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      "2023-06-24 17:45:54,031 [INFO] Base - Initialised: AppStore('us', 'duolingo-language-lessons', 570060128)\n",
      "2023-06-24 17:45:54,032 [INFO] Base - Ready to fetch reviews from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo-language-lessons/id570060128\n",
      "2023-06-24 17:45:55,332 [INFO] Base - [id:570060128] Fetched 500 reviews (500 fetched in total)\n"
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   "source": [
    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "import numpy as np\n",
    "import json\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "from app_store_scraper import AppStore\n",
    "slack = AppStore(country='us', app_name='duolingo-language-lessons', app_id = '570060128')\n",
    "\n",
    "slack.review(how_many=500)"
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       "[{'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 21, 3, 35, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16812252,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for your great ⭐️⭐️️️️️️⭐️⭐️⭐️  feedback. We are really pleased that you are enjoying learning French with Babbel and we'd love to add Irish one day. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to Babbel, so we can have more details about this? We'd love to help you with the voice recognition!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-22T14:38:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babbel for about a year now, solely studying French, and I’ve been doing trés bien. The spacing of each review is effective, memorable, and helpful for communicating generally. I feel efficient speaking the language while also being able to confidently pronounce my words correctly. Many of the leçons are unique and I personally find them to be funny from time to time. Some few problems I have with the app include; being taught phrases that wouldn’t be used in the day to day conversation(even in depth)-the app having occasional listening problems despite my voice being clear(whether that might be my accent I don’t no)-finding myself doing the same set of words for a review back to back-& glitches that will cause me to close out the app and restart from the beginning of the lesson. It’s just a shame I wasn’t able to revisit France due to the World’s pandemic or I would’ve been able to really enjoy the experience. Besides, it’s a splendid effort👍🏾\\n(Ps. if you could, add Irish as a language as well along with some other one country based languages. Lived there for some years in my childhood so would like to learn some more besides the basics)',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very Good For Learning Several Languages!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Acronics'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 5, 16, 4, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34612883,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there,\\n\\nThank you for sharing your lovely review and ideas!\\n\\nWe're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning with Babbel and we are always working to improve our user experience.\\n\\nPlease feel free to subscribe to updates by going to wishboard.babbel.com 💫️ Thanks for your support! 🧡️\\n\\nKind regards\\nThe Babbel Team\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-01T11:07:07Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app. I’ve tried others before and still have a few, but Babbel is by far my overall favorite. I also have appreciated the regular and effective updates. The reason for not having 5 stars is because due to my daily schedule, my free time is later in the evening. I’d much appreciate a dark mode. The white screen is difficult to look at even with brightness on the lowest setting. I searched the settings in hopes of finding that option but sadly, it’s not there. I’m sure others would appreciate a black screen to make it easier on the eyes for a last minute lesson before bed! My second suggestion would perhaps be some type of leaderboard? Maybe something to add a little friendly competition with each language community? One can only hope.   Everything else I enjoy and look forward to the future of Babbel! \\n Update: Absolutely amazing app for vocabulary, listening, and some speaking. However, some lessons being fully dedicated to grammar, word order, etc.. with some reading material, exercises, quizzes would be nice. I am noticing that even with a decent vocabulary and decent pronunciation, the lack of grammar knowledge in my learning language makes it difficult to actually create my own phrases. Rather than just repeat phrases from the course, it’s nice to better understand how to structure and put things together on your own! I never remember the little grammar notes buried within the normal lessons.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great!! except one small thing..',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Moto_4_Lyfe'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 2, 23, 11, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21448754,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thanks for your message. We are dedicated to keeping education accessible, which is why Babbel offers free and paid lessons and free podcasts. You can do 20 - 60 lessons for free in 14 languages (each first one of every course). So, there’s a lot to explore! You only pay for full access. 😉',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-04T13:42:40Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I finished the first lesson and learned a few words!  I am doing french just to pass the time, its not like i am going to france or anything and need to learn it.  Since there is no true NEED for me to learn french and i was just doing it for fun, my mom would not let me pay for lessons.  In ads or commercials i have seen, it says it is free. I did the first lesson, didn't have any problem with anything, and I really love the way it teaches you! The only thing is I wont be able to learn anything beside, hello, goodbye, and how are you? Since im not aloud to buy anything.  At first i thought it was an add, but then i clicked away from it and tried to re enter the lesson, and it still didnt work! It really is a great app, but maybe you could give like the first tenn lessons free or something, and then you can give the option to buy the next ten lessons with money, and every time you get a question right you could get like stars or something and buy a lesson with stars.  Im just saying this for people like me who  dont want to spend their money on this app if they are not using it for anything, they should still have the option to learn!  Also, you should add a few more languages.  I was signing up and noticed thst there was only like six.  The real reason I downloaded it was so i could learn greek.  Definetly would be the best app ive ever tried to learn a language with if not for the price!  God bless!\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': \"Seems, great but I don't really know\",\n",
       "  'userName': 'PercabethRules'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 22, 13, 32, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31634536,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, we apologise for the time taken in this matter. Our support team is receiving an important amount of messages at the moment, delaying our response times. We appreciate your patience in this matter, you will receive the attention and solution that you deserve. Please, make sure you have send us an email to support@babbel.com, we will be shortly with you solving this. Kind regards 🧡',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-24T08:51:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'First off, this language app is far superior to any other language app out there. I used it for three years while living in Germany and had a yearly plan for German. \\n\\nI just moved back to the states and hadn’t been using the app for awhile due to the move preparations and process. Today I tried to use the app and consider switching to Spanish but all my German data was gone and it said my access was only limited. However, when I look at my subscriptions in my phone settings, I still have my annual German language subscription; yet when I go into the app and try to restore purchases there are none to be found.\\n\\nTried to find a way to contact a human through the app and their website, but couldn’t find anything.  I suspect the problem lay in the fact when I moved back to the States and got a new phone and US number it messed with my subscription somehow. But if I am unable to contact a customer service person, how am I able to troubleshoot on my own. My annual subscription was set to renew in 3 days so there’s not much time to figure it out before I get hit with another annual charge for something that doesn’t work.  So i cancelled my (non-functioning) subscription via Apple, deleted the app and came straight here to review. So take my fresh emotions tirade for what it’s worth. This app was great while it worked, but todays prices for the subscription I already had is now twice the price.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Where’s the customer service.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'stachouli'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 18, 19, 18, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25207869,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-20T12:52:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall I like the app. It has taught me things I didn’t know before and I continue to learn from it. I’ve been learning German every day for two years now and started this a few months ago. I like the speaking part, though I’m not sure why I have to hold my finger on the screen the whole time I’m talking. The word and phrase reviews are helpful. I’m not sure I’m a fan but the word scramble is OK. I love the stories. What frustrates me the most is that I am expected to remember perfect spelling of words I just learned and there is no room for any sort of mistake. Imagine visiting the home of someone that speaks a foreign language and you missed the slightest thing and get slapped with a ruler. Wrong. Any wonder why you might want to stop talking? I mean I spelled Waschmaschine as Waschmachine. Wrong? Yes. And the app is happy to tell you that. Pretty discouraging. I also don’t know that I agree with them using a non-Apple keyboard input because many mistakes I find are due to that keyboard versus Apple’s. I like the app and continue to use it. I just disagree with the beat down and I am frustrated enough to write about it. Babel tells me I’m supposed to go to Babbel wish board for any suggestions yet clicking on go to wish board does nothing. Makes sense.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Useful but frustrating at times',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Starlight55971'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 16, 19, 18, 3),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21729266,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Dacia, thanks for your review. We're always working to improve our user experience, and really appreciate you taking the time to share your comments. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. Please submit your idea on our Wishboard: wishboard.babbel.com 🙂 Thank you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-18T09:47:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'rHi everyone at Babbel. I think that this is really a great app to help people learn Spanish. But the one issue that I have is that I am a black African American woman and I am a native English speaker. I have spoken English for most of my life, no other languages. But now I have just met a guy that I am seeing and he speaks Spanish, he knows English but he does not know a lot of English. So I have to learn his language so that he and I can be able to talk to each other and get to know each other. But it’s alittle difficult with this app because they teach you basic phrases but not enough to have a full everyday conversation and form sentences. Also some of the phrases that they teach are Stuff that you wouldn’t use in regular conversation. Like people being from Germany or France. I understand they are trying to make sure we get a well rounded education and that’s good. But I don’t want to be a pro at Spanish, I want to be fluent enough so that I can talk to my guy. I know i just started a few days ago and I know I am not gonna be fluent fast. But I am just saying teach me how to form sentences with the phrases I am learning. Other than this, I think Babbel is a great app for people who already know the language and just need to brush up on their skills, not really for a beginner.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app But not for conversation in Spanish',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dacia Nedd'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 5, 16, 57, 17),\n",
       "  'review': 'I absolutely love the Babbel app! \\nI have tried a few different apps and programs to learn a new language, most of which didn’t work for me. I always grew bored or irritated pretty quickly and stopped. \\nThe Babbel app breaks the language down in an easy to absorb way and then reiterates each lesson multiple times and in many different fun ways. The app also tracks all the words you’ve learned and organizes them in your Review module for you. Then it will remind you to review your vocabulary regularly, offer at least four different fun ways to review it, and once you have correctly defined a word so many times, it takes it out of rotation for a while. \\nAlso, the different formats they use to reiterate the lesson ensures you can not only Understand the Spoken language but also Speak it well and Read and Write it too! It’s actually Fun learning with Babbel and feels like I’m playing a game! \\nIf you learn with Babbel for 15 minutes a day every day, you will be speaking a new language in 6 months! I’m going to try to learn Spanish and French this year. I should be trilingual by the end of 2023!!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'My favorite way to learn a new language!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Scarlett Gunner'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 17, 21, 59, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14755620,\n",
       "   'body': \"Thanks for getting in touch and bringing this to our attention. There is a variety of lessons (each first one of every course), that you can enjoy for free. You only pay for full access! We're sorry, to hear about the technical problems. We would appreciate if you would contact us at\\xa0support@babbel.com\\xa0for more info, so we can help you out!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-19T04:24:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is an app for not just kids, but adults. It started out my mom and I were setting it up, and it only lets me do one lesson and the rest you have to pay for. On the TV we saw the advertisement for it, and it says you don’t have to pay anything! I think they should let people know about that! My friend does it too, and she said it is good but why do they charge you if it says it is COMPLETELY free?!?! I said the same. It is a great app! It just needs some improvements. I think they are going to have a great business over the pandemic and crisis over Coronavirus. No school so kids and adults can have fun! Just be prepared when there might be payments on apps like these. There are greedy people and they do this for money! Not just for the heck of it! I also noticed that it was fun I g slow..... we have good WiFi and service! There was another person saying the same thing! It was on and everything! I got off and back thinking “Well maybe it will work! This has been loading for 30 minutes now!” And get back in..... 😡 FOR REAL PEOPLE WHAT IS WRONG I JUST WANT TO LEARN SPANISH!!! It took a while. Finally loaded. I had this rate at a 5 and..... NO it is going to two! If this doesn’t improve, (NO JOKE) I will delete it and not have anyone in my family get it! I mean this is redic! Well I need a word back from the people sometime! In the meantime, Adios! Keep learning!',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'For All',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Claireslover16'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 9, 6, 31, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9597135,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your kind feedback. We are glad you have enjoyed our Spanish courses and we are sure you will do great as you progress with the lessons. Regarding your remarks, we have noted your comments about the possible warnings we could add in terms of misspellings. Secondly, we do appreciate your feedback in the general design and customer experience, this can help us to be able to offer you a better app overall. Once again, we truly appreciate your time in letting us know all these details. Kind regards from the Babbel team.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-10T15:50:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"Through 16 lessons at this point, and overall enjoying Babbel. I formerly used Duolingo, which seemed too vocabulary based. I'm happy I switched to Babbel for building conversational experience. I appreciate the tooltips differentiating European/Spain Spanish and Latin American words. Those are helpful distinctions I didn't get in three years of in-person classes. Also, I appreciate the variation of native speaking voices. It's helpful to hear varying genders, vocal tone/pitch, correct emphasis and pronunciations.\\n\\nMy criticisms regarding the app and the experience follow: 1) There's zero forgiveness for slight misspellings/typos. A flag /warning before counting it against the user would be nice. We're learning here. 2) The matching games/exercises have a confusing UX. It's unclear where to drag and drop and the color selections are all gray, which is not helpful in guiding users through the exercise. 3) While I realise Babbel isn't aiming to gamify language learning, it could benefit from incentivizing users somehow. This could be as simple as congratulating or tracking your progress or improvements. It's very boring to see the simple fact I've completed x/100 lessons. Make it a little fun, and I will be more likely to renew my subscription. Without these improvements, I'm likely to head back to Duolingo.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good, but hoping for AI and UX improvements',\n",
       "  'userName': 'brushing_up'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 23, 5, 34, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25881499,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for taking the time to share your comments and learning experience. We're always working to improve our user experience and would be happy to assist you with the audio feature. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com We are looking forward to hearing from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-25T13:57:15Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Not really beginner friendly. I’m learning French, with no prior knowledge and I believe It’s best for those already with some knowledge, I found it to be difficult and due to that difficulty, I started lacking the motivation to learn. Unlike Duolingo, where I used the app consistently for an entire month and I couldn’t make it a week with Babbel. Key differences between the two: Duolingo introduces new words and how to pronounce them throughout the lesson, gives you the chance to master those words, how to pronounce the words, what it similar to more accurately, you can individually click on a word for the speaker to repeat. Whereas with Babbel, it starts of with you learning sentences and speaking it with no background which can be frustrating, the speaker repeats the entire sentence, in the middle of the lesson there’s an “school vibe” telling you the different conjugates forms, love the memory page aesthetic and give you different options, there’s no order to learn. It’s just personal preference, I paid for both apps. For some reason, Babbel audio started giving me problems when my phone volume was turned down, Babbel audio was loud and I even reset my phone thrice. Hopefully they fix it because it’s annoying.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Trying to Learn French',\n",
       "  'userName': 'NickiGreates😊'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 30, 20, 12, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9936797,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for your positive review! We're always working to improve our user experience, and really appreciate you taking the time to share your comments. It's great to hear you're enjoying our new improvements, may there be many more to come! 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-31T08:41:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So far I’ve been using Babbel for a few months. It’s a nice addition to Duolingo but I have a few complaints. One is the app’s recognition of pronunciation. If you pause to take a breath between saying the imperfective and perfective form of the verb it doesn’t recognize it as correct. The audio recognition is immensely time sensitive, meaning if you say the word too early or too late it won’t recognize it. For example, you press the voice button, it says the word and if you don’t repeat it in less than a second it marks it as wrong. Duolingo’s voice recognition is better than Babbel’s. Babbel also dumps a ton of vocabulary on you and doesn’t include it in subsequent lessons which even when you’re doing the vocabulary review daily like I am, makes learning new vocabulary difficult. It’s also giving words I wouldn’t normally use in conversation like hexagon and mold, etc. Would like more common language lessons.\\n\\nUpdate: So I just used the new speaking portion of the vocabulary review and I have to say it is a vast improvement! So congrats to the developers. It makes a lot more sense to hold the mic button while you’re talking and then release it when you’re done. I’m getting almost no answers wrong when I pronounce the word correctly now which is awesome and a whole lot less frustrating. I actually really enjoyed using it!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Review',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Rvbjiuj'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 3, 19, 41, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26671107,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-06T14:02:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using the Babble app for almost a year now, so my thoughts come with some validity.  My thoughts are that generally it is pretty good. There are a few minor improvements that could be made here and there with the user interface but no two designers would agree.\\n\\nHere is my biggest peeve.  Babble asks that you listen to the dialogue between two speakers, and then asks you questions regarding the conversation.  Fine.  But here is the problem.  First, Babble introduces new vocabulary in the conversation-not helpful. Second, the speakers are speaking at full speed street level Italian.  My brain does not translate Italian that fast Babble!  Slow it down.  Finally, there is no way that you are able to see the English translation of the conversation.  I get it, Babble is testing your comprehension.  However, AFTER you answer the questions about the conversation we should be able to display the conversation in English.  Some of the Babble exercises do allow the display of English, but not the conversation exercise. \\n\\nI find Babble very frustrating at times and am thinking about ending my subscription to Babble and finding another app that is more to my liking and learning style.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good-but could be better.  Here is how.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Veniamo'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 17, 8, 8, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20553755,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you so much for taking the time to send us your feedback. We’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. This is what motivates us every day! Please add your suggestion here: wishboard.babbel.com 🙂 Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-21T12:56:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'My only thing so far is I feel like you should be able to purchase a longer subscription but be able to make monthly payments towards it. For example: someone may want to commit to a year or even two, but it’s much more doable to spend a few dollars monthly, than to pay hundreds at once. I get that you can pay for a monthly subscription that re-ups each month, but that comes a higher rate as well, which in the end really adds up and may make it feel less worth it, especially since you may not know what you’re really getting for that money in the first place.\\nI just feel like this really cuts out a lot of potential customers and is borderline discrimination,  financially. I completely understand needing to make a profit, but I think it could be done in a more fair way- and if anything you’d likely be making more money as opposed to losing money over it. \\nBut, I just personally believe educational tools should be accessible to everyone. \\n\\nAnyhow, it is a great app from what I’ve seen so far, and seems like it really guides you in how to have real conversation, rather than just being able to pick up on some random vocabulary, which is the case with some of the other tools/apps out there.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app but,',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Baelfire713'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 21, 6, 12, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16808707,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback here. We're dedicated to keeping education accessible, which is why Babbel offers free and paid lessons. However, why do you have to pay to get full access? That's a good question and this might be the answer to it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/why-isnt-babbel-free/ 😉\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-22T12:35:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hi to the developer but I love this idea and I love this app. The idea of having no ads in an app is a very smart idea but I honestly think they should not have to pay to get the lessons. Some people may not have the money to be able to buy the lessons that’s very important money that could be going to something else I could just buy a free app but I really do love this app but I say I think you should make lessons that on as advanced as if you pay for them but they’re still good I think you should make free lessons for people who cannot afford buying the lessons this is just my opinion and you don’t have to listen to my opinion but I just think it be a better idea because everybody doesn’t have money to be able to buy these lessons that I could just back download Duolingo or something like that so that’s just my opinion I am very very sorry that I’m complaining to you but I just wish somethings would change about this app that’s why I’m giving it the rating that it has so anybody if you are reading this this app cost money I mean if you read the description on the app then you’re fine but yeah thank you so much for reading this I hope you get to respond to it because it’s very very important to me because I really am trying to learn Spanish because you know it’s really fun and I really wanna learn it but I do not wanna have to pay for education.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Hi',\n",
       "  'userName': 'JJCOOKIECRUM'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 2, 2, 59, 27),\n",
       "  'review': 'I went to France last winter & enjoyed listening to the language and getting a feel for the local culture in Paris. So I decided to get this app and committed to 6 months of full access (probably paid ~$30) After 3 months I have been able to converse and understand fluent/native speakers for the most part. Of course there are many more words and verbs to learn and understand, but it comes with time. I am on beginner course 4 and feel that I have made great practice, the recorded speakers allow you to hear the accents used and are much better than an automated version (computer voice). It is nice to be able to learn a new language on my own time, and even better when I can see the results pay off. I have received compliments on my accent and the amount of vocabulary I have learned in only 3 months. Would recommend for anyone trying to pick up a little French or other languages before a vacation, or just to try something you have never done. It can be frustrating learning very basic phrases at first, but if you practice them and look up words/phrases on your own you may be surprised how much you may learn. Peut-être devriez-vous l’essayer!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Quite Good',\n",
       "  'userName': 'corey.chandler13'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 15, 23, 40, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26323112,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-17T13:47:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall I think this is a good app and I’m learning Spanish and recognizing new words and phrases. I think I need to immerse myself in the language more for it to really come together in my head, but the app is serving me well. My issue with it, though, is how it handles pronunciation and that it sometimes requires you to mimic the speaker in weird ways. Often it will say I’m not doing it right, but I can pass if I mimic the pitch of the speaker while saying the same phrase. If it’s a woman, I as a man will have to speak in a falsetto and only then will I get the green box and happy chirp saying I correctly pronounced it. The teacher sounds laconic and, yes, a little sleepy? Don’t try to speak it in an upbeat tone. Lean back into your seat, slump into your chair and talk as if roused from slumber. Victory! So, yeah, sometimes it’s frustrating and you have to be more of a mimic than speak in your own tone and cadence—even when your pronunciation is the same. Oh, yeah, and I’ve bobbled some words but, as long as I’m trying to do an impression of the original, I’ll get a passing grade. So, yes, AI has a way to go before it’s ready but, for the price, this is a heck of a lot cheaper than taking a live class and I can go at my own pace.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'A little too pedantic when it comes to pronunciations',\n",
       "  'userName': 'NJSpinDoctor'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 30, 15, 5, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9939958,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the taking the time to share your review here. We really appreciate your feedback and are so pleased to hear you've made such great progress learning Swedish. Learning a language isn't easy but it's all about practice and perseverance. We wish you the best of luck with your studies. Lycka till i framtiden!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-31T10:55:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been trying to learn Swedish for almost 2 years. I live with a native speaker and have picked up a few phrases here and there but was far from fluent. I used Duolingo for about a year off and on but their sentence construction was absolute garbage. Duolingo had me saying things like “Sköldpaddan älskar fålgarna” (the turtle loves the birds). I understand learning basic vocabulary and everything but these sentences got really ridiculous at times; not to mention boring and redundant. Babbel on the other hand provides real examples of phrases one might encounter in Sweden. And I love how they make me work for it. In later lessons, when teaching new words, it will bury the new word in a sentence full of words I’ve never heard or seen. This was confusing at first but really introduces the context of the language as a whole and after a month of this I started picking up whole sentences that my partner would say on the phone to her parents. Well done Babbel, would highly recommend to someone who is actually trying to learn a new language.\\nBut just remember you have to be willing to try and fail along the way. My partner makes fun of me all the time😘',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best learning experience for me so far',\n",
       "  'userName': 'RADiller'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 25, 22, 35, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7913702,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hey, sorry you had this experience! Please email us at support@babbel.com so we can take a look at your account for you - and suggest a fix.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-03-26T11:58:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So, I know passable french, but I wanted to improve more. I thought to myself “oh every ad is pretty much Babbel and I have nothing to lose” so I downloaded the app. I was so excited to learn more french. I opened the app, filled out the beginning question and was presented with a challenge “beginner or advanced”. Now, I know I went to france and did a decent job of understanding and speaking so how hard could it be? Well, I chose advanced. The first question- my mind finds the answer to “what time is it” a phrase I leaned 4 years ago. Perhaps it’s just getting a feel for where I am... I click the right answer. It repeats the phrase in french. This is it, I think, I’m finally going to get another question and go back to learning! So I wait for it to load... and I wait... and I wait some more. Maybe it froze? I closed the app and opened it back up. I went back through the same survey thing and finally back to the question. I have this one under control now. I click the right answer. It doesn’t repeat the phrase. Okay, weird. I go to my home screen, open another app, and come back. I try the question again. It took half an hour and I’m on good wifi and service this is an issue with the app I couldn’t do anything why the hell did I think it would work? Everyone else said you get 6 free words but hey at least you got words all I got was a haunting reminder of the passage of time',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I’m sorry what',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Sydstr1'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 7, 0, 56, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17143173,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Kathlyna, thank you very much for your update. We‘re so pleased to hear you‘re enjoying the Babbel app. We wish you best of luck on your language learning journey. Happy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-07T11:38:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve updated my review to five stars. I had an issue getting the store and the app to talk to each other. Took a bit of chatting with customer support to get full access, but it got sorted.\\n\\nNow that I have full access to the app I am very pleased with how the lessons are structured. I am enjoying the images, the script, but what I like the most are the focus points on how to sound out certain letters and sounds. Other apps don’t have that feature. This app is built like and actual learning course. I tried Duolingo and there was really no structure or explanation of how things worked or why in the other language. I felt like I was just blindly going along. I had lots of questions all the time. In this app they’ve planned ahead and have information points which help greatly. Which really help with not getting frustrated. I’m really happy going along and learning Dutch. I like that there are no “leagues” or races to see who can do the best each week. I can go at my own pace and not feel pressured because I didn’t get enough points a certain week. \\n\\nI would recommend taking screenshots and then making notes to reference later.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Nice app!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kathlyna'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 30, 5, 25, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31215278,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Hermione, Thanks for your awesome review and recommendation. We work hard to meet expectations like yours! 🧡️ It's fantastic that you've had so much success with Babbel. Be proud of your achievements!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-01T15:46:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have tried many language learning apps (Rosetta stone, Duolingo, Memrise, etc). Babbel is the only app that adequately prepared me to begin conversational practice in a completely new language. It is my firm belief that language apps cannot teach you another language to proficiency. The only way to do this is to actually speak with native speakers. Thus, a language app’s primary goal should be to prepare beginners to start having conversations. Babbel does exactly that! Babbel teaches important vocabulary and basic grammar without expecting you to memorize huge amounts of information at once. It taught me grammar, the alphabet, and culture gradually as I learned conversational phrases. When I began conversing with native speakers, I was frequently complimented on my good pronunciation. This is because Babbel incorporates pronunciation practice as a feature and provides helpful pronunciation guides. This is the only language app that has demonstrably improved my progression in a foreign language. I would recommend it above all others, especially considering the relatively low price and the wide variety of languages offered.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The results speak for themselves',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Hermione Lovegood'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 3, 24, 18, 58, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14244308,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this review to us and people using our app. We are glad to know Babbel has been useful in your learning path. Remember we are here for you and please do not hesitate to let us know when you need further assistance. Keep up the good work and ¡Mucha suerte con su continuación con el español! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-03-25T16:13:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve only completed two lessons, but I absolutely love the essential information along the way. I also use another language learning app which does not give such information along the way. This is more straightforward and less game-like, so I feel that I understand more and am learning faster. Yet, don’t think it’s boring or too difficult because of the format. Absolutely the contrary! I am able to respond without having to think about it so much; I just know it better this way. It definitely is intuitive, natural learning! Thanks for such a great app! If this stays available, maybe I can learn another language after Spanish! This is definitely worth the small monthly fee for anyone serious about learning a different language. I wish this had been available when my daughter was learning Spanish as a homeschool course. She didn’t retain anything really from the expensive curriculum with many bulky books, but I really think she would love this and actually learn the language! Thanks for all your hard work put into this app! Or rather...Gracias por todo su arduo trabajo!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great so far! Would be great for homeschoolers!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dewberry June'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 1, 7, 17, 44),\n",
       "  'review': 'I studied Pimsluer Russian but the duration of time it took along with the lack of writing and visuals made it easy to speak but difficult to ensure I was saying the right thing, either pronunciation or the right version of the word within the sentence, such as “a” and “и.” I did make it through Stage 1 (of 3) with them and it made the beginning of this app very simple as I knew a good amount right off the bat, but this app ties in visual, auditory, muscle and speach in a way that’s much quicker and easier to understand what you are saying. I also found it really helpful the way they group the language together, and how they explain how and why certain parts of the language are the way they are. These concepts are essential to understanding the language but I was completely missing out with Pimsluer. It’s fast, fun and can be done in my free time. If I take a week off I can be confident to pick it all back up again rather than be faced with the choice to listen to a 45 minute seminar that I’ve already heard or go to the next one and not remember everything from last week. \\n\\nTry the app out! It’s fun and refreshing!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Coming from Pimsluer Russian',\n",
       "  'userName': '240sxdesign'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 14, 5, 42, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21139482,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T12:03:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'UPDATE: They’ve just addressed my biggest complaint from below—no more custom keyboard. It switches to the stock keyboard of the language you’re learning, and my frustrating typos are gone. Love it! Updated the design too, and it’s look cleaner and more legible. Nearly perfect now! \\n\\nFive stars for Babbel the service, three stars for the app. I’ve been using Duolingo for a couple years and started Babbel a couple months ago. The lessons feel both more natural and in-depth compared to Duo. They dig deep into the mechanics of the grammar in a super helpful—and approachable—way. And I can’t overstate how much more useful the audio is here, with actual human, natural-sounding voices, in contrast to Duo’s robo voices. The app could use a little love though. My biggest gripe is the custom keyboard. Please just let us use the system keyboard. I’m prone to so many more errors with the custom board, and it leads to incorrect answers due to typos. Less urgently, the design just feels a little dated overall. A dark mode feels overdue as well. But overall, highly, highly recommend Babbel!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great service, decent app',\n",
