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.
At 23, Elise from Belgium speaks English confidently—but not quite perfectly, not yet. As a musician with dreams of creating and performing in South Korea, she's also learning Korean. For Elise, language isn't just a skill; it's a bridge to new stages, sounds, and stories.
"I already speak English well," she says, "but I want to make fewer mistakes when I talk."
When she stumbled upon LingoLooper on TikTok, it felt like a sign. "I just knew an app like this would come. It's AI time—everyone is trying it. But this one is different."
She had tried ChatGPT before for language practice but found it awkward. "I was always the one asking questions," she recalls. "It felt like studying, not speaking."
With LingoLooper, something clicked. "The first time I opened it, I told my boyfriend, 'I found the best app for learning languages!' I got my cousin on it too. We all think it's really good."
What stood out to her was how natural it felt. "You're talking to a real character. It corrects your mistakes, but it's easy to understand. It's more like real conversation."
She appreciates the subtlety of learning through interaction. As someone who's explored nearly every language app out there, she sees LingoLooper as something different. "It's not about memorizing sentences. It's about understanding the word, using it, and saying it right."
Despite her packed schedule, Elise found herself motivated. She even won first place in LingoLooper's Korean leaderboard. "That gave me a boost," she says. "And it showed me clearly where my mistakes were."
For Elise, language learning is a hobby, a tool, and a form of self-expression. And LingoLooper has become a meaningful part of that journey.
"LingoLooper really focuses on what you want to say—and helps you say it right."
When Ardi sits down to practice German, it’s often before the world around him has fully woken up—or long after it’s gone to sleep. His schedule is a puzzle, shaped by six rotating shifts at his church job in Indonesia. Sometimes he has mornings free, sometimes evenings. But almost every day, Ardi finds a quiet window of 30 minutes to an hour just for German.
“It’s a little dream of mine,” he says, smiling. “To move abroad, maybe Germany, and do an Ausbildung (internship) next year.”
Just a month ago, Ardi was searching on Instagram for something more than just flashcards or vocabulary apps. He was tired of memorizing words without context, of feeling like he knew the ingredients but couldn’t cook the dish. What he really wanted was to speak.
When he found LingoLooper, it clicked. “It’s not just word by word,” he says. “I can talk, go to different places, mimic what the characters say. It’s really good for me.”
At first, German was a bit overwhelming. Grammar and vocabulary felt like a steep mountain, especially without a language partner nearby. But Ardi leaned in. Every character he met in the app became a stand-in conversation partner. He trained his expression daily, listening closely and repeating phrases out loud. If he stumbled on a word, he could tap for the meaning in his own language. That tiny safety net helped him keep going.
Even now, just one month in, Ardi feels a shift. "My German is improving every day," he says modestly. Alongside his private lessons three times a week, his solo speaking sessions have become a meaningful part of his learning rhythm.
The dream of Germany still shines ahead. But what’s changed is that it no longer feels so distant.
"I always try to mimic what they say. It helps me with grammar, with new words—with everything."
Sophie is brushing up on her French—but not just for fun. Her fiancé lives in Brussels, and she’s planning to move there next year. Between job applications and weekend visits, it became clear: she needed more than just schoolbook French. She needed to speak.
She had studied the language for five years back in school, and she could still follow podcasts and read simple books. But when it came to having a conversation? "That was the hard part," she says.
Sophie had tried Duolingo and Babbel. They worked, kind of. But it always felt like work. “What I really needed was to speak. Not just tap and match.”
A friend mentioned LingoLooper, and Sophie was intrigued: 15 minutes of French speaking practice every day? No grammar lectures or vocab drills? Just talk? That sounded exactly like what she needed.
She gave it a shot. And for over a month, she looped daily.
What Sophie appreciated most was how low-pressure it felt. "The avatars have unlimited patience," she says. Some days she just wanted to speak freely and not worry about corrections. Other days, she took notes and replayed suggestions. The balance was hers to choose.
She liked the changing topics and locations, and that the app gently suggested what to talk about. That small nudge helped her keep going, especially when practicing with friends in real life felt intimidating.
