5 stars: Excellent tool for learning US English pronunciation. Quick tip: Depending on the sensitivity of your microphone some sounds may not get picked up as much as others (like some consonants). To compensate, make sure you stress out loudly all the letters of a word, as clearly as possible. If you do this, the accuracy will be almost perfect. Also, it is best if you speak slowly first and then go for speed. (I have the yearly subscription btw)
4 stars: The app seems to work fine and does what it promises. However, the monetization feels really bad and it's not cheap. Elsa is constantly throwing you to other lessons (that you don't need) and locking content that was previously available. With a free account, I don't see anyone moving away from the very basic anytime soon. Not to mention the reminder for the paid version all the time, everywhere. What a shame.
4 stars: This app is overall good but what annoys me is when I leave the app there is this blue thing(it says
3 stars: Maybe it's good for beginners. If you have some English background and want to improve it, don't bother. After 10 minutes, I was on advanced level, then never got anything 100% again. Always some inaccuracies. I asked my native speaking friends to try. She wasn't any better than me. I understand native speaker can not get 100% easily. But come on, 10+ times try, not even once? The app does it purposely.
3 stars: Not really helpful when practicing talking with American English because ...