Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC reviews
What users love and hate · 500 reviews analyzed · ★ 4.2
A free app from the makers of Duolingo for children roughly ages 3–8, teaching English reading and writing through short game-like lessons.
What users love
Kids start reading within days or weeks — parents see results fast
Children are sounding out and blending words after just a few play sessions
my small sister can not understand English and there were no option to change language so I can not like this app because this is useless for my sister
I Love reading story and it's fun!!!😃
My son is 2 and using this, and already its helping him with his speech issues. I don't know if you guys knew it would help with speech, but thank you Duo and friends for making this app. I can't wait for when he's fully able to read and I can teach him on DuoLingo with me.
The first lesson spells out the child's name letter by letter and asks them to rebuild it
Kids learn to write their own name right away — a hook that delivers an immediate win
ok not good not domlate thes app
lollll
this app helps me in school or education
The short stories get re-read on repeat because kids love the characters
Warm, funny tales that children ask to hear again and again
I Love reading story and it's fun!!!😃
c'est très belle
akshit
Kids beg to open the app — learning feels like play
Children choose it over videos and stay engaged on their own
my small sister can not understand English and there were no option to change language so I can not like this app because this is useless for my sister
love it
ok not good not domlate thes app
Measurable progress for children with developmental or speech differences
Parents report clear gains in children with autism and speech delays
My son is 2 and using this, and already its helping him with his speech issues. I don't know if you guys knew it would help with speech, but thank you Duo and friends for making this app. I can't wait for when he's fully able to read and I can teach him on DuoLingo with me.
Love this app - engaging, fun, educational, free and no ads!! Works great on my laptop too.
Very good learning for the kids
Encouragement only — no penalties or lost lives like adult Duolingo
Positive reinforcement and free exploration are a hit with parents
my five year old sister learned english
It's really good but I think more goodness disabled it
This app is amazing! It is truly free and keeps my granddaughters attention while she learns. She just turned 5 and after 2 days of playing on this, instead of YouTube, she's sounding out words.
Humor and characters land with kids, though not all adults are fans
The jokes and characters delight children — kids act out scenes with them
I like it for learning
my five year old sister learned english
this is a best game l ever seen for kids
What users hate
English only, no interface language options
No way to change the language: non-native-speaking children can't follow the audio and get lost
I wish to keep this app
what if the child isn't an english speaker? too much talking in a language they want to learn and not know anything aboit! the kid gets easily confused and bored.
good app 😊☺️
Parents want the same program for other learning languages
Requests pile up for Spanish, Hindi, Indonesian, and German versions
can you add other language like Spanish? please
I hoped it would offer many languages like Duolingo.
good
Handwriting recognition rejects sloppy strokes and auto-completes too soon
The drawing board doesn't read what kids write; after two attempts it traces the letter itself — children don't get a chance to learn
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easy to use kids loves it she really loves the jokes
lollll
Same curriculum for all ages: older kids find it too easy and get bored
No age or level settings — a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old see identical content
It's not the worst but there was no age personalisation, gave my 9 and 4 year old same content. Very repetitive to the point they both got bored.
Love this app - engaging, fun, educational, free and no ads!! Works great on my laptop too.
i love
Rigid lesson order with no freedom to explore
You can only follow the app's fixed sequence; there's no way to learn by personal interest
good for kids 1 to 3 years
It's5
Questionable mechanics: magnetic letters encourage guessing; letter names vs. sounds cause confusion
Letters snap into place and reward guessing rather than reading; mixing letter names and phonemes makes handwriting harder to learn
Big picture its good, in the details its got significant design flaws. I'm certain that a teacher looked at the macros of this app and its philosophy and Gabe a thumbs up. But the mechanics undermine quality learning. Some of the spelling practice allows kids to spell words out of order, and letters magnetize to the right spot. it rewards blind guessing and jot learning.
easy to use kids loves it she really loves the jokes
Very good learning for the kids
Reminder emails use guilt-trip language
Daily emails feel manipulative: 'I promise I'm not crying,' 'when you skip a lesson I go crazy'
5 out of 5 i love it
this app made me engnier
Repeat-after-me sentences in stories are too hard for non-native speakers
Phrases are complex for non-native learners; no on-demand replay button for individual sentences
This app is educational for my sister. My sister and I are children, so this is very educational for her. May God bless you and your team for making this app and Duolingo. May God bless you 🙏❤
I like other other duolingo because I can learn Korean, but unlike this one, I can only learn English i hate it
Parents want expanded content: counting, full alphabet, phonics, British English
Requests for a counting course, full letter drills, phonics-over-letter-names, British pronunciation, and a tablet-optimized layout
this app helps me in school or education
easy to use kids loves it she really loves the jokes
I like this app there are so many stories to read 😍
Story bugs: narration doesn't match the on-screen question text
In some stories the voice says something different from what's written; odd plot moments and broken buttons reported
this app is the best I listen stories in itself
bad duo just Notification par 10000n/s
very bad at the middle stage