Pimsleur: Language Learning Cheats

Pimsleur: Language Learning Hack 5.0.1 + Redeem Codes

Learn Spanish, French, German

Developer: Simon & Schuster
Category: Education
Price: Free
Version: 5.0.1
ID: com.simonandschuster.pimsleur.unified.ios

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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.

Your Privacy Choices: https://privacy.paramount.com/app-donotsell
California Notice: https://privacy.paramount.com/en/policy#additional-information-us-states

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

Version history

5.0.1
2023-10-11
NEW! Explore our latest feature “Minis” available for our Spanish, French, and Japanese courses. Additionally, discover fresh content for all our other premium languages. Minis provides brief, topic-centric audio insights and deep dives into grammar, conversations, and culture, crafted to complement and enrich our primary language programs.



We're actively monitoring your feedback to enhance the Pimsleur experience. With our recent update, we've:



• Introduced an "Enrich" section showcasing new content and features.
• Refined the Voice Coach feature.
• Improved the audio playing experience.
• Addressed various bug fixes and performance enhancements.


Your feedback matters! Feel free to connect with us at [email protected]. Stay updated by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
5.0
2023-09-22
NEW! Explore our latest feature “Minis” available for our Spanish, French, and Japanese courses. Additionally, discover fresh content for all our other premium languages. Minis provides brief, topic-centric audio insights and deep dives into grammar, conversations, and culture, crafted to complement and enrich our primary language programs.



We're actively monitoring your feedback to enhance the Pimsleur experience. With our recent update, we've:



• Introduced an "Enrich" section showcasing new content and features.
• Refined the Voice Coach feature.
• Improved the audio playing experience.
• Addressed various bug fixes and performance enhancements.


Your feedback matters! Feel free to connect with us at [email protected]. Stay updated by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.10
2023-08-24
NEW! Pimsleur is now available in Spanish for ESL learners. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!



We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In the latest update, we've:



• Enhanced the premium features by allowing users to see only native text display (a long-standing request from many of you!)
• Optimized the scoring system of the Speed Round game for all users.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.9
2023-07-21
NEW! Pimsleur is now available in Spanish for ESL learners. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In the latest update, we've:


• Introduced a new personalization option for the Speed Round game, allowing you to exclusively display native text phrases tailored to your learning preferences.
• Enhanced the scoring system for the Voice Coach feature, providing more accurate assessments and valuable feedback.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.8.1
2023-07-05
NEW! Pimsleur now offers a localized app interface language for ESL Spanish learners. We hope you enjoy using the Pimsleur app and give the All Access: 50+ languages a try for one low monthly price!


We appreciate your feedback and are dedicated to enhancing the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we’ve:

• Enhanced the reading lesson experience for our East Asian languages.
• Improved the downloading experience.
• Addressed various bugs and made performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.8
2023-06-15
NEW! Pimsleur now offers a localized app interface language for ESL Spanish learners. We hope you enjoy using the Pimsleur app and give the All Access: 50+ languages a try for one low monthly price!


We appreciate your feedback and are dedicated to enhancing the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we’ve:

• Enhanced the reading lesson experience for our East Asian languages.
• Improved the downloading experience.
• Addressed various bugs and made performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.7.1
2023-05-24
NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we've:


• Improved the downloading experience.
• Added Spanish interface language for Spanish-speaking users.
• Optimized font displaying for Urdu courses.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @Pimsleur.
4.7
2023-05-11
NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we've:


• Improved the downloading experience.
• Added Spanish interface language for Spanish-speaking users.
• Optimized font displaying for Urdu courses.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @Pimsleur.
4.6
2023-04-17
NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!



We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we've:



• Improved the audio playing experiences.
• Added some new content for the Voice Coach feature.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.5
2023-03-10
NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update, we've:


• Improved the Speed Round game experience by providing users with more personalized feedback.
• Added new content for the Voice Coach feature.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.4
2023-02-03
NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®. We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Fixed some UI issues.
• Added new content for the Voice Coach feature.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.3
2022-12-30
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• NEW! Pimsleur is now available to use on Apple CarPlay®.
• Improved the downloading experience.
• Added new content for the Voice Coach.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.2
2022-12-09
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!

We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Optimized the functionality for the Voice Coach.
• Added new content for the Voice Coach.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.1.1
2022-11-23
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!

We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Added an exclusive Black Friday Special offer.
• Fixed iOS recording issue for users on iOS 16+.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.1
2022-10-28
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:

• Added speed control to the practices.
• Optimized the functionality for the Voice Coach.
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.0.2
2022-09-30
Introducing our new AI-powered speech recognition feature - Voice Coach. Perfect your pronunciation and earn a Pimsleur certification. Available in 20 popular languages, with more to come!