       "  'userName': 'kleypack'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 20, 14, 20, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7401470,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there! Thank you for your feedback. We attempt to teach a language in a more practical way so that our users can enjoy real situations while learning. We do have several section focusing on regional kind of Spanish; we have noted your comments so that we can offer a better user experience and help you develop your knowledge in Spanish.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-02-21T14:10:30Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"This app does a pretty good job of building up the difficulty of learning a language. I grew up in a Spanish speaking household, so already had a pretty good basic understanding of the language. What I was hoping to work on with this app were my speaking and grammar skills so that I could speak properly with people at work. Growing up, we would often respond in English or Spanglish so my communication never really advanced. I started on the intermediate section just to ensure I had the grammar basics down correctly. Babble starts off pretty simple and I was concerned it may be too easy, but as you progress the lessons really start to build on themselves. What I find useful is repeating the phrases, words, etc... even if not asked to do so. You should definitely try to practice outside of the app to really get the hang of speaking, but overall this app is pretty good! One thing I wish it offered was to choose the type of Spanish you're learning or at least show the variations throughout the lessons. Sayings are quite different and some I would never use when speaking to family or people at work (at least where I live and the population I work/interact with).\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Pretty good!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MLE956'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 21, 14, 33, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19321108,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks a lot for sharing your lovely language learning journey with us. What a wonderful motivation to learn Spanish. 😊  Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to Babbel so we can have more details about \"the phrase\"... we would like to have closer look into this matter!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-24T12:47:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using this for a couple of weeks now to learn Spanish.  I know some of the basic language but I really need to dive deeper because my in-laws don’t speak English.  So far I love this app, because it focuses on both written and spoken language.  The reviews are great, since they focus on your problem areas with repetition at different times.  My only issue with it is that there is one person on there who speaks Spanish with very bad American accent, so when I have to repeat his phrases with correct pronunciation, the voice recognition won’t recognize me.  Something as simple as “Como estás” will not recognize my repetition to save my life, and I’ve been speaking those phrases for over 20 years.  It’s frustrating that it recognizes my pronunciation by any other native speaker on there except his.  I don’t want to have to speak with a terrible accent when trying to learn Spanish properly.  Other than that one thing, I love this app for learning the language, because it’s pretty comprehensive and easy to follow.  I can’t wait to surprise my family with my new skills I’m learning!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Love this App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Soguesswhat'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 1, 23, 31, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15134369,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your comments and this helps us as feedback for us to improve our versions and be able to offer you a better experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-06T14:26:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'First - frustrating glitches.  When you’re in a lesson (ipad app) the “close” button doesn’t work. So there’s no way to leave the lesson without exiting the app. Then, you’re progress doesn’t save, and you have to start the lesson again. Also, why is the speaking and listening so slow?? When you listen to the phrase, and then speak it back, the button doesn’t depress, it starts recording very very slowly, and often comes back incorrect. It makes the verbal practice very annoying. \\n\\nOtherwise, I have mostly enjoyed this app.  I have previously taken Spanish classes but haven’t used it much for years, and wanted to brush up.  This app is great for that. I’m not sure how I might feel if I had no experience.  It doesn’t always feel like the amount of practice is enough.  Rather than slowly teach and reinforce a concept, and expose you do different vocabulary, each unit focuses mostly on a handful of key phrases.  Sometimes it leaves me feeling like I’m just memorizing the repetitive questions and phrases without really learning to converse.  So I’d suggest more varied types of practice, as well as spending more time in each unit.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Pretty good, happy with it overall',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Lilpeach29'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 10, 13, 55, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26232039,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, We would like to thank you for your recommendation and for this amazing review. 🧡  We are really happy to know you have enjoyed Babbel this much while learning Italian. This is what motivates us every day. Ti facciamo tanti auguri per il tuo studio!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-12T11:00:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using this app to learn Italian for just over a year and I can’t recommend it enough! I have tried a few methods to learn Italian over the years, including Duolingo and self-guided workbooks, but neither of those worked for me. The major benefit of Babbel is that you learn by completing lessons, which are structured as if you were doing exercises from a class. This was the biggest help for me because I felt like I was taking a class. Along the way, each lesson offers grammar tips and small snippets on culture, so you’re learning much more than just the language.\\n\\nThere many ways to review the vocabulary you’ve learned as well, which is great to test your comprehension in a variety of ways (e.g., writing and listening). Babbel also offers live classes where you can actually sign up for a lesson with an instructor. I have yet to try it, but there are a ton of lessons to choose from depending on your skill level. \\n\\nOverall, Babbel is a standout app that helps you speak and understand a new language very quickly!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The Best Language-Learning App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'lover-of-the-pod'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 3, 16, 44, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11641311,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Meg, thanks a lot for your review. Please - can you submit your suggestion to our Wishboard: tiny.cc/wishboard_en 🙂 ? We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-11-04T13:47:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I seriously love this app! I am currently in high school and have taken Spanish for 3 years, I started to fail my Spanish class with a 66 and I was not happy. I didn’t understand conjugating, or pretty much any Spanish. I just didn’t get it, but then I started to use this app. Babbel teaches me Spanish in a completely different style, it makes learning seem super easy and fun. My current Spanish teacher makes everything memory based, remember conjugations, vocabulary, and more. But babbel makes conjugations seem super simple. It only teaches me the conjugations when I get to them. I just have one opinion, when I am supposed to write an answer down and I get it wrong, babbel immediately tells me the answer and corrects me. In my opinion, I feel like babbel should give you at least 2 more chances to write down your answer. If you still don’t get it then it can tell you. Thanks for reading! for future babbel downloaders, I HIGHLY recommend. Take this from the person who has learned more with 2 days of this app than they have  almost 3 years.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I love this app! But I have some opinions',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dressage_Meg2003'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 21, 2, 5, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21215688,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Paul! Thank you for your message. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel in terms of what you are looking for in your learning process; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-22T14:22:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am using Babbel to learn conversational Spanish. I can see why this will quickly help you get conversational in a language because it jumps right into it.  For someone who is a true beginner, this is too difficult and will make you frustrated because it spends almost no time teaching about things that make Spanish so different from English like sentence structure, word order, verb variations and masculine vs feminine structure, adverbs and adjectives. I should’ve bought this after doing Duolingo for a 3-6 months.  That program is pretty elementary but for someone learning a new language for the very first time, you need the elementary lessons first. \\n\\nAlso, the voice recognition is absolutely horrendous. I get so frustrated with it that I just skip that part which then just launches the whole learning conversation so I have to go back and review it bit by bit. It truly is that horrible. Even when I say it perfectly, it doesn’t recognize. \\n\\nOverall, yes it’ll help you get conversational quickly. However if you are learning a second language for the very first time, I would suggest a simpler program and then jump into Babbel.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Immediately goes into conversation. Voice recognition is horrible',\n",
       "  'userName': 'RadoPaul'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 7, 18, 35, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9112452,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Thomas, we appreciate your feedback. We thanks you for increasing this language perspectives, of course we aim to offer our users the best experience while using our app with the objective of teaching a new language. We gather all these feedback reviews to make our product even better so we can accomplish this goal. Your points of view are important to us and once again we thank you for reaching out to us with these remarks :) We are here to help you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-06-11T11:51:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Russian is a rather difficult language, and one that is presumably not nearly as sought after as French, Spanish, or Portuguese. However, the price for the Russian version of Babbel is the same as the the other versions but doesn’t offer nearly as much instruction as said courses. Furthermore Babbel doesn’t always fully explain why things are the way they are. For example, they don’t explain why the name for Germany in Russian is «Германия» (Pronounced “Germania”) but the term for someone who is German is «Немец» (pronounced “Nemetz”). I suppose this isn’t too big of a deal, but language is all about context, and understanding the context and history as to why some words are the way they are is important to understanding the language itself, as well as just interesting. Babbel does a great job of marrying what works from other language softwares, but it doesn’t offer a particularly large amount of content, or grammatical understanding. Nonetheless, in my opinion it is the best language learning software out there for Russian, and I am satisfied with my purchase.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great software, not that deep and not much explanation though.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Grayson Thomas'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 18, 16, 16, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29274740,\n",
       "   'body': 'A huge thanks from the whole Babbel Team for your comment!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-20T06:16:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been studying the Dutch/Flemish language for years, and after using almost useless books, tapes & CDs that evidently don’t teach the way I learn best, I bit the bullet & went with some serious interactive programs. Learning a language by yourself that is not spoken within several thousands of miles of you is challenge enough, but you can do it with the right type of help. I just started using Babble last night, and I’m learning things I did not learn on my expensive Rosetta Stone computer programs. One advantage is that I’m using Babble on my iPad... another is that Babble seems to be a more conversational style of Dutch than Rosetta Stone, and probably closer to what I’ll need the next time I’m in Amsterdam, Bruxelles (they speak Flemish), or CapeTown (Afrikaans is one of the official languages in SA), where different dialects of Nederlands are spoken. While Rosetta Stone provided me with a strong foundation in the language and is making Babbel easier for me, I honestly believe Babbel’s program is making me a better Dutch speaker.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Dit is GOED....',\n",
       "  'userName': 'iChucky'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 24, 13, 46, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35098467,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your message and details on your experience. We are sorry to read that your time with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-27T14:19:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel does cover much more than probably what you’re looking to learn. I chose Mexican Spanish but Babbel forces me to learn Spain Spanish, Chilean food, Argentinian food, and other unrelated topics which you cannot skip over. It also does not properly introduce new words or grammar conjugations in sentences. It will force you to fill in a words in a back and forth dialogue between characters but the dialogue will use words never seen before and you cannot click on the word to find out why it was used or conjugated in a certain way. The inability to skip lessons that don’t relate to what I’m trying to learn is beyond infuriating considering they are 40-80 questions per lesson.  There is not enough repetition of words or phrases so lessons are easily forgotten. My wife is a fluent Spanish speaker and agrees not explaining conjugation up front will lead to difficult to overcome mistake corrections later. The lessons are too vague, don’t have deep enough explanation, and there’s zero grammar explanation built in; coupled with lessons I don’t care about, I wish I hadn’t spent the money for this app. There are audio lessons with books which are much more effective in a shorter amount of time.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel paid version after 6 months',\n",
       "  'userName': 'DJ MacDaddy'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 5, 5, 4, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3104126,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your positive review here! We're so happy to hear you're enjoying learning Spanish with us. There was a lot of work that went into the development of the app and the course content, so it's great that you find learning with Babbel so useful. ¡Mucha suerte con tu aprendizaje! 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-11T14:25:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been wanting to learn Spanish for a very long time but programs were all so expensive and there were limited programs as it was. Well, when I got my iPhone I discovered several great programs at a really great and reasonable price. I tried several of them through their trial periods and decided on this one and Duolingo. Combined I feel like I am learning faster than if I had gone with the one program that’s so popular, I think everyone knows which I’m talking about. I believe I have come a long way in just two weeks. I also paired these programs with a distance education course which make me accountable to actually follow through because I am paying for all of it and do not want my money to go to waste. Aside from all that, this is a great running program. I haven’t encountered any sort of glitch or hang ups yet. It’s pretty close to a perfect app that one could hope for. So here’s to learning, staying committed, and actually having fun while doing all the work! I would most definitely recommend this app 100%!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great program',\n",
       "  'userName': 'bast3200bc'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 26, 14, 4, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21922634,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Laura, we're very sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better.  We'd appreciate it if you could contact us again via email under support@babbel.com 🙂 We are looking forward to hearing from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-29T10:29:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I signed up on Monday.  Today is Friday. I am still going round and round wasting my time. My initial problem was that the course I was given to start was ridiculously simple. I entered I am a moderate level Spanish speaker. My course started me with simple pronouns and greetings for various times of the day. Wrote to customer service which further wasted my time. I was told to go to the My Profile and switch to Spain Spanish since the Latin American Spanish only has level 1.  I wrote back to Babbel saying I only see achievements and activity as options. I finally went to settings and it showed I HAD SIGNED UP FOR SPAIN SPANISH. So my problem was never addressed.\\n\\nThe app itself is not friendly enough for someone who doesn't use apps regularly.  It appears simple but there is so much hunting around on the site to find simple answers. I still don't know how to get other information I asked about when I wrote to customer service which was never answered.\\n\\nBetween the app and the customer service, my take away is the company is not respectful of their customers.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': '👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻',\n",
       "  'userName': 'laura112345'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 10, 1, 37, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33109409,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you so much for taking the time to send us your feedback. Please contact us at support@babbel.com for more information and we look forward to developing solutions!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-11T13:20:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Seemed to work great at first, while I was adding more vocabulary regularly. After I had a lot of vocab and didn’t want anymore, and too much time had passed with their spaced interval review regimen, there was no reasonable way to review on the phone app. You can always see the vocab in both languages because it is arranged as one on top of the other rather than side by side. If I didn’t open the app for a few days, I’d open it and sometimes get a hand waving saying “welcome back! Would you like to review?” I’d click a button to review (which was always flash cards, since the other options didn’t work on my phone), and I’d get an error message. I told Babbel support about this and they’d just say “do more lessons” and go on to explain the stages of review, which I already fully understand. Finally I got someone to admit that the error message was something they needed to work on, but it’s still happening. My subscription doesn’t expire until March, so according to Apple I’m stuck paying for it til then. By the way, the speaking feature doesnt work either and never did. Neither do the games. I have an IPhone 12, fully updated, and the Babbel app is also updated.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s ok',\n",
       "  'userName': 'AlwaysAnalytical'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 7, 18, 22, 52, 25),\n",
       "  'review': \"Babbel offers first and second semester college level language learning.   I am trying to become conversational in Spanish after being married to a native speaker for 11 years and taking several college courses in the language.   I would give 5 stars, but there is no way to test out of the beginning lessons and focus on what you need to improve on as there is in an app like Duolingo. I find myself using Duolingo more because it is more fun and brings a game like aspect to learning, but when I want to focus on technical details of the language I turn to babbel.  As with any language learning regimen, this app must only be part of your learning plan if you wish to be fluent.  You must speak with people in the language and immerse yourself In it by reading and listening to it.   I get my news from CNN español now, and I listen to Spanish radio and tv whenever I can.   Having a native speaker in the house doesn't hurt either!   Overall, I am satisfied with babbel, I just wish it wasn't so similar to the structure I was used to from the classroom, it doesn't feel very useful!\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Classroom style learning at home',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Christopherbrown0317'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 19, 23, 7, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36090576,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Brett, Thanks for getting in touch with us. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. In addition to our classic online courses, we also offer podcasts and interesting articles in our Babbel Magazine to make learning more exciting and fun. 🙂️ Please feel free to email us at support@babbel.com if you'd like to find out more!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-21T08:20:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am a teacher who appreciates learning apps. I have a PhD in psychology and so I can appreciate a good learning app. I really like Duolingo, for example, because they nudge learners using what we know about learning. After using Duolingo for almost 3 years I was ready to try something new. Babbel seemed like the obvious choice. However I’ve been extremely disappointed. I’m an intermediate speaker and I was defaulted to saying hello and goodbye. Twice I took a placement test to be advanced to classes at my level. But the test wasn’t even a real test. Instead of seeing if u could speak Spanish by giving me Spanish to understand or statements to produce Babbel just asked me — in English — how good my Spanish is. That’s ok as a start but it’s ludicrous as a placement test. Making matters worse, the app is hard to navigate and it keeps offering me beginner lessons even after it says it places me at the intermediate level. Finally, so far at least, the content is boring. Duolingo uses humor and has inspiring podcasts with interesting life stories. Babbel has mundane stories that simply don’t engage me. Maybe I need to take a course in how to use Babbel but so far it’s a big disappointment. I’m giving it another week before I cancel. Brett Pelham',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not user friendly',\n",
       "  'userName': 'brett pel'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 18, 19, 52, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26345875,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Diane! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-18T14:34:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Oh my goodness this is my first time to log onto Babel let me tell you there’s no instructions no introduction it’s just go when they ask you questions you don’t know how to log down because the answers are at the bottom of the page if you don’t know how to spell they don’t tell you to click the button to see how it’s pronounced if you want to go back and review your lesson and you’re not allowed to go back and review but it’s OK it’s not history as you go along you start to make sense of their questions like hint I didn’t know that the words were all scrambled like a game and you have to try to make use of the scrambled words to pronounce the right word anyway it’s a learning curve right like learning a new language it’s learning a whole new app I’m just hoping I can repeat it because it goes so fast that I won’t remember it in the three hours that I’ve spent on it already so hopefully I can go back and start the class all over before my trip in six months',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Italian',\n",
       "  'userName': 'dianehuff'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 1, 9, 48, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26624491,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-03T11:26:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m a native English speaker from America, I don’t know any other languages so I thought it’d be best to learn a mutual language with some of my friends. They are from the Netherlands and Belgium, both speak fluent Dutch so I thought Dutch would be the perfect language to learn. It is similar to English they share the same alphabet and I already know some people who speak it. Going into learning I very clearly and confidently remember the few beginner words like good morning and good bye etc. once I got to around the 10th lesson you just get thrown in head first with no knowledge of sentence structure or grammar. I mean the bare minimum to speak, read and, write a language is just completely missing. I often times found myself confused with the way words were used and how sentences were built and how they changed. For languages like Spanish it’s no problem but for a language with a different grammar it is completely useless to try and learn from this app. I don’t know how any native English speakers with no background in Dutch can become fluent with this app alone there is a massive hole in the teaching process.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not for beginners',\n",
       "  'userName': 'liqma balls'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 16, 21, 36, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11907921,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for getting in touch. We're sorry to hear that you're having trouble. Please send us a quick message to support@babbel.com so we can help you with this!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-11-18T12:50:36Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I went through the first lesson and I mostly enjoyed a different format than Duolingo, however I ran into some issues. Mostly, when it comes to grading the recording of me reading the words, I can’t seem to get it to consistently let me pass. And if I am saying something incorrectly, it’s giving me no feedback on how it’s “wrong.” I really feel though that the problem is with the app.\\n\\nAnother issue is when I went to choose my starting place there seems to be no intermediate level between beginner and advanced. I’m a little over a beginning level, but I’m not cocky enough to claim that I’m advanced. Perhaps there is an option for intermediate but I didn’t see it.\\n\\nMy final issue is with the number of lessons to which I have access without paying. I went through one buggy lesson for free with no way to advance without giving them money. Really, I wouldn’t mind paying if I could’ve gotten a better taste of the quality. But I didn’t want to pay for something that frustrates me so much. When I would get caught on a finicky voice recording question, I would just eventually skip that garbage and move on. Overall, not worth paying for.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The voice recognition is too capricious',\n",
       "  'userName': 'primary badger'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 15, 2, 46, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12415832,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for sharing your feedback with us. You can find vocabulary from your lessons in the Review tab, along the bottom of the appscreen. Just click that to go over all vocabulary you've learned so far! If you need any help using this feature, just write us an email at support@babbel.com. It would also be helpful for us if you could send us a screenshot of what you're seeing when the 5 and fünf error shows. We'd like to look into this for you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-16T09:23:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am doing the German language and the thing that bothers me is the grammar of the Germans! I also can’t do “ß” on the app so even when everything is right I can’t do ß which annoys me (I have found out how to do it!!) but everything else is very good and I do recommend. I also have a suggestion: there should be reviews for everything you have done so far, it would help me a lot to go back and do everything in a way that helps me; I also would like to choose learning styles, I learn better when saying and typing the answer (the chats) but everything else either doesn’t help or is hard to understand for me. Danke! Auf Wiedersehen! (Thank you! Goodbye!)\\n\\nEdit: I am doing a speaking review right? Okay and I was doing the speaking I had to say: “Das macht 5 Euro”, right? Right, okay, I was saying it. Though, it counted to wrong and apparently I said: “Das macht fünf Euro”. And you know what? IT’S THE SAME THING! Fünf and 5 are the exact same thing  just fünf is word form. This has happened multiple times, it’s really aggravating, honestly.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Deutsch ist gut (German is good)',\n",
       "  'userName': '0dd Panda'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 9, 15, 33, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14607296,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for reaching out to us. Feel free to send us an email at support@babbel.com (including screenshots, if possible), so that we can look into this for you. We're happy to offer you assistance!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-11T18:49:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So, this app used to be awesome and engaging. I missed a day, logged in today and you changed the UI? And screwed it up in the process? Please change it back, or at the least give the option to have the old interface. \\n\\nI don’t have a RUSSIAN KEYBOARD! That’s why I’m trying to LEARN RUSSIAN! There used to be a virtual keyboard which showed up (regardless of if I had my iPad Pro Keyboard attached or not) which would block out the letters/ characters that we haven’t been taught yet. With that gone, I’m now overwhelmed by constantly trying to search for letters even though I haven’t gotten far enough in the lessons to know all the letters. I mean, really?!? Before I felt good about my learning, and now I feel like an idiot, it is no longer fun, and it takes too long to find the letters. Really?!? How do you go from being a great app to a horrible app over night? And I pay money for this? I can’t justify this cost, especially when this is already a supplement to Rosetta Stone for me. Sorry, but if this isn’t addressed, I doubt I’ll do even two more days. I quit halfway through a lesson today because it wasn’t worth the frustration. \\n\\nPlease do something about this - in which case I’ll then change my review. This is REALLY FRUSTRATING! Thanks a lot! (For nothing.)',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Seriously?!?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Wilheart'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 20, 0, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36667376,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for sharing your Babbel experience. We're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning with Babbel and that our courses suit your learning style. However, your feedback matters and we're always working on improvements. Feel free to subscribe to updates by going to wishboard.babbel.com 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-22T18:41:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I downloaded/purchased Babbel after using Duolingo for quite some time and feeling like I had kinda hit a plateau in learning the language. The Babbel app is really nice to use and I find the pacing of lessons to be quite good, though they are definitely longer and more structured than Duolingo. You do get a nice variety of exercises in each lesson and I especially appreciate the realistic conversations and the use of conversational French terms/slang. I do occasionally have issues with the app registering where I click (i.e. I have to tap words in the right order to make a sentence but one of my taps on the screen won’t register so I’ll get it “wrong” and have to redo), so I do wish the app was more… responsive I guess? But honestly it’s not that big of a deal, just a minor annoyance when it happens. \\n\\nI also LOVE the little podcasts they offer! I really wish they had more episodes because there’s only five in my favorite one.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Awesome next step in language learning',\n",
       "  'userName': 'amberandthings'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 21, 15, 22, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17559053,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path; this really motivates us to keep on doing this and help people with this matter. Remember we are here for you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-28T10:02:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I took three years of traditional French courses in high school, but still feel somewhat uncomfortable speaking it in a public setting, as well as difficulty understanding native speakers at full speed.  I used another app for a while to try and improve my skills, but its scoring system felt unfair and arbitrary. \\n\\nI’ve been taking Babbel courses for a few months in preparation for a move to Berlin, and I can already feel the difference in how I’m learning the language.  It feels odd to just continue on when I get something wrong, or even when I have no idea how to respond, but the subtle clues dropped throughout the lessons, plus daily review often result in learning the language subconsciously. I’ve gotten used to getting the right answer immediately, without being able to recall exactly when I learned that word or phrase.  \\n\\nDue to the pandemic, I haven’t been able to move yet, but I’m already working with my German colleagues and while I’m not ready to try speaking German myself at work, I can usually understand some of what they’re talking about. \\n\\nI’ve also had some issues with voice recognition telling me my prononciation is incorrect, even though I’m sure I’m closer than other times when it’s marked me as correct.  I'm hoping they can add more detailed feedback in the future about what exactly I said incorrectly. I'll admit, sometimes I'm holding the phone in a way that obstructs the mic, so that part is on me.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best language app I’ve ever used',\n",
       "  'userName': 'D Rexy'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 27, 19, 31, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10972985,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, Thanks for your review. We've made a note of your ideas to our Wishboard. You can subscribe to updates by going to tiny.cc/wishboard_en Here you can also vote and comment on other people’s ideas or make new suggestions. 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-09-30T10:46:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Enjoy the program, however....  First, explain nuances before throwing them into the mix. Many times I’m screaming, “Why, why, why!” and then in a later lesson a modicum of explanation thrown in allowing a frustrated “Ah!”  Second, when running through the listening/interpretation portion of a course, there is only one speed...super-rocket fast mumble slur-through. Unless I already know/have read what the mumble-slur is, there’s not the slightest chance of deciphering the blather. I find that, in French, many letters that are in the written words are not pronounced at all, some letter sounds that are no-where found in the written words are pronounced as if they are there, many words are so slurred across that the ending of one word sounds like the beginning of the next or as if two or three separate words are one word. It’s so bad that all “first time through” listening  lessons are simply skipped until I can get even an inkling of what is being presented. If there was a “slow it down some” option, like in Duolingo where you can listen both slow and full speed, I’d learn far more.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Two things to improve it immeasurably',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Org flaw'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 1, 20, 27, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27824609,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we need to have a look into this situation to find the right solution. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-03T10:13:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I've been learning Spanish through Babbel for a few weeks. I like the variety of exercises and order of material that is presented, but the speech recognition exercises simply don't work. I know I'm using the app correctly, as I am able to get about 1/4 of these challenges in the first try. But for the others, I fail no matter what I try - I even recorded the demo audio on another device, played it back, and still failed! I practice in a silent room and have tried different microphones to no avail. Since the speech recognition is the main selling point of the app for me (otherwise, I'd be just as well off with books and pre-recorded lessons), I have to give it a low rating. I occasionally have encountered other small glitches where the interface will not scroll, will misalign elements in a matching exercise, or just freeze and require me to restart the app.  But none of these are as frustrating or frequent as the speech recognition problems. As above, I have otherwise enjoyed learning with Babbel.\\n\\n*Addendum: I keep the app up-to-date and have observed this on the latest version at time of writing.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Speech recognition is awful!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'ccchhh333'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 4, 22, 33, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24353157,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Isayahya, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-06T09:40:03Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I found this app to be useless. I haven’t learnt anything more than I already knew in Spanish. \\nThe microphone is not configured properly and it doesn’t understand me.  Next there is so much typing and writing required and click this and click that, making it so hard and frustrating. Even the keyboard is. It configured where I can speak to it.  You have to type and type and type.   Perhaps the thing which annoyed me the most was that there is no streamlining in learning the process.  I felt like I was jumping from one place to another. The gradual steps are not present.  One minute it goes to basic and then jumps to an advance chapter with rapid conversations that I couldn’t understand. Then there is all this unnecessary information being taught like what’s specific fruits are called in specific regions, what excursions or historical sites are and how to pronounce them. What’s traditional food in certain areas are. This is like advance stuff, right now I just need to focus on the language and it’s basics.  Nouns, conjugation of verbs, tenses etc.  I wasted a whole year with Babbel. And they have the audacity to say “ learn a language as little as in 3 weeks”.  what a boatload of crap.  Tsk tsk tsk',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'App feedback',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Isayahya'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 2, 8, 50, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36928054,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, our Latin American Spanish course is one of the most complete ones. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-05T10:06:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The lessons are mostly good. However, the Latin American Spanish track is a total joke. About halfway through, the lessons just start to repeat the same concepts, and don’t progress past A1 level. To get more advanced you have to switch to Spanish Spanish. You lose your progress, the courses and reviews don’t map 1 to 1, and the pronunciations are not on-target. Very disappointing experience. The app also frequently bugs out in offline mode. Lessons and reviews will just become unavailable. And there’s no way to see an overview of what’s been downloaded, how much space it is taking, etc.\\n\\nSpanish Spanish teaches you a lot of generally useless vocab, instead of emphasizing conversational Spanish. That might be good if you’re planning to live there and want to have a convo about “theater companies and their directors”, but if you’re trying to not sound dumb while ordering bus tickets, or chatting with a stranger on the street, it is less than ideal.\\n\\nAlso, app is a total battery hog. Might be mining bitcoins or something. It uses more battery than video apps do! My iPad gets noticeably hot using Babbel.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great basics, lacking after that',\n",
       "  'userName': '📱app connoisseur'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 20, 13, 7, 33),\n",
       "  'review': 'I really do like this app a lot. However, I would change a few things about it.  I am using it for Spanish    I wish that you could test out of them early lessons so that the app could figure out where your fluency level really is and the lessons could be cured more specifically toward your learning.  It feels like torture going through the early lessons when I have had some Spanish.  I also really wish that I could choose Latin Spanish versus Spain Spanish.  I don’t want to include the VOSOTROS but  it makes me!   \\nA couple of other things, sometimes it wants you to include the pronouns and sometimes it doesn’t but it’s not always clear. So I get some wrong because those instructions arent specific.  \\nWhat I really wish is that it included more activities that forced you to translate what you hear. I feel like this is the hardest part of learning a language. Is making sure that what you hear from a Foreign language speaker is what you think you hear.  So I’m still on the hunt for the best app that will give me that!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Would change a few things',\n",
       "  'userName': 'X-Girl12345'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 12, 9, 18, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27435186,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there,\\n\\nThanks for your feedback.\\n\\nGlad you like Babbel as the learning content is easy to navigate and fun to learn. \\n\\nThe audio function can be improved by changing the settings. You can contact us at support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance. We're happy to help!\\n\\nKind regards\\nthe Babbel Team\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-14T05:15:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is structured great. Lesson plans and courses are inclusive to all learning types and I feel I will learn very well on the app. \\nThere is some issues with the speaking exercises. When you are using the option to learn through speech and not only writing you have to speak into the microphone of your phone and say what the app is prompting you to say and it will accept your speech as passable or it will tell you to try again. Well I have the same issue over and over again where I will be saying the sentence or phrase perfectly. And I know because it lets you compare it to how it wants you to say it. Yet it will continue to tell me to try again. Sometimes the microphone will stop recording in the middle of me saying the phrase even if I’m holding the button down, and it will do this over and over. Sometimes it will do both at the same time. This is extremely frustrating but it’s the only complaint I have. \\nOther than that the app is easy to navigate; it’s fun and interactive and I am happy with it',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Mostly satisfied. Microphone problems',\n",
       "  'userName': 'JuiceBizzy'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 4, 1, 16, 9, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 8025329,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi A.Biron. Thanks for taking the time to share your detailed review here. We really appreciate your feedback and are so pleased to hear you're enjoying the app. It's great that you've had so much success learning French with Babbel. Bonne chance dans tes études!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-04-02T13:40:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I studied French when I was younger, spoke it well enough to get by when I went to France (in those days many French refused to speak English).  Now I am using Babbel to refresh my memory and to be able to use it in some of my travels.  I am very impressed with Babbel so far.  I take exception to some of the more negative reviews.  Babbel may be a more fun way to learn, but learning a language is still hard work, it takes some discipline.  And if some of the phrases we are learning seem unuseful they may be there to serve as a foundation to build on.  Also, while it helps to be around people who speak the language, if those very people don’t speak it correctly, you only learn to speak it incorrectly—sure there are regional variations but those are not an official language.  \\n\\nAs to the French course (and I would think the other language lessons follow the same teaching method), I think it is marvelous the way the lessons are structured and  the program is worth every penny.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very Impressed',\n",
       "  'userName': 'A. Biron'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 8, 0, 32, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15241572,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-11T12:52:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The iPhone app seems to force the proprietary keyboard which is, in short, abysmal. I get questions “wrong” frequently because it’s cumbersome to type with, and not forgiving like Duolingo’s system. For example, “bleiben” was typed “bleibn” because the “e” didn’t register on the Babbel keyboard. This is frustrating as the app’s design is actively misinterpreting my knowledge. Inputs can’t be as fast as they are with the standard iOS keyboard, and for some reason, the iPad app allows the built-in keyboard. Not sure why iPhone is different. Another thing—capital letters are very important in German. Without the ability to input capital letters, my brain doesn’t have to actively memorize that function of the language. Duolingo indicates when a user has omitted a capital. Babbel just does it for you, with no option for the user to show their knowledge.\\n\\nI want to love this service more than Duolingo, because there are some great features, especially the Flashcards. Please give me a reason to not go back.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good, but not great',\n",
