Umi - Language Learning

I’ve been using Duolingo and another app for speaking to learn Korean for about 9 months… while they gave me general knowledge, I still couldn’t speak with confidence or understand native speakers that well. I’ve only been using this app for 4 days… 4 DAYS! and I can remember things so easily already. It’s shocking me how well I’m retaining the sentences just by using clips from dramas. I will say it can get a little frustrating when the AI has issues understanding the voice clips- but that isn’t often & not really a huge deal compared to how great everything else is. There isn’t an in depth explanation about when to use certain forms of root words but you get it based off the clip context, which I think makes a huge difference! This app is amazing, thank you so much to the developers!

I really wanted to like this app- it’s an amazing concept for learning languages through listening to native speakers. Most of the reviews mention that the Japanese section is great and that may be true, but the Spanish lessons are certainly lacking. The captions don’t fully line up with the movie clips being played, with some words missing or in different orders, a major flaw when you’re trying to learn a language. The word by word definitions are also lacking. At one point the word “andar” was defined as meaning “around”, and a simple google translate could tell you how incorrect that was. For an app that requires a not-insignificant subscription for any substantial amount of learning, I certainly would expect accuracy at the very least.

Finally an app that pushes you forward. I’ve tried so many apps and the keep the lessons basic with the same words learned over and over. This apps has bigger words and word structures. Also being able to here the translations from native speakers and repeat is great

UI design needs more work, it seems unpolished.

Like the idea, but I thought it would be a little more than flash cards. We’ll see

Its a great app to lean languages!

This is a great app and Will Umi app add Chinese language course?

I love this app! I found it through an ad on Instagram that advertised it for free and I downloaded. And I saw a post by the developer made a year ago on Reddit, so I know it’s fairly new. With that being said there are some issues with the clips that cut the word that you’re trying to learn. And there is no option for it limited access as a free user! I understand that the developer needs to get paid, and looking at the replies on reviews I see that they’re working very hard. I do wish for this app to be very successful, but I’m broke and can’t pay for a subscription. I will wait for the day when this person makes enough money and a free option of the app is available! Good luck and I hope your hard work pays off well. You still deserve a 5 star review.

Umi’s approach to teaching language is great, but the coding / editing for the actual app is terrible. Example sentences in English are often full of grammatical errors and sometime the app gets its own vocabulary wrong. Unfortunately, these things only start popping up after the first few lessons—after they already have your money. Avoid paying for this app for now.

This app seems to be decent, but I couldnt write a full review because you can only do 3 lessons before you have to pay $5/ month. This is a great idea for an app, but very hard to access becasue of the fee. I wouldnt reccomend unless you're ok with paying.