I’ve used duolingo several times on and off throughout my life for different languages (Spanish, German, French). Sometimes paid, sometimes free. In the beginn

I’ve used duolingo several times on and off throughout my life for different languages (Spanish, German, French). Sometimes paid, sometimes free. In the beginning I thought it was excellent and that’s why I kept coming back. I tried it again the last 12 months and the app wasted so much of my time making me skip through promotions and do-nothing animations. Opening chests, collecting gems, all the gamified stuff. I didn’t need it. I was already self motivated to learn without a bunch of time sinking doodads that you have to click through. I guess duolingo is good if you are struggling with motivation. Recently I used a paid app called Pimsleur that I liked. There’s also a lot of good free resources on YT