       "  'userName': 'JoeRun26'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 18, 14, 22, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10231587,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thank you for your review. You can submit your feedback as an idea for future Babbel improvements to our Wishboard, where you can also vote and comment on other people’s ideas or make new suggestions. If you’d like us to do this for you or would like any more information about our Wishboard, please write to us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email address.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-19T09:01:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When I started using the app I loved it! It’s got a variety of pronunciation, spelling and grammatical exercises. I am using Babbel to attempt to learn some conversational French for a trip to Paris in October- I’m not particularly focused on reading and writing French, but it is nice to see it as it certainly is not a phonetic language! As I am progressing I am becoming increasingly frustrated. The spoken examples are too fast and feel like a very random progression through the language. I feel like I went from basic French to here’s his sentence with only one word that you’ve heard before- better say it right! When your pronunciation is wrong there is no coaching- there is one recording that you can listen to on repeat and that is it. No sentences/statements are broken down into smaller sections, there are no recordings with an alternate voice, nothing. How am I supposed to pick up on the very subtle differences in sounds!? Or find where in the sentence specifically I am struggling. Learning a new language is a challenge- I’m prepared for that, but at this point I’m too frustrated to progress in the modules.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Poor coaching for pronunciation',\n",
       "  'userName': 'redoss16'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 23, 2, 19, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28239332,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, we're very sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. Please contact us at support@babbel.com so we can take a closer look into this!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-24T15:05:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have purchased the Spanish course and it is very disappointing. The selection is miniscule, especially if you are not a complete beginner. And with the few lessons they do have, one of my biggest issues is the voice recognition/pronunciation feature. It doesn’t seem to actually check your pronunciation, but whether you are using the tone and inflection of whatever character they have you mimicking. So even if you say something with perfect accent, if the character dragged a word and you just said it, they will count it as wrong. On one question because the character said bienvenida as bienvendaaaaaaa (for some reason dragging the end), it kept marking me wrong until I pressed continue, heard the voice actor and then understood they wanted me to drag the a. No it wasn’t an issue of the sentence being bienvenida a ____. It was a dragged a at the end. So things like that leave much to be desired, especially when other apps seem to be able to do voice recognition just fine. I won’t be renewing my subscription',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Leaves a Lot to be Desired',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Me111111223457'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 13, 21, 38, 43),\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve loved Babbel ever since I saw how many freakin’ lessons they have! It really does a good job of teaching grammer, vocab and rules, plus some of the differences in Spanish in all the countries that speak it. My favorite feature would have to be simulated conversations. It gets you started listening to Spanish and is a GREAT way to practice the grammar you’ve learned. My only critiques would be that I wish there was a better re-cap at the end of each lesson in the Words and Sentences section, such as a simulated conversation that includes all the words/phrases that were covered. I also wish there was a better way to review past material, like better built in flash cards. I find myself using a separate flashcards app to do this. Also the Spanish it teaches in from Spain, and I wish when they taught vocab they’d include the words used in Latin America too. Still, Babbel is the best language learning app I’ve used so far (I like it way more than Doulingo) and I’d recommend it to anyone.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Worth the Purchase',\n",
       "  'userName': 'QBsince1933'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 15, 11, 20, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33807320,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi! Thank you for your message. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-19T13:17:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I had purchased a subscription for this app and was learning Turkish but later I wanted to switch to German but I couldn’t. I wasn’t aware that I couldn’t explore other languages with my subscription. I then purchased a subscription with Duolingo and really liked the game like style but didn’t like how they don’t explain anything like Babbel does as you learn. Being irritated by Babbel not allowing language change I left a critical review for Babbel and I immediately received a response. I contacted customer service and Lothia quickly changed my subscription to German. I wish I had contacted Babbel sooner and wouldn’t have had to buy a Duolingo subscription, but it’s okay because I like using both. Overall I think Babbel is more serious and better for mature learners although Duolingo isn’t bad either. Both are excellent apps but in my opinion Babbel gets the #1 spot. Customer service is also great with Babbel.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Fantastic app…',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Camello85'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 13, 21, 45, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23940753,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, Thanks for reaching out to us. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our customers. Have you contacted our support team at support@babbel.com ? Please send us an email with your email address linked to Babbel. We are looking forward to hearing from you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-15T08:12:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been learning Spanish for years now. I decided to start paying for a Spanish learning app, and decide to go with Babel over Rosetta Stone after trying out the free lessons. I like a lot of the features they offer and the app is easy to use. However, the speech recognition is absolutely horrendous. When I was doing the free lessons it seemed like it worked better, now it’s hit or miss. I know my pronunciation isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty good. I’ll slow things down, but it’ll still say I’m saying it incorrectly. If that’s the case, I wish the app would tell me what exactly I’m saying wrong so I can improve it. I think the software itself is defective because the other day while practicing, I didn’t realize the app was recording. I didn’t say anything, but it accepted the background noise as correct. It’s a shame the voice recognition isn’t better because it’s a great app and speaking is usually the most difficult aspect of learning another language. Would bump up the rating if it was more consistent.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but speech recognition is terrible',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Settttte'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 9, 20, 1, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35352514,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-13T10:21:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'tl;dr: get this app, it will actually teach you the language you want to speak\\n\\ni started learning swedish because my long-term girlfriend and her family speak swedish frequently in their home and i wanted to be able to join in their conversations (this was encouraged by her whole family). i started with duolingo and got nowhere - i was bored and stopped frequently using the app because of how repetitive and drab it was. i picked up babbel as a last hope to learn swedish and was overwhelmingly surprised with the results. i’m still in the beginner courses and i am already able to comprehend the understanding of most real life conversations in my girlfriend’s household. \\n\\nbabbel is so much more tailored to your individual needs and wants in learning a language. this app allows you to have real experience pronouncing and experiencing realistic conversations! the pace can be at whatever speed you like, but legitimately will allow you to have fast-paced learning and allow you to throw yourself in the deep end while still learning a language. vowel sounds and basic structures of the language you’re learning are explained early on and let you learn how to truly understand how a language is spoken rather than simple sentence structure and vocabulary. i cannot recommend this app more for truly learning to speak, read, write, and comprehend a language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'so much better than the bird app',\n",
       "  'userName': 'dusterbee'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 6, 21, 4, 40),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30830535,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com (mailto:support@babbel.com) with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-11T13:26:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been learning Spanish with Babbel for about three months now and feel like I’m making good progress toward fluency. Almost all features in the app work perfectly for me, and I especially like the way it teaches new vocabulary and reinforces it through multiple modalities (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). The reviews between lessons help the content stick in my brain, but reviewing by speaking has been frequently frustrating. It counts about 80% of my recordings as right but randomly refuses to accept at least two or three every review session, no matter how slowly I enunciate the word/phrase. Even when I listen to the recorded speaker and pronounce the terms in exactly the same way, with identical cadence, Babbel still occasionally rejects it. Reviewing by speaking to practice my pronunciation seems like the best way to learn and retain the content, so I hope Babbel can fix this small issue. Overall though, I highly recommend this app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great instructor but a poor listener',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mr. K Rogers'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 24, 19, 0, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20686601,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-27T13:10:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried Duolingo for a year and Rosetta Stone for a few months and for organized learning aimed at the adult learner this is head and shoulder above the others (I’ve had high school and college Spanish and no one ever explained color and noun agreement rules until Babbel) There are actual grammar tips that explain correct usage as opposed to imagining that you will just “pick it up” through emersion. The story line is reasonably engaging - I actually did an extra chapter just to see what the big secret is. \\nWhere the program falls down completely is the useless voice recognition. BEFORE I even draw a breath to speak it tells me to try again. I’m pretty sure breathing is the same is Spanish as in English. And it can be done better. Rosetta Stone’s voice recognition goes so far as to give you feedback on how close you got to getting it right. So for now I have Babbel to teach me Spanish usage and grammar and Rosetta Stone to teach me how to speak. It would be nice to see both features in one package.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Wonderfully designed program, almost',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nutsonewfs'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 4, 16, 11, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31866874,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks for taking the time to share your amazing feedback. We are pleased that you like our Spanish courses. You can join our Babbel Exploradores group to catch up with our Spanisch learning Babbel Community. Feel free to contact support@babbel.com for more information!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-09-06T11:27:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I'm typing this with my thumbs on an iPhone 5 so my words cannot come close to the praise I want to levy on this project. I'm the kid who kind of kept his Junior High level Spanish through college. I've sounded like a five year old in Spanish for decades. I decided to start at absolute beginner with Babbel six months ago and now I'm at their independent level. It been a pleasure. I FEEL like I know a lot more Spanish but now I need to work up the courage to talk to someone. The app has this -- I still haven't worked up courage to try the scheduled live courses. But this is a positive review because the app keeps me doing it on a daily basis -- never frustrates me too much and often amuses me. I say go for it and take it seriously.\\n\\nLater edit on Sept. 2022:\\n\\nSo… I made a great deal of progress and then… I abandoned all my work. I was in Spain for a great deal of that time so my backslide was probably not a huge backslide, but still, I found it hard to return to the app, despite the subscription was active (audios dinero), but I refused to stop the subscription despite the expense because it sad there nagging like a rotting tooth I needed to take to the dentist, or on this case, I knew I couldn’t let my progress with Spanish rot.\\n\\nLong story short — I made it back and many positive changes make the process even more elegant. Five stars!\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': \"It's pricy but that's the cost of progress\",\n",
       "  'userName': 'Love the 80s'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 21, 5, 46, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28217143,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for your feedback. You can learn one language per subscription. If you want to learn more languages, there is another subscription called Babbel Complete. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com for more information!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-23T14:35:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Huge disappointment! I originally started using Babbel to learn German for my news resolution to learn a new language and possibly immigrate to Germany one day. I bought a years subscription up front for about $100 for 1 year. I had been taking the German lessons for about a month when I decided I wanted to switch my language lessons to Spanish as I had booked a vacation in the Dominican Republic in about 3 months & the native language there is Spanish. But when I changed my language to Spanish on the Babbel app, I was able to take 1 lesson and then it prompted me to buy another subscription in order to continue my lessons in Spanish!!!!! I’m very bummed that they’d have the nerve to charge another subscription for a new language. I’m better off using Duolingo which is free and can proceed to different levels for free as long as you don’t make too many mistakes or you can practice everyday as your “hearts” will reset. I have been able to practice on Duolingo for free in German and Spanish! I only subscribed to Babbel because of all the stars it received! Maybe that was misleading? Such a Shame.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Need to buy a new subscription for each language',\n",
       "  'userName': 'kealaakapualani'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 5, 5, 39, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22076922,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-06T13:18:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I couldn’t remember why I previously canceled my subscription to Babble. Then I remembered, after studying Italian for three or four weeks, they con you into believing or lure you’re learning a new language. Then, one day, they randomly task you with learning the days of the week. Little do you know, later in the same lesson, you will be tasked with regurgitating the exact spelling of these new words. Literally, with only one viewing. This is how they get you. How they complete the con and take your money. One day, you are slowly making progress, the next day, you are literally tasked with memorizing and spelling every single word. Word, after word. There are no other lessons. There are no other playful games, just spelling compete words you have only seen one before. If you don't memorize it that one time? Your score dramatically drops. One day, 30 out of 30, the next 30 out of 50. You learn nothing and your moral drops. This app is a scam. They took my money and destroyed my interest in learning. Killing my momentum. Get any other language app and/or save your money. This app is a disgrace and shouldbe banned. I'll leave it to AMEX to secure my refund. Such a scam, disappointing.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'SCAM - Save your money',\n",
       "  'userName': 'runnoft'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 31, 18, 50, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13264072,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Kay, thanks for your detailed feedback. We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience and we're happy to offer you assistance. Please send us a quick email to support@babbel.com so we can help you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-02-03T12:09:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I downloaded babble because Duolingo makes learning Spanish too confusing. It marks me wrong when it has two different meaning for one word and I “use the wrong one” I guess, that and I’ve been seeing the ads everywhere. I begin and it immediately picks beginner Spanish. Which is ok. I did want to learn Spanish but it didn’t even give me a choice but there’s other languages I’d like to learn too. After that I did the first course and it dove me straight into vocab which at first was confusing and I didn’t know hardly any of the words/phrases. Then when it came to speech each time there was a mmm or a ah before the sentence it always marked it wrong but the rest of the phrase right. Not to mention if I slip up once I can’t redo like if I say habla instead of hablo. After finishing I can’t get it 100% because of misspelling or mispronunciation, which is fine but it only lets me do the first round. I can’t do or even try the others without asking for a subscription. I’m not sure if it’s closed because of not finishing 100% or because you only get one free. I’d really like to know because it doesn’t really tell me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but..',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kay Ledford'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 11, 11, 15, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11801411,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for you review and getting in touch. It's great that you've had so much success learning Swedish with Babbel. You can submit your suggestion to our Wishboard: tiny.cc/wishboard_en 🙂 We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-11-12T13:52:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m switched from Duolingo to Babbel because I found that I learned much easier with Babbel. Also the content of Babbel is more relevant to someone like me who is living in a foreign country. \\n\\nI used Babbel about 45 minutes a day for 4 months before moving to Sweden. On my first day here I ordered a custom sandwich from a restaurant in Swedish and had a small conversation with the server. The app’s pedagogy is sound: they use spaced repetition; alternate between listening, speaking, writing, and reading; and have native speakers dictate everything.\\n\\nThere are two problems I have with Babbel.\\n\\n1. Their user interface is horrible. The app looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2014. For example, when you finish a section, the iPad app just says congratulations- it doesn’t automatically take you to the next section. You have to navigate back through their fairly confusing interface to get to the next section.\\n\\n2. They have put minimal effort into creating a point system. With Duolingo, users compete to get the most points each week and reach different leagues, incentivizing users to spend more time learning. Babbel has an arbitrary point counter, but they don’t tell you what 2000 points mean and there’s never any competition.\\n\\nEven with these two faults, I believe that Babbel is the most cost effective and efficient way to learn a foreign language with an app and I would highly recommend it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Phenomenal learning resource with bad user interface',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bigmacboy78'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 3, 21, 6, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21139454,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T12:02:31Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is an overall plus, I would recommend it fo anyone who is interested in learning Spanish, Portuguese, And French. It’s repetition-based, meaning you can always review what you learned before, this is especially good for someone like myself who doesn’t retain what is learned easily. The only problem I have is with the speaking tool, where you speak what is supposed to be said in the language you are learning (e.g. words or phrases such “hello” and “thank you”). The problem with this tool is that for some reason it doesn’t catch what I say even if I say it correctly (mind you I grew up in a Spanish/English-speaking  household, I am just relearning Spanish to become more  fluent). I don’t know why but I hope the developers can see this problem and fix it as soon as possible. As mentioned before, this app is a really good asset to language learning and I recommend it, it just has a few bugs that need to be fixed.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Issue With Speaking Option to Review',\n",
       "  'userName': 'OzzieJo'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 6, 21, 54, 26),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 2252441,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks so much for your detailed review and kind words. We'd love to add more features to our review manager. Buona fortuna :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-01-09T14:51:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'My husband is from Italy and his parents do not speak any English, so I decided to finally bite the bullet and see how much Italian I could learn. I got the six month subscription as a Christmas present and so far I’m very impressed. The lessons do a great job of not overwhelming me while still teaching me a great deal of information. I am still at a very basic level, but my husband is very impressed with my progress so far. I like how tips pop up throughout the lessons and they mix multiple relevant topics within each lesson. My only critique is that I wish there were more features in the review section other than just flashcards. When I studied Spanish in school I loved having a running list of the verbs we’ve learned and their conjugations. This would be super helpful to look back at. Also including some review games would be beneficial. Overall a great app and something I would recommend to any beginners!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very Impressed So Far',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MHM117'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 1, 20, 49, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34069857,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Liv, thank you for your message and feedback. As we could see from your review, the customisation feature would take good importance in your learning experience. We have noted your comments and we are working on creating a unique experience for our users, so this is truly important for us. Once again, thank you for your feedback and kind regards 🧡',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-03T16:28:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m updating this because I’ve used Babbel for awhile now, and these are some things I would fix for my learning experience. \\n1. I wish there was a better way to customise notifications, because I would love to be reminded to do it because I don’t want to lose my streak or something like that, or perhaps even an option where I get more than one notification a day. I’m often busy when I have my notifications scheduled, and I often ignore it because of that.\\n2. I would love to see a more customised reviewing experience. When I review my words, I want to review the ones I don’t remember or barely remember at all. I would love a way to be able to pick what lesson I want with what words I want reviewed, because I know how to count to 20 in German but I don’t quite remember how to order something, and I wish there was a way to tailor it to my needs.\\nAll that said, Babbel is a really great learning experience.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great, but not the best (Updated)',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Schönes Liv'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 25, 1, 5, 37),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7470026,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thanks for your feedback Norse Granny, we are always looking to improve and have passed on your comments to the relevant team. All the best with your Norwegian studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-02-26T09:37:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am working on learning Norwegian. I am very much a beginner having just studied the language for a short time.  The occasional grammar rules that pop up are truly helpful. But new vocabulary, which I have never seen, also pops up and of course without getting a dictionary and looking up each word, I am left with just wild guessing of how to use it in a sentence. Secondly, I cannot back up and listen to a segment or phrase again. Small typo kind of errors also cause problems.  There just doesn’t seem to be enough variety of practice between new words or phrases and having to hear and write them independently especially when so many unknown words are thrown in. Video would help too. I cannot figure out how some of the words get pronounced as they do because I cannot see the face of the speaker.  I have been frustrated enough with unknown words that cause me to get everything wrong that I often find myself exiting the program in before a lesson is done. So, there are some good things. But there are areas that need to be improved.  Hope Babble works on the latter.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Somewhat frustrating',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Norsk Granny'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 8, 12, 20, 19),\n",
       "  'review': 'This app works for me… For now. I want to learn Haitian Creole, but because it isn’t available I’m learning French in the meantime. \\n\\nI like that there are speaking, matching, and writing activities all mixed up. There’s also visual photograph each phrase, sometimes appropriate for the new vocab and sometimes not. Regardless, the visual helps with recall. There are some screens were you can press repeat to hear the new vocabulary again and there are some screens where once you respond the new vocabulary goes away. I think that the app should allow for you to listen to each and every word/phrase in the language you are learning as many times as you would like to listen to it. There should be a repeat button on every single page. \\n\\nI’m also not quite sure about the order of lessons. The first lesson seemed appropriate with “yes, no, thank you, good” etc. However the order of lessons after that was confusing. I started to learn sentences like “she’s a thin woman“ and “ he loves giving complements”. Maybe there’s a method to the madness… I’ll continue.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Ok... for now',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Almitaph'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 11, 21, 33, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35482720,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-20T12:28:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The Babble app works well for learning a new language but you have to march to Babble’s drum and learning agenda. It may or may not cover specific phrases that you want to learn. I wish it would support more “self guidance” over what to cover and let me define or select phrases I might use. I’m going to Italy for a two week vacation and wanted to learn some greetings and phrases, but Babble decides what you get to learn and how. The app is making me spell out Italian phrases that Babble chooses and which have no relevance to me. I’m not looking to write a novel in Italian, just speak some common phrases, so it feels like I’m wasting time trying to spell-out Italian words I will not use like spelling out the phrase that is asking for directions to the “Tobacco Shop”. I don’t smoke. I am more interested in asking for “directions to a public restroom” or “directions to a restaurant or hotel or museum” and I want to say these phrases, not write about them.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Decent app for learning a new language but….',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dowhatsright'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 13, 18, 25, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 2822212,\n",
       "   'body': \"Salut, we're so happy you're enjoying our French course! Best of luck with your studies! We're proud of you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-03-14T09:31:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m loving this app! The lessons are plentiful and fun and you can go at your own pace, though challenging yourself becomes rather addictive and makes you want to keep going, one lesson into the next! I am impressed by how many lessons there are and excited by the breadth and variety. In my estimation and considering how many hours of study you receive, Babbel is a real bargain as learning tool.\\n\\nSome a-ha moments happen along the way. Just when you might think you’re not quite getting it, the lesson structure will help things click. The lessons move you along fairly quickly, so I think the lesson reviews are the key (la cle!) to retaining what you have learned.\\n\\nFor me personally, I’m glad that I went into this with a public school French class foundation. Remembering and revisiting the basics of what I had studied nearly 40 years ago makes building upon a desired, but latently pursued skill all the more satisfying. A+++!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'J’adore Babbel!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'mermaids14'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 17, 10, 49, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16037631,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there! You can access special characters on the app by holding the base key on the keyboard (e.g. the letter ‘n’ for the ‘ñ’ character). Please also note we're receiving an extremely high amount of requests via email at the moment, but we will respond as soon as possible regarding your technical issue.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-17T07:09:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'OK app so far, but the speech recognition is not good at all when it is a phrase of multiple words or multiple forms of a word (nosotros, nosotras). Also very strange that the text input lacks the ability to input accent marks, which are an important part of the language, when even the default keyboard on a phone allows. Why create your own keyboard that’s less functional? \\nAlso turns out that customer service is very much lacking. Despite the number of complaints here about speech recognition problems, all I get is generic responses about changing settings or blaming the issue on poor signal (sometimes repeating the same response I’ve already gotten), and takes several days to get each one so no progress has been made since I wrote my original review about a month ago. Updated to remove another star. (Another update...developer responded here saying you can access special characters by holding the base letter, but that does not work. That’s how it works on the base iPhone keyboard but it does not work with the keyboard built into the app. Another unhelpful response)',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Poor speech recognition',\n",
       "  'userName': 'smbeech'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 20, 2, 28, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31033734,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-22T08:19:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ll start by saying this app has been my favorite among the language learning apps overall. I’m currently taking the Portuguese course. Babbel does a great job pacing the curriculum by teaching phrases and vocabulary while they teach you the grammar. The only downside is that they don’t have a feature that allows me to drill my already learned vocabulary. There is a review tool that gives you a few words and phrases to revisit each day through listening, speaking, writing, or flashcards. I would love if they implemented a feature that allows me to drill vocabulary on my own with those same options available. There is the “my vocabulary” section where I can look and listen to my already learned phrases, but the translation is directly below. So I usually see the translation before I can think about it. All in all, love the app, but wish it had a bit more review options.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app!! Wish it had a few more features.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'JShanChi'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 3, 17, 6, 53, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14120309,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry that you did not have a positive experience with our app. The first lessons are indeed a demo of what you can find with full access to our app, there is no change but only more diversity in the exercises to keep you teaching and adapting to the learning level you show along the courses. We do have listening and pronunciation exercises along the course, once again, we apologize in case this was not what you expected. Our method includes different profiles such as writing, reading, listening and pronunciation; we consider this is the best way to help you, not only learn but embrace a new language. Thank you for your comment, this will allow us to know where to improve to become better in the future, kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-03-19T14:05:18Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I liked the free portion of the app. It was presented in a way that I liked and helped me learn. Then they apparently let my 6th grade English teacher get her grubby little mitts on it. Now I feel robbed, and foolish, as if their marketing team knew the rest of their learning method wouldn’t appeal to everyone. The old “ you know what you did” thing.  It became more about a test on sentence structure, and started boring me to tears. I’m sure some people learn this way, but I become bored with minor details and sentence structuring details and HOW something is written. One of the early question was, which way the accent marks slanted.I just want to speak some Spanish and learn enough to have a somewhat decent conversation. I learned English as a child before I ever knew anything about writing it. Doesn’t everyone? Stop trying to teach me to write it and teach me to speak it. Once I can somewhat  speak it, learning to write it is far easier for me personally. I got this to learn to SPEAK conversational Spanish, not how to WRITE conversational spanish. Their approach is not a good universal fit, since we all learn differently.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'They get you with the free lesson. The paid lesson changes drastically.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Jt_1_2_3'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 31, 17, 56, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31634558,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-24T08:51:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Their Deutsch language learning software has been top-notch. Their speech recognition software has also really improved from when I first started using it back in 2016. \\n\\n Their Portuguese has been subpar so far. Some of the apps grammar and verbage is off. Often times there will be a word translation exchange such as: Tipo Filme-Film kind…🙄 come on gang! The obvious English translation there should be type should it not? It is beginning to affect my recall to the point I struggle with words as I am a visual learner. \\n\\nOther issues are the pronunciation and recognition of the voices (which I understand is a cultural thing of Brazil). but my wife tells me their are some inconsistencies (or perhaps just poorly worded explanations) across the different topics, and I myself have found the pronunciation of the man and women to be different dialects At times. Which brings me another idea for your language learning programs in this regard. One of my suggestions would be for the software to accept a gender for languages that have gender norms. The other would be regional pronunciation. I am looking to move to the South so I would like to speak Southern Portuguese, not Rionese (sorry I made that up). This way I’m not practicing a feminine response with me being a male, or being dinged for my pronunciation  of “r” vs the “h” Tchüss , und tchau!\\n R. K. D.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Deutsch und Portuguese',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Glibglob8600'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 3, 12, 8, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33018177,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out. Please note that you have access to both options: Castilian Spanish (Spain) and Mexican Spanish (Latin America). The Castilian Spanish course has higher learning levels. Please make sure that you have the Spanish flag selected. Don't hesitate to contact us at support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-07T12:30:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Love the app, and it’s multiple techniques for really hammering the language into your brain (flash cards, speaking into mic, listening, pronunciation, writing, etc). So you really can’t just skate-by, clicking the right answers and moving along without a real comprehension. That said, I am so frustrated that I paid for a subscription for a language app (yet again) that claims to teach conversational Mexican Spanish but instead is the more formal version you’d use in Spain. I am half-Mexican but never fully learned the language at home for cultural reasons. Here in Texas, I am exposed to, and speak, at least a little Spanish everyday. I know quite a bit of vocab and phrases already. Fifty years of hearing Spanish, and I’m telling you, NO ONE says “uve” for the letter “V.” No one says “eastadounidense” for “American.” ?!? Please, for the love of all that is Mexican, use real MEXICAN verbiage and pronunciations (none of this Portuguese “th” for the letter “s”).',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great, BUT for conversational Spanish…',\n",
       "  'userName': 'zannadanna'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 12, 1, 50, 40),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20379508,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, it's great that you've had so much success learning German ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ with Babbel. Thank you for your review and recommendation. Keep up the great work!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-13T15:39:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I seldem use apps to learn languages since I think many of them are not deep enough for a serious language lerner. Babbel is very different and I love it because in each lesson, it combines new words/grammar with daily conversations. Many other language learning apps just focus on teaching new words, phrases or simple sentences without any contexts. Through Babbel, I can get fully charged when I apply what I’ve learned in real conversations. There are many specific topics to learn like traveling. I can get refreshed before a trip to the foreign country where I’ll use the new language.\\n\\nI also love the way Babbel certificates my language level according to CEFR. I’m currently learning German at B1 (intermediate) level and its aptitude test perfectly put me in the right level before I started to learn.\\n\\nHighly recommend this app to the people who’d like to learn a language in more depth!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great for daily conversations!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'juukeihc'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 4, 20, 43, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27271719,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Jonny, Thanks for sharing your feedback here. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. We've noted your observations and will gladly pass them on to the relevant team.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-06T08:15:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried a few language courses to learn Spanish. I had some success with them but their exercises started to become predictable. I did some research from independent sources for a new course that led me to Babbel. Overall it was a disappointing experience. Babbel’s exercises while less predictable did not provide a logical way to learn the language. I found I made much less progress than I had with other programs. In these other programs they would teach pronouns I, he/she, you and their impact on verb conjugations. It was really helpful for me to see the differences and understand them which enabled me to remember them. \\n\\nWith Babbel I used it for a month with some previous Spanish language training but struggled with their random conversational style of training. The app was also on the slower side and very unforgiving on misspellings. \\n\\nI would be VERY careful about signing up for the less expensive annual plan but go with one month plan to see if their style works for you. I personally would not recommend Babbel for learning Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel wasn’t helpful with my language learning style',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Jonny Canuck'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 31, 21, 55, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24868638,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Paid access covers the cost for many teams collaborating to offer you quality content and enjoyable exercises to start building up confidence in your new language. Please contact us at support@de.babbel.com for more information. We will be happy to go into detail.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-02T10:29:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like it and I say it’s better than others but it could use a lot of work! I saw this app on ads and commercials on tv and I thought I would give it a try. 1. I first noticed this as soon as I created my account, there weren’t many lessons so you were kinda stuck unless you pay the people who made this app and now I am kinda regretting getting this app 😥. 2. The one thing I like is that it teaches you about getting a reservation for hotels or restaurants, how to pronounce the Mexican dishes, stuff like that instead of just regular standard things that an language learning app would have. They did a 👌🏻 job of making it so yeah. If I would give this app a 1-10 stars, it would be a good 6. I hope the app creators actually read this stuff instead of ignoring the other peoples opinions of there app. And don’t give me the bull of you guys saying “Oh I’m sorry for that. We are constantly improving our app blah blah blah… but oH yA gOtTa StILl bUy pRenIuM!!” BECAUSE THATS JUST HORRIBLE. ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR APP AND MAKE IT FREE. PERMANENTLY. INSTEAD OF FORCING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO LEARN A LANGUAGE AND ARE INTERESTED. 😔💔',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Ok but could do a LOT better 😐😓😬',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Angeldemongirl'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 30, 3, 0, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15730764,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-02T15:22:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve always loved learning other languages (Graduated Spanish V in HS, picked up Japanese until Kanji got overwhelming) and my brother showed me this app and I decided it was time to learn German since his girlfriend of 3 years lives in Hamburg and is always visiting (she’s insanely fluent in English you wouldn’t guess she is a native German if she didn’t have an accent) But i think it’s neat to be able to speak with her in her Native language and also to be able to speak to her family which feels like part of my family at this point. Backstory aside/TLDR is this app is honestly pretty great at teaching you what you should start with, building from there, making sure you understand why the language does something a certain way etc. and the review features and scheduling and everything just is the cherry on top honestly. Definitely recommend and no i’m not being paid to say any of this lol',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Meachyyy',\n",