Sophie found herself looking forward to speaking French every day—not as a chore, but as a habit she genuinely enjoyed. The short daily loops helped her build fluency in a way that felt natural, with just enough variety to stay curious. She even recommended the app to more friends.
LingoLooper gave her a way to finally do what she'd been avoiding: speak French out loud, daily, without dread.
"Some days I just want to talk. And with LingoLooper, I can."
From wedding plans to language breakthroughs, Sophie’s story shows how speaking just a little French every day can make a big difference.
Ethan is a lifelong language explorer. A 48-year-old professional gardener based in the UK, he’s fluent in German, enchanted by Russian, enjoys Spanish—and recently started learning Chinese just for the thrill of it. For Ethan, language is both play and purpose: a way to travel, connect, and maybe open up new professional doors.
But even with years of experience and a library of digital tools, he was still looking for something that really clicked.
“I used LinQ every day for five years,” he says. “I even curated content for the community. But then someone mentioned LingoLooper in a forum, and I thought, hmm… what’s that?”
Ethan had already bounced through Duolingo, Memrise, and Clozemaster, chasing that sweet spot between fun and fluency. When he opened LingoLooper, something just felt different. The visual design, the character animations, the body language—it all drew him in.
“The characters, their eyes, the way they move—it’s honestly impressive,” he says. “It’s money well spent.” He noticed even the smallest details: how a head tilts during a question, the shrug of a shoulder. It gave the conversations life.
And the conversations? That’s what sealed it.
The characters, while sometimes quirky, help make the experience stick. The retry feature gives him just enough challenge to keep improving. He even enjoys the experimental voices for how dynamic they feel.
Above all, he loves the streak system. “I’m addicted to streaks,” he admits. LingoLooper’s streaks per language feel motivating, not punishing. That daily rhythm keeps him coming back.
Ethan’s verdict? “It’s the best language app for me.” He’s careful with spending and only uses one app at a time—but he feels LingoLooper has already paid for itself a hundred times over. “If I had learned this much at university, it would’ve cost me a fortune.”
And he’s not slowing down. From his garden to global conversations, Ethan is growing more than plants these days. He’s growing fluency.
“LingoLooper made streaks fun again. The characters, their eyes, the way they move—it's honestly impressive.”
From playful dialogues to animated gestures, Ethan’s story shows how LingoLooper helps passionate learners turn language practice into a daily habit worth loving.
When Anna got the invitation to a Croatian wedding, she didn’t want to just smile and nod through the weekend. She pictured herself in the buzz of the celebration, glass in hand, making small talk, slipping into the flow of a conversation. But she knew her Croatian wasn’t there yet—not even close.
She had tried learning Italian years before and remembered the slow crawl toward fluency. This time, she wanted to be smarter about it. She asked ChatGPT how to learn languages in a way that actually works. The answer was simple but powerful: regularly, enjoyably, and with variety.
That led her to LingoLooper.
At first, she thought the app would guide her gently through simple phrases. "Hello." "How are you?" But it surprised her. She found herself dropped into immersive dialogues that felt like peeking into real life. At first, it was disorienting. Then it clicked.
"It was like being at a party where you don't know anyone yet, but you start catching words, then phrases. Suddenly, you realize—you're part of the conversation."
Anna started practicing on the tram, during lunch breaks, whenever she had a few minutes. The dialogues weren’t just random sentences; they had energy. Characters with quirks. Real rhythm. And she wasn’t just repeating words—she was replying, reacting, expressing herself.
The turning point came when she was able to respond naturally in a lesson without pausing to translate in her head. "I caught myself saying something and thinking, 'Wait, did I just say that in Croatian?' It felt like magic."
Now, as a German teacher herself, Anna sees how important that freedom to speak is. Her students don’t start with grammar charts. They start with picture cards and sentence starters. "I like... I don't like... I am grateful for..." It’s the same principle: language through experience, not explanation.
LingoLooper gave her that space. A space to experiment. To hear and be heard. To stumble, smile, and try again.
