting that they can find my payment information and continually bill me monthly, but can't find my subscription info when I need to cancel. I'm over so many companies doing this. Trash. Don't sign up if you ever want to cancel, you'll be billed anyways ( I'm being billed through PayPal, not through the Apple or it would be easy to cancel).
iOS
May 9, 2024
Bad Design
There is no way reset lessons automatically. If you ever have to re-start a course you'll need to adjust the start time of every lesson using the awkward wheel mechanism. Very poor design.
Android
May 9, 2024
Good course bad app. Can't believe how buggy and not polished such a popular app made by a long standing name in language learning is. It's all just small things like inconsistent tracking, playback functions, background play control issues, the list goes on. It's what you would expect from either a free or a unfinished app not a monthly subscription based app made by a established company.
Android
May 10, 2024
So slow.... hate how long it takes to load up and freeze
Android
May 10, 2024
Abysmal Customer Service. Recommend app if you can avoid CS for the ENTIRETY of your journey. Edit: No, dealing with the team behind your email and phone service is EXACTLY why I left a 1* review and cancelled my subscription. I gave you a chance to make things right. You failed.
Pimsleur: Language Learning - Product Description
Is your goal to ACTUALLY SPEAK a new language? Millions of people have learned to SPEAK a new language with Pimsleur - the scientifically proven language learning app.
 
Pimsleur is uniquely focused on conversational language skills, unlike many other language apps. Our focus is on the language learner’s conversational goals, so we won’t have you matching words and images on a screen, we actually teach you how to speak from day 1. You will be able to hold your first conversation within 30 minutes!

THE PIMSLEUR METHOD: 
For 50 years, we’ve been helping people rapidly learn languages in 30 days. Do you want to learn Spanish for your trip to Mexico? Do you want to learn Japanese for a trip to Tokyo? Pimsleur is the language learning app for you. And best of all, you can learn Japanese, Spanish, French, and more … while driving, at the gym, or while cooking dinner. No Internet needed with offline mode. Plus the built-in hands-free mode makes it easy to learn a new language anywhere, anytime, even in the car!

Pimsleur language courses are available for 51 languages, so you can learn Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese Mandarin, Korean, Norwegian, Hebrew, Tagalog, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian and English.

Pimsleur also integrates beautifully with the Amazon Alexa for working through lessons at home.

TRY IT FREE:
Download the app and try a free lesson today in one of 51 languages. Discover why we’ve been in business for 50 years!

PIMSLEUR PREMIUM APP FEATURES:

CORE CONVERSATIONAL LESSONS
Enjoy the enhanced continuity of 30-minute Pimsleur conversational lessons you can take anywhere, or do at home with Alexa.

READING LESSONS
Learn to read your new language – easily, but not at the expense of your goal of speaking the language!

SPEAK EASY CHALLENGE
Role-play while reviewing written transcripts of the conversations.

DIGITAL FLASH CARDS
Practice vocabulary and dive deeper into the written language.

SKILLS CATEGORIES
Review and practice sentences and phrases by topic.

SKILL-BUILDING TOOLS
Relax, have fun, and test your new skills with the Quick Match and Speed Round.

SYNC PROGRESS
Learning stays on track as your progress is automatically synched across all your mobile devices including Amazon Echo.

UNINTERRUPTED LEARNING
Stream or download and listen offline. There are no ads. You listen and learn without interruptions.

*Not all features are available for all languages. For more information or a complete list of languages, please visit our website.

CHOOSE FROM 51 LANGUAGES
Learn Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Korean, Mandarin, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, English, Indonesian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Farsi, Greek, Tagalog, Norwegian, Thai, Finnish, Czech, and many more.

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SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS:
Pimsleur Terms of Use: https://www.pimsleur.com/c/terms-of-use#_Toc1489408
Pimsleur Privacy Policy: https://www.pimsleur.com/c/privacy-policy
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