       "  'title': 'Excellent'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 22, 1, 28, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16177008,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Marie, thank you for your message. Your review is very concerning to us. Have you contacted our support team at support@babbel.com about this? We would be happy to help you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-23T19:08:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been trying to improve my Spanish skills and have tried a few different apps. I like that this one starts you off right away with some simple usable phrases, but I think if I was completely new to Spanish I would become easily frustrated as you definitely seem to need some type of background in the language to even do the first few lessons. A big down side to this app is that for some phrases you can speak perfectly and clearly and you get marked wrong, no matter how many times you try and no matter how closely you think you’re speaking to the way the example is. That part can be very frustrating.\\nAlso, if you type too quickly or make a spelling error your answer is marked completely wrong. This is frustrating as a learner. Some will even mark you wrong if you don’t add punctuation like a period at the end, even though most of the time you don’t have to do this. That is not very consistent. \\nI’m not sure how long before I decide to go back to Duolingo.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'MarieDR1234',\n",
       "  'title': 'Decent'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 5, 2, 17, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13314185,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your message. We are happy that you are having a general nice experience with our app; keep it up. Regarding your requests, we have added them to our lists; we hope we can add these features in our next versions so we can improve the experience you are having now. We would like to thank you for taking the time to let us know how we can be a better app for you :) Kind regards and Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-02-05T16:54:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really like this app. I’m learning Spanish and I am having a much better experience than I did with Duolingo. \\n\\nThings I like are, \\n\\n- It is clear they had language professionals help organize actual lesson plans. \\n\\n-The way it builds is really intuitive and happens at a digestible pace. \\n\\n- the way that new grammar is introduced in a way where it is a question but they provide the answer on the page you just have to look for it. This helps me understand it much better that trying to read a description of how the grammar works. \\n\\n- you learn to read write and speak all at once \\n\\n- vocabulary is added to your study list AS you learn it \\n\\n- there is a review built in \\n\\nWhich brings me to, \\nThe things It is lacking \\n\\n- I wish the Vocab was available as IN APP FLASH CARDS . Currently they are just listed in a long LONG column, which is not particularly helpful for studying \\n\\n- I wish that there was a reference section that, similar to the Vocab, automatically adds rules that youve learned as you learn them. \\n\\nSpecifically, the Verb conjugation tables. And irregular verb conjugation that simply has to be memorized, I wish were added to the flash card section that doesn’t exist. \\n\\nI was confused by the 3 basic kinda of regular verbs but after a 3 min google search found a really nice explanation and was really confused as to why it wasn’t in the lesson I paid for.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'podbobpod',\n",
       "  'title': 'Really great, could be better'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 30, 4, 6, 53),\n",
       "  'review': 'As a person who works with Spanish speakers daily I find this app to be extremely useful. However, the Spanish in this app focuses on Spanish from Spain and does not include a more specific Spanish speaking countries like Mexico. Perhaps in the future this could be an upgrade? Learn Spain Spanish or Mexican Spanish? Since in Mexico, they do not use some of the same vocabulary as hey do in Spain. Also, some of the audio fill in the blanks do not enunciate well enough for a student to understand what they are saying. I understand dialect is important, but and Spanish is a quick language, but some of the beginner lessons should have slower speaking audio. (Granted it is one voice in particular, but often I do not know what is being said.) The voice recognition is extremely particular in enunciation I opted to do writing answers vs speaking them. Overall, I have learned more in 2 weeks using this app than 2 years of classes in high school.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'chef4 life',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very useful with exceptions'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 19, 1, 27, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6074203,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thanks for sharing your positive review. It‘s great that you‘ve already had so much success learning Swedish with Babbel. We‘re so pleased to hear you‘re enjoying our learning methods! Best of luck with your studies! Önskar dig fortsatt lycka till!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-11-23T11:49:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have used several different programs to teach myself Swedish over the years. The vocabulary in Rosetta Stone was outdated, making me sound like an eighty year old woman; and the microphone would never accept anything I said (or anything my husband, a native speaker, said, either). Duolingo was better, but the the vocabulary felt really limited to more formal conversation, and the microphone was still finicky. \\n\\nBabel is the first language program that not only has a microphone that doesn’t make me want to pull my hair out, but also teaches helpful, practical vocabulary and phrases in a memorable way that is more about storytelling and less about rote memorization. It includes lessons such as “Mumbling,” and a whole series of lessons on Swedish idioms. The class is thorough. I finally feel like I’m going to not just be able to speak Swedish, but really communicate. Worth the money.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Almqvistersoll',\n",
       "  'title': 'Worth the money'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 19, 12, 42, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33284906,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-21T15:27:15Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So far my husband and I are loving babble. We decided to learn German, if we are god enough we hope to take a trip to Germany in a year! Babble is really cool because it incorporates multiple types of learning which really helps the language stick. There’s some reading, listening, writing, multiple choice, even flash cards. It’s very neat and we are surprised how much of the language is sticking with us in a short time. My only complaint is that there are glitches when you choose the review section and want to go over and review what you have learned. Most of the time it will say an error has occurred and will not let us review the different sections. Which is a bummer because that’s where the flash cards, listening, and writing section is! It does it on my phone and my husbands phone. Babble- please fix this! Otherwise, it would be a 5 star rating.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Sdeforke16',\n",
       "  'title': 'The app has some glitches'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 25, 14, 15, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23630105,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Simon! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-06-28T12:50:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been learning German off of Babbel and I love it the app is amazing. I have progressed through a lot of lessons and had a great time doing it. Although in the beginner 1 for German the speaking speed increased and I was having a harder time understanding what was going on in the mini conversations. So I was hoping the review tool would allow me to go over everything in that lesson since I was having a hard time with it. But you can only review certain things and you can’t pick what to review. This made it pretty hard to keep up during the lessons and I can’t bring myself to learn German as much as I used too since I can’t review what I want to. I need a an addition on to the review where I can select terms and put them into a test where I can see if I can remember each of the terms in German. So even if the lessons are very fast I can have a good idea of what is happening.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Simon J. 1\\\\33\\\\99\\\\==',\n",
       "  'title': 'Reviewing system'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 25, 22, 44, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27696615,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-27T10:38:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I paid for one year and when it automatically renewed I was caught by surprise. I understand how these subscriptions work, as I have several recurring accounts, but the difference is that the others all send a message to remind me that a payment will be deducted. I cannot keep track of everything a year away and expected a notice as a courtesy. I honestly thought I cancelled it too.  Lately Babbel has been sending me a lot of sale offers, which tells me they want my money and have my email address, and also made me think they knew i wasn’t continuing. It feels like it’s easier for them to just take the debit and have people stuck in an old agreement than to be truly supportive of their customers.  I haven’t heard back from my emails and find contact is not so easy which also gives me a bad feeling. I can’t afford to learn the hard way for an app I never use anymore. Makes me so upset because times are truly hard enough right now.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'krmnmkl',\n",
       "  'title': 'Ok app but auto renews without a reminder'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 26, 15, 9, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21368950,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. We're dedicated to keeping education accessible. There is a variety of lessons (each first one of every course), that you can enjoy for free and we regularly provide our learners with special offers. If you are interested, please contact: support@babbel.com\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-01T13:04:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been wanting to learn German for a while now. I am very disappointed that the lessons aren’t free. I can’t afford the subscriptions and I’d like to learn more German. Others could easily afford it but I don’t have the money to which is why I looked to this app. I also have dyslexia which doesn’t help with my spelling, since the pictures looked like they provided everything I needed, I went for it. I really want some more free lessons, at least 3 free lessons per corse would give me more motivation to learn. I don’t understand why I one corse leads to another by it costs money. So I’m stuck in an awkward place right now. \\n\\nI understand if you can’t make the lessons free then I’m forced to move to another app. Since I’m\\nNot able to move on, it would be my only choice. I do understand you need to make some money but you can’t get any from me since I don’t have any. Please just consider this because I know for a fact I’m not the only person who wants to learn another language but can’t afford it. Thank you for reading, goodbye.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'oof leah',\n",
       "  'title': 'Well...We need to talk'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 15, 19, 30, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36002695,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for choosing Babbel and for sharing your amazing review. We are really happy to know you have enjoyed Babbel this much while learning a new language. Best of luck with your studies! 😊',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-17T12:46:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After 157 straight days with another popular juvenile cartoonish language software, I realized I had learned relatively little. I talked to a friend who happens to be Mexican and he highly recommended Babbel. I decided to give it try and it is soooo much better than the software I have as using. It has a relatively plain UI, but that’s fine for this type of content. The use of natural speakers helps ensure the proper enunciation. Pop ups point out subtleties that might otherwise be missed. The instruction provides more detail on the different genders and formal vs informal usage. Moreover, it’s done in a way that is easy to understand. I’m still relatively new to the program but I like it enough already that I upgraded to the all inclusive lifetime package. Once I get Spanish down I’ll try another language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '2000SS',\n",
       "  'title': 'Better Than the Competition'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1, 0, 1, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20194620,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-05T14:32:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I've been studying Italian for 10 months using Duolingo and Rocket Languages but am always looking for another way to acquire vocabulary and experience so decided to try Babbel.  I find the audio lags and will start talking even though I go on to the next exercise and the blanks you fill in are very small so it seems confusing what is wanted.  I don't feel there's enough repetition during the lesson before you are expected to spell or speak a word or phrase.  I may be wrong but I couldn't find a way to review a lesson's grammar unless you repeat the whole lesson.  I know it's not just about rules, but I don't want to memorize phrases either. It's not always apparent what gender or number you are supposed to respond with so I find myself getting frustrated.  Unlike the other programs, I am having problems retaining the information.  To their credit, Babbel helped clear up some confusion I had with some grammar usage but for the most part, I find Babbel's interface and teaching style isn't working for me.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Betonyb',\n",
       "  'title': 'I am having diffulties learning with Babbel'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 18, 14, 53, 52),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4732787,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Kurt, a big thanks from the whole Babbel team for sharing your review! We're really pleased to hear that the Babbel method is working for you, and the new vocabulary is really sticking. :) I will pass on your feedback regarding the Review Manager in the app. Just to let you know, you can repeat review items on a laptop or computer at www.babbel.com. For now, keep up the great work, and best of luck with furthering your studies - you can never dream too big. :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-08-20T11:24:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve taken some Spanish when in college, but it always seemed to go too fast. Cover a subject, memorize, and regurgitate the information and move on. Only, that method never really stuck with me. I consider myself a beginner and I needed a course that would allow me to do it at my pace. With Babbel I can go back to previous courses a take them again to make them ‘stick’ in my brain. \\nMy only problem is the review tests in the app. I wish I could do the review test over and over, but I can’t. Once you take the tests they’re gone. Unless I’m wrong and you can somehow reset the feature to allow multiple review tests, I have not found a way yet. \\nReally like the app. Would definitely recommend it. I has me inspired to one day take a South American Spanish immersion course for a few weeks, then move on to take the DELE exam. If you dream, dream big. Right?',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'KurtB289',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very helpful!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 11, 14, 47, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21540255,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Rachel, \\n\\nI am sorry to hear you are having issues with the app.\\n\\nPlease write to us at support@babbel.com, let us know exactly what issues you are experiencing and under which email address your account is registered, so we can look into it and assist you better\\n\\nKind regards,\\n\\nSam @Babbel',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-09T12:34:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Exactly the quarantine distraction I was looking for! It really is an impressive learning tool. Keeps you engaged with multiple modalities, like speaking, flash cards, and writing. Mercí beaucoup, Babble!\\n\\nDowngrading my original rating after using the app for a longer period of time. Once out of the very basic vocabulary stage, the voice responsiveness take almost all excitement and fun from learning. Understandably there’s adjustments being made and some of the kinks are being worked out. That’s great to know for down the road but if you’re looking for a language app that’s anything more than a hobby, I’d strongly consider looking at all your options very carefully. I’d be shocked if there weren’t better options for learning.\\n\\nUpdate: I did contact support, multiple times. Shared my screenshot. My issues persist. I had to delete, reinstall, adjust settings in the app & with Siri and on top of that it was suggested to restart my phone. This app costs WAY TOO MUCH for something that doesn’t work well & doesn’t have good customer service.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'RachelKOC',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbling with Babble'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 28, 1, 1, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15628170,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-28T12:41:07Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I just got the free version. Pretty glad I did. Because I wouldn’t have wanted to pay for the full version. First off, it kind of starts off in the middle of everything. I had four years of Spanish so I knew most of what was going on. But someone with no experience speaking Spanish would be absolutely lost. But I worked around that and some of it is ok, like typing answers and matching, but the killer for me is the whole reason I bought the app which is to learn how to speak fluently. Well if you thought Siri was bad at understanding what you are saying what til you start trying to get the Babbel Siri to understand you. The voice recognition is absolutely awful!!! Like I said, had 4 years of Spanish, I can pronounce basic words like Me llamo, and mucho gusto. But not according to Babbel. Other times I botched the word and knew I did but ding! Great job it said. So after screaming Spanish phrases into my phone like a mad man😂😂 for 5 minutes, I gave up. Not worth the investment. Just buy some CD’s like pimsler and practice on you own. You’ll get just about as far.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Rgill guitar',\n",
       "  'title': 'The voice recognition is awful!!!!!!!!!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 24, 13, 17, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7062187,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your detailed review here. We'd love to add more Turkish courses in the future and we've passed on your feedback about the learning path to our developers who are happy to work on improvements. We've also noted your suggestion for more quizzes, vocabulary exercises and verb repetition! Best of luck with your Turkish studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-29T10:28:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Super happy to found an app with such a huge Turkish course, sadly it’s lacking or very, very beginner (think four day tourist) in a lot of language apps. Overall, I like learning Turkish with this app. While I’d rather be taking lessons from a Turkish speaker, I do try and converse with my turkish friends over whatsapp and it seems I’m learning! I wish there was an actual sort of learning path, as with duolingo, where you have a starting point and move onwards. I also wish there were quizzes and even “exams” to make sure you really get a course before you moving on. I also wish there was a bit less full in one word sentence building and more forcing you to use the vocabulary your learning to make actual sentences. Also, more verb paradigm introduction and repetition. Anyway I’ve had it for six months and learned a bit, just renewed and hope it see more learning improvements as it goes.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Niccimae',\n",
       "  'title': 'I like it, but I want to love it.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 23, 16, 7, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29381817,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Angela, thank you for taking the time to share your suggestions. If you wish, you can also leave them on our Wishboard: wishboard.babbel.com! Unfortunately, our Mexican Spanish course is less extensive than the (Spain) Spanish course, but your suggestions matter and we will hopefully implement changes in the future.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-25T14:00:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': '1. I am working on the business module. When I hold down the microphone to speak, most of the time I get an error just for holding down the microphone \\n\\n2. I have paid for Mexican Spanish. Yet, half of the course seems to be taken up with “cultural” modules. I.e., Peruvian customs and foods, European Spanish, etc. Need to focus on Mexican Spanish \\n\\n3. Lack of everyday examples. Besides the business module, I need to know things like laundry, etc. Not about bars. \\n\\n4. The verbs are confusing. There needs to be a module on verb conjugation. More grammar would come in handy as well. \\n\\n5. I am definitely starting to be able to speak Mexican Spanish (when I do not confuse it with European Spanish which I did not want to learn). But I already speak Italian, so Spanish is easier for me than it would be for someone who does not have knowledge of one of the Latin languages. I think the course would make it harder for them to learn Mexican Spanish. Especially with all the rabbit holes of non Mexican Spanish and cultures. \\n\\nOverall, the interface is good, but the majority of the course seems to focus on going out to bars and going to different countries to eat. Feels like frat kids describing their international travels. Not mature, working people modules. \\n\\nFocus on Mexican Spanish please! In Mexico!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Angela1811',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good interface but has bugs; need more everyday examples'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 8, 1, 58, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20321839,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We remain aware, kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-11T15:07:15Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The program starts with non conversational words and is trying to teach from a basic grammar. I thought it would start with familiar things and move on from there. Some course problems are that it will expect you to know the spelling of the words right from the start and won’t want to move on until you get it correct. It works on phrases I can’t ever imagine using such as discussing my parents (they are deceased). Now I’m having issues where the app refuses to accept my answers when I type in the correct word and basically is stuck with no option to move on. So I can start that one over and hope it doesn’t get stuck again or just skip it. Plus the Spanish is not exactly what is spoken generally. Not happy so far. *** update - App still gets stuck with no way out. I started the lesson over, annoying enough, only to get stuck in the same spot with no way to finish the lesson. Turning into a waste of money.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'samantha4009',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not quite like they advertise'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 7, 1, 36, 30),\n",
       "  'review': 'Frankly I am disappointed with the program.  It is not fun and easy.  After the first beginner’s course, too much is presented too fast, and as I have progressed I have had to repeat lessons at least a dozen times to master them, so actual progress is slow and tedious.\\n\\nSome of the male speakers speak too fast and slur their words together.  Too many varieties of pronunciation are presented.\\nThere is too little explanation and varied practice, which is particularly difficult when a language arranges its words differently in a sentence or new vocabulary is presented in dialog without much practice offered previously.  I am working on learning the language because I paid for it, but it is rarely an enjoyable task.\\n\\nI am in my second month and can still only understand a word here and there when I am among Spanish speakers.  And l have no desire to try to speak the language publicly because I can say so little, and I say it very slowly and imperfectly.\\n\\nWhen I can no longer get a discounted price, I will not renew the program, which is sad because I live among so many Spanish speakers, and I would have liked to have been able to at least understand them.\\n\\nI took the language for two years in high school and the advertisement where a man said he wasn’t taught the right way is bull.  I do not find the Babbel way to be any more effective.  Oh, and by the way, I am a college graduate, so it certainly isn’t any great lack of my ability or effort in learning.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'madrshap',\n",
       "  'title': 'Don’t Believe the Hype'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 16, 13, 34, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11326826,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there. Babbel does not have month trials. We do offer free lessons (every first lesson of every course in every language). We are afraid that the \"Flags lessons\" was only the section where you actually select the language you want to learn and not precisely a lesson on itself. Babbel has different levels so you can go from beginners to more advanced courses. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account and more details about this? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-10-18T10:47:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I started with what I thought was just a one month trial plan to see if Babbel would be any good.  I thought the lessons would last through the month, but the actual number of lessons a month are limited to approximately 10 small lessons.  I thought that Babbel would pinpoint their lessons to help me learn more  “conversational” Spanish.  Instead I was conjugating verbs and one lesson had me learning how to say the names of different flags for different countries.  I thought that was really ridiculous.  Why would I need to know how to say the name of the flag for Germany or Sweden?  A waste of that lesson and as I stated before, there are only approximately 10 lessons within a month period and they are very short lessons.  So, way before the month was over, I had gone through the lessons for that month and would have had to wait for the next month to continue any new lessons.  Also, you MUST be careful to cancel IMMEDIATELY if you are not happy, otherwise they will just continue to bill you.  All in all, I would not recommend Babbel to anyone interested in learning basic conversational language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'shopbabie',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 15, 14, 12, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36007575,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out to us. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our learners. Please make sure you contacted support@babbel.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible! We're looking forward to hearing from you.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-17T15:23:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Do not get this app. I purchased a year of full access and I can’t get it. I don’t know why not. I have done my best to get help but they’re unresponsive. I have done everything that I can think of to troubleshoot and everything has failed. I have tried several times repeatedly doing all the trouble shooting. But, they took my money. The money is gone but I still don’t have what I paid for and can’t get help. It was supposed to automatically renew and keep my place in my progress but instead it took my money and erased everything. It’s strange because all indications indicate I have a fully paid annual subscription but the app itself doesn’t function this way. I’m extremely frustrated and wouldn’t want anyone else to experience this. The app is now worthless yet they took my money. I paid for nothing. I have tried their customer service and it goes into a void. I have sent messages through the app to customer support three times over two weeks and zero response. It’s terrible. So many apps are scams.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nicollo2',\n",
       "  'title': 'Do not get'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 23, 0, 13, 17),\n",
       "  'review': 'Very good n most beneficial app . U learn fast n easy without any effort with a lot of practices n repeating  that doesn’t leave u questioning urself about any info that cud b missing out in ur brain . Very highly recommended to all beginners u will speak fluently as much as u spend time on it that is besides its amusement n so much fun as if ur playing a non boring game challenging urself n always want to come back for more it corrects after u wether pronunciation grammar or even dictation always know the right answers wen ur wrong instantly best teacher than any other course out there n best teaching than any other teacher that u cud misunderstand that u have in ur hands anytime wen ur free n anywhere that is besides the good service from app developer they answer u quickly n very helpful if u have a problem with anything concerning the app keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Peanut :*)',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good app good service from app developer'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 2, 12, 21, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32383402,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Dan! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-04T12:34:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I purchased the lifetime access to all languages over a year ago and I’m glad I did. I’ve done most of the Norwegian course and some of the (Brazilian) Portuguese course. I really like the way the lessons and courses are structured, with freedom to choose any course. I wish there was a bit more grammar instruction but perhaps it would be difficult with Babbel’s format. It’s at least a good starting point.\\n\\nNorway has many different dialects and accents so I’m glad there is some inclusion of accents outside of Oslo. The Portuguese course also has 2 of the main accents in Brazil. \\n\\nI have found and reported probably a dozen typos (the audio is always correct but not the text), but the support team is usually very responsive and usually gets the typos corrected. \\n\\nI have to mention that I’m impressed with Babbel’s humanitarian efforts. Babbel rushed to complete an English course for native Ukrainian speakers as millions of refugees have settled across Europe, and gave free access codes to the refugees. \\n\\nIn general, Babbel is really effective at teaching you to start speaking as soon as possible. I said a few phrases in Portuguese at a Brazilian wedding after a couple weeks of using Babbel and the Brazilians were impressed (I’m not that great). If you decide to buy Babbel and use it every day, you will get your money’s worth.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dan H from US',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not Perfect but Very Good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 20, 4, 20, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26413677,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, we're always happy to help and to answer your questions. Have you contacted our support team at support@babbel.com about this? We are looking forward to hearing from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-22T16:08:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'It was winter so I thought I’d have the time to learn at least the basics of a new language.  I signed up and opted for the 6 month billing option.  I took the first 2 lessons of Spanish as I was lying in bed that night and didn’t open the app for another month. \\n\\nI can not attest to the quality of app as I quickly breezed through those 2 basic lessons.  My issue is with the billing.  Within the app, you can “manage” subscriptions and it may appear that you have cancelled your purchase.  However, that’s not the case.  Canceling can not be done through the app. You have to log on to their website and cancel through there.  I thought I had cancelled, but I later found out that I had not\\n\\nI ended up being billed for a whole year for a service I spent 15 minutes exploring.  I’m sure they’ve made a lot of money by requiring customers to jump through hoops in order to cancel rather than making it straightforward within the app.  It’s deceptive and not a business I would recommend.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'heath9_00',\n",
       "  'title': 'Deceptive billing - Read the fine print'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 18, 2, 58, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18592848,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-10-20T10:17:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I had heard Babbel was a good way to learn a language but I’m finding it endlessly frustrating, as it asks you to spell words almost immediately. Why is there no way to adjust features? This isn’t how I learn words in a new language. I need much repetition, and it serves no purpose in the beginning to be pressed to spell something weird correctly. Who cares? I’m getting so frustrated with it that it’s counterproductive. Also I keep being told my pronunciation is incorrect with very easy words, that I’ve pronounced precisely how I’m hearing them - over and over and over again the same word. A bug. And you pay for one language and have access to zero others. Quitting even though I have paid for three months. Use Duolingo for free until the ads drive you crazy (and then subscribe) before this. Or Rosetta Stone where you can purchase lifetime access to all languages. Both repeat things a lot so you really become familiar with new words and concepts',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'lime_harp',\n",
       "  'title': 'Frustrating'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 23, 1, 2, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28759338,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. Please feel free to write us what kind of courses and learning content you would like to see! We would be pleased if you would share your ideas here: wishboard.babbel.com 💫️ \\xa0Keep up the great work!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-24T11:37:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'To start I normally dodge christian companies. And this one was no different. But the prices were just way to competitive to pass up and duolingo is fun but didnt feel like i was learning anything and no life time subscriptions. I really like how it teaches h the grammar i already feel like im learning way more at a way faster speed because this app is teaching me the scructure immediately unlike rossetta stone (a product i like) and duolingo (another product i like) this app is awesome and safe to say ill be a life time learner on babbel!!!\\n\\nIf I had to nit pick maybe when u use the mic itd be better if u didnt have to hold the button down just automatically prompted it for you. \\n\\nAnd maybe a lil less on translation or maybe give me a lil more option on when i can close the eye. But im being super nit picky know',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'maAdaAaaa',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love this app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 8, 15, 47, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35896795,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Feedback and learner suggestions are very important and are being handled with care. It would be great if we could have some more information. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com 🙂️',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-11T16:44:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babble for about 4 months, and am getting frustrated because as the lessons progress, they’re giving too much info and the practice sentences are becoming more complex with far too many words that they haven’t introduced yet. When the sentences are spoken, they are so quick that it’s hard to differentiate one word from another. I understand the real world won’t slow down to enunciate for a Spanish learner, but lessons aren’t the real world. They’re lessons. It’s like learning to ski on an extremely steep bunny hill. As a result, It’s becoming less enjoyable. I decided to give Duolingo a try, and it is so much more fun and easier to follow. As a bonus, it doesn’t appear to have progressive ideologies injected into the practice sentences and stories. I’ll continue with the Babble lessons to get my money’s worth, but I won’t be renewing it. I’m giving it 2 stars because I was able to progress a little at the beginning, so I’ve received some benefit.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '👻👻👻👻👻👻🍭🍭🍭',\n",
       "  'title': 'More difficult than Duolingo'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 22, 12, 25, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24692649,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-24T14:10:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Unlike Duolingo the grammar lessons are built into the active content of each lesson vs in Duo you need to read about the grammar lesson (usually just a snip-it of information at best) and then you have to apply with little to no feed back during the lesson. Babbel actually gives you feedback along the way making the entire process much more enjoyable. Also another item that makes Babbel far more superior is the ability to recall (you actually get a list you can refer back to and listen to) all the vocabulary you have learned. Babbel also allows you to decide how you want to review your previous lesson mistakes (listening, flashcards, writing, etc); this is yet another feature not offered by Duolingo.  Maybe Babbel should have made an IPO as well?',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'healwithcoldsteel',\n",
       "  'title': 'WAY Better than Duolingo'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 27, 22, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32320738,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Viktor, We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. Please contact us at support@babbel.com and feel free to give us details on what we can improve and what you would like to see. Thank you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-09-30T12:33:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really like the learning/teaching technique of babbel but the app I do not. It’s not as intuitive as it might seem to the developers. I’ve done the same lesson three times because it doesn’t appear as though I’ve done it already. There’s no indicator that it’s been completed. After having completed a few lessons there’s a status bar showing how far I’ve gone and subsequently how far I have to go but it doesn’t show anything to choose to go to the next step.\\n\\nI realize that all of the problems I’m having with this app maybe just from my “way” of interpreting things and this app might not be a problem to other people. So I do take that into consideration as I write this.\\n\\nA lot of the questions had the answer right there, meaning there was the question and only one word to choose as the answer. Why bother at that point?\\n\\nUnfortunately it’s been far over 20 years since I’ve been to school for my own language so knowing the names for things in my own language I will have to learn as well. Who knows what diminutive is? I’m happy for you if you know. It’d be awesome if the parts of language could be defined in English as well as Russian, that is if they are basically the same. If it’s going to be assumed that we know then I’m going to have to get a book to supplement this app. \\n\\nThere are several other problems but I’m going to stop here. Maybe it is just me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Vvikkttorr',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great concept however'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 27, 0, 22, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14992148,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your feedback. It is possible for you to access a placement test, however this is available only via our website. We have noted your remarks regarding the font size, we are sorry this was not the experience you were expecting. Regarding the voice recognition, please send us a message to support@babbel.com so that we can see what is happening in this case. We appreciate your support and understanding. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-29T12:18:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is my time using such a language App. I have a long background in Spanish, but am rusty. So my goal was to jump in at an intermediate level, and take it from there.   Overall I think it’s a good app to start from scratch, but am not feeling very satisfied at my age and skill level. Some possibilities for improvement:\\n\\n1-a basic skills test to “place” new users in the lessons that will begin to challenge them. I’m still not convinced that this is even going to get to the level I need by the end \\n\\n2- the app font is too small and not bright enough for anyone who does not have very young and good vision. I am shocked that an educational app would have so little consideration for folks like me with dim vision, or really anyone who’s vision is not, like 20-15.  Lose the white space and give us words we can read, please.\\n\\n3- I have studied and spoken Spanish for over 30 years, and native speakers are constantly complimenting my accentless pronunciation. Yet I cannot for the life of me get a pass on the proncunciation part. It’s laughable because I even speak Mexican Spanish (the accent of those doing the recording). I’ve started to skip these sections, because unless you completely ape the recording in their over - pronounced, melodramatic delivery, it says basically try again. \\n\\nSo I think this app is for brand new speakers of a language with brand new eyes. It doesn’t seem to be for me, unfortunately.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ruthdr',\n",
       "  'title': 'Hmmm'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 14, 16, 28, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3471483,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for your review. We're sorry to hear that you haven't been able to make the most of your subscription, and apologise if we weren't able to deliver a suitable solution to the issue. We'd love to take another look into this for you, if you could please get back in touch with your Babbel email address at support@babbel.com we'd be more than grateful.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-05-15T09:07:06Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I downloaded this app in the hopes of learning German. I bought a subscription that seemed to work fine for a week or two, and then I started having issues. I would constantly get booted from lessons, or when I signed in I would only have “limited access”, or the language would be switched to something other than German. I finally got fed up and reached out to the support team, but they were no help. They told me over and over again to just sign out and sign back in, despite the fact that I told them I’d done so repeatedly. When I asked to cancel my account and refund my original purchase (because they had been unable to deliver the product I paid for), I was told *again* to just sign out and back in. I was then informed that they are “unable” to refund purchases after 20 days, regardless of wether they were at fault for the issue. I am extremely disappointed in this company that everyone speaks so highly of. Their app is poorly supported and their customer service is an afterthought. I feel cheated.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'KatInTime',\n",