We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Optimized the downloading experience.
• Enabled reminder setting for iPad users.
• Fixed a display bug in the Speed Round game.
• Included other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.0.1
2022-09-19
Introducing our new AI-powered speech recognition feature - Voice Coach. Perfect your pronunciation and earn a Pimsleur certification. Available in 20 popular languages, with more to come!


We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Optimized the downloading experience.
• Enabled reminder setting for iPad users.
• Fixed a display bug in the Speed Round game.
• Included other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
4.0
2022-09-14
Introducing our new AI-powered speech recognition feature - Voice Coach. Perfect your pronunciation and earn a Pimsleur certification. Available in 20 popular languages, with more to come!


We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:


• Optimized the downloading experience.
• Enabled reminder setting for iPad users.
• Fixed a display bug in the Speed Round game.
• Included other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
3.9
2022-08-03
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. In this update we've:

• Resolved some bugs in the premium readings
• Optimized vocabulary list functionality
• Fixed app crashing on some iOS devices
• Made other bug fixes and performance optimizations


We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
3.8
2022-06-25
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We heard you and made improvements based on your feedback. In this update:

• Resolved some audio playing issues for certain devices
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations

We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
3.7
2022-05-24
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the All-Access Subscription: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We heard you and made improvements based on your feedback. In this update:

• Improved lesson progress sync experience across platforms
• Fixed a bug that caused lesson to restart
• Optimized the app experience for the continuous play
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations

We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
3.6
2022-04-08
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We heard you and made improvements based on your feedback. In this update:

• Fixed a bug that causing users to lose learning progress
• Improvement has been made in some reading lessons
• Investigated and fixed reported crashing issues
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Pimsleur.
3.5
2022-03-03
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!

We’re always listening and making improvements based on your feedback. In this update:


• New expanded Me tab profile page to personalize your learning:
• Choose your avatar
• Track your learning progress and streaks
• Set reminders to keep your learning on track
• Share your progress to social media
• New continuous play option.
• Repaired download-related issues.
• New premium content in Turkish, Dutch, and Eastern Arabic.
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations.


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected].
3.4.2
2022-02-14
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We heard you and made improvements based on your feedback. In this update:

• Investigated and fixed reported crashing issues
• Repaired cropped text display on some iPad devices
• Improved commands for Alexa devices
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected].
3.4.1
2022-02-10
We hope you enjoy the Pimsleur app and try the NEW All Access: 50+ languages for one low monthly price!


We heard you and made improvements based on your feedback. In this update:

• Investigated and fixed reported crashing issues
• Repaired cropped text display on some iPad devices
• Improved commands for Alexa devices
• Other bug fixes and performance optimizations


We’re reading your feedback and working hard to improve the Pimsleur experience. We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected].

Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases

Item Price iPhone/iPad Android
All Access Subscription
(Access to all 51 languages & premium features)
$20.99
Free
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All Access Subscription
(Access all 51 languages, lessons and features)
$20.99
Free
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Spanish Premium Subscription
(Unlimited access to the complete course)
$19.99
Free
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Japanese Premium Subscription
(Access to ALL Premium Japanese lessons!)
$19.99
Free
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Spanish Premium Subscription
(Unlimited access to the complete course)
$19.99
Free
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Spanish Premium Subscription
(150 30-min. Premium Spanish lessons subscript)
$19.99
Free
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Italian Premium Subscription
(150 30-min. Premium Italian lessons)
$19.99
Free
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French Premium Subscription
(Complete access to all premium lessons)
$19.99
Free
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German Premium Subscription
(150 30-min. Premium German lessons)
$19.99
Free
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French Premium Subscription
(Unlimited access to the complete course.)
$19.99
Free
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Ratings

4.7 out of 5
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Reviews

honey.bee.93,
Best way to learn
I took Spanish through high school and 2 semesters in college. I still cannot speak conversationally, and the less I use it the more I forget it. As a nurse I encounter patients that only speak Spanish, and then I witness doctors insisting they do not need a translator and they could “use their 5 senses” but they cannot understand what the patient is actually telling them. Or they will not see a patient until the end of their visit in the emergency department because of the inconvenience of needing to get the translator iPad… that i have literally brought into the room. They literally just put tests in based on their complaint that is in the computer. I was appalled and I can only do so much but I know that my short time in one small southern town will not change the culture.

