5 stars: 4.5 stars good language app, understandably ad driven, learning is relatively easy and I can see that it teaches more than simple a few words or phrases but rather builds a strong language base around sentence structure and otherwise. learning is game-i-fied which appeals to my competitive nature. generally compelling lessons and lessons designed around mistakes seem like a great way to improve on repeated errors.
4 stars: It has been revised. It's more gamified and is more fun, but I think I'm missing the writing parts. Maybe they're coming up as I advance. I think this is a fun way to learn basic vocab and grammar. Of course, as with everything, you get more out of it if you put more time in. Fun, not magic! NB: Impossible to find pricing for premium plan. This info should be very easy to find. One star off.
2 stars: They restructured the Japanese language course and threw me into a whole new Section that assumes I know a lot of words that I haven't learned yet. I can barely progress following the new lesson structure and I don't even know which lessons I should go back to. An option to revert back to the older structure, at least until I finish the section I was originally on would be nice.
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