"I caught myself saying something and thinking, 'Wait, did I just say that in Croatian?' It felt like magic."
From a wedding invitation to surprise breakthroughs, Anna's story shows how LingoLooper turns hesitant learners into confident speakers, one conversation at a time.
Natalia is a lifelong learner — and teacher. Based in central Poland and fluent in English, she’s also studied psychology and currently teaches language to students of her own. One of her life goals? To become fluent in five languages.
But for someone so motivated, she found that the most popular apps weren’t moving the needle.
“I did over 600 days on Duolingo,” she says. “But I didn’t feel much improvement when it came to speaking. I needed something different.”
She tried Speakly and liked it — especially the one-time purchase and clean layout. But it wasn’t until she discovered LingoLooper that she started to feel a new kind of engagement: real conversation.
What Natalia loves most is how LingoLooper addresses something she sees in her students (and experienced herself): the hesitation to speak.
“It’s great for people who are nervous to talk to a real person,” she says. “You’re speaking out loud, but there’s no pressure.”
She shared the app with her dad and sister too — both of whom were skeptical at first, but surprised by how natural the conversations felt. For Natalia, that comfort zone is where the real learning begins.
As a B1-level Spanish learner herself, she appreciates that she can try saying what she wants first — and get suggestions that build from there. “That’s something no other app really offers. It helps you think in the language.”
True to her educator’s mindset, Natalia’s not just using LingoLooper — she’s using it to teach. She’s been recommending it to students who need speaking practice but feel overwhelmed by real-life conversation.
And while she’s given us valuable product feedback along the way, her biggest takeaway is this: language learning gets easier when you can just start speaking.
“When there’s no fear of being judged, and the app responds to what you say, it feels like a conversation — not an exercise.”
LingoLooper isn’t just another tool in Natalia’s toolkit. It’s part of her mission to remove the barrier between knowing a language and using it.
When Sarah stumbled upon a LingoLooper ad on Instagram, she wasn’t actively searching for a language learning app. In fact, she was doing the opposite — trying to cut down on subscriptions and simplify her screen time.
But something about LingoLooper stood out.
“It looked different,” she recalls. “Not just vocabulary drills — it seemed like you actually got to speak.”
Sarah’s motivation for learning a language is deeply personal. Her father’s family has Italian roots, and she’s always felt a quiet pull toward the language.
“I wanted something that could connect me to that part of my heritage. Not just memorize words, but actually use the language.”
She had tried Duolingo in the past — like millions of others — and found it helpful for building basic vocabulary. But when it came to real conversation?
“It didn’t give me the confidence to speak. I could remember words, but using them out loud felt like a whole different skill.”
With LingoLooper, things clicked. Instead of choosing between rigid phrase lists or scripted dialogues, she found herself in fluid, back-and-forth exchanges with lifelike avatars. Each loop was a chance to say something real — and tweak it if she wanted.
“I love that I can take the suggested phrase and make it my own. It feels more like actual talking, not just pressing buttons.”
She began practicing in the evenings, when things were quiet. Within the first week, she had already developed a habit — and a sense of momentum. The neighborhood scenario, where her Italian unfolds in everyday interactions, gave her a comforting entry point.
And most importantly, it felt fun.
Unlike other apps she’s tried, where initial excitement gave way to monotony, Sarah found herself looking forward to coming back.
“There’s something about this format that keeps you going,” she says. “It’s not overwhelming, but it still makes you think. And every session feels like a little accomplishment.”
Though she describes herself as a casual learner, her instincts are spot on: consistency, engagement, and speaking out loud are the keys to real progress.
For learners like Sarah, language learning isn’t about perfection — it’s about participation. And with the right environment, speaking becomes less of a hurdle and more of a habit.
Whether you're learning Italian for family, Spanish for travel, or Japanese for work, LingoLooper is built to help you do the one thing most apps don’t: actually speak.
It’s a new kind of language app — one designed not around grammar drills, but around real human connection.
And for Sarah, that’s made all the difference.
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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