I’m using an iPhone 11 Pro. I think if I were using a Max phone, or iPad, I might feel differently. But as far as the phone app goes, it’s lacking. I end up using Duolingo more often, which is a waste of the money I spent on Rosetta Stone, but only because my phone is often more convenient when I’m able to practice. Some of the less than stellar details:- the pictures are difficult to see. I could not figure out how to zoom in on the photos to know what is being washed, the gender of a person, etc. - when using headphones, the audio is SUPER loud and I’m unable to use the side buttons to turn it down. It’s one constant volume. I like to listen to instrumental music while I study and I like using headphones so I don’t disturb my partner’s focus, but I can’t do that with this app. I don’t have this problem on the web version. - this one is less of a problem with the app itself and more of a comparison: it’s not as gamified as Duolingo, which makes it less addicting. I so desperately want to get to Duo’s diamond league and compete with my friends and earn gems and XP to unlock fun things and earn achievements! Rosetta has done so, so, so much to keep current with the times, especially ditching CDs for digital downloads (RIP CD days of yore), but this gamification has always been lacking. I keep at it only because I know I won’t become fluent with Duo alone. I do feel like I make more progress with Rosetta... when I find the motivation to put Duo aside to use the web version.

I echo what others have said. The app is so buggy. Not all of the activities can be completed on a touchscreen and yet you have to do those activities with every lesson. The worst are the “follow the example” ones (where no example is provided) and the ones that require you to tap words that are located too close together so when you tap one, it highlights the wrong word every time.I downloaded the app because I was running into bugs with the web version as well. Thankfully the microphone on my phone is better than the microphone on my laptop, but it’s really frustrating to have to go back and forth to finish each lesson. I also believe I was placed in too high a level because there is no way to look up words you don’t know, nor do they explain why you’re answers are wrong. I have to rely on online dictionaries to even understand what is being asked of me. Between the language barrier and the buggy format of the lessons, I would not recommend this app to anyone. Rosetta Stone has been in the game for so long. It’s crazy they allow this app to be so crappy.

- I can only get audio to work when I’m using external headphones. - Some lessons/activities are difficult or impossible to mark complete. For example, an activity that is just watching a video will not be marked as complete if you watch the video full screen. - Icons like the next arrow are surprisingly difficult to tap (the hit box is in a weird place)- Activities that ask me to repeat what I hear don’t work correctly. Instead of playing the audio first, the microphone immediately activates. I can cancel it, play the audio manually and then hit record, but it’s very time consuming. - The app can feel very unresponsive, like long delays between hitting a button and seeing or hearing the effect. This list isn’t exhaustive but I got tired of writing out specific issues.The actual language content I’m learning is great, but clearly this app is used for many different languages so it doesn’t make sense to rate it based on the learning content. For a company as big as Rosetta Stone I’m surprised by how bad this app is and how painful it is to use it. I really hope you dedicate some time to making some user experience improvements. I’m using an iPhone X.

I’m using this app on my iPad and it’s been pretty bad. Way too many bugs, the was the microphone works is an absolute mess (and no, it’s not my device nor headphones). If I accidentally click on a lesson, it will count as if I have completed it without actually having done so. Then, it will tell me I have un completed lessons but not tell me which lessons specifically.. I’m using this app for a school class and it counts as a grade. This app is making it very difficult for me to keep a good one.