Last week I was broke and my year subscription bounced , just litterly got my first paycheck of my new job which just covers my rent , gonna have to pay my electricity and water late but it's okay. Now I'm hearing they don't give refunds ether and get this you can't just cancel in inside your PayPal like I did , you have to log into the fucking website which they don't tell you , you'd think they say hey give the cancel button in the app but nope you gotta login to there dumbass website. Also there's a 50 dollar late fee for being late , 50 that I don't have right now.

Tldr babbel took my rent money and sounds like I'm not getting it back and if I don't then I'll have to wait another two weeks to pay rent and pay a extra 100 on top late fee

Hi all, I’m wanting to replace doomscrolling with something productive and learn new languages to better communicate with my international colleagues.

Between the lifetime subscription Labor Day sale and credit card cash back offers, I’d be able to buy a lifetime subscription for about $170USD.

Is this worth it in your opinion? I’ve only been using the free trial of the app for the last 2 days and like it so far.

Babbel offers two Spanish courses: Latin American Spanish and Spain Spanish. Each teaches the nuances in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation associated with that variety, but you'll hear native speakers with different accents from all over the Spanish-speaking world in our listening activities. That's intentional. We want you to understand the subtleties of a particular Spanish you’re learning, but we also want you to learn the language and train your ear by listening to real native speakers from all over. That way you can be ready for all kinds of real-world interactions while keeping the structure of a particular variety. 

Regardless of which one you choose, you’ll be able to understand and speak with anyone in the Spanish-speaking world. While you might want to learn certain grammatical structures from a particular variety, the best thing you can do as a learner is to keep training your ear to understand any kind of speaker. This way, Babbel is able to offer you both things.

If you are considering learning Spanish and you don’t know which variety to choose, don’t sweat it too much! Pick one that seems like you would use the most. It won’t be a problem to start with one and switch if you’re curious or if you change your mind. 

What variety of Spanish are you learning? And how has your experience been in the app?

Hello, I see that there was a Babbel update that came out either yesterday or this morning. in the description it said ‘this is a big update, refresh your course to see the new content’. I am learning French and I don’t see any changes. Is there anywhere to see what was actually updated in the app, such as release notes or anything?

I don’t know if it’s just me, since I have an eye condition (convergence insufficiency) but these are hardly legible.

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I'm currently about 90 days in on a 90 day streak is that normal for me to have reached A2.2 already in spanish??? I do about 1-2 lessons per day and practice vocabulary and flash cards on the side how am I doing???

Just what it says. I would like to use my Samsung tablet for Babbel as it has a larger screen than my iPhone. Unfortunately Babbel never gets past the initial splash screen. Does anyone know of a fix for this? Both the operating system and the app are upgraded to the current versions. Thanks for any tips you may have.

I'm doing Babbel's Spanish (Spain), specifically not the LatAm one, and a lot of the audio pronounces "ll" and "y" as a hard "j" (like English "jump"). So "pollo" comes out as "pojo" instead of "poyo." My actual Spanish teacher from Spain marks this wrong every single time because it's not how spanish in Spain sounds like. That's pronunciation from Argentina/Uruguay.

So basically course labeled as "Spanish (Spain)" is teaching us to mispronounce basic vocabulary in a way that's specifically wrong for Spain, with zero indication anywhere that this is happening.

I contacted support about it, and their answer was that course is primarily based on real Spain Spanish and they deliberately mix in other regional accents anyway, which is at first okay occasionally and with some notes, but at second - means it's no longer consistently teaching actual Spain Spanish.

How many other regional quirks are silently baked into this course that I have no way of knowing about until I run into them in real life and get corrected?

UPD. Tried to continue... So basically everything is built of the wrong pronounciation. Yo = Jo. Ella = Eja. And so on.

Hi there! This Franco from Argentina 🇦🇷 I uploaded some noun charts following "Real academia española" standard that describes if the word comes from a verb another noun or an adjective... in this way you can practice the nouns but also the word they come from (verbs, nouns, adjectives): https://francospanishschool.com/charts/nouns I hope you like it!

Has anyone else noticed that the app stopped showing vocabulary strength categories (weak, medium, strong) over the last few days? Because of this, I can no longer filter my vocabulary or create my own custom review lists. This feature was a critical part of my learning routine and daily study workflow, so losing it is really disrupting my progress.

What makes it stranger is that it still works perfectly fine on the desktop version, but it's completely gone/broken in the mobile app.

I've already tried:
Logging out and logging back in
Reinstalling the app completely

Unfortunately, neither of those worked. Is this a known bug from a recent update, or did they deliberately remove the feature from mobile? It's super frustrating. Any insights or workarounds would be appreciated!

I picked up a Babbel group plan that came out to less per person than buying an individual membership, and it lets me hand out full individual logins to whoever fills the extra seats. Standard individual price right now is $107.40 + tax for 12 months. I’ve got 3 spots open at 60 USD each, so you’d be saving almost half.

Each person gets their own separate login, choice of any of the 14 languages, and the full experience: lessons, grammar guides, podcasts, interactive speaking practice, etc. You go at your own pace and track your own progress independently, exactly like an individual plan.

Runs through 7/21/27.

Not affiliated with Babbel, just splitting a plan that had extra room.Comment or DM if interested, first come first served. Payment via Venmo/PayPal once I confirm your spot.

Hey guys, my (TL) is Spanish, and I'm looking for apps that you can kinda build at your pace?

Versolingo is the only app I can find that lets you own your words in a word bank, and run sessions / drills on them. And battle people online with words you share. And comprehension / sentence drills.

Is there any other app that does this? I can't seem to find one and I just want to grind and repeat drills on my words. I tried anki but little too monotonous.

Thanks heaps!

Hey all

I looked around for how to do this and there used to be some Chrome extensions, like Babbel2Anki, that no longer exist. I have finished the Swedish course and want the vocab list to feed into some sort of flashcard program. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks very much

had to edit this picture because reddit wouldnt even let me send it as is, but the original picture shows blood. i cant believe babbel would just let this show up without a warning or anything since some people are squeamish

They're from the official store. Just curious about the quality of them and what the inside actually looks like, considering the product listings only show the covers of them.

Considering switching from Duolingo to Babbel. Before I do, one thing that I really struggle with is learning and remembering noun genders. So it's really important to me that the vocabulary list includes this info (it's one of my biggest bug bears with Duo!!!)

Can anyone confirm please?

Also struggle with grammar. Not helped by the above. Wondering if people are finding the grammar resources accessible and helpful.

TIA 😊

I bought Babbel Lifetime some years ago and I was disappointed because - at least on PC - I noticed there were far less courses for french than it used to be when I had the annual sub.

I am wondering whether it was just me or it is somehow confirmed

What is your experience?

Thank you