I have wanted to learn Spanish for a long time but I never took the time. What stumped me in school was all of the conjugation. And breaking down sentences. And when I read that this is what Pimsleur says is the problem with traditional learning, that made complete sense! I typically listen to audibles and podcasts so now I just listen to Pimsleur instead and it is very natural. Driving to work, on an airplane, walking around the store, doing the dishes, cleaning the house, cooking. I can listen anywhere and I’m actually remembering new words and have started using it at work already. LOVE THIS APP. If you’re hesitant…. I’m telling you just do it.
meanmymitsi4lyfe,
I’ve learned so much so incredibly fast!
I’ve always wanted to learn a second language, but for some reason, I always thought that I didn’t have the intelligence to do it. well, I certainly learned that intelligence can be very subjective, because I have learned so much in such a small window of time and the more you keep going, The more fun you start having with it. i’ve decided that I want to learn how to speak Finnish, the national language of Finland. Something else that really took me by surprise was the fact that as you start learning words, you start making those neuronal pathways between where the original word in your mother tongue language is stored in the word that you learn through your second language, and once that connection is made it stays there, and in the beginning, you’ll start to hear the words, and then the English version of the word Will pop into your head as the definition. And then, as time goes on even more, and you’re learning more and more advanced words, you literally start to think in the new language. all I can say, is I recommend this program to anybody who wants to be able to start speaking a new language right away within the first lesson because it is true. You do learn how to speak some bear essential words in the first lesson.
Electrical Enginerd,
Content: Great. App: frustrating
First off, credit where it’s due: over the past 5 months I worked through Italian 1-5. I’ve been in Italy now for three weeks and am having a much easier time integrating at work thanks to what I’ve learned with Pimsleur.
I have been almost constantly frustrated with the app’s seeming dislike of working offline, and its tendency to delete lessons I’ve already downloaded. Thus if I live in an area with poor cell reception but have WiFi at home, I might go out for a walk hoping to do a Pimsleur lesson already downloaded to my phone, and two minutes into my walk find that the lesson is suddenly no longer there. When this happens, the app tends to display a message to the effect of ‘Functionality updated. Re-download lesson’. I’ve found this extremely inconvenient.
Finally, the lesson download functionality itself is inconvenient: say you want to download Level 1, all 30 lessons. You have to individually select each lesson. Ok, no big deal. But then you want to do something else while the messages are downloading: nope. If you switch screens within the app, if you try to open a different app, or if your screensaver kicks on, downloading stops, so you have to restart your download.
Obviously, despite the frustration, using the app is still easier than buying the CD’s and carrying around a CD player. But come on, Pimsleur. Your developers can do better.
ModelMirela22,
Hi
hi please update app for year one million updates languages and more video apps for music videos and romantic songs hi please update apple translator app with the best of everything translation with all 7,149 languages please update the apple store every 2 weeks and every month and every year Best App Ever Happiest customer ever in the whole world it even has Dazaga language ❤️💋🐻 Hi there needs to be bosnian cyrillic albanian cyrillic spanish cyrillic azeri cyrillic armenian cyrillic languages and abkhazian language please add that language too and please add translator guru videos for studying languages and their dialects and please add dialects for all languages and please add the option to know what languages are popular in what part of village city or town from each country and what dialect is spoken there and please add the almost extinct croatian language spoken by 200,000 people in croatia and Slavonian language spoken by the Slavonian people in Slavonia part of Slavonia and Herzegovian language too Bosnia has Herzegovian people too not just Bosnian people Hi please update google translate app today please make it better to include sidewalk play couch play Fuschesia RVPG disc and PVDP 20k video graphics discs for computer that would really improve lots of lives in a good romantic way also u just won the lottery with this new video discs and update best app ever
Mr Pablito_99,
Great app... but some difficulties.
This app is amazing in the way it teaches you a new language! I have already completed French 1-5 and speak it fluently conversationally and I am now working on Russian. Just like in French, there were some misplaced texts/audio and mistranslations every here and there but they hardly appeared (literally only like 2, MAYBE 3 mistakes per level). However, once I reached Russian 4, the mistakes become more and more common. Some include flash cards with half the phrase missing and appearing in the next card, speakeasy conversations being mistranslated and the biggest eye sore, the speak easy text itself! For whatever reason, a lot of the text bubbles have words with no spacing, sometimes there are whole sentences with no spacing! With Russian using a whole other writing system and the words being normally longer in text AND not to mention it’s a language I don’t know and am learning, trying to read the text becomes horrendously difficult to the point that I have to resort to reading it in Latin letters which defeats the purpose of learning. Itsessentiallyliketryingtoreadthisasanenglishlearner. I still gave this app 5 stars because it’s effectiveness is nearly unparalleled and despite the setbacks, I am still learning Russian very quickly but please Pimsleur, address these problems!
PurelyObjective,
BY FAR THE BEST.