       "  'title': 'Horrible App, Worse Customer Service'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 16, 13, 51, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25741681,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thank you for taking the time to share your comments. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. We will forward your review to the relevant team, who will take this into account when developing new courses. You can subscribe to updates by going to wishboard.babbel.com Thanks for sharing!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-18T09:27:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I’m using this to learn Spanish while my daughter does the same at school. I’m learning, but IMO the app needs 2 improvements to be useable as a true teaching tool.  Otherwise I’ll probably have to try other methods.  \\n\\n1) the voice recording feature doesnt work well and is quite frustrating.  I’ve found that the timing of when you speak is at least as important as what you say.  When I’ve played back my pronunciation after being marked wrong, I found that my pronunciation was correct, but too early or too late for the very narrow recording window.  There have been cases where I’ve felt my pronunciation was poor but I was marked correct, but much much more often I find myself recording the same properly pronounced word over and over trying to find hit the recording window properly.\\n\\n2) there needs to be more content on a topic and some structure to better explain verb conjugation.  The verbs and conjugations are shown, but patterns are left to the user to decipher.  The lessons don't emphasize linguistic building blocks enough, or provide enough repetition.\\n\\nA final gripe is that many other words are also presented fairly randomly.  Should I learn these?  Its kind of all over the place.  On one hand I suppose this is somewhat immersive but on the other it is distracting for very new learners.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'DAJ TM',\n",
       "  'title': 'Just Ok - a text book may be better'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 11, 15, 24, 47),\n",
       "  'review': 'I paid for this app over a week ago and still do not have full access to the 6 month subscription I paid for. They are not taking phone calls right now so I emailed them and then I get an automated response with the articles that I have already read trying to solve  the issue. I responded that these articles haven’t helped me and I haven’t heard a word back. I even sent screen shots to try to show that I have paid and still don’t have access to the full course. It’s been 8 days. I emailed again yesterday and got the exact same robot response. I am canceling my subscription and taking my money elsewhere. The app is way to glitchy and I just never got what I paid for. Very disappointed in the customer service team.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'jmjensrn',\n",
       "  'title': 'Wasn’t given access even after I paid'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 2, 16, 1, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14432456,\n",
       "   'body': 'A huge thanks from the whole Babbel Team for your comment!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-03T09:14:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I originally purchased this app to learn Spanish before going to Puerto Rico but with the CoVid-19 pandemic, I had to cancel my trip. However, I didn’t cancel the app. I did a couple years of Spanish in high school and barely made it through and I called it good. It left me with memories of struggling to learn through a book and watching Spanish Finding Nemo one hundred times. With this app, it was so easy to pick back up Spanish. It’s very user interactive and self paced so you can start and stop at any point while also choosing to skip material you’re comfortable with or repeat it endlessly if you’re not. The option to also learn verbally via the microphone is great as it really helps to sharpen your dialect and accent. This is a quality app and I think I’ll use it to master other languages once I’m done with Spanish. Thanks Babbel! 5 stars!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mayfire91',\n",
       "  'title': 'Really well done'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 15, 3, 17, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14681642,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for taking the time to leave your review here. We've noted your comments and are happy to work on future improvements.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-15T11:39:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Let me say first i absolutely love this app which is why i’m making a comment in the first place. \\n\\nWhile i understand the review algorithm is based on spaced repetition, i wish there was a way to practice vocabulary in the app after you’ve reviewed your words of the day, or have a way for you to flag words you struggle to spell/say so you could focus on them. \\n\\nAlso, maybe this is just my app, but I’ve noticed that regardless of if you spell/say/use the word correctly in review, it doesn’t count it against you (meaning: say you have 30 words to review, you review 10 and get 8 right, you would be left with only 20 to review, not 22), which i don’t quite understand and frankly wish were different, or that there were a “hard” option or something.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'phoenixxboy',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great, except'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 27, 7, 40, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35098413,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. All subscriptions to Babbel will renew unless we receive notification of cancellation. You can access you invoices anytime via your Babbel profile on your computer. If you decide you do not want to continue with Babbel and would like to ask for assistance, simply send us a short message at support@babbel.com - We're happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-27T14:16:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'In a time when so many companies are doing the right thing and making sure you’re aware of every invoice, Babbel has clearly chosen to hold their renewal rate/revenue above the needs of their customers. 2 years of invoicing when I haven’t even opened or used the app since mid-2020. Update: Babbel Customer Service did not refund my subscription, but they did agree to extend my subscription at no additional cost, equivalent to the period of time they had billed for that the application hadn’t been utilized: “ We are not able to refund your last payment from October 2022, as it is too long ago, but I confirm again that the payments are now cancelled and I have extended your access, free of charge, to make up for lost time.  You can now access your Spanish courses up until the 13th of October 2025.”',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mdebs87',\n",
       "  'title': 'Will not email or notify if renewals'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 20, 19, 0, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3553013,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks for your review and feedback! We have taken a note of your suggestions. Happy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-05-22T10:55:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babbel to learn German. I had previously used Duolingo but I can’t see how anyone could properly learn German with all the grammar explanations missing in Duolingo. I find Babbel to be a good, modern replacement for a German textbook. But Babbel has one major flaw IMO. In too many places, you only have one chance to hear the answer or to read the answer. Missed hearing that? Too bad. You’ll have to repeat the whole lesson to hear it again. There are places where you can hear things more than once and there is a lot of repetition but the makers don’t seem to understand that someone learning a language might want to hear a word or phrase over and over. Babel’s web app suffers this same problem. For me, this problem is so egregious that I was tempted to rate the app a 3. But I recognize all the good, hard work that went into developing it and gave a 4.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'CNinWoodside',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app but with one big problem'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 15, 4, 2, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15347876,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. You can actually do more lessons, we do not limit the amount of lessons you can take per day. With a subscription, you have total access to the course; please, send us a message to support@babbel.com so that we can help you with this matter. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-15T18:03:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app, I have always wanted to speak German, and this app helps me with that, when I first started it was kinda stressful, but when you get going, you fell so much better.\\nThe only thing that is annoying is that you can only do one lesson a day, and you can’t just go on the app and do like 3 lessons, but other than that it’s a great beginner language app. When I got this app, I didn’t know anything about speaking a foreign language and I couldn’t understand what some of my favorite German movies where saying without sub titles, but know that I’m speaking it I can understand. Don’t put to much pressure on yourself, because you will get it sooner than you know it. There are 7 different languages that you can choose from, it’s awesome! I love this app and I do it everyday! So if you want to learn a foreign language go to babble, it’s so fun!😆',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ckap🤪',\n",
       "  'title': 'I ❤️ this app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 11, 4, 49, 41),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25641594,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Cornelius, Thanks for taking the time to send us your fantastic feedback. We're always working to improve our user experience. Please feel free to vote for your desired feature: wishboard.babbel.com 🙂 We'd love to hear from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-12T14:28:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really enjoy this app. It is useful to have a mix of vocabulary and grammar in lessons, and the review is great. However, there is a major problem that in order to view completed lessons (not the vocab but the lessons) you have to re-do the whole lesson. Sometimes, I just want to see a word used in the example dialogues and cannot. It would great to be able to see them because they use a lot of vocab not in the review. And as a side note: it would be nice if the interface kept track of what is downloaded for later study. Too many times I have found the courses that I downloaded to view later no longer able to be seen until I get home. It’s most bothersome when I switch between languages. But, overall, the lessons are well done.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Corne7ius',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 12, 2, 48, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16595252,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, we are dedicated to keeping education accessible, which is why Babbel offers free and paid lessons. There is a variety of lessons (each first one of every course), that you can enjoy for free. You only pay for full access! Please contact us at support@babbel.com, we'd like to assist you to find the best offer for you.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-13T13:22:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really love this app, I’ve learned a lot more then I have Duolingo, so I slightly prefer this one more. The reason I say slightly is because there are a few problems. 1. There aren’t a lot of languages. I wanted to learn Japanese, but it’s not even an option, along with a bunch of other languages. 2. I was starting out with Spanish, so I was on the first few lessons. On the final lesson, it told me I needed to pay, even tho I just started the free trial a few hours ago, which is annoying since I cannot finish the last lesson now. Lastly, unlike Duolingo, you have to pay in order to get lessons. This is annoying since a lot of apps don’t make people pay, but this one does- and the offers change every time you reopen the app! When I first got it, the big offer was 3 months, then 12, then 3, then 12 again. \\n\\nAs you can see, these are very annoying, and it’d be great if you could fix, or adjust these issues.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'the reason your dad left',\n",
       "  'title': 'A couple issues'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 15, 20, 0, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14709063,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are glad to know that our content has been useful in your learning progress and that Babbel has been there for you in this process. We have noted your remarks to follow up with them and being able to offer you a better experience in the future. Rest sure we will have a deep look into this. Thank you for your feedback and kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-16T13:20:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I enjoy the method Babbel uses to teach language. I like that they begin by teaching phrases that can immediately be used in practical, every day situations.  However, the app leaves something to be desired.  Compared with the other language-learning king Duolingo, the interface is a bit clunky, and the app is not sophisticated enough to account for typos.  The “review” feature is very useful, but could also be updated to repeat problem spots.  There are certain a words I ALWAYS miss so it would be more effective if these words showed up more often until I got them on the first try.  Even more, they could be repeated in the same session until the user names them correctly.  Having to go through a lot of vocab that I know like the back of my hand just to get to my problem words is annoying.  The technique used in Babbel is sound, I just wish the app was more elegant and showcased that better!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'rtfarley',\n",
       "  'title': 'Could easily be 5 stars'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 1, 23, 17, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17671641,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message, we truly appreciate your time to offer our users a complete view of our app. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-03T12:04:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is highly functional, sophisticated, and easy to use. It is a clean, beautiful app without visual clutter and it contains audio cues and visual prompts. The app features  elegant images and up to date context in lessons and dialogues.  I am using the app for Italian language. \\n\\nMy Recommendations: Do not sign on for a year until you know if this app will work for you. The app is easy and engaging at first but it really moves you along. You will know by the time you reach direct object and indirect object pronouns whether you really know the material or care to proceed. You will likely need to purchase a good Italian/English dictionary, a grammar text, and maybe a book of conjugated verbs. You really need a strong grasp of grammar and the parts of speech of your own language for the app to click for you.\\n\\nAs noted by other commenters, the microphone function is wonky. I disengaged the mic when the speaking portion reached phrases and sentences. Too frustrating.\\n\\nNit: No real way to review without repeating entire lessons. No fast forward or skip function. Lesson titles do not contain subtext, so it is not obvious what items were covered. For example, let’s say you wanted to  review reflexive verbs, you could not easily locate that lesson in the app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Sophisticated, Up to Date App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Alessandra di Lampedusa'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 4, 17, 21, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15800857,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-05T12:28:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hello! So, I found out about this app on tiktok which  was just an ad, so I decided to sign up. It ask me my email, password, etc. and then it says for me to learn it I have to pay. At first I thought it was because I was signing on safari.. so I decided to download the app. It was going great! I was learning my language in lesson one.. but in the next morning they say for me to take the next lesson I have to pay. Like what? You guys do know that more kids would be using this app more right? Because they want to be able to talk to a friend or family member that speaks the language they were trying to learn. And some parent just won’t pay it. I think paying is really unnecessary. And really expensive. And I understand that some grownups would be using this app for work, etc. but as a 12yr old this is unnecessary. My idea maybe is to ask the person there age, if they are under 13 you ask them for there parent or guardian email.. and they would get the email... and so verify. Thank you! I would be deleting the app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Paying for what?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'janie <3'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 5, 19, 49, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4158702,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Amy, thanks so much for your detailed review. It would be great if you could let us know the exact course and lesson where the vosotros/ustedes issue occurs the next time is does. For this, please could you get in touch via support@babbel.com. Thank you! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-07-09T13:35:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really appreciate the attention to detail that much of the content has when it comes to teaching a new language. I am working on enhancing my already-decent Spanish. I have noticed, though, that any typos at all (besides accents, sometimes) will cause an answer to be marked incorrect; it’s kinda irritating, but it does force precision and attention on my part. So that’s ok. \\n\\nI do get frustrated by some responses where it does not specify if you need to enter the vosotros or ustedes form of a verb, or leave out rather than include personal pronouns, or specify gender of a noun, and then marks you wrong when you picked the wrong one when in context either works. I get it, and the instruction is otherwise great, and I’m mostly loving the course, but I would also love for there to be multiple possible correct answers and not just one when several could work.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app; good but rigid instruction so far.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Amy LaFleur'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 14, 18, 14, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33196182,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-16T12:35:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I never write reviews, and I hate to give this app one star because it is genuinely helpful and works for language learning. However, once you sign up for a subscription, be ready to continue to have money withdrawn from them even when you decide you no longer want it. They have it set up so that you cannot cancel your subscription in your settings, and even if you delete your account, the subscription continues to be in effect. In my efforts to cancel my subscription, customer service has been remarkably unreachable and unresponsive. I love this app and I hate that they are so comfortable taking money from their users like this. Please be warned that once you pay them money, they will make it insanely impossible to stop them from charging you. I am still trying to figure out how to cancel my sunscription. And just as a heads up, the subscription is upwards of $80. I’m just warning y’all what I wish someone had warned me before I got this app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Terrible subscription management',\n",
       "  'userName': 'nicknameohmygod'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 9, 22, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25065308,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Vinny, thanks for sharing your feedback. You can add your suggestions for new languages you'd like to see us offer here: wishboard.babbel.com/\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-13T10:08:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I was reading reviews to see how good this is for beginners, I decided to get the app and see how it looked. I was looking at the languages and there wasn’t a wide variety. I was learning Spanish for quite some time but hoping to learn Japanese with babbel or other learning apps for beginners, Sadly Japanese wasn’t an option and a language I could be even more interested in is either Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, or Italian. And right now, I’m not to interested in any of these. I just hope to see more options like Japanese, Korean, Chinese. Even simplified options for these. I would totally give a better rating and use this a lot more if I could learn the language I want to learn.\\n\\nThis could become a future problem as-well with users that want to learn languages (You don’t provide as of now). I hope to see more options in the future.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Needs more options, Couldn’t use here’s why.',\n",
       "  'userName': '💀Vinny💀'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 4, 15, 6, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24353179,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can actually access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-06T09:40:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I officially download it Babel so I can learn Spanish. I heard this on the radio that you can learn different languages for free. But that’s really not the case. So anyways when I download it Babel look like a great app from first experience so I started my first level and it was very helpful this simple basics such asHello in Spanish and buy in Spanish so look like this was my official app to learn Spanish well that’s where I was wrong. After I passed my first level I said why not go to my second so after that was my second level and it cost money… not like a little five dollars but $16 a month just to get on level two and above. I understand that they worked hard on this app and put effort in it but $16 a month is ridiculous. And that’s why I name this title money hungry. I’m not hating on this app because if you want to pay $16 dollars a month for levels and stuff that’s on you, you do you. I’m just think twice before getting this app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very money hungry',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Pax713'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 31, 4, 13, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7062192,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks a lot for your feedback. We'd advise you to check out our special courses as well, which complement your knowledge of grammar and listening and speaking, while you take the intermediate courses. We'd love to hear more specific feedback on the exact lessons where you felt that the level became too difficult for you. You can reach us at support@babbel.com Best wishes!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-29T10:28:33Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using the app to learn Italian. The beginner courses are excellent. I have learned a lot in just the beginner courses and the supplementary courses that go along with it. \\n\\nHowever once you get to the in depth courses, it makes an awful assumption that you’re already fluent, can listen and comprehend full speed conversations. You can’t. Not unless you get to practice conversation everyday in which case you wouldn’t need this app. \\n\\nListening to native speakers is a huge benefit over other apps, but the expectations are way too high after the initial beginner courses.  Unless you have a tutor or another native speaker around, I would stop the courses after you’re done the beginners courses and only pick it up once you had the chance to learn with a real native speaker that gives you the practice you need to make it through the rest of the courses.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Steep cliff',\n",
       "  'userName': 'ValentAntona'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 4, 14, 48, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23241603,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. Could you please provide us with some more information? We would like to have a closer look into this. Please send us an email to support@babbel.com Kind regards\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-06-07T13:29:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'A friend recommended Babbel over Duolingo so I bought a month to check it out. I definitely like the conversational ascent of Babbel better than the vocab heavy Duolingo, but the user interface of Babbel is much worse. The speaking exercise are very difficult dour to the very sensitive speech recognition. I don’t have a Spanish accent and probably never will, but Babbel seems to expect a perfect sounding answer every time - I end up screaming at my computer to get a correct answer! Additionally, after selecting the correct answer in exercises, there’s a few second delay before it will let you move on. This is annoying because I don’t have a ton of free time and half of my time on the app is spent waiting for the system to register my answer and move forward.\\n\\nIf improvements are made in these areas, I think the app will at least match Duolingo',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Strong on language, poor UI',\n",
       "  'userName': 'HypnosOfNyx'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 14, 18, 42, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14661612,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are glad to know you have enjoyed Babbel in general. we have noted your request regarding the review as we do believe this would be totally positive for your learning process. As well, the \"continue\" button is a feature that has been taken into consideration so you can rest sure that we are really looking into this. We wish you a Happy Learning! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-14T14:08:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is in an amazing app teaching you how to be conversational. The only thing I wish it would offer would be to utilize the review section whenever I wanted. I can only review now 24 hours after I complete a practice. I would very much like to pick up my phone and study flash cards of what I have learned whenever I want to. Please make this change.\\n\\nAlso, when going through the lessens and translating, I would prefer to have a continue button and not immediately advance to the next question. I would like to analyze the sentence structure and also practice saying the sentence several times before moving on. Once again, this is a fantastic app and I look forward to the updates.\\n\\nThank you so much for the positive responses! I continue to love your product.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'I would change one thing',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Fox/113'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 23, 23, 40, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34440530,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-23T15:43:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been doing this for about a month now, and I love it! Sure, it was really pricey, but it was worth it. I have used to Duolingo, and it doesn’t capture the actual grammar and pronunciation nearly as much as babble does. Also, Babel forces you to write, which makes words more memorable. If there was anything I would ask for, I would ask for a memory challenge, so we can test ourself. I feel like additional review is needed sometimes, and I don’t want to go back to the lesson. Other than that, it is really great! colleges for now, like you better, and that’s all things to babble! I hope to learn other languages in the near future, adding to my French and to try out some of the new languages they will add (hopefully some Indian ones like Tamil)!!!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Awesome',\n",
       "  'userName': 'adds up to'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 29, 3, 6, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10972805,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks for sharing your feedback here. We've made a note of your ideas to our Wishboard. You can subscribe to updates by going to tiny.cc/wishboard_en Here you can also vote and comment on other people’s ideas or make new suggestions. Also, you can contact us at support@babbel,com if you need further help.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-09-30T10:38:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'To be honest the app doesn’t take advantage of its format. The UI (fonts and design) are very plain. You have a small picture and small text and a whole lot of white space. I feel like they really missed an opportunity to include achievements and badges to make it more game like and offer a little dopamine for mastering a tough lesson. It also lets you go on to the next lesson without missing a beat even when you bomb the assessment. I’d like some acknowledgement that I’m struggling. A reactive testing system that changes focus based on your responses would be even better. As it stands this app seems very cookie cutter. You could substitute the Spanish phrases for geography lessons very easily. \\n\\nThe worst thing is the lack of some leeway with spelling. Why yes, I do love missing multiple questions because I don’t know how to spell Portuguese and German in Spanish after seeing it literally once in a prior lesson. I can barely spell Portuguese in English. \\n\\nI will continue to use this app, but I don’t think I will renew.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Eh',\n",
       "  'userName': 'PeeCeeJunior'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 19, 23, 2, 6),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24667407,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-23T13:08:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is an awesome app that can teach a person a lot of Spanish or French or whatever you want to learn , but I think this app should be an app where kids and adults can laugh and make their own imagination, and this app should have more color more celebration when you get it right instead of a dinging noise oh and try to slow down a tad and if it is as charming as I describe you might get a tiny bit more people joining because if a parent is trying to learn a language and their kid sees it with all the color they would want to do it too! Then they will be learning and hopefully having a lot of fun! Anyway thank you for reading my review and don’t be fooled by me if something like this is there because I just started so I don’t know much myself but I hope we can learn together.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Amazing app but still needs work',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Scraptown'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 14, 20, 30, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23965418,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thanks for taking the time sharing your review. We have taken note of your comment and forwarded it to our team. We are aware of this and are working on improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to improve the audio feature as soon as possible. Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-16T11:22:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This an an amazing app for learning a new language, but I’ve noticed an issue with learning numbers. Maybe it’s OS and maybe it’s the app, but when trying to repeat a number the speech recognition converts what I say into number form (for example I say “nine” and speech recognition records “9”). \\n\\nThe part that’s the problem and is most certainly an issue with the app is that it counts this as wrong even though I know I’m saying the word right because it’s recording the correct digit. This is made even more frustrating by the fact that I’m only shown what the app thinks I said in review sessions and not the initial lesson so when I inevitably get it wrong during the lesson it’s hard to know if I actually got it wrong or if the app is counting it wrong because it got a number instead of a word.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app, but there’s a bug regarding numbers',\n",
       "  'userName': 'nabfranklin'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 21, 21, 22, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17558438,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. We have noted your comments regarding the speaking parts, we will have a closer look on how to improve this to have a better impact in your learning process. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-28T09:36:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love the app, definitely getting better and better at learning and understanding Spanish; however though I wish the speaking exercises give a lot more leeway when it comes speaking the correct pronunciation on certain words.\\n I do have a lil bit of an accent and because of that, naturally some certain words or phrases are not going to sound “perfect” and as a result I get dinged as having said something wrong when I know that I said it right. The app should give leeway if you are at least close to pronouncing a phrase right even though it might not sound “perfect”, again especially if you naturally have an accent (especially an accent that is different from the native languages you are learning).',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app so far, but the speaking parts though 😒',\n",
       "  'userName': 'msacny392768'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 2, 3, 2, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16360442,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for getting in touch. We teach both! 🙂 Castilian Spanish as spoken in Spain and we've just launched a new Mexican Spanish course. Just make sure that your display language is American English. Feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com for more info.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-02T11:25:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Don’t get me wrong, it seemed like a fairly fun way to learn Spanish. The problem is the Spanish they teach here is not conversational Spanish used today, or at least not used in Southern California and/or Mexico. I was trying to learn Spanish to surprise my long term boyfriend’s family. (He and his family are from Mexico but moved to California when he was 10) Whenever I would get stuck I would ask my boyfriend about a certain word, or phrase, and he would look at me confused and say he had no clue what I was trying to say. I thought I was just saying it wrong, however it turns out the Spanish I was learning isn’t really used anymore, at least not here. My boyfriend said I was learning the old, very proper, Spanish that they speak in Spain (which is great if that is what you want). Unfortunately, this kind of Spanish does me no good in So Cal. Wish there was a way to learn casual, conversational Spanish with the slang used today, that would be much more beneficial for my needs.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Ehh.. it’s ok',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Sdjones17'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 4, 16, 18, 4),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34703337,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your feedback. May you please contact us again via support@babbel.com so that we can have a closer look into this case. Unfortunately, the iOS system uses a different data base, making it impossible to know whether the subscription is cancelled or not. We will kindly address this matter when you contact us again, kind regards 😌',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-06T13:35:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Should have stuck with duolingo—more intuitive & functional and they’re not lying cheats like Babbel. I got my initial subscription through the Apple App Store and then cancelled my subscription through the Apple App Store. AFTER I CANCELLED MY SUBSCRIPTION, THEY CONTINUED TO CHARGE ME FOR TWO YEARS OVER $100. I did not receive *any* emails or other notification and did *not* authorize these charges, but because they had my info THEY KEPT CHARING ME WITHOUT NOTICE OR AUTHORIZATION ANYWAY. I only received an email notifying me that my “subscription was about to renew” for the first time in two years, which is how I found out THEY HAD BEEN SCAMMING ME FOR TWO YEARS. Despite multiple emails with their customer service, they refuse to address the fact that I cancelled my subscription through the Apple App Store where I made the initial purchase, though I’m sure they can see that I have not used the app in two years (I had even deleted it from my phone). How good can this app be if they rely on scamming customers to survive?',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'BEWARE! LYING THIEVING CHEATS',\n",
       "  'userName': 'wetuvfr8nga'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 9, 21, 57, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32511287,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Maddie, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-11T13:18:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really wanted to love this app because of its content and teaching structure but Babbel has been double charging me and I didn’t even notice until I checked my Apple ID subscriptions.\\n\\nOne day a few months ago, I got on the app and was confused because my progress had been lost but I thought it was a fluke. Then they prompted me to choose a subscription, which I had already bought. I thought maybe it was like a trial month or something, so I continued on with the plan I had chosen. I thought nothing of it until just today when I went to login from my computer and they prompted me AGAIN to buy a subscription. I checked my Apple ID settings and I ALREADY HAD 2 OF THE SAME SUBSCRIPTIONS AND IT WAS PROMPTING ME FOR A THIRD. I went to my settings in the Babbel app to make sure this was happening and the settings wouldn’t even load!!!!\\n\\nNow I have to contact my bank and see if I can do anything because it turned out to be more than $50 dollars wasted. I’m absolutely irate.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Double charging',\n",
       "  'userName': 'maddiesssss'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 8, 14, 37, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30831922,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for your message. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our learners. Please feel free to contact us anytime via support@babbel.com, we try our best to assist you further!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-11T14:13:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I need a guide to navigation in Babbel.  At the start I described myself as knowing some Italian.  The app proceded to spend a half hour teaching me the basic verbs abitare and essere, both of which I was already familiar with.  This was followed by a dialogue in both Italian and English having to do with less visited quarters of Rome.  Interesting, but above my level, especially compared with the opening section.  Then the app abandoned me!  It did not proceed to another level and even after trying various links and the pathways they led to I could not find any logical continuation to the lessons I had used.  Eventually I found a page containing links to some lessons that might be helpful to me.  I will keep trying till the month I paid for is up.  The app needs a basic orientation telling students how things work.  It might have a 5-star set of lessons, but not being able to find them I can give only 2 stars at best.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Where am I?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'GpaNerd'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 21, 23, 26, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10296630,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Lana, thanks for taking the time to share your review here. We‘d like to help you out with the microphone and speech recognition. Could you send us an email at support@babbel.com, so we can look into this for you?',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-22T09:36:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Seems like there are some bugs in this app and it’s in the beginning stages. I was ready to give up already because I couldn’t get through the part where you have to repeat what the speaker says. There is no instruction to help you out at the beginning.  Why do I have to hit the speaker to make it speak the first time?  And after it speaks do I just say the word or do I hit the microphone?  If I hit the microphone it says I’m wrong before I can even speak.  If I don’t hit the microphone nothing happens. Took me a while to figure out I have to hold down the microphone.  Also why isn’t there an option for someone who already knows some?  I hate starting at the basics. You should be able to take a placement test.  I’m gonna keep plugging away to see if this app gets more Interesting while I also continue on duolingo. Really hoping I can pick up the language faster that way.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Day 1 and I can’t get through',\n",
       "  'userName': 'LanaMM'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 28, 14, 10, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36292047,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to send us your feedback. Please contact us at support@babbel.com for more information and we look forward to developing solutions!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-02T20:41:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Using LA Span, found the tempo appropriate for a certain amount of time, 2-3 weeks for me. Then it plateaus. Useless exercise like spelling words with provided letters/forming phrases with words in tiles,  are tedious games that get less useful for learning and end up being the only tools available for way too long. \\n\\nThe content/theme seemed to accelerate when the dentist husband went with his mexican wife to live in DF. Its a story and as the learner we share this guy’s journey as he meets people and gets involved in their lives. It’s brilliant! A great method to relate the learning to make it stick. \\n\\n Suddenly that episode ends, and I’m back learning hello/goodbye? It stops being challenging. The integrated storytelling stops. They don’t have enough content to keep it going? Idk. Other system continue to respect the process of learning. Don’t need it. Deleting this app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Plateau is later than duolingo but…',\n",
       "  'userName': 'B0nfanti'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 23, 20, 11, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29381558,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Senhora! Thank you for such amazing feedback! We work hard to meet expectations like yours and we are very happy that you are enjoying your experience with Babbel! Best of luck with your studies and get well soon :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-25T13:52:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love picking up Brazilian Portuguese while recovering from hip surgery. This App is fantastic and makes use of all the pedagogical tricks and techniques I used when I taught Spanish and Italian in my college classroom. The creative repetition, the opportunity to hear and perfect correct pronunciation, the easy to digest grammar rules, excellent voice actors, clever adult situations that most school textbooks would censor ( i.e. can’t mention alcohol) — all told , this is way better than dragging myself to a community college course! Love love love. \\nA tip for other Babbelites— yes, definitely say the words out loud … be as active as possible mimicking the recorded voices. Your brain will thank you. We humans are designed to learn languages… Babbel has got it right!\\nP.s More games please. Love!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Senhora Saudade',\n",
