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Duolingo: Learn Languages App Store reviews: what users complain about
We ran AppGripe on 500 of the most recent public App Store reviews of Duolingo: Learn Languages (Language learning, by Duolingo) from 5 storefronts, dated 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-18. Average rating in this sample: 3.66★. 156 reviews contained a complaint.
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Complaint categories
| Category | Reviews | Avg severity (0–3) |
|---|---|---|
| Feature requests | 70 | 1.9 |
| Pricing / subscription | 70 | 2.1 |
| Bugs | 49 | 2.1 |
| Ads | 30 | 2.1 |
| UX / design | 17 | 2.2 |
| Performance | 12 | 2.2 |
| Crashes / freezes | 4 | 2.7 |
A review can count in several categories. Severity is the AI's estimate of how bad the problem is for the user.
Top issues, ranked by reviews × severity
- Improve content quality: 66 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.0/3.
“Errors are coming up more and more often. You can’t just add or remove the letter ‘s’ from words wherever you feel like it. Also Male and female getting translated wrong. And if words have multiple meanings you need some sort of indicator as to which translat…” (2★, v7.144.0, CA) - Rethink usage limits: 47 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.0/3.
“Energy replacing hearts just ruined the app. Can’t even complete 2 lessons without running out of energy even if I get every question right… used Duolingo for years for different languages thought it was a great app punishing you for incorrect answers. But typ…” (1★, v7.144.0, GB) - Soften the redesign backlash: 39 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.3/3.
“Hi I love this App and it is making me get an A + on my Spanish class but there is one thing from last year October to this year January I did 83 days and in the middle of it I didn’t do one day because I was in the ER and then that one they changed everything…” (5★, v7.143.1, AU) - Justify or adjust the price: 41 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
“Duo has always been a dorky app, clunky, and a bit of a money grab. I’ve recently noticed its full change to Ai slop more evidently than ever. It’s sad and a bit pathetic that our way or teaching new languages to people relies so heavily on slop. I’ll be finis…” (1★, v7.144.0, AU) - Ease paywall pressure: 37 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.2/3.
“I’ve been on this for 2000 days straight. Finished the Russian course, which is a half-sized one. I’ve watched it get harder and harder to play free on this, and even paid they’re making it harder to get useful things with all the useless suit stuff taking up…” (2★, v7.144.0, CA)
How to read this
Apple's public feed only shows recent reviews, so this is a snapshot of the last weeks or months, not the app's full history. Popular apps attract complaints in proportion to their size; the useful part is which issues repeat. Generated 19 October 2026. We have no relationship with Duolingo.
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