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Lingvano - Learn Sign Language

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Lingvano GmbH · Education · Free · v6.0.1

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Review-rating drop
0.50

2026-Q4 4.24 → last 90 days 3.74, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.24

2026-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.74

text reviews

Store rating
4.88

all 119628 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.14

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$396k

#19 top-grossing, Education

store 4.88 · reviews 4.24 → 3.74 · gap 1.14 store 4.88 reviews 3.74

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q4: 3.86★ from 57 reviews 3.86 2025-Q4 2026-Q1: 3.92★ from 146 reviews 2026-Q2: 4.06★ from 125 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.69★ from 143 reviews 2026-Q4: 4.24★ from 29 reviews 4.24 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2025-Q43.86 57
2026-Q13.92 146
2026-Q24.06 125
2026-Q33.69 143
2026-Q44.24 29

Recent 1–2 star reviews

This app was way to fast passed for me a slow learner

★★ · v6.0.1 · Oct 13, 2026

I downloaded it to learn sign language, but was met with lessons that moved way to fast and threw to many new words at me. And how to sign them it was moving way to fast for me and, I couldn’t remember much from the lessons.

GREAT BUT

★★ · v6.0.0 · Oct 11, 2026

I have a deaf and hard of hearing program at my school and they like to talk with me but I did not know sign language I got this app and started getting the hang of sign language I love this app now I can easily understand the sign language but the thing is I am in middle school I cannot do the subscription and now I only have one chapter and then part of one because I have to pay to keep using it and that is insane. I made a friend who is hard of hearing and it’s very hard for us to talk so the one thing I want to be changed is please make the app free and just use ads instead because I think a language that is many people’s main way to communicate should be free for others to learn

In app purchases required

★ · v6.0.0 · Sep 28, 2026

So far the app itself had been pretty great! Easy format, easy to understand, useful language. But after about 2 hours of lessons it does not allow you to progress unless you subscribe. Not even duolingo is that predatory, at least you can go on each day and try. With Lingvano you reach a certain lesson or process point access is revoked; which is ironic because hearing people being able to easily access ASL lessons directly creates more accessibility for the deaf community, but I digress. It would be an absolutely wonderful tool for the hearing to learn ASL, if it wasn’t behind a predatory paywall. Thank you for doing nothing for the deaf community.

Bad

★ · v5.2.8 · Sep 21, 2026

When you do the last lesson of the unit you have to pay for the next unit and lesson

Complaint

★★ · v5.2.8 · Sep 20, 2026

Very good app for learning ASL but could not get past the free trial page and now I cannot continue because it will not let me pass the free trial so I can’t keep going on without doing the free trial.

Not free anymore - get ASL Bloom

★ · v5.2.8 · Sep 20, 2026

It’s a great app if you’re able to pay for it. ASL Bloom is another app in the App Store. You do have to pay the same amount to unlock everything… But it gives you two free lessons a day — unlike this one that completely locks you out after you’ve reached a certain point.

Pay to learn

★ · v5.2.8 · Sep 19, 2026

You have to pay. There’s no option. I’m deleting it.

Paywall

★ · v5.2.7 · Sep 13, 2026

For an app that promotes inclusivity, the fact you have to pay a subscription is ridiculous. 1.7 billion people are hard of hearing, and you want everyone to pay to learn how to better communicate? Go suck on a rock dude

Great Teachings

★ · v5.2.7 · Sep 2, 2026

This is a lot easier app to learn than the ones I have experienced in the past.

Lessons freeze & don’t save

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 31, 2026

Each lesson takes too long to load. It freezes after literally every lesson and they don’t get marked as complete so I can’t move forward.

Not so great

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 31, 2026

It’s a good app but it glitches repeatedly and doesn’t let me finish one single lesson. Also, it has limited functionality if you don’t pay the premium version.

Not worth it

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 30, 2026

Teaches you like 7 useful words then five that you don’t need right away and after that all locked unless you pay. ASL teaching should be accessible and FREE I don’t care what anyone thinks it’s not helping anyone by charging money for something you want people to learn.

0 rating.

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 29, 2026

No way to reach anyone to resolve issues.

Don’t do it!

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 26, 2026

They don’t let you know they are about to charge you for an entire year and no recourse. I cannot recommend.

Don’t use

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 25, 2026

Halfway through the second thing you have to pay for it it’s so unfair that you had to pay for it halfway through the second lesson some people can’t afford to pay for it and that’s why they thought it was free. That was me. Don’t buy.

Way overpriced

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 23, 2026

Great app. In fact, it’s the best ASL app I’ve ever used but the price is insane. At its cheapest it’s $120 a year. It should be $120 for life like a textbook.

Paying

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 22, 2026

It’s good for the first chappter and then you have to pay. So you can’t get a good app without paying .

$$$

★ · v5.2.6 · Aug 20, 2026

Never even learned how to sign “you money hungry”

Kinda hate it

★★ · v5.2.5 · Aug 10, 2026

I loved the app until I realized I can’t do the lessons to learn more I have to pay and I can not pay that but I am trying to learn sign language when this is the best app there is I can even use it

Great app garbage prices

★ · v5.2.5 · Aug 8, 2026

App is fundamentally solid but the subscription plan is absolutely ludicrous. 20 dollars a month is a complete scam. Do not install.

Subscription

★★ · v5.2.5 · Aug 8, 2026

You have to pay to continue to next unit.

Summery

★★ · v5.2.5 · Aug 8, 2026

I loved this app so much for the first couple lessons and I have been using it a lot every single day. Until I would have to pay $20 or more to continue which is a deal breaker for me. I loved this app so much but then I lost my love for it instantly. Great app I loved it but totally don’t recommend if you want to spend $20 every single month!!

Makes you pay for everything

★ · v5.2.5 · Aug 7, 2026

Terrible

ridiculous

★ · v5.2.4 · Jul 30, 2026

i cannot belive they let you finish a lessom then anlittle more then half way through the second chapter they make you pay like excuse me there are people in the world that alot of people dont understand and now you want people to to be able to understand?!?!

Sad

★ · v5.2.4 · Jul 28, 2026

I really wanted to learn ASL and even joined a club at my school for it. The club only taught finger spelling so I thought I would get an app to actually learn some things. It was going great, the lessons were good, until I got blocked by a paywall. This is so sad. Then, I figured out that almost all the ASL apps on the App Store are incorrect, outdated, or need an overpriced subscription. I guess YouTube will be my teacher now. 🤟💀

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