       "  'title': 'Doing everything right!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 21, 18, 51, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23006652,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. You can unsubscribe the newsletter any time in your settings. If not... Please message us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email, and we'd be happy to help you out!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-25T17:13:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Okay. I’d like to say that I only put 5 stars so this could be seen. It is a 1 star from me. So I got the app hoping to learn a new language and maybe be able to practice for Spanish class. I got through one lesson and the rest were like $20. I could legit get any other app for free. So I decided to let it go and deleted the app. But the annoyance of this didn’t stop there. I have been getting Emails from Babble for 5 months straight like 3 times a day on whether or not I’d like to buy the ‘language bundle’ or whatever. Keep in mind,  I CLICKED “YES” ON THE NOTIFICATIONS OPTION. That doesn’t mean I should get notifications 4 or 5 months after I deleted the app!!\\nThanks for reading and, hey, try the Spanish Learning app. It’s free and works better if you want to ace a class more than being super fluent in Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'bluue123',\n",
       "  'title': 'This app is horrible.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 9, 18, 12, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34858360,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for contacting us. We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. If you purchase a subscription and then choose to cancel within 20 days of purchase, just send us an email at support@babbel.com and we will happily refund the payment. Kind regards\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-14T10:05:55Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This language learning program is ok but not great in my opinion. I was going to purchase a year subscription in either Babbel or Duolingo. I watched some reviews and it seemed Babbel was the preferred choice. This is not my experience now that I’ve had time to use it. Whenever I have time to study I always reach for Duolingo first. I find Babbel very boring with little reward. Too many grammar lessons too soon when what you want is to start getting conversational asap. Duolingo takes that approach and you really feel as if you’re making progress. It’s also fun. Which Babbel is not. I also remember what I learn on Duolingo better than with Babbel. I honestly wish I could get my money back and get a Duolingo subscription. So I’m stuck with the free version of Duolingo or I cave in and also buy a subscription for that too. Not impressed at all with Babbel and I’m not recommending it to anyone.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'inman1979',\n",
       "  'title': 'Kinda regret my purchase 😕'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 27, 4, 0, 37),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10928773,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for your review! We've made a note of your idea and we'd like to invite you to visit our Wishboard here: tiny.cc/wishboard_en Here you can also vote and comment on other people’s ideas or make new suggestions. You can always contact us at support@babbel.com if you have any further questions :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-09-27T11:04:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'As a new learner to French, I’m dedicated to learning it but wish there is a way to submit feedback directly in the app. The flow is structured and rotates the same methodological parts over and over. Like a fitness plan, if you hate crunches and it’s part of your regime, you’re rolled into it again. It offers no alternatives or ways to deviate.\\n\\nIt can be friendly, less text-ty. And offer more help where need be. The goal is learning, not getting it necessarily right or wrong. There are times I need crutches or the ability the go back a bit in the 12-segment sessions (e.g., segment 3 to get grammar on an item down-pat, as further grading on it comes on the segments right after which can be frustrating if you didn’t get it or didn’t pay close attention to it enough.)',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'flv517',\n",
       "  'title': 'Helpful but Frustrating'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 22, 14, 27, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16827449,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, Thanks a lot for your feedback. We'd recommend checking out the Russian Alphabet lessons in our Newcomer course. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com if you have any further questions. Best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-23T09:17:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Although I am only on lesson 5-6, I have a new suggestion. One, I am taking Russian in spite of a few people, I think you should add a translator, we all know it’s hard to find a true translator and I think it would be nice to have one I can trust, especially when my family decides to use google translator and it’s wrong.\\n\\nSome of the stuff taught doesn’t make sense when it comes to the order it’s taught. “Who’s there” was the first phrase I learned. I thought it started with an alphabet? I learned that from google not Babbel. They do a few repeat lessons, not exactly the same but it is similar. I’m hoping that I just need to get farther and this will be cleared up.\\n\\nOther than that, great app, haven’t tried Duolingo but if this doesn’t work out then duolingo is my next best option.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'kissme@$$',\n",
       "  'title': 'Couple things but great app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 4, 17, 56, 4),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30764946,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we are currently working on increasing our offer. We'd love to add more options to our selection, however, we do care about designing high quality material. Thank you for your patience, regards.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-07T09:07:30Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is great for learning many languages. It has an amazing learning technique and helps me learn very quickly. But I was conflicted when I learned that I could not learn Japanese. It is the language that I have been longing to learn for years now and I really did not want to give up on this app entirely. I tried another language and it worked really well! But I really, really want to learn Japanese through Babbel, but there is no option to learn that. This app is very high quality and is great for starters and intermediates. I was just a little bummed when I learned how little selection of languages they have to offer. So this game is convenient for those who want to learn the ones they have in store, but please, Babbel, if your reading this, please can you add more languages to learn?',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ImSemiSweet',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great For So Much, But Needs More'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 28, 13, 23, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3087672,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi,\\nThanks for your feedback! I will pass on your comments about adding more vocabulary relating to single grammar rules to our lessons, we're always interested in ways we can improve our app and user experience. If you have any other suggestions or questions, you can reach us at support@babbel.com. Best of luck with your studies! 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-10T10:14:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I study Italian and I love the grammar and pronunciation lessons. They are explained really good followed by some practice. \\nIt’s also amazing to learn phrases and to start speaking right away. \\nWhat I would like to see more is options to practice more the vocabulary and the grammar. There’s the option of course to repeat the lesson but that’s not the best for me as I don’t want just to repeat the same expressions over and over but to be challenged by new ones with the same grammar rule. \\nOverall the application is great. You won’t learn the language just by using Babbel, you’d probably need to combine few applications that focus on different lesson and teaching approaches but Babbel is a great start and will help you a lot. I love all the grammar lessons and the way the courses are structured that all other language apps lack.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Juju viva',\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s very useful and easy to use. I really like it.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 20, 14, 16, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35012559,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Daisy, Thanks for your interest and for getting in touch with us. We would like to invite you to try out our 7-day-trial so you can enjoy Babbel before jumping to a subscription. Feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com if you're interested! 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-22T11:30:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I think you should offer more than 1 free lesson. It’s too easy to look elsewhere. You are not giving people time to become vested in this app. I’ve been on Duolingo too. They give soo much for free before the ads come. I like the audio better on Babel from what I can gather from 1 free Spanish lesson. I don’t have a problem paying but earning rewards would be nice too. Also, since I am not familiar with this app, I do not want to commit to a year which would be the cheapest option but with a lot of money up front. I think you should lower the monthly subscription cost. I don’t disagree with the monthly subscription being a little more and I do understand the concept that buying in bulk saves you money but the monthly cost in comparison is quite high.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Daisy3501',\n",
       "  'title': 'I took the free lesson. It was good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 24, 9, 23, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14902370,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, we thank you for your interest in our product. Babbel has free and paid lessons. You can do 20 - 60 lessons for free in 14 languages. You only pay for full access! The subscription fee covers the development of the app. Please keep an eye on our special offers! 🙂',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-25T08:48:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Okay so the app itself is very good and ya it helps you a lot but when I try to do the second lesson of the first course it tells me I need a subscription like I know u want the viewers to buy in app purchases but could I at least do one course before having to pay anything.\\n\\nAnother part that I don’t understand is why the words become so hard really fast for example I want to learn French and they are giving me words that I have never heard before and I haven’t been speaking very much French so I would like to start slow and not take things so fast.\\n\\nOther than those two things the app is pretty good for what I’ve seen but you never know maybe my review will change I’m just happy to try and learn a new language and that this app is sorta helping me. (By the way I’ve only been on this app for a little while and I don’t know all there is to know about it so maybe in a couple of days or weeks I’ll know how the app works.)',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'anonymousplay',\n",
       "  'title': 'I’m confused'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 11, 11, 53, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20377908,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message and preference. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-13T14:26:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used Duolingo as my go to language education app for 2 years. I got Babbel at the beginning of 2021 and let me tell you I’m never going back. My biggest problem with Duo is they never built grammar/structure into the lessons, they just throw random sentences and tenses at you and expect you to get it. Not with Babbel, Babbel takes you on a journey with the language, explaining the grammatical reason WHY something is a certain way (Mia zia, i miei zii, why the definite article on one but not the other? They tell you!). Not to mention the conversations in the target language are natural so you learn the syntax of the language quite quickly. So far I have no major issues with this app, and I look forward to the languages they add. A l’équipe de Babbel je vous donnes un gros ci-mer pour aider mon apprentissage d’italien :)',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'NJ trash',\n",
       "  'title': 'A Grammar Texbook on Your Phone'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 25, 20, 36, 45),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34516636,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for your interest. We're always happy to help. Could you please contact us again at support@babbel.com ? We are looking forward to hearing from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-27T11:21:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m sure Babbel is good but you only get a lesson and reviews over that one lesson in the free version. I wanted to feel out the app before buying the subscription but I find it difficult with just that one lesson. I’m going to Mexico this summer and was really hoping to pick up atleast a bit more Spanish before going. The original plan was to run on the free version until we could buy the subscription but clearly I won’t be able to do that. The ads make it seem like there aren’t the amount of restrictions on the free version that there are so I do wish that would have been disclosed.\\n\\nAlso I don’t have any interest to do the other 60 free lessons you mention in response to other reviews with similar problems. That still doesn’t negate the problem for people only wanting to just learn one language and there just being one free lesson per language on the free version.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Htr_FemaleBat',\n",
       "  'title': 'Seems okay but-'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 16, 19, 18, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21144207,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Kevin, thanks for taking the time to share your great review here. We're happy to hear that you enjoy learning with Babbel and that our customer service meets your expectations. Please recommend us to your friends and family! 😉\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T16:06:18Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I bought the subscription for this app about a month ago and was running into an issue with the app. I won’t go into much detail about it, but I was getting ready to end my subscription and was willing to pay more money for something else out of principle. I messaged my frustration to the customer support team a few hours ago and they already got back to me and resolved the issue I was having. Their team moved incredibly fast and made the changes to make me satisfied. I was already enjoying the app before and believe that the app provides excellent learning material, but I’m even happier now knowing that if there is any issue I have, then the customer service team will quickly resolve anything.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'KevinB103',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App and Amazing Customer Service'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 3, 2, 2, 16),\n",
       "  'review': 'I am doing the French program. I’ve found it to be quite effective and interesting so far, but the speech part is very troublesome.  It’s also why I give the app four stars instead of five.  One would assume the program grades your speech on three criteria, cadence, pitch change, and individual phonemes.  That’s well and good, but when you fail a given statement it simply gives you a false response.  It would make learning much more effective and less frustrating if the app would specify which syllables or words you said incorrectly, and whether it was an error in your pronunciation, pitch, or timing. At the very least, it should highlight the word(s) you misspoke so you can figure out what you did wrong.  \\n\\nOther than that, the app is great.  I’m satisfied with my progress so far and how the app operates.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'pooley7986',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but needs better voice grading'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 29, 21, 25, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30075808,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we would like to help you with this matter. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com (mailto:support@babbel.com) with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-31T12:26:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babbel off and on for the past few years alongside Duolingo to try to learn Spanish (when I have the time and money for both). I’ve been able to get a lot of good things out of both apps, however this current time around I’ve found myself frustrated with the voice recognition. It continually says I’m saying something wrong when I know I’m not, and I get frustrated and discouraged and sometimes even give up for a while. (DL actually has the opposite problem usually—it’s too accepting of how I say things.) It tells me I’m wrong and does not tell me how to fix it. I want to get better at pronunciation, but Babbel has not given adequate tools to help with that.\\n\\nAside from that, the app is great and helpful, and I enjoy using it!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'las11b',\n",
       "  'title': 'One frustrating flaw'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 26, 15, 1, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36749565,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we beg to differ. We have a fully constructed course for Latin American Spanish too. We recommend you to send us a message so that we can offer you more details about this. We are sorry that your experience has not been as expected so far. We will be happy to help you with this matter 😌',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-26T09:37:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The Latin American Spanish course only offers very beginner-level instruction. They don’t make this clear in the app so it appeared to not be working correctly. I had to reach out to customer support multiple times before someone told me I would need to take the European Spanish course if I wanted to start at a higher difficulty level. The app seems ok now that I’m using a fully built out course. I don’t understand why they would offer incomplete courses. It was really frustrating and left a really bad impression.\\nUpdated note for the developer who keeps responding to this: I did contact your support people. They were the ones who told me to switch to European Spanish because the Latin American version only had beginner courses. And it solved the problem. I suggest you chat with them to learn more.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'GoGoSW',\n",
       "  'title': 'Latin American Spanish Offerings Limited'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 10, 21, 49, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 2804718,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Jackie. A huge thanks from the whole Babbel Team for your comment!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-03-12T14:05:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Duolingo & Babbel side by side. Hands down, Babbel is much more comprehensive. Duolingo is fun and all, but gives you absolutely NO foundation to learn a language. Duolingo just kind of teaches you how to memorize words and phrases, without any background or understanding as to why these words work with these other words, or why they’re in the order that they’re in.\\n\\nBabbel, on the other hand, does all of this. I’m only in my 2nd beginner’s course, and I already feel like I’m building a foundation to learn German. It introduces grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary all gradually, and allows you to practice via reading, writing, and speaking. \\nDuolingo is like a fun game to help you know what an apple is called in German, but Babbel will teach you how to have a conversation about that apple.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'jackie768',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great so far!!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 1, 21, 26, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34656041,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there,\\n\\nThanks for taking the time to send us your amazing feedback.\\n\\nWe are very happy that you have been with Babbel for so long. 🧡️\\n\\nYour feedback is important to us. Please share any comment, suggestion or correction you may have at wishboard.babbel.com 💫️\\n\\nWe're always working to improve our user experience and looking forward to hearing from you!\\n\\nKind regards\\nThe Babbel Team\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-03T09:39:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Long time user. Babbel is fantastic, the program is great, the content is great.\\n\\nHOWEVER, the iPad app should really have a portrait mode option. It feels wrong that it doesn’t. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t think so. I forget every time. I launch the app while holding my device upright and am greeted by a sideways screen. Very annoying. Likewise, as others have mentioned, a dark mode would be a real asset for learning without strain. Also, the games are a fun addition but there need to be more of them. Otherwise they become boring quickly due to their simplicity. \\n\\nSorry to be negative. I’m nit picking. Babbel, in my opinion, is the most thorough digital program out there. Just needs a couple of soft touches to spoil us who are in it for the long haul.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'theresadawn',\n",
       "  'title': 'Just SO close'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 26, 3, 48, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28299761,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Gizelle, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-28T15:56:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hello!\\nI searched up apps that will help you speak spanish and this was the first result. I had seen the app before, so I downloaded it and instantly fell in love with it. The app is overall amazing and neatly organized. There’s just one issue. Every lesson after lesson one costs money.\\nI’m only a kid, and don’t have money to pay for this app. I was so upset because I really wanted to learn Spanish and reinforce what I was learning in school. \\nMy whole family speaks it and I was eager to learn. I began the first lesson and things went great! I already knew some of the things but it had been fine. Once I finished the lesson I tried to move onto the next one but it had been locked. I was so upset about this. \\nIn my opinion the app should be accessible for everyone, whether you have money or not. I think that the lessons should be free, and you would pay for other advanced lessons that would reinforce what they would learn in the normal FREE lessons. Of course though, this is just my opinion and I feel like it would make the app a lot better. \\nI also appreciate that there are no ads, but that may be the cause of why every lesson costs money. \\nThis is why overall I would rate this app a 2/5. I just wish the lessons didn’t cost money, but for now I’ll just have to download another app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'gizelle23',\n",
       "  'title': 'The app is great, but…'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 7, 12, 35, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33612879,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-08T15:15:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Just started the Latin Spanish course. Familiar with the language from high school Spanish and this is great to ease back into it and hear dialogue. In one lesson, it’s hard to make out a few letters. The pronunciation seems different from when they first tell you the letters and when you’re quizzed to enter the letter you hear. I wouldn’t think that this is a big deal as people normally don’t just say letters like that but it is a little frustrating.\\n\\nIt has you spell words on the keyboard with no practice learning words. Your only way to learn the spelling is going through the lessons and dialog. Can be frustrating. A separate spelling lesson would be good.\\n\\nAlso word learning is mixed in with other words and lessons and goes by quickly.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Space wizz',\n",
       "  'title': 'Some minor issues but good so far'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 2, 15, 54, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31278503,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-04T11:30:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like this interactive app because it definitely helps with learning new words and listening to conversations. It can engage you in topics you’ll commonly use around native speakers. Currently, I am starting Italian and I’m learning a lot! However, I think the speech lessons needs some improvement because it says I pronounce words correctly. When I playback my recording, it does not reflect the computer’s accent. Just a suggestion, I think it would also be helpful if for those who are starting brand new, there should be more lessons on diphthongs and alphabet sounds than just listing a whole bunch of words. (Granted I’m starting at A1 courses right now, so maybe further down you do have lessons of that) Overall, I enjoy it so far!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bluerile22',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great for starting a new language!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 1, 11, 25, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21403637,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, We are constantly working on improvements and hope to add more features soon. Feel free to write us what kind of courses and learning content you would like to see. We would be pleased if you would share your ideas here: wishboard.babbel.com 🙂 Thank you for choosing Babbel, have fun learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-02T17:10:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'About 2 weeks in and I’m already seeing improvements in my understanding of the Polish language. Something that was lacking coming from apps like Duolingo or drops. This is definitely a more serious app for people who really want to put in the time to learn. My only complaint would be that they need to give you the control over when to move forward to the next question in a lesson. I like to write down the phrases that I’m learning to try and grasp the spelling as well. But once you have answered a question you are automatically moved onto the next question giving you no time to review it. This is solely just a suggestion and should by no means be taken as criticism. All in all will recommend this app over others.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Riivolt',\n",
       "  'title': 'So far so good.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 11, 23, 0, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26804153,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-13T13:32:04Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been learning German using Babbel. I feel like I’ve gotten a really good understanding of how the language works; you’re not just memorizing stuff like other apps. I put my german to the test recently traveling in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany and was relieved to find that (although I made mistakes all the time as all learners do) I was actually able to create sentences and respond to real life scenarios. \\n\\nThe only part that I really, truly dislike is that when you don’t use the app for a few days, the opening screen says something like “welcome back! It’s ok, the important thing is that you showed up!” I guess that this is probably meant to be encouraging, but it does not come off that way. Just let me restart my learning without the guilt trip, geez.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ValTass623',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great language learning app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 5, 21, 42, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12751866,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you so much for such nice review. We are really happy to know we have help you in this personal challenge. About the pictures, we are afraid this is due an update issue, could you please uninstall your app and re-install it to fix the possible issues, no worries, your progress will be saved. If you continue experiencing this, please send us a message to support@babbel.com and one member of our team will follow up on this with you. Kind regards and keep up the good work :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-01-06T16:38:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Feel like I owe Babbel this review. Such an awesome product for the cost. Started learning russian on my own for 6 months. Fell in love with the language, and decided to take the language in college. I already knew all the material for the class for a whole semester. My college russian class was a breeze because of this app. So for that I have to say thank you to Babbel!\\n\\nThere is one thing I need to address though real quick. I miss the pictures you got for each lesson. The new update took those away, and I miss them! The pictures were so fun to look at, and I’d use them to track my progress which seems weird, but honestly it worked. That’s all though other than that really simple and awesome tool to provide beginner language capabilities.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'seanmccash17',\n",
       "  'title': 'Greatly structured app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 5, 2, 59, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28422573,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thank you for your wonderful review! Keep up the brilliant work, and enjoy your studies with us!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-07T11:22:03Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel is the best Swedish language course I have found on line. It’s not easy because it teaches you grammar as well as vocabulary. The few complaints I had have now been corrected. The individual lessons have been shortened to about 15 minutes. Initially in reality one could spend up to 30 minutes. And , on doing a lesson today, I have found that my other complaint, the inability to use the Swedish alphabet on my phone, has been solved. The new format is a great improvement. I highly recommend this app for anyone wanting to seriously study Swedish online. The sound quality is quite good which is a great help. Now all they need is a bot one could practice speaking with.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Swedish junky',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel Swedish language training'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 4, 5, 20, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10010685,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks a lot for your detailed feedback.The ability to slow down speech is one we're looking into, and we've already put some of this into the Review section of the app: if you review with Speaking, you'll see that every second time you click an item to hear it, it's played at a slower pace. This should help with training your ear!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-05T10:47:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like the app, my only complaint is they need a way to slow down the computer voice, while it’s trying to teach you a word, sometimes the computer with certain words sounds like it’s rolling a letter like r or l just as examples, and it really isn’t, if you could slow down the word the computer is trying to say, it would help with learning. Words or. Phrases. And I think after the computer says the word, you should hold the microphone button and talk, should have two different buttons one for the computer voice to say the word, and a way to slow it down. Then another button to say the word, sometimes after the computer says a word, the app automatically beeps like you said it but got the word wrong, when you never even said anything. Or even had a chance to say a word.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ZaneDrake',\n",
       "  'title': 'Really need a way to slow down the computer voice'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 14, 14, 47, 36),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 5117415,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your detailed review here. We're always keen to hear feedback directly from the Babbel community, positive and negative. I will pass on your observations to our course development team, who will take this into consideration for future Babbel developments.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-09-19T11:22:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I believe the app is good not great . I believe it would be great if one would be able to click next , Instead of  automatically being taken to the next question so one would have time to study the words , sentences and listen to it over a few times. I’ve also taken “quizzes “ Or reviewed the section when I was never taught how to use what I was being quizzed. I do believe had I been able to stay on the page That was just completed I could have looked at the way the sentence was put Together and learned more. I also would have been able to listen to the way the word(s) and sentence was pronounced if that option were to be available . The way it’s set up now I have to redo the whole section from the very beginning which can be quite boring if there were only a few pages I needed to study.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'nireacuram',\n",
       "  'title': 'Could use improvement'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 7, 5, 5, 26),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33069458,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for your message. Please make sure that you have the Spanish flag selected. Don't hesitate to contact us at support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-09T14:59:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I deleted my subscription through my phone, but didn’t realize I was still being charged for a 3 month subscription for the last several months. I was refunded the most recent month, but they said nothing about the other months. You can’t call anyone about any issues. You have to email and wait a few days for a response. I tried looking up answers for my question through the help option on the app, but it gives absolutely no details about cancellation and what happens if you’re being billed after the subscription was cancelled. There’s hardly any info about cancellation at all. I want to take my card off my account just in case, and can’t find a way to or even edit my card. And of course nothing in the help section. It’s like this app is hoping this will happen to people and this is how they make a profit. I’ll never use this again and won’t recommend it to anyone.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Hilldog2',\n",
       "  'title': 'The worst'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 22, 2, 0, 21),\n",
       "  'review': \"I use Babbel and DuoLingo in tandem as part of a mission to keep all my high school and college French from going away. Babbel earns its monthly fee by being much more organic an experience compared to the latter's fairly random vocab quiz style. They both have their uses, but this is better for learning, while the other is useful for retention.\\n\\nThe presentation is second to none here, and you feel like you're learning relevant statements at every turn. My only complaint is that, seemingly randomly, the voice recognition goes from laid back and understanding to absolutely draconian, and when it's the latter, and you're tweaking inflections on this syllable or that on your 20th try, it should tell you what part it doesn't like.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Matt Turpin',\n",
       "  'title': 'Perfect or close'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 21, 13, 56, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10300854,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate your comment and your input regarding the process of learning a language. This is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. It is a process in which several factors are involved, like your motivation, skills, learning capabilities and even the relation of the new language with your mother tongue. Regardless, thanks for your support.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-22T13:02:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve only used Babbel briefly and I am already not impressed. You can’t possibly speak a language fluently in as little as they claim. I have not navigated the entire app but it seemed pretty clear than in order to progress to level 2 or course 2, payment is required...?! Already? Lol Yes, I see how babbel can get you going with some very basic conversations but do you really know what each word means? When learning a new language, you need to start from the deep down basics, otherwise you’ll never truly know whether your using the correct form of each word, plural, singular, present, past, formal, informal. About the only thing I like babbel for is the pronunciation but you can easily just google translate phrases for free if that’s the case. There’s a REASON Babel is NOT “editors choice” on the App Store. Please do your shopping around before paying their ridiculous prices. THERE ARE BETTER LANGUAGE LEANRING APPS OUT THERE.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Terrylllllllll',\n",
       "  'title': 'Shop around before you buy!!!!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 25, 15, 10, 10),\n",
       "  'review': 'I been pushing through these courses and I like how it was set up gives you a set of words and than you work through them but set it as beginner the basics are well needed here. The app is already trying to have my typing full sentences but I don’t know how to spell half the words. It’s a too many like stops that I have to do because I don’t remember how it’s spelled and we don’t cover the simple things long enough to remember and store it in general. I would live to continue using this app buts I don’t even know how I’m suppose to keep going when I’m just pushing done to know the answer because of 1 a word popped up that wasn’t ever explained at all or 2 I don’t spell the word correctly also idk how to spell countries get docked for that. Go slow or else your going to be so confused. I am.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Lae242',\n",
       "  'title': '100 percent real'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 2, 15, 43, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10490344,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your preference and kind comments :) We are happy to know you have enjoyed our app. We have well noted your comments regarding the mistakes and we will definitely have a look into this to offer you a better experience with Babbel. Our lessons require engagement and interaction, which is why we don‘t currently have any courses or features suitable for driving. We‘ve noted your suggestions for a hands-free option. Thank you for your feedback, this allows us to be better for you :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-09-03T09:19:04Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have only been using the app for a few weeks learning German, but I am very satisfied. It is a great way to learn a new language. The lessons are short which makes it great when you’re in a crunch for time. I only have one complaint and a suggestion. \\n1) the app is very unforgiving with spelling mistakes/typos. Maybe a warning should be added rather than counting you out after the first strike. \\n2) I drive an hour to and from work every day with nothing but the radio to keep me company. It would be beneficial (for commuters at least) if there were audio lessons I could listen to within that time. Maybe a few conversational lessons that teaches words and phrases through repetition. I think it would be a great way to expand the lesson while putting “wasted” time to good use. Just a thought.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'avi version 1.4',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 27, 23, 58, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10393037,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback here. We're trying to make our app more accessible and we'd like to thank you for the details you've included. We're hoping to implement improvements on this in the very near future.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-28T08:51:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is the very first ADA accessible language tutor I have found on my iPhone but it has a very important bugs that make it unworkable. First of all it is the first app I’ve ever had that would actually read to me what was on the screen. It read the word in English, my native language, and then in Spanish, the language I want to learn. The problem is that when I swipe left or right of the screen I have to go through every single word on the entire page because it will not read sentences. It takes an option out even when it is in my router to begin with. I have to go through and swipe until it says choose the correct but it actually says,\\nChoose \\nThe\\nCorrect\\nAnswer\\n And so on. Even when I go through the answers it doesn’t just say each answer as a complete sentence. It says,\\nMuchos\\nGracias so it is very painstaking to try to read the text and make a choice.\\nThen I got to the real serious bug that made me stop using the program. When I try to use the listen and repeat feature, my voiceover talked over the top of the person saying the word in Spanish and also prevented me from saying the word in the recording. I kept getting the wrong answer because it did not wait politely for my voiceover to finish talking.  Just like Rosetta Stone, this app is entirely “blind need not attempt”.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Blind iuser',\n",
       "  'title': 'Blind need not attempt'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 15, 12, 5, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36007146,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for contacting us. If you're finding that the audio is too fast, then you can press the speaker symbol for a second time and this will play a slowed down version of the audio. 🙂️ This can be done for lessons and Review exercises on the Babbel mobile app. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com if there's anything else we can help you with!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-17T15:06:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'It’s a pretty good language app. I’ve been using it to learn French. It offers different methods to learning words and phrases: flash cards, speaking, listening, etc. But it doesn’t really get you to master basics first. They give you really hard sentences with way to much context in the beginning. And it doesn’t teach you how to really pronounce everything. Nothing is slowed down and the speaking is really fast. It’s actually really frustrating and makes me not want to even complete my lessons because I have no clue what I’m learning about sometimes. I really like how Duolingo takes you through basics and gets you to master everything before moving on. Babbel just throws random hard words and sentences at you right from the beginning. The way the lessons progress don’t really make sense.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mrtemple92',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but not great'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 30, 17, 19, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25505615,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience regarding the features that Babbel can offer you. We are sorry to read that it was a social topic the main reason making you stop using Babbel. We are not taking sides, we are showing a reality called diversity. Babbel feels that inspiring people from different backgrounds with different worldviews to learn new languages is a good thing. Our mission is oriented towards promoting learning, openness, exchange, and tolerance. Good-bye :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-05T12:37:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is a comment about the entire Babbel offering, which is a fairly robust and effective for learning a language at the beginning stage.  It has functional limitations in terms of becoming conversant unless, perhaps you upgrade to their conversational/tutoring services.  But, at that point, why not just join a conversational language group, which are available in most communities or online at a nominal cost. \\n\\nOf course Babbel, as any tool like theirs would, falls way short of its advertised promise that \"you\\'ll become conversant in a new language in just a few months\". My expectations were realistic in that regard and I don\\'t hold that against Babbel because if one was especially smart and engaged Babbel for 40 hours a week they might. \\n\\nWhat finally drove me to cancel my Babbel subscription after two years was their sudden infusion of left-cultural gender politics into the conversation exercises.  Being the clever and aggressive marketers that they are, I trust they have made a calculation re: the strategy of taking sides here and have deciding that a decisive shift to the left is to there advantage, as opposed to adhering to neutral ground.   \\n\\nI respect that and wish them all the best.  But I won\\'t be playing anymore, thank you.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'querybot',\n",
