is lingopie worth it? 🎥 unsponsored review

is the lingopie app subscription worth it for language learning via immersion? is it really netflix for language learning? thorough, not sponsored, unaffiliated review of the lingo pie language learning subscription service.

C H A P T E R S
00:00 intro
01:02 app navigation
03:04 subtitle use and quality
04:28 flashcard features
06:42 quantity of content
08:33 quality of content
10:21 conclusions - pros
12:33 conclusions - cons

L I N K S (as of 10/20/23)

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[joreneelanguages]

Hello! Just an update from this review - despite canceling (and receiving an email confirming my cancellation), I was charged once the trial period was over. I contacted lingopie and they did refund my account within two days, without any acknowledgement that I had already canceled and shouldn’t have been charged 🙂 I know this is a complaint that exists elsewhere online, so I had used a credit card where I could dispute the charges if necessary (which it wasn’t!), but I just wanted to provide this info as part of my review because I know that is not an option for everyone. Thanks!

[dedur]

This is such a thorough and sincere review (something very rare), it really does a service, thank you so much!

[alekstraordinary]

I think your video cleared everything for me in regards on whether or not I want to try it for myself, so a big thank you for covering all the bases!! (Sidenote: I'm deeply saddened that you mentioned a kitty yet didn't show the kitty :(( )

[tej]

So grateful you made this video, this gave me everything I needed to know to basically decide LingoPie is probably not for me either haha I am also extremely picky with the content I watch because my attention span is absolutely terrible. Even with the plethora of content available on Netflix in Spanish and French I still find myself scrolling for ages trying to find something that fits my exact interest and moods, so I feel like the shows on LingoPie wouldn't serve me too well. Plus no matter how hard I try, I have NEVER been able to get into flashcards haha thanks for sharing your opinions! I really liked the format of this video, it was super helpful.

[fayolasaunders]

Thanks for taking the time to do this review. It was great to see one which was not sponsored and your pros and cons were very balanced. I want to learn Spanish so based on your review it sounds like I need to stop being lazy and gather the content myself. I might try the 7 day trial though.

[lilgamestudio]

Great video! A big thank you for covering all the bases because I believe your video has answered all of my questions regarding whether or not I want to try it for myself.

[theoraven]

Thank you so much for taking the plunge to review this! I was always confused by all of the ads because it seemed too good to be true. I got the impression that they were making hundreds of hours of original content in various languages, which didn't seem possible. Clearly my understanding was off. I don't currently do as much immersion as I would like and thought this might give me an excuse, but I think I just need to sit down and watch all of the shows on my Netflix queue. Excellent video review!

[JaykPuten]

Of course the ad before this(that YouTube put up) was lingopi
Awesome review!

[prp]

Terrific review. Honest, thoughtful, balanced and fair. Thank You so much!

[ready]

Great and honest review. Thanks.
I'm still kind of undecided since there is a 70% off on lifetime subscription and even if currently the languages I'm interested in (korean and italian) have pretty scarce content on it maybe they will expand them in the future? Who knows. But then again netflix and other streaming giants have already so much content. Tough decision...

[kaisersoeze]

Good job with the review, precisely what i was looking for. Thanks

[stephenbarrett]

Thanks for the review, it answered all my questions!

[aldenasuemia]

Very informative and well made, thorough review, thank you so much!!!

[galeriadesol]

Thanks for a "not sponsored" review, I needed that. Still I'll register for the free trial and check it. I guess I am too lazy to look for the content myself taking into account the language and the level. It can be done but it takes a lot of time. So, let's see... I want to learn German, so maybe it is worthy.

[quantus]

Great review! Yes -- it's all about the subtitles, which are excellent in Lingo Pie -- and I also agree content (especially the amount of) could be better. Still, the dual language subtitles alone make it totally worth it (and they have a very cool feature where you can watch the subtitles in the target language and then by pressing the "c" key you can toggle the second language sub-titles quickly on and off and on again.)

I would rate Lingo Pie an 8 out of 10 on subtitles alone, and if they had more content I would give them a 9 or 10. Like you said content is the main thing they could improve. I got a 1-year subscription and I am glad I did -- but still will not renew after a year (again the content issue). Will totally get my money's worth -- and after a year I should easily be able to watch videos without any subtitles.

What I recommend is getting it for like 6 months or a year (like I did) if you are only going to learn a single language -- don't recommend the lifetime subscription (due to the content issue).

[paulwalther]

Well I got the trial last night and watched a cheesy children's Korean sitcom about some detective kids. It's so cheesy but somehow felt nostalgic to me. I'm not sure why. I watched it on my iPad and I loved that. The interface is quite smooth and there's an option to auto pause for every subtitle which I really need. This was so much better than my experience with Migaku watching Netflix although I liked the k-drama on Netflix more. Migaku tries to make the flash card creation process smooth but it's really not smooth. And even if you don't care about flash cards and just want to slow the video down to read the subs and look stuff up etc Migaku is a bit of a pain. But this app it feels really nice (at least to me). I probably wouldn't have tried Lingopie if not for your review. And you didn't even recommend it per se.

[JustAntherSoul]

thanks for the recommendation of language reactor, what a useful extension

[tomtom]

Thank you for your review. I'm learning French and looks that all they have is what you showed in the video, which is just a few things. Am I right ? Thanks you again.

[Haggiedc]

great video... I like flash cards and subs in both languages... very helpful info... thanks so much

[themusicactor]

This was a solid review I just wish you would have talked about how much charge was after the free trial...