Busuu: Language Learning App

Busuu Limited

4.71star100,237 ratings

EducationLanguage learning apps shelf$6.99–$139.99 · 9 tiersUpdated Aug 11, 2026

Biggest complaint · Billing

46.9%

23 of 49 negatives · store typical 32.1%

Recent reviews negative

12%

its 10 shelf rivals run 34% · 396 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Ratings.

4.5out of 5

100,284 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

582,297

411,503

33,590

21,057

11,837

5 decisions.

Watch billing

elevated · 46.9% of this app’s 49 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 46.9%; 23 of 49
its shelf: 31.8%; rivals only
store-wide: 32.1%; typical

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elevated · 20.4% of this app’s 49 negative reviews, against 10.7% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 20.4%; 10 of 49
its shelf: 6.9%; rivals only
store-wide: 10.7%; typical

Watch limits & caps — recount before acting

elevated · 4.1% of this app’s 49 negative reviews, against 2.8% typical store-wide.

n = 2. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 4.1%; 2 of 49
its shelf: 4.3%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.8%; typical

Watch ux — recount before acting

elevated · 4.1% of this app’s 49 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide.

n = 2. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 4.1%; 2 of 49
its shelf: 3%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.9%; typical

Protect support, performance, login & auth and accuracy

Support, Performance, Login & auth, Accuracy all run well below the store’s typical rate.

n = 12. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

Support4.1% of 49 · shelf 7.3% · store 9.2%
Performance8.2% of 49 · shelf 13.7% · store 16.9%
Login & auth6.1% of 49 · shelf 10.1% · store 13.2%
Accuracy6.1% of 49 · shelf 13.1% · store 11.5%

The shelf in numbers

All 11 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Billing
Busuu: Language Learning App	100,237	46.9%
Pimsleur \| Language Learning	29,113	45.6%
Speak: Language Learning	57,426	43.3%
Innovative Language Learning	34,177	35.7%
Rosetta Stone Classic (2024)	237,992	35.6%
Babbel - Language Learning	750,799	33.2%
HelloTalk - Language Learning	43,569	32%
Duolingo: Language Lessons	5,398,190	28%
Memrise Easy Language Learning	216,465	23.5%
Airlearn - Language Learning	45,027	16.2%
Teuida: Learn Languages	57,475	0%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across language learning apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the language learning apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.