       "  'title': 'Site and App...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 10, 18, 53, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17241935,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to Babbel so we can have more details about this? We'd love to help you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-12T15:08:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am learning French through this app. The lessons are OK, but you need to fix your voice recognition. For some, the mic couldn’t hear me at all even though I was practically shouting, and for others, it was not accepting my pronunciation even though I was saying it perfectly. For example, I was trying to pronounce the word “sept” in French (which sounds like “set” in English). It kept thinking I was saying “c’est” which admittedly sound very similar in French, but it would not accept my pronunciation so I could move on. You should also fix the conversational dialogue exercises so that they automatically scroll up. I shouldn’t have to keep moving the text myself so I can see it (this is on iPad by the way). Also need more forgiveness on spelling. I am just learning, how would I know exactly how to spell these words, accents and all?',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Aubs052383',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good app-if you pay-but needs work'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 28, 11, 40, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16955719,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. We have noted your comments on the different things your mentioned, we are glad that you have had a nice time with Babbel and that it has helped you through your learning process. As well, we would like to assure you we have taken this into account to improve your experience with us and keep on helping you in the goal. Kind regards and thank you once again for your support.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-29T12:36:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': '(disclosure: I use this on iPad)\\nGood app overall, with more languages than I expected based on the ad copy.  The ability to learn Turkish is pretty cool! \\nThe extra context explaining “why” for some things is very nice, definitely helps with understanding and right up my alley as a why asking type of person. I would love to see more of this!\\n The lessons seem to mimic the basic styles of exercises offered by Duolingo without much difference other than visual presentation.  The interface is clean and simple, but maybe a little sleepy?\\nCritiques, more specifically:\\nMicrophone response delay is a little slow, I often get ahead of it and fail responses as a result (same as other apps that have this functionality, so nothing new but an opportunity to rise above the competition maybe)\\nThe UI is pleasant, but a bit too passive and not exciting.  I like getting excited about learning and this is like being awarded a prize by Ben Stein.\\nNo portrait mode.  Only supports landscape which makes cozying up tedious because the reach to center screen requires two hand juggling operation.  Takes focus away from the app for device handling. Also the onscreen keyboard covers some of the text and input fields, so more fiddling.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'JosReviewsThings',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not bad'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 11, 23, 7, 36),\n",
       "  'review': 'The other thing that annoys me with the app is the positioning of the DONE and backspace buttons. Many times I am trying to backspace because of having typed in the wrong letter by accident. And I do mean MANY TIMES! Often just trying to type one word! \\nBut then I also accidentally hit the “DONE” button.\\nAgain, I think the  best thing this app could do is to give the keyboard the ability to accept verbal answers.\\nThis would allow users to have more conversational opportunities as well as making it less stressful to try to type in the language accurately. Personally, as a native English speaker, and graduate degree holder that includes creative writing, I have auto correct on my phone, as well as dictating ability. Most of us can’t manage to hit those little buttons accurately in English, so why expect it in a foreign language?',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Caliallye',\n",
       "  'title': 'Forgot one thing....'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 3, 4, 28, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34114308,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-05T16:18:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using Babbel for multiple months now, it is great. I have learned a lot, but it just feels like it’s lacking some thing to keep my interest. The app has been buggy and there aren’t very many ways. You can change the theme, if there was a dark mode, that would be excellent and more options to, write down stuff if you were working on a tablet instead of typing. I also started using Duolingo, I almost find that easier to learn with than the Babbel app now. I am paying for the premium Duolingo and the activities and interactions you have with it is a lot easier to understand and the repetition is much more engaging than the Babbel app. I hope these things get looked into.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ScalverOG',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great learning program!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 12, 6, 3, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23903951,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-13T11:46:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I lived in Mexico as a child, so my pronunciation is already quite good. I’m using Babbel to brush up on vocabulary and grammar and to help my husband learn Spanish. For the most part, the lessons are excellent. However, the speech recognition is TERRIBLE! It refuses to accept my pronunciation 80% of the time, even though I am speaking clearly and accurately. I haven’t yet found a way to have it play back to me what it thinks I said, but the word ‘niño’ is pretty basic and it shouldn’t take 6 tries to get the app to accept when I say “neen-yo,” which is a correct pronunciation. \\nSince I’m already comfortable with Spanish pronunciation, I’ll use the other learning methods and avoid the speaking feature. It’s an expensive app to have such a crucial part of learning a language fail so badly, though.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Corbowen',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good, but speech recognition needs a lot of work'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 20, 5, 9, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21215709,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. If there is something we can do to improve your experience, could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-22T14:24:07Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'First issue is in speaking. Pronunciation exercises sometimes are marked incorrect when indeed your pronunciation is perfect. I have tested this out by recording the speaker in the program and playing it back and it was marked wrong. \\n\\nSecond issue, typing... if an exercise requires that you type a response there are no accents on an English keyboard, therefore you are marked incorrect.\\n\\nThird, there is really nothing different from this language app and others. I am seriously doubting that I will be able to converse or communicate after a level three with this program. it is still standard type in the missing word, or complete the sentence, or play pick and choose, it’s all the same in all the programs this is no magic bullet.  Nothing unique here.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Westporter007',\n",
       "  'title': 'Clunky... and like all the other language apps'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 2, 19, 23, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12185130,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you so much for your complete feedback. It excites us to see how some languages need a specific \"treatment\" to be learnt; and as well some student tackle these learning challenges in their really particular ways. We are happy to know we can help you with this goal :) Happy Learning and keep up the good work.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-03T13:51:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m an advanced learner of German, and got my B.A. in German Language. I’ve found it very hard to keep my German skills up with other apps, such as Duolingo. Duolingo has its upsides, but I find the options of study forms frustrating, something that Babbel does very well. I love that it has options of reviewing with Flashcards, Speaking, Listening, or Writing. I struggle mostly with speaking and writing German, so I use those functions a lot with Babbel, and I find the way grammar is presented much better than with other apps, which tend to present grammatical terms with no explanation as to the conjugation chart or which tense is being used. If you’re looking for an alternative to other apps, I’ve found this one great so far!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'So far better than Duolingo',\n",
       "  'userName': 'lion_hair6942'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 1, 16, 40, 34),\n",
       "  'review': 'I need so review languages for my job because I am constantly switching places. Babbel came higher recommended and maybe it’s better for other languages but for Turkish it has you learn odd beginning phrases (such as: I’m feeling ill or how to ask if someone is Turkish, or saying I am German which I am not) which isn’t a huge issue because it’s all good to learn but, the amount of times the App freezes and I have to stop in the middle of the lesson and start over again is very frustrating. I’ve done the lesson I’m currently on about 4 times and I cannot get past it because it is constantly freezing. And I PAID for this service at the recommendation of people above me in my field. Quite frustrating but, I honestly hope it improves because I can see the potential and the Turkish on Duolingo is very rough.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Disappointed but I see the potential',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MDROOSTER29'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 5, 20, 15, 40),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25548077,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. We need to have a look into the voice recognition issue that you kindly pointed out. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-07T12:01:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall great lessons. But for someone who pronounces spanish very easily this tool is very frustrating when I have to pronounce words very poorly for the answers to register correctly. Example: Ustedes is pronounced with a very soft \"d\" sound, but babbel will only except the pronounced word as \"U-Ste-Des\" Same goes for \"ellos y ellas\" (need to practically say ejos and ejas to accentuate the Spanish \"ll\") and many other words that are not pronounced with hard consonants and other Spanish sounds (ie. ll, j, ñ). Please fix this because it feels very frustrating when I am shown poor pronunciation scores when it\\'s the program\\'s pronunciation that sounds far different from spoken Spanish. We pay a lot of money for this service and it\\'d be nice if customers were taught proper pronunciation and not Americanized pronunciation.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great, but still flaws',\n",
       "  'userName': 'unfilteredreviews'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 7, 12, 25, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31363361,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-09T11:54:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve done Spanish, German and now am on Italian. I haven’t used another app that will get you speaking a new language faster. After only a couple lessons and maybe a review or two, my ability to read and write the new language increased. You have to put it the time and effort,like anything else, but the layout of the lessons is second to none. My biggest tip is to get a notepad and write out the lessons.  I literally write out everything and I believe that’s what helps me retain it, just doing the lessons on the app wasn’t enough for me personally. After a few weeks of German lessons I even started to have dreams in German which I thought was very interesting!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best App for Learning',\n",
       "  'userName': 'justinbieberisnotgood'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 23, 4, 52, 20),\n",
       "  'review': 'So far i love this app.  I knew very little Russian but understood some of the letter sounds and a handful of words.   They offer so many techniques to help you understand and pronounce correctly.  My 5 yr old son enjoys sitting with me while I’m doing the lessons and he’s learning too!  We were making cake tonight and as he mixed the batter he says, “хорошо” it looks “horosho” which means good.  I was shocked that he remembered and impressed that he’s learning as well.  I definitely recommend the app.  I’m 17 lessons into part 1 and I have a great handle on most of the letter sounds and sentence structure and conversational words, phrases and responses.  Hard to remember everything when I step away from it, but while I’m doing the lessons it all comes back to me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Love it',\n",
       "  'userName': 'SoInLoveK.V.S.K.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 4, 5, 2, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22632184,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Regarding each one of the points you mentioned: 1. We will definitely have a closer look into letting you use your own keyboard, the reason we use our own one is due to memorisation matters that would help you in the correct spelling of the different terms you are presented; 2. We will provide you with our support mail so that we can check the problem with the \"continue\" button and for the rest of the points, we need to have a detailed look into your account. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to Babbel? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-05T12:15:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is awesome overall. I\\'ve learned a lot. But recent updates have diminished its usability. It would be 5 stars otherwise.\\n\\n1. A \"real\" keyboard was previously used to type words. Now it\\'s custom buttons and they don\\'t work well. I constantly have to backspace because one of the letters I pressed didn\\'t register.\\n\\n2. The \"continue\" button now has a sound when it appears on screen. But it gets in the way of the app audio. Ex.\\n\\n- Sometimes the phrase is still being pronounced by the app when the continue button pops on and makes a sound (German language).\\n\\n- Sometimes the phrase is done being pronounced by the app but I\\'m still saying it aloud as practice (e.g. making sure I pronounce it correctly before moving on). There\\'s that dang continue button sound again! (German language).\\n\\nUnrelated to the recent updates are the pronunciation lessons that use the microphone. It does not matter how I pronounce it, it always tells me I\\'m wrong. My wife is a native speaker and even her pronunciations are wrong. What!??\\n\\nLike I said, great app and worth the money. But don\\'t make the app worse! Fix these issues and be more careful in the future. We are paying after all.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Latest updates not great',\n",
       "  'userName': 'grgdne'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 25, 22, 46, 41),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20686521,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, we apologise for the time taken in this matter. Our support team is receiving an important amount of messages at the moment, delaying our response times. We appreciate your patience in this matter, you will receive the attention and solution that you deserve. Thank you for your message, kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-27T13:05:17Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Update: the developer contacted me and claimed I could delete the subscription in my Apple settings. I followed their instructions as is common for Apple subscriptions. The Babel app does not appear in the Apple subscription list! I still do not know how to cancel this subscription. What a shame on this developer and on Apple for allowing this to happen.\\n——-\\nI tried the app for a while and happily paid my subscription fee. However, I just cant spend the time that it takes to learn a language right now, so I would like to cancel. There is no Cancel option in the app, so I went to the browser version and logged in. There , I am told I have to send an email to their support team with my request to cancel. I did so about one week ago, and all I received back was an automated email saying “we are too busy right now to look into this.” Wow, pretty amazing and disappointing! Cant recommend this app to anyone, unfortunately!',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Does not let you cancel',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Alexgpeter'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 28, 23, 3, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33452843,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for sharing your ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨\\xa0 review and your lovely Babbel experience. We're thrilled you're enjoying brushing up your Spanish skills with us. Keep up the great work!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-30T12:39:18Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took Spanish in college 40 years ago and wanted to become more conversational.  After only using the app for three weeks, I bought a lifetime membership.  The lessons are great.  They are  broken into short segments so that you can spend 10 minutes learning while waiting in the car.  The app works well and speech recognition is great.  The aspect that I like the best is that I can learn and practice on my own schedule.  I ordered a couple of used textbooks from an online bookstore for reference when I want to check on a conjugation.  You can really create your own course however you want using this app as a base.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Fun Way to Learn, Refesh, and Practice Spanish',\n",
       "  'userName': 'DTCoolguy'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 7, 1, 7, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 37023668,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, sorry about this matter. Please, contact us at support@babbel.com so that we can offer you an alternative to this. Maybe you want to check our what Babbel LIVE has to offer? We will be happy to help. Kind regards!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-09T09:20:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really liked it when using it but was super surprised when after 8 months I completed all lessons and am no where close to being a confident or even adequate speaker.  I can’t believe that there are no more lessons.\\n\\nBe VERY cautious about the lifetime subscription, that’s what I paid for and now it’s useless except for reviews which I don’t find to be very helpful.  \\n\\nI now pay for Duolingo and really like that program better once you get past how gamey it is.  The explanations are way better, the reviews are actually helpful and it’s easier to move around and refresh on old lessons.  While I’m at it, I also finished Rosetta Stone and found it also to be way too short and the worst of the 3 options.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great but too short and will not make you a confident speaker',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mad Tuna122'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 17, 15, 16, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19902069,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-12-21T11:48:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried a couple of language apps. I liked Duolingo but I’m doing this on an iPhone, and it just became too frustrating trying to type so much at the upper levels, and if you get one typo, you’re wrong and have to do it all over again. Babbel also wants you to type - I’m sure they did research that shows people learn this way but I did not see how guessing from pictures whether people are grandparents, parents, children, cousins or grandchildren was helpful. Plus it too often dings me on pronunciation. And that’s my main gripe. I’m from Texas now living in Southern California, and the woman in particular has a pronounced “Cathtilian” accent. It’s like if you wanted to learn English and they taught it to you with a super posh British accent that would probably get you beat up in certain company. \\nI think I’ll just find some native speakers around here.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Can’t stand to listen to one of the speakers',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Austin Kately21'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 5, 19, 54, 3),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7182622,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your feedback and kind words! \\nWe\\'ve added your suggestions to our list, and are working on future improvements. We\\'d recommend you checking out our \"Words and sentences\" lessons, that focus more on learning vocabulary in several subjects.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-02-06T16:12:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have bought subscription for half year. I think the price is ok for what u get compare to others app. HOWEVER. I didn’t learn a lot. (1) The thing is that it does not teach u words consistently. I mean... it teach u how to say wife, but it doesn’t teach u husband/mother/dad at the same lesson. It might tell u in further lessons but not at one which is annoying. Same with numbers, colors, vegetables, etc. if I want to learn vegetable, I want to have it in one lesson/group, not to have hard find looking at it through xxx lessons (2) I would love to have only verb vocabulary where the most important verbs are together and I can take a look at them anytime I want. (3) I would love to have the ability to save words or helps I want and be able to find it in the app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It is ok but I would prefer app that is more consistent with words and verbs',\n",
       "  'userName': 'HelenaRomaniovaDarnova'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 4, 22, 15, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27271741,\n",
       "   'body': 'A huge thanks from the whole Babbel Team for your review!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-06T08:15:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took a course of French last semester, and the stress of having so much vocabulary (200+ words/phrases) packed into every unit was overwhelming. This is a much less stressful and more streamlined experience, and obviously also costs a fraction of what a college course does. The interface is clean and intuitive, the lessons are short and simple and it feels like they naturally build on each other. I will probably end up using Babbel through the rest of college, and while it might be a more gradual learning experience than taking a brute-force college language course, I can already tell it will be a lot more effective long-term.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'A much less stressful experience',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Serpently'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 4, 5, 13, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31335906,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thanks for your positive feedback! You can redo any lesson as often as you’d like! To repeat the lesson tap Explore in the bottom navigation bar - select courses - tap the dropdown and select the relevant course category\\n- find the lesson you want to repeat - tap on Start to begin the lesson. Best of luck with your studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-08T10:27:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I started learning French using Rosetta Stone and have graduated to Babel. I really love how the program advances to higher levels of speech and writing and slips in vocabulary that is new. So many French words are similar to English which helps beginners relate faster to a new language. My one wish would be that I could go back and redo lessons over and over until I am comfortable with the grammar being introduced. Or maybe I just don’t know how to navigate the program. I can’t always learn every day and although there are reviews of past lessons I would like to redo some lessons. Still, I am very impressed with the learning technique.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Wonderful learning program',\n",
       "  'userName': 'DickinArizona'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 27, 17, 6, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36291952,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Messages like yours are very important and are being handled with care. We will forward on your feedback to the relevant team who will take this into consideration when developing new content!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-02T20:32:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love Babbel because of the Lesson -> Practice -> Quiz -> Application format. The lessons are always well-presented. The podcasts are super helpful, I just wish there were more of them! The main issue I have is with the flash cards, which is primarily what helps me learn. Before recent updates, you could flip the flash card back and forth to study the phrase a few times before moving on… but now you can only flip it once so there’s less opportunity to quiz yourself. I really really miss this feature. I also find the popup “flip card to show translation” very distracting and miss the buttons. I’ll definitely stick with Babbel but hope they change the interface soon.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app but could be better',\n",
       "  'userName': 'kennedyyxox'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 23, 0, 52, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14864168,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we definitely need to have a look into this situation, as you should have access right away. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-23T12:38:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I paid for a yearly subscription for a year of Spanish and I cannot get access to any of the lessons.  I have tried logging out and logging back in and restoring my previous purchase under subscriptions.  I just paid for the service and it should not be this difficult to use the service.  I have requested help via email and received an automated message.  It’s been a day and now I requested a refund.   I feel cheated out of time and money.\\n\\nUpdated:  \\nOnce Babbel finally gets in touch they know nothing about your purchase and you have prove to them you purchased their service.  Even though in the app they have a record of the date I payed for the subscription.  Now I have to wait who knows how much longer to get another response from them now that emailed a proof of purchase.  I just really hope I can get a refund at this point.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'You cannot simply pay and use Babbel',\n",
       "  'userName': '444444Jake'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 18, 18, 32, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13061077,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for your amazing review - glad to hear you're loving the app so far. To access special characters, please hold down the corresponding letter on your keyboard. So e.g. press and hold down o until the special character options appear, and then select the ø or the one you would like. Contact us at\\xa0support@babbel.com\\xa0for more info 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-01-22T12:40:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This has been one of the best language learning tools I have ever tried. It’s fun, it’s simple, and the lessons are manageable. I love the built in review reminders and the progression of learning seems natural. I have really been enjoying using your product.\\n\\nTwo thought? I am learning Danish, and they have 3 letters that don’t exists in English: ø, æ, and å. When I do the learning activities that require these letters, I have to leave Babbel copy it from another source, return to the app and paste it in, otherwise I get the questions wrong. It would be really nice if the keyboard in your app had all the letters for the language I was trying to learn.\\n\\nSecond, sometimes the voice recognition struggles with me. It’s possible that my pronunciation is just really that bad, but sometimes it seems like the software just doesn’t pick up my voice. I’ve played with the voice settings and it helped some but I’m still struggling with it. Any suggestions?\\n\\nOverall wonderful app and product. I’ve learned more with this tool in 3 months than with entire semesters or years with other systems and products. Keep up the good work.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I love it, but I have a suggestion',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nicknames Are Hard to Generate'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 5, 13, 32, 3),\n",
       "  'review': 'When I first opened babble their was a question “what days should you get lesson” (Monday,Tuesday,ETC) I click what I need to click. Then it asked me another question “what time should we give you lessons” I click 9:00 am and select what language I want to speak. One week later I still got nothing!! So idk if this was a me problem or if the game malfunctioned so yeah. If it worked it would have been great.\\n\\n• the only problem was that it didn’t work. The rest of the app looked amazing! So if you are on the fence about it you should probably get it just to see if the same things happen to you  but overall a good game (it looked pretty promising)  8/10 recommend!!  🤍🧡',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Would not let me do anything \\U0001fae4',\n",
       "  'userName': 'butterfly that flies'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 19, 14, 20, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15445523,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-20T12:39:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I switched to Babbel a couple of months ago after using Duolingo almost everyday for five years.  Babbel is far better!  Duolingo is Full immersion (no English) but Babbel will explain certain language characteristics needed to understand your new language.  This is very important for a language such as German with different rules for masculine/feminine/neuter nouns and conjunctions for verbs that really can’t be understood fully without an explanation (even after 5 years on Duolingo). Also, the ap design is better, there is a review space to mix up the learning process (Duolingo doesn’t have self review and doesn’t have flash cards) 👍👍',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Much better than Duolingo',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Brent Stransky'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 16, 22, 23, 19),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14734125,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we would need some more details about this. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-17T13:55:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is great in pair with other language apps and classes. My biggest issue is the speaking section of it. I know you’ll say it’s me, but when I saw the word on another app hears me fine on the same device and what this one hear none of the syllables or letters or sound is in it or could be close for example l’homme. No way can you get je suis from it when you say it! I’ve gotten to the point to save me from frustration I’ve stopped the speaking portion and use other apps and live French speaking people.\\nI do like that it makes you spell the words. This repetition is very helpful! Also the grammar rules and other little things like that.\\nAlso another thing that’s hard you can’t tell the difference between the capital I and a lower case L so when spelling words is hard.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Just started but can be frustrating',\n",
       "  'userName': 'TCBaby69'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 15, 3, 54, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21141449,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T13:44:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hi, I got this app a long time ago but I’m just now using it and I got to say that I liked it so far until I tried to do the second lesson.....it said I had to subscribe and pay money to unlock it. At first I thought ok maybe you can do only one lesson a day so then I came back the next day and realized you can’t I kept trying and trying it still says you HAVE to subscribe. Am I doing something wrong because some of these reviews are saying that’s it’s great and like the lessons so far, did they pay for them? Or are they getting them for free and I’m doing something wrong because if you are gonna give me ONE lesson then might as well pay for the whole app.\\n\\nUpdate: I read more reviews and people are having the same problem as me apparently you only have one lesson per course and that is not helpful whatsoever and I’m deleting the app it’s really not helpful and u don’t recommend it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Am I doing something wrong 😓',\n",
       "  'userName': 'this game❤️❤️❤️😍'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 18, 14, 12, 50),\n",
       "  'review': \"I am preparing to visit Germany and trying to re-learn Deutsch (I took 2 years in college, but that was 50 years ago, no practice since!).\\nI don't write reviews often, but have taken other digital courses (Spanish).  By comparison, Babbel has been really useful for me (granted, everyone has different learning styles).  It teaches quickly with a variety of teaching strategies and helpful comments aside.  I really like the many features including options for review, flashcards, dialogue practice.  It is very easy to navigate and access menus.\\nHighly recommended!  Note: I have not received anything to write this, but I value reading reviews by others when researching new purchases.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'NeoNutt',\n",
       "  'title': 'Outstanding value'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 13, 19, 38, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12416229,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Sandy, so we're best able to help you get the most from our app, please could you send us an email to support@babbel.com, using your Babbel email address?\\nA member of our support team would be more than happy to look into this for you.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-16T09:37:33Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used to like this app a lot.  I could take a lesson while I had a WiFi connection, or could download one or more lessons to take offline.  With the new interface, I cannot tell what lessons have been downloaded, and cannot see how to download them.  I thought I downloaded a bunch of them, but cannot tell which ones any longer.  There is no help at all.  Also, I cannot see any lessons beyond the course I am currently on.  I seem to recall there were some sections where you could review just counting, or just some aspect of a language.  No longer.  I have to take the lessons exactly in order.  This is much, much less useful than before.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Sandy Campbell',\n",
       "  'title': 'UI has changed for the worse'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 28, 2, 30, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33995008,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-29T13:10:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'i am trying to find more ways to practice my spanish, aka, other apps other than just duolingo. i heard about babble in an ad and thought it sounded great! i downloaded it the other day and created an account, seems pretty good at the start. my first problem was when i couldnt take a mini test to see how much i already know, so i can take the right lessons. That was fine, i didnt mind it at first. Then i started the lesson, it was pretty normal. although i didnt like how they made you spell, use in a sentence, stuff like that, after every word. the worst part was when they tried to make us PAY to do the next lesson! why should i pay 40 dollars for 3 months of an app i dont even like that much! i could use duo which is much better, free, and just easier to use in general. i do not recommend!',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'mew c(ˊᗜˋ*c)',\n",
       "  'title': 'its not great!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 4, 23, 26, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15128618,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, Thanks for your thorough review. We've passed on your feedback to the relevant team and are working on making improvements. Best wishes!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-06T10:33:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using this for several months. Really loved it and found it effective. Whatever updates they made to the app have really made the user experience much worse. The text is smaller, the transitions between pages are not smooth. \\n\\nThey added these stupid congratulatory/motivational messages after each exercise that just end up adding twice as many clicks between. If you do anything PLEASE get rid of that - it’s stupid and annoying. It’s SO much harder to just click through from exercise to exercise - I have to acknowledge the stupid little “You’re doing great!” And then hit continue, then hit the keyboard button. \\n\\nFinally, when you’re on the conversation exercise, parts of the conversation get lost below the lower menu bar, so you have to keep scrolling the screen up to read through the exercise, and then you have to click back on the screen to type.\\n\\nThis is such a terrible update. I did one lesson and quit. I was really loving this app, but thinking of using something else. This is just a pain to use now. Perfect example of developers adding fancy functionality and BS features that end up making the product worse.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'adsfadsfas',\n",
       "  'title': 'Updates to App Made it Worse'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 10, 19, 53, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10121696,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Nick, thank you for your wonderful review! It's great to hear how much you're enjoying learning with us. Keep up the fantastic work! 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-12T08:24:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I did Duolingo for German and it was ok, helpful before a trip. I think the Babel Spanish lessons offer quite a lot more, for speaking, reading, and writing, however. The lessons add up! And even if you need to go slowly for a while, just one review session and one lesson per day, you can feel improvement. (Just do try to keep up the daily exposure). If you want to go faster, you can complement the main courses (at least in Spanish) with more grammar, specific vocabulary etc. More to review each day, but everything is fun, bite size, game-like, iterative, so you can feel good about building an intensive stretch of learning at your own pace. Excellent app!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'nick from islip',\n",
       "  'title': 'I liked DuoLinguo but I like Babel better'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 18, 1, 10, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29840960,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-19T10:42:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'As someone who has done an uphill battle to become bilingual and hated the way schools taught, this is amazing. Other apps either have you listen while driving or apps like Duolingo just have you throw random words together. This app not only does all the important pieces of language learning, but actually applies it to real conversations. You could sit on here for 30 minutes and likely go out and introduce yourself in another language. My favorite part is that I’m not locked to an order of sections, making those painful early lessons a thing of the past. Thanks for reigniting my love for languages!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'WeebKnight92',\n",
       "  'title': 'If you’re serious, this is for you'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 25, 11, 8, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25927904,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel :) Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-27T13:48:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been so frustrated trying to listen to people which is probably more than half of America knows Spanish and I am always the one looking to the people around me like an dummyFor the translation from my friends!They were very small fixes in this app that might brighten your attention to certain places in the app for help me and you could focus more on the answer instead of trying to find what you’re seeking, but it picks right back up just as soon as you find that little word at the bottom that was missed! This app is awesome!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ccates81',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very fun! I’ve had a mental block my entire life and I feel like it just removed it!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 17, 5, 8, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22330938,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, Thanks for choosing Babbel. We encourage you to continue and to keep up the good work. Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance 👉 support@babbel.com 🙂 We're always happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-19T15:52:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Just signed up for a year. What have I done? So far I am enjoying the beginning lessons. Gonna try to find other sources outside of Babbel though to assist me with my pronunciation. Languages are usually pretty easy for me, except for French, Portuguese and other languages requiring that back of the throat, water in the throat sound. Working on it, we’ll see. I Am motivated though. I have African, Canadian and European friends who speak French and I’d love to converse with them in their language. I so hope what Babble teaches is a kind of French understandable to them all as I realize there are national and regional differences. I intend to try Hard and sincerely work at it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'WoodsHeart Gal',\n",
