Staying close to our users is at the heart of everything we do at LingoLooper.
As founders, we meet with learners every single week — not just to hear what they think of the app, but to deeply understand their journey: why they’re learning a language, what holds them back, and what helps them move forward. These honest conversations shape how we build, what we prioritize, and how we grow. The stories below are just a few examples of the real people helping us make LingoLooper even better.
Seth never felt comfortable with languages growing up. Living in the U.S., it just wasn’t something that stuck. But things changed when his boss at an international law firm encouraged him to try ChatGPT to brush up on Romanian — and it worked. That experience reignited his interest in languages and set him on a new learning path.
While using Perplexity to search for more language tools, he discovered LingoLooper. What appealed to him most was that it felt conversational like ChatGPT, but focused — “It doesn’t derail. It keeps you in the language.”
Now, Seth uses LingoLooper daily to build fluency in Spanish, especially for his North Mexican clients. ChatGPT still helps him look up regional expressions, but when it comes to practice? “LingoLooper is where I go to actually speak.”
He uses different avatars depending on his mood or goals. One of his go-tos? A lawyer character he created mentally, which helps him simulate real work conversations. “I usually have something in mind that I want to say — the characters roll with it.”
He’s even used the app for more playful encounters: “I’ve made many girlfriends in the app,” he laughs. “Romantic affection is already in there. I’m thrilled when I see the red ‘--’ show up.”
For someone with attention challenges, Seth says the app helps him focus. “It puts you on the spot — you have to respond. You can’t overthink. You just go.” It’s helped him stick with language learning far longer than other platforms. “I’ve had dreams in Spanish. That didn’t happen with Pimsleur or Mango.”
He appreciates that the characters can roll with slang and even accents, though he wishes the cultural context of each avatar were clearer. “It’d be great to see the culture built into the selection — maybe even customize a character or scenario.”
Sometimes he finds conversations veer off course, but he enjoys the flexibility. “Other users might want more structured practice. I think a mix would be perfect.”
Seth’s an avid reader and loves deep, philosophical topics. Sometimes he finds characters a bit too safe or repetitive. “They’re vanilla — not extreme, which is good — but it’d be interesting to push the boundaries more. Like hint at something happening in the bar, and then let it unfold.”
After 7–8 months, he still checks in, especially when he’s preparing for certain vocab. He uses LingoLooper alongside tools like Glossika (for Hebrew) and hopes Romanian will eventually be added. “It’s probably my favorite language,” he says. “There’s something compelling about how intense it sounds — the word for love sounds like it’s coming out of a cave to kill you.”
LingoLooper meets Seth where he is — professional, curious, and a little chaotic. It lets him jump in and speak without judgment, experiment with tone and intent, and stay immersed without needing to be perfect.
“Other apps felt like drills. This feels like language life — messy, unpredictable, and way more fun.”
Adina isn’t your average language learner. She’s an app geek, a self-described casual learner who wants her tools to be efficient, flexible, and fun. When she came across LingoLooper, it was the first app that didn’t feel like a chore. “It’s the only one that doesn’t feel like work,” she says.
She’s tried them all — Duolingo, Praktika, Talkpal, Pimsleur, even a customized mix of JapanesePod and grammar textbooks. LingoLooper, she says, is one of the best. “It feels like something made by people who really care.”
Adina started learning Japanese in March and, within weeks, built a custom routine around LingoLooper. She uses the app to boost confidence, speed up her responses, and build vocabulary, while handling grammar elsewhere. Her method is thoughtful and layered: what she learns in her grammar tools, she applies and reinforces through real conversations in LingoLooper.
What really works for her is the flexibility: bite-sized loops throughout the day, natural conversations, and the freedom to drop in and out. "I usually do 1-2 conversations at a time. During the day I can get 2, 3, 4 loops in. It’s motivating."
She’s especially enthusiastic about relationship progression, bookmarking vocabulary, and earning top spot in the in-app league. But what she wants next is challenge:
“It would be fun to have real scenarios — like a job interview to pass, or losing your passport at the airport. Something where you can fail and try again. A challenge, a sense of achievement.”
Adina is excited by how fast the app is evolving, especially as someone who admires products that listen to their users. She values how often the LingoLooper team reaches out for feedback. But she’s also thoughtful about improvement areas:
She also proposed a brilliant use case: role-playing specific people in her life. Before a trip to Japan, she wanted to simulate conversations with her sister’s friends and be able to share past experiences using past tense.
“If we could customize who we’re talking to — like practicing how to tell a story or prepare for a real-life situation — that would give the app a huge edge.”
While other apps gave her a false sense of progress or were too strict and exhausting, LingoLooper found a sweet spot. It’s fun, challenging (when it needs to be), and always evolving. Adina replaced Pimsleur with LingoLooper — and even set up a GPT to extract vocabulary from her transcripts into Anki.
“There’s a difference between someone trying to pass a language exam and someone who wants to have fun speaking. This app gets that.”
Her feedback is detailed, passionate, and practical. And she’s not just using the product — she’s shaping it.
“I admire the direction it’s going. The team actually listens. That’s rare.”
When she came across a LingoLooper ad on Instagram, she stopped scrolling. “As soon as I saw that it used voice recognition with avatars, I thought: this is really cool.” Intrigued, she downloaded the app immediately.
