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Pimsleur | Language Learning

Simon & Schuster

4.74star29,113 ratings

EducationLanguage learning apps shelf$19.99–$164.99 · 6 tiersUpdated Aug 17, 2026
Biggest complaint · Billing
45.6%
31 of 68 negatives · store typical 32.1%
Recent reviews negative
17%
its 10 shelf rivals run 34% · 396 reviews held

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

Pimsleur | Language Learning — App Store screenshot
Pimsleur | Language Learning — App Store screenshot
Pimsleur | Language Learning — App Store screenshot
Pimsleur | Language Learning — App Store screenshot

Ratings.

4.5out of 5

29,154 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

5star24,790
4star2,899
3star523
2star235
1star707

5 decisions.

01

Watch billing

elevated · 45.6% of this app’s 68 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
45.6%
31 of 68
its shelf
31.7%
rivals only
store-wide
32.1%
typical
02

Watch support

elevated · 14.7% of this app’s 68 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
14.7%
10 of 68
its shelf
6.9%
rivals only
store-wide
9.2%
typical
03

Watch limits & caps — recount before acting

elevated · 4.4% of this app’s 68 negative reviews, against 2.8% typical store-wide.

n = 3. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares
this app
4.4%
3 of 68
its shelf
4.3%
rivals only
store-wide
2.8%
typical
04

Skip accuracy and login & auth work

Accuracy, Login & auth all run at or below the store’s typical rate.

How it compares
  • Accuracy11.8% of 68 · shelf 13% · store 11.5%
  • Login & auth10.3% of 68 · shelf 9.9% · store 13.2%
05

Protect ux, performance and ads

UX, Performance, Ads all run well below the store’s typical rate.

n = 14. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares
  • UX1.5% of 68 · shelf 3.1% · store 2.9%
  • Performance11.8% of 68 · shelf 13.6% · store 16.9%
  • Ads7.4% of 68 · shelf 7.3% · store 10.7%

The shelf in numbers

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

AppRatingsBilling
Busuu: Language Learning App100,23746.9%
Pimsleur | Language Learning29,11345.6%
Speak: Language Learning57,42643.3%
Innovative Language Learning34,17735.7%
Rosetta Stone Classic (2024)237,99235.6%
Babbel - Language Learning750,79933.2%
HelloTalk - Language Learning43,56932%
Duolingo: Language Lessons5,398,19028%
Memrise Easy Language Learning216,46523.5%
Airlearn - Language Learning45,02716.2%
Teuida: Learn Languages57,4750%

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.