I am not the kind of guy who just loves a good, juicy, book on grammar. (I’d rather go to the dentist.) I’m extremely active, travel a lot, and I communicate for a living. I go to Central America a lot and NO ONE you’re going to encounter in daily life is an expert in Spanish grammar in Central America, as is the case with English in the USA. I have had the luxury of having access to R. Stone and the Bbl app. Nope. Pimsleur? YEP. It’s different. It’s way better. It’s not a pain. I don’t get annoyed. I learn EXTREMELY QUICKLY. And it’s almost weird; I live in an area of Los Angeles where there are tons of Spanish speakers and I find myself walking around listening in on other’s conversations without even meaning to. It’s pretty fascinating. (Apparently… I am considered attractive to some in the Latin American culture… who knew... :-) I no longer need the basic stuff but you know, who wants to only know how to order a beer and where the bathrooms are in conversation? It’s nice to talk about the things that people really care about, so I’m refreshing now and will go as advanced as the course goes. I’ve had the Pimsleur audio course for years, and I have now abandoned everything else except for the Pimsleur app. It. Is. Different. Better. Do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!
Harry1596,
Best language app/site I’ve used
I’ve used multiple sites and apps to learn Japanese and while they are good for learning random words short term, they didn’t help me learn conversational speech and grammar. This app started off exactly how you would in school, it gives you the basics- hello, thank you, where is ____, it is here, it is over there, good night, etc. The progress as you go on also makes complete sense. You could take the first few lessons and be ready to at least get around Japan with basic words. After a couple weeks you can almost speak conversationally. And the way it is set up, 30min lessons and they recommend you do one lesson a day, I generally do 1 every other day due to how busy I am. It helps keep me on track and it gives me a start and end point for each day unlike most apps I’ve used. I also highly recommend getting the $20/month version instead of the $15/month simply because the flash cards, reading, speed rounds, and speak easy options that come with the $20 version are something you can do in public without looking crazy or interrupting quiet spaces, and it’s also a HUGE help in learning the new language. Sorry this review has been all over the place. I hope it’s been helpful regardless. Good luck!
alix2468,
Best for being conversational and getting around
I did French for 7 years from middle school and into college. I always did well with reading and writing but listening comprehension and speaking were always really hard and I was never confident in either. It’s likely why I decided to give up on a French major. Anyway, a couple of years ago, I was finally going to go to France and decided to pick up French again so I was ready for my trip. I did the entire French curriculum with Pimsleur (5 months) and, despite the pandemic delaying my trip, I can say my fluency and accent were better than they ever were when I did all those years of French in school. I was complimented by several native speakers while I was there on my accent! About 2 months before my actual trip (a full year later) I did pick up Duolingo to do a refresh and actually stayed with it, doing one lesson every day for 650 days to complete that curriculum and I can say, Pimsleur was significantly better suited for speaking and understanding than even all that time with Duolingo. I’m going back to Paris in two months so decided to pick up Pimsleur again to hone my ear 😊 it’s definitely worth the money.
houxyholly,
More practical than other options
I tried out this app with the cyber monday half-off one month deal and I really wish the full price was more practical for me (a student) because I have loved working with Pimsleur. Other apps on the market make you have to stay looking at your phone the whole time and this makes committing half an hour a day aside from all other tasks. I do pimsleur while cleaning, painting, cooking, or driving and it makes it so much more efficient and also more intuitive to come up with sentences while talking aloud. I used D*olingo daily for a full year and I feel as though I have made way more progress with practical applications and use of my target language with Pimsleur. My only complaint about the app is 1. Sometimes the speaker does not pause long enough to allow me to think through and say the more complex sentences and pauses way too long for one-word responses, it seems like that would be an easy fix. Also I think that the situations could be a little more interesting/fun/creative to be more practical - though maybe when I get to the higher levels this will be the case. Great app, please make a student pricing!!!
thizzordie07,
Great supplemental practice, but not a stand-alone
This app is really good at what it does. Like all language apps on the market, they use the theory of not explaining the grammar or tense that is happening. It's situational audio learning. You hear the audio and learn the tense and grammar in the context of a real sentence. This is a good way to learn a language naturally, but for me, it wouldn't be enough without traditional learning. Pairing this app with a traditional language education will accelerate you. You can learn grammar in school or online and learn the "rules" explained in English, but then practice the target language in a natural, conversational way. I'm using it to learn French. French has so many rules. Like many languages, you need to know the genders of words, the order of adjectives, nouns, pronouns, possessive words, tense rules, etc. Without knowing some of the rules, it's hard for some people to pick up on the nuance when you just hear audio. But paired with some "rule learning" I have to give this app 5 stars. They are thoughtful about how they teach the language, and you can tell a lot of thought went into the curriculum. I would recommend this to anyone who is learning a language and wants to speed up the process.