Now 23, she’s been fascinated with Japanese since elementary school. “I don’t know why—I just always loved it,” she says. Her mom remembers her gravitating toward Asian languages from a young age. She studied Japanese through university, reaching an advanced level, but one big challenge remained: real conversation.
“I’ve been trying to learn Japanese for years. The biggest issue is not having anyone to actually practice with.”
That’s where LingoLooper clicked. “It’s a perfect way to use what I’ve learned. It forces you to speak and even read the language—and I really like that.”
Features like on-screen translations and conversation suggestions stood out to her. “I love that I can look at what to say and still practice speaking. It’s doing a good job.”
She’s thoughtful about how the app could be even better. In Japanese, for example, sometimes phonetic suggestions don’t match what’s spoken. “It would help a lot to have Romanji, especially for beginners. Maybe tapping a translation could reveal the Romanji, like for Russian too.”
She’s even recommended LingoLooper to friends—but with caveats for true beginners. “I told them to use another app first for phonetics or to get a feel for the alphabet. It might be overwhelming otherwise.”
One feature she’s hoping for? A way to save words or phrases to a personal library. “That would be really cool—to select useful sentences and build my own study list.”
For her, LingoLooper is more than a study tool. It’s a bridge between her years of passive learning and active, confident use. And she wants to be involved. “Is there a way I can contribute to the project?” she asked. (We told her: absolutely—send us an email!)
A language learner turned product enthusiast, she’s exactly the kind of user who shows how meaningful—and motivating—immersive practice can be.
After cycling through language apps and self-doubt, one learner has finally found a way to practice speaking Spanish that fits her life—and her learning style.
She had used Duolingo on and off since October 2023. But while it taught her "lots of odd words," it didn’t prepare her for real conversations. "You can't understand anything when someone actually says something," she explains. Speaking to real people felt daunting: "I was so afraid of getting it wrong."
She considered platforms like iTalki, but the need to book and commit to full sessions just didn’t match her schedule. "What if you only want to do a quick chat?"
Enter LingoLooper. She started using the app a few weeks ago, and everything shifted.
What made the difference? Flexibility and immediacy. "Because the app is so easy to load up, and once you start, you don’t have to be tied in for 20 minutes. During the day, I might get 2, 3, 4 opportunities to do a loop."
This bite-sized structure gave her room to breathe—and reflect. "Because I’m doing lots of little conversations, the mind has time."
Instead of one-size-fits-all lessons, she could choose a variety of avatars and scenarios. Starting a new loop helped her practice essentials like greetings and names. Revisiting familiar avatars led to deeper conversations, like ordering food or talking about her day.
One conversation stood out. An avatar asked what she was painting. She replied, "a landscape." While she appreciated being able to bookmark words, she wished she could also revisit full sentences. "Sometimes I want to repeat the same conversation right after."
The recent bookmarks feature? "The best thing that’s happened to the app since I downloaded it. I spend a lot of time going through and bookmarking or crossing things off."
She’s preparing for a trip to Spain on June 11, and for the first time, she feels ready to speak. "Now I can see the patterns. I feel better talking. I love that I get to say what I want to say. The app even remembers dishes I already mentioned."
Compared to apps like Lingopie, which she also tried, LingoLooper’s focus on actually speaking stood out. "With us, you actually have to start speaking it."
For her, the combination of autonomy, supportive avatars, and conversational repetition has made all the difference. "Now I feel like I’m finally getting it. And I don’t have to be afraid of getting it wrong."
Three weeks ago, a Brazilian user discovered an app that would change the way he thought about language learning. Despite years of listening to English podcasts and taking grammar classes, speaking still felt impossible. "I knew so many words," he says, "but when I needed to speak, I couldn’t remember them."
Frustrated by traditional methods that emphasized grammar over real interaction, he bounced between tutors and well-known language apps like Duolingo and Memrise. None of them worked. "Nobody told me I needed to understand how to speak—not just grammar," he says. "I spent too much time thinking instead of speaking."
Then, through an Instagram video, he found something different. A creator recommended an immersive language app that prioritized conversation over drills: LingoLooper.
What caught his attention wasn’t flashy design or gamified leaderboards. It was something more human. "I began to try to remember the words when I talked to the avatars. That was such a pleasure. Now, I can speak to you. If we had this conversation three weeks ago, I couldn’t say any words."
The avatars didn’t just listen—they responded like people. "If I can’t make a sentence right and the AI doesn’t understand me, we can’t have a conversation. But your avatars understand me. They complete the phrase. I can have a fluent conversation."
In one instance, he spoke with an avatar about dating. The response? Kind and gently assertive: “You are a good guy, and I like you, but let’s keep our conversation on learning.” For him, it was a sign the technology could understand more than language—it could navigate nuance.
Since then, he’s saved every conversation, reviewed the transcripts, and used them to build custom flashcards. He's learned 130 new words in less than a month. Unlike Anki, which he found too rigid, his flashcard app lets him add richer context—definitions, examples, and synonyms he gathers using ChatGPT.
His dream is to move to Europe and work alongside his son. He’s already lost job opportunities because his spoken English wasn’t strong enough. But now, for the first time, he feels like he’s on the right path. "This is my goal. And now, I believe I can get there."
He’s not just using the app. He’s part of its evolution, giving feedback, suggesting new features, and even engaging with other learners in the app community.
"I’m happy," he says, "because you understood my English."
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