       "  'title': 'So far so good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 6, 7, 21, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20242564,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your feedback. We are going to have a closer look directly into your remarks. We wish you the best with your lessons and hopefully see a better review as you get to know our product better. Kind regards and Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-07T13:15:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Man I had such high hopes for this app. I heard an ad on a popular podcast bragging about how easy to was to learn a new language. I purchased the 6 month subscription. I’m glad I didn’t subscribe for anything longer. The app went from learning how to say basic words to spelling very complicated Spanish words. It literally shows you the example maybe 2 or 3 times than asks you to spell it correctly in the sentence. I get that you should learn how to write, read, and speak a new language to fully understand it. But I’m only a few hours in and I already feel frustrated. The upside is it’s roughly only $40 for six months. I’m going to stick it out and hopefully it improves. If not I will definitely not be subscribing again. The only reason I’m rating the app so quickly is it keeps promoting you every time you finish a lesson to rate the app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Idyllbeast',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel bummer'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 2, 22, 1, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36933315,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out to us. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our learners. Have you contacted our support team at support@babbel.com? \\xa0We're happy to investigate and to assist you in the best possible way. We apologize for any inconvenience!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-05T13:21:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am absolutely furious that I paid for this and the app doesn’t even work. Last time I sent you people a message, I couldn’t get my app to open the review because “an unknown error has occurred. Please try again later.” I was able to fix it once by reinstalling the app, but now the problem is back and I have not been able to fix the issue by reinstalling the app TWICE. Now my “next lesson” is stuck in the same review lesson and I cannot keep going in the course because I cannot get it to load. \\n\\nI am beyond tired of this and am about ready to go to the Better Business Bureau because this is an absolute scam. They are charging way too much for a language learning app that, quite literally, does not work. I am not getting what I’m paying for. Duolingo doesn’t have as many glitches as this app, and that is seriously embarrassing.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'B1ack_1ce',\n",
       "  'title': 'Buyer Beware'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 24, 22, 42, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29398335,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Danny,\\n\\nThanks for your feedback. We are glad that you like Babbel and it is always great to receive suggestions! You can add them here: wishboard.babbel.com\\n\\nFeel free to drop us a line at support@babbel.com with the language you are learning so we can see if we can find suitable learning content.\\n\\nKind regards\\nThe Babbel Team',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-26T08:35:40Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like this app, it’s a good learning teaching tool. Though the conversation thread doesn’t automatically scroll along with the new responses and the blank space isn’t big enough to see the word you’re entering or if you have some letters already plugged in from a previous attempt. With all the💰 they are putting into advertising maybe allocate a bit more into tech. Also for the work course it’s entirely office jargon. Why not anything for the construction trades? One of the fastest growing industries in the USA.  It’s an industry with a exploding a foreign work force that need tools to communicate with bosses and customers about their work and process. They have smart phones too.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dannyhere4u',\n",
       "  'title': 'Functional and courses need work'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 3, 22, 39, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24939364,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Ashley, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-06T13:51:30Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I just got the app I only did one lesson then the rest already cost money I think this app is great but also, why do we need our email I have thousands of emails already and when I tried to unsubscribe from babble emailing me *which i normally do to all emails*I didn’t know house so I say that the app is good yet you have to pay after your first lesson I hope you can get some free lessons to people who don’t want to pay because I was just trying to learn how to speak Spanish cause of my sister (adopted) so if you please can give us new learners some more lessons at least just up to 10 thank you this app is really great yet sad to see that you can only do one lesson',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ashley_ocity',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good app but yet still bad'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 21, 21, 14, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7855911,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Luke, thanks for taking the time to share your detailed review here. We really appreciate your feedback and are so happy to hear you're enjoying learning Spanish with us. Maybe we can help you with speech recognition. Could you send us an email at support@babbel.com (with screenshots if possible) so we can look into this for you? ¡Mucha suerte con tu aprendizaje!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-03-22T10:52:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took a couple years of Spanish in high school and it was a complete waste of time I never learned anything at all. I started using Babbel and after getting through most of the beginner lessons I’ve learned much more than I did in school. I’ve had some trouble with the voice recognition where it will tell me I’m saying it wrong even on easy words sometimes it could just be my phone though. If you do want to learn Spanish I would suggest making sure you do it everyday. I went out of the country for a few weeks and didn’t have service to get on Babbel and when I got back i had a hard time remembering what I learned.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'lukeferg96',\n",
       "  'title': 'Better than learning in school'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 20, 14, 1, 37),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9778538,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi ⭐️ thanks for your review. Right, the Babbel courses generally follow the “Castilian” or European Spanish. Please check out the 'Countries and Traditions' section of the Spanish course menu. You will find a variety of different courses that include many different types of Spanish. The 'Spanish Around the World' course is designed to help you learn differences in vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar between Spain and Latin America. \\nWe've added your suggestion to our list, and we're happy to receive your ideas. Happy learning! \",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-22T09:04:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have used the Spanish version for a couple of weeks, so just getting started. Emphasis is on European Spanish and my needs are for South American Spanish, so I am accidentally learning to speak with a European accent. \\nI would like to have an easier way to see the full conjugation of verbs after initial lessons. This would relieve some frustration when a correct form is forgotten. \\nAt first there is too much emphasis on European travel, which I care nothing about at this stage. Again I just need to prepare for South America and I need specific language for that without wasting my time on non-essentials. \\nIn spite of these minor drawbacks, I enjoy the pronunciation feedback and I can see progress, even in a short timeframe.  The app motivates me to stay with it',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Fun prof',\n",
       "  'title': 'Mostly good review'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 22, 13, 43, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19347973,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. We will let our podcast team know about this, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-25T14:08:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I wanted to learn French and German, and all I can say is woah. Not a childish form of learning a language with a classic textbook style learning. Very mature in the form of using real life club situations, work situations, and other formal/informal situations. You become immersed in the world of French podcasts which I like to listen, which helped me become more educated about the cultural traditions of France and also proper etiquette. Very interactive in a way that it helps you retain it.  It is worth the price you pay, which I paid for a 3 month subscription just to try it out. Always something I have wanted to do as I am still young and 24. \\n-David',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'DJH #9',\n",
       "  'title': 'Absolutely Fantastic!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 22, 19, 19),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7474853,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there. We have noted your remarks and actually think this might be good ideas to be added in our app to offer a better user experience; thank you for your feedback!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-02-26T13:29:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I paid for this app to help hold me accountable, but I have used some free apps, I feel are better.  As someone who does not speak Spanish, I find it is more discouraging when I misspell/mistype a word that it is wrong. Other apps will indicate it is wrong, but provide encouraging comments saying “close” or “near perfect”.  Also, when I am doing the listen and reply section, the voice at times does not come across as clear,  My suggestion, if I have had to replay the voice prompt more than 3 times, add the text in English below.  I know an app can’t be all things for all people, but I enjoy it more if it gamified vs school like.  What about an app that will naturally converse with me vs a canned conversation I may never use. Mucho dinero seguro!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Miller325',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but could be better'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 11, 18, 40, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35362342,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello,\\xa0\\n\\nThank you for taking the time to share your feedback.\\xa0\\n\\nLearner suggestions like yours are very important and are being handled with care.\\xa0\\n\\nWe will forward on your request to add more language options to the relevant team who will take this into consideration when developing new content.\\xa0\\n\\nKind regards\\nThe Babbel Team',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-13T16:17:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Ok so this is a really good app- The only down side is you have to pay but that’s not the problem. The problem is they don’t have a wide selection like other apps. So if your coming to babble wanting to learn Chinese or Japanese or maybe Jamaican, this app is not for you. I thought they had a wider selection because of all the commercials I saw, but I was very wrong. I am NOT saying don’t get the app it’s horrible. I’m just warning you because I made this mistake and I don’t want others to make the same mistakes. I know this app is probably still in development and working on things. And I absolutely cannot wait for there to be a bigger selection of languages!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'dO YoUR HomWOrk',\n",
       "  'title': 'Had good potential but…'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 24, 4, 20, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16900302,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. We have note your request about adding more languages to our selection and we hope to do so in the near future :) Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-27T12:49:31Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"This app is perfect for users like me who tried learning a language (in my case Spanish) 4-5 times in their life but gave up because it was forced or had to learn quickly.\\n\\nThe set up is excellent, and I feel like I am making progress already. You learn little by little and review yesterday's vocabulary and also learn a few more plus grammar rules. You don't realize this but throughout the week you are learning to not only read and speak the language. You are also understanding the grammar of the language and writing in another language. It starts to become natural. You have to do this daily though so you don't lose the new skills. \\n\\nThe only downfall is that it doesn't offer various amount of other languages. I can't believe it doesn't have American Sign Language!!!!! 😡That's a language that everyone should learn, and the majority of people would love to learn. It would be helpful to also have the ability to learn Haitian Creole as well. \\n\\nOnce this app increases the different types of languages, it will be considered as a 5 star/number one language app in the Apple/Google store (In my opinion).\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '0UnicornLove0',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App BUT....'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 29, 2, 12, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34068587,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We would like to advise you to please update to the latest version of the app, as this has been fixed on our side. Happy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-03T15:06:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like Babbel as a program, and how they include all facets of listening and spelling and speaking and so forth, but my job includes many interruptions: a phone call, an urgent email, a customer visit, and so forth and, before I have finished my Babbel lesson.  Then many times, when I get back to Babbel, it has forgotten where I was and starts the lesson all over again, completely ignoring 15, 20, or 25 minutes’ worth of of work. Occasionally, it will ask if I want to resume, but even so, it doesn’t resume in the place I left off; it almost always throws away some of my work and backs up to some previous position. PLEASE add to the program the ability to resume at the very same question where I left off.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'davearns',\n",
       "  'title': 'Handles Interruptions Poorly'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 28, 19, 38, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16928352,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, you can actually have a free 7 days trial with Babbel. During this period you are allowed to use the full version of the app and have a better understanding of what you can learn with it :) We recommend you to try it out!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-28T12:37:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I don’t expect them to make a free app, but I would like some way to know if this app would work for me before I buy. I used “Drops” free 5 minutes a day and ended up buying a year because I liked their style of teaching, but I would also like a more serious app. From the 1 lesson on here I think I like it, but I don’t know enough about how the lessons evolve to pay for a subscription. Just add a 14 day free trial or something! No one is going to learn a language in 14 days so you are good!\\n\\nUpdate: In reply to the developer response, there is no free trial. I checked the app and I even googled “Babbel free trial”. All it says on your website is that the first lesson of every language is free. Poor business model and poor customer service I guess. And if it’s something like I have to subscribe and cancel my payment before it renews to be a free trial that’s just a shady business tactic. Guess I’ll pass on Babbel.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'henryhammerdick',\n",
       "  'title': 'Only 1 free lesson.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 3, 12, 2, 4, 4),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14026715,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. You can deactivate the voice recognition feature before starting the lesson. Both options are possible. Our lessons require engagement and interaction, which is why we don‘t currently have any courses or features suitable for driving. We‘ve noted your suggestions for a hands-free option. Thank you for your support and patience :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-03-13T10:47:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app! I wish there was a way to turn off certain features, however. \\nI would like to use the app in public places but I can’t because some of the lessons have speaking parts. If I could skip those lessons when I use the app in public places it would definitely increase my chances of using the app \\nOr what if you are doing activities with both hands (driving, cooking, etc) and you want to use the app but there are writing portions? Can you skip these and only do audio and speaking activities? \\nIt would be nice to alter the lessons so we practice while doing other activities.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'nnnnaaahh',\n",
       "  'title': 'Only one problem'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 6, 22, 50, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14517648,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thank you for your message. We appreciate your feedback and we are glad that Babbel has been this useful in your language learning. Please, send us an email to support@babbel.com so that our team can have a look into the issues you're having. Kind regards :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-07T12:42:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I minored in Spanish in college and my family is from Spain, so I already have a good base knowledge of the language. I downloaded Babbel to brush up on the language and remind myself of things I’ve forgotten. The platform is better than apps I’ve previously used (DuoLingo), and I feel as though I’m learning the language rather than just memorizing random phrases.\\n\\nMy only issue with the app is the speaking exercises. There are times where I am saying the word correctly (it is especially evident during review when it writes the word I have said), but it tells me I have said it incorrectly. It makes it difficult to distinguish between times I am actually saying the word incorrectly and when it is just glitching for some reason.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'MegMYvo14',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good Value'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 6, 10, 54, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35287416,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello,\\n\\nwe would like to thank you for your recommendation and for this amazing review.\\xa0\\n\\nWe are really happy to know you have enjoyed Babbel this much while learning a new language. Be proud of your achievements! Best of luck with your Spanish studies. 😊\\n\\nKind regards\\nThe Babbel Team',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-09T08:47:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m two months into a one year subscription. I feel like I’m really building a strong foundation and have much more ease already with reading Spanish (English is my native language). Looking forward to getting further into lessons and continuing to build my skills. The extra resources like games, magazine articles, sound bites, podcasts.. I utilize them all while having kids shows on in Spanish and listening to Spanish music. Babbel has been great so far to help me navigate the tricky world of learning a new language for the first time! Highly recommend if you are looking for all sorts of resources.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': \"Ez'sMommyCatalina\",\n",
       "  'title': 'Very happy so far'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 7, 14, 12, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 8878361,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your review. We really appreciate your feedback and have forwarded your suggestions for more noun and verb reminders in the beginner section, and the option to reset your score. Our developers are happy to work on future improvements. Best of luck with your Spanish studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-05-27T12:27:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Just an idea. I am learning Spanish and I do posses some swing- by Spanish skills. However, I think that in the newcomer/ beginner portion, you should still have reminders of nouns and verbs (eg. Somos, sois) and how they fit together. The plural forms of the nouns and verbs are more difficult to understand for those who have never been introduced to Spanish, especially when the user is unable to ask questions. It would be great if the score should reset when reviewing a level. Have an option in which the speed of the pronunciation is slower. It’s difficult to catch all of the syllables and pronounce them when they correctly if they are all running together. Also, a dictionary added to the app would help. Thanks!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': '*allsmiles*',\n",
       "  'title': 'Difficulty level'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 19, 22, 12, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26971966,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-21T13:19:07Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using the more popular app named “Duolingo” for a year. I learned a lot from Duolingo but there were several phrases that were never explained to me. I started using Babbel and l quickly learned that it not only teaches you a new language, but it also educates you on the language. Babbel has explained to me why certain phrases are said over others based on certain scenarios. As l have been learning German, Babbel has explained to me that there are formal and informal ways to great people in German. I’ve known the phrases but Duolingo never explained it to me. After using Babbel, l feel like things are beginning to make a lot more sense.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'zip__tyler',\n",
       "  'title': 'Excellent app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 21, 15, 25, 39),\n",
       "  'review': 'Long story short this is awesome to be able to use wether as a primary source of learning a new language or a supplementary one. There’s too much good to say about it so save yourself reading a long review and just get it. \\n\\nRecommendations:\\n-Night mode capability\\n-Ability to use the app in a profile view on iPads. On my phone I’m able to use a vertical orientation which is great for typing. I wish this was available on iPads as well for the ergonomic aspect. \\n-Ability to restart/delete progress (Maybe I just can’t find it). I took a long break from learning my German and when I picked it back up I had hundreds of terms to review. Although I had completed the 2 beginner courses before, none of it was stuck in my mind so I wish there was a way to start fresh. \\n-A feature I think would be interesting would be something like a long paragraph/short story/news articles that you would have to translate in either direction. With an option to reveal the translation as an aide.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ISUJKU',\n",
       "  'title': 'Awesome on technicality, could use some better user features'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 15, 20, 26, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27493107,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for getting in touch. If you're finding that the audio is too fast, then you can press the speaker symbol for a second time and this will play a slowed down version of the audio. This can be done for lessons and review exercises on the Babbel mobile app. Please contact us at support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-17T15:41:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I find this approach overwhelming and boring. Overwhelming because they throw out whole conversations without having opportunities to learn most of the words in the conversation. If there was an option to slow the speech down and also to listen to single words in the conversation it would help with learning. Boring because the lesson are not engaging do to the style of throwing out whole conversations at a time to beginners. Lessons are too short and not enough repetition for memorization. I think this is better suited for someone who already has a basic grasp on the language. I am also using Duolingo and language transfer and feel that they are better suited for me as a very beginner. I think I will return to Babbel once the other apps have taught me the basics. :(',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Chvckw',\n",
       "  'title': 'Okay but not the best for this beginner'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 31, 15, 36, 26),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27205141,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, sorry about this inconvenience, we need to have a closer look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-03T13:26:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I was using DL to learn for a long time, but really like the layout of Babbel better. it’s definitely more learning and less competition/game.\\n Unfortunately, I’ve experienced the app not loading my answers to choose from several times now. My phone iOS and the app are both updated. This has certainly been frustrating, I even had to complete one course on my iPad instead because it would not let me progress on my phone no matter how many times I restarted the app.\\nOther than that (rather major) issue, the methods of Babbel feel so much more similar to my old high school Spanish class, I am comprehending and retaining more. Hopefully the bugs are fixed in the next update.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'theprettysuspect',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great content but freezing?'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 28, 14, 20, 45),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4857927,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Anna, thanks for sharing your detailed review. We really appreciate your feedback and have passed on your comments about the subject material in the lessons. Here at Babbel, diversity is one of our key values and we also strive to reflect this in our course material.  We work hard to break away from outdated gender stereotypes, so it is really important to receive your comments and suggestions to improve this. Feel free to send us an email at support@babbel.com, with more details about the particular course you're referring to, so we can forward this on. We wish you the best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-08-29T10:46:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am very satisfied with the structure of lessons and ease of using the app. However, I was disappointed with some of the subject material. In 2018, do we really need examples like “his mother works in a shop and his father, in a bank”? How about: “his mother is a lawyer, and his father, a caring dad”? Or even: “his parents both have successful careers”? This is just one example amongst many others. Educators have an important role in shaping cultural improvement. I am an adult, and conscious of the effects these dates gender representations have on me and on those around me as I imagine everyone downloading this app is. This is not a request to keep children from harmful material, simply one to keep us adult learners from being saddled with boring and outdated stereotypes',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Anna S Patricia',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good pedagogy. Bad examples'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 31, 10, 3, 33),\n",
       "  'review': \"I have had the Babbel app -for learning Bahasa Indonesia- for either 6 mo or a yr -- I am uncertain which.\\n  This is a GOOD tool !\\n  However, it seems that the mode of introducing concepts is done with 'inconsequential phrases*sentences.'  Such as 'The parking lot is full.'  'The meeting room is empty.'  'The woman is in the kitchen.'    >I would much prefer to start learning what I would term to be useful phrases:  Where is the toilet?   What direction to the market?  What is my room number?  How much does it cost?    or Thank You for your help!  I appreciate you giving me directions!  The toilet needs more paper, please.\\n\\nAll told, because of the lack of 'direct usefulness,' I spent very little time with this app, and learned very little !  I would safely say that I learned more about numbers, colors, cockroaches and rats from the woman who sells coconut water !  Go Figure!\\n\\nThe app DOES give several modes of learning- pics, multiple choice, fill in the blank, type the answer, place the words in correct order, and matching.\\n\\nThe app is GOOD-- just didn't match my needs well at all !\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'LiteSplasher108',\n",
       "  'title': \"keeps you goin '\"},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 21, 16, 57, 54),\n",
       "  'review': 'I took a year and a half of drops I wanted something more challenging just beginning babble. My grandmother was from Belgium France. Her father helped build the titanic and she was a child born from it. She would go back and forth from America to Paris all her life. Her father worked in mining diamonds and coal and worked in a stable. His family were fur rappers with the Hudson Bay blanket company.  He actually had to adopt his  own daughter at age three. He had family back in France. She would speak French to me as a child. His American name was based on his stable work Deject. I’ve always wanted to visit France. There is a French influence in Charleston.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'savahana2',\n",
       "  'title': 'Just beginning Babble'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 9, 12, 52, 6),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17863622,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for your lovely review! I've passed along your feedback to our development team. For now, please keep up the great work and enjoy your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-14T09:22:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is great and uses a variety of different methods that make learning a new language easy and comfortable. The app is laid out well, easy to use and intuitive. The best language-learning app I have used so far.\\n\\nThe only drawback is I wish there was more review. You learn things very quickly and then move on. There is a daily review of a few words, but it doesn’t feel like enough. It would be nice to have an option to keep reviewing as much as you want, whenever you want. Some kind of quiz at the end of lessons might be helpful too to help bring all of the courses together and reaffirm everything you’ve learned.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Jdogg218113',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App. Needs More Review'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 23, 20, 16, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19347777,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with our keyboard was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-25T13:54:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Currently doing the Norwegian course, material is good and I’m swimming along. But developers, PLEASE... when using external or 3rd party keyboards, special characters can’t be chosen during exercises. Therefore Babbel really needs to allow free text to be written in with accommodating and internationally accepted variations. Specifically, in Norwegian, å should also be accepted as ‘aa’, ø should be accepted as ‘oe’, and æ should be accepted as ‘ae’ in typing exercises. These are standards with worldwide organizations and passport agencies, so surely should be accommodated by your app.\\n\\nI’m using an iPad with a Logitech keyboard case, and it’s impossible to complete the exercises without unpairing the keyboard. This is a major nuisance that I’m surprised hasn’t been addressed.\\n\\nIf this is changed, the 3 stars can easily switch to 5.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'SFOINNOSL',\n",
       "  'title': 'Needs better accommodation for special letters.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 5, 5, 6, 36),\n",
       "  'review': \"I have used Babel for a few years now in conjunction with classes, other apps and workbooks to learn French.  I can now read novels in French and handle most transactions.  I highly recommend Babel.  The lessons are short enough to accomplish the many times in our lives we were are waiting--in line at a restaurant, for the train, Doctor's office etc....  I love the framework and the way that the lesson reinforces and helps you recognize proper vs improper usage of words.  I do not speak perfect French, but the words I do speak are easily recognized in France thanks to Babel's use of the mic and language recognition function.  Highly recommend!\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '757Ewr',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babel is a great way to learn a language'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 30, 4, 27, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11554000,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. You can contact us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email if you need support or if you'd like to submit your suggestion!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-10-30T11:26:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I expected a little instruction with this program. If you are trying to learn a language and never had any formal training I would say skip this price tag. I get more from a free program Duolingo.  At least with the other program they have a little instruction. I believe this app is for people who had a formal language class in person for two years and never kept up to date or used their second language. Before giving a verb it will say ser, so what does that mean? I still couldn’t tell you.  It then expects you to know what ever word goes with this verb in different tense form.  Well I wonder if I was suppose to pull that out of thin air or something. I’m very disappointed and wish I had not committed for 3 months. Useless if you ask me. This program will refresh but teach is equal to a classroom with no books no teacher and you stare at a wall without talking.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Weary librarian',\n",
       "  'title': 'Disappointed'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 8, 17, 21, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6316876,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thanks for sharing your detailed review. We really appreciate your feedback and have passed on your comments to our developers. Polish pronunciation can be tricky, but with practice you will get there in the end! Best of luck with your studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-12-10T10:51:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So far I’m giving it 4 stars... I’ve only had the app for a week though and may change my rating later. I have learned some Polish phrases but have skipped around a little in the lessons because I wanted to learn phrases quicker. That being said, I have a hard time with the pronunciation but I’m sure it’s because of the skipping around. \\nAlso, it’s really hard when it comes time to write in the phrases instead of merely unscrambling a word or two. At the point where you write the entire phrase from memory it was “learned” about 5 minutes prior. I’ll probably end up repeating a few lessons. \\nOverall it is helping me learn but not a 5 star app yet... we will see in a few months.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Abandon09',\n",
       "  'title': 'Skipping around the lessons'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 20, 20, 48, 43),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19321710,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. We have noted your comments and will look into this to improve your experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-24T13:17:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I think you need a back button. Sometimes, when I press Continue, it’s slow to do anything, I think my click didn’t take. Numerous times I have ended up with two different exercises at the same time. The first one shows me only the word to spell when what is above is another exercise. I have two Continue buttons and am not quite sure which one is the right one. \\n\\nI have often wanted to return to the previous screen to review something I may have missed so having a previous button would be helpful. When I’ve run into the double problem, I have to close and start all over.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'earlymec',\n",
       "  'title': 'Previous button'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 22, 20, 42, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16170183,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need more details to help you out with this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-23T13:04:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Here’s the problem I have with this app. There are two distinctly different pronunciations for the same words or phrases. Example: the female speaker pronounces the word “moramos” as it appears phonetically. Great. Phonetically the male speaker will pronounce the same word “moramosh”.  I think the woman pronounces words as you would hear them in parts of Brazil and the man pronounces words the way they are spoken in Portugal. As I am learning the language in order to communicate in Portugal this can lead to some confusion. It would really be nice if Babbel would indicate the difference between the two pronunciations. Other than that I enjoy using the app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'neve13',\n",
       "  'title': 'Portuguese pronunciation'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 7, 23, 17, 38, 55),\n",
       "  'review': 'It still amazes me how easy it is to learn using this app. I decided to challenge myself and learn Russian even though I have no practical use for it. New words and phrases are introduced in a way that starts you off with familiar sounds or words that are nearly the same in English, and introduce you to the Cyrillic alphabet first by using the letters with the same as English sounds and adding new or different letters as you go. \\nMy only criticism is with pronunciation tests, if you can\\'t \"get it,\" it doesn\\'t offer a phonetic or slower option to help you out. I don\\'t personally know anyone who can help me, so I tend to use a translation app that puts a phonetic spelling under the word when I\\'m having trouble.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'princesswallaby',\n",
       "  'title': 'Really easy and fun'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 6, 15, 39, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29048777,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further and find a proper solution for you. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-08T10:06:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I paid for Babbel for 6 months loved it but couldn’t afford to renew right away when subscription was up. A month later when I could afford to renew again, I paid for it and it hasn’t let me in the app. It was paid for in January and I’ve tried to use it and tried to get in contact with customer support over this issue since then because I paid for the 6 months and now 3 months have passed and still haven’t got given access to my lessons and learning plan. I should be given an additional 3 months added to my time since I didn’t get to use it for 3 months due to a flaw in their system or they should give me a refund so I can find another system that works. Either way I should get what I paid for and it’s not right that I’m not. Very bad customer service here.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kriss W',\n",
       "  'title': 'Paid for renewal and didn’t get it'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 26, 19, 33, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19441548,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Eva, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-30T15:19:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have just started learning my language and so far I really like Babbel. But as soon as I’m finished with the lesson, and I go to do the next lesson, there are locks next to the lesson. When I clicked on the new lesson it asks for a subscription and it wouldn’t let me do that lesson!Anyways, I’m also really annoyed because I can’t do anything without a subscription and my dad has an account and I have a different account and there isn’t a family subscription! I really hope that this problem is fixed soon. I really love this app and I think it is really good for learning a new language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Eva Abramson',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very annoying'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 20, 17, 52, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28715402,\n",
       "   'body': \"Thanks for contacting us. Please note that you have access to both options: Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Latin America). The Castilian Spanish course has higher learning levels. Our team is currently experiencing an extremely high number of emails, please write to support@babbel.com and we'll get back to you asap! 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-22T11:06:17Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I signed up for a year of Spanish language with Babbel. Though they claim that subscriptions give full access to all levels of your course, this isn’t true.  According to their “quiz” I was at an intermediate level, but the app only let me access the beginning courses. I deleted and re-downloaded the app but then it said my paid subscription isn’t affiliated with my account, so now I can’t access the paid content at all. I’ve emailed customer service EVERY DAY this past week and tried contacting them through chat (it was just a bot). I’ve gotten no response. \\nThere are other language learning programs that have great customer service AND are proven to be more effective—such as PIMSLEUR. I do not recommend Babbel at all—save yourself some money and a headache!',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'hollygolightly26',\n",
       "  'title': 'Horrible Service and Does not work as promised—Save your money!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 24, 13, 0, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27082012,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-27T16:23:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love Babbel language program.  I have been working on learning several languages for years and have try many of the top name brand courses.   After years of working in another course I seemed to hi a wall.  I decided to try one (Babbel) more before abandoning courses all together.  I found within a few days I had made more progress then I had by all the course combined.  I really have gain so much from this language program.  Highly recommend it and have done so on many occasions as well as gifting in a few times to my family. Great learning and language program!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'TLM Language learner',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel Language Review'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 22, 13, 45, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19318926,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons; as well, please go to www.babbel.com where you will be able to find our exclusive discounts. Thank you for your understanding and support :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-24T10:59:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I just got this app yesterday and it’s great! Iv wanted it for a long time. I’m trying to learn Spanish and I think it is easy and productive! It’s just that I under stand the money thing but I think it is to much. I did not use the money they so I’m doing free money lessons. My mom will not allow me to spend the money. Mabe do something like roblox we’re it’s a one time thing and just pay 8$ or something. If it helps you could also put in some adds for money.. I guess I’m just saying it is ecspensif. My teachers knows many languages such here as English, porchugies, Spanish, and a couple others. So does her cousins. She said this was a good app and I agree. I am impressed! But please put less 💰',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'sjzisjjdjdjdjxjk',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great! I just have one problem'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 22, 2, 52, 41),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16176994,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we would like to thank you for your amazing review. We are really happy to know you have enjoyed Babbel this much while learning a new language. We will pass your message on to the relevant team 😊 Thanks for letting us know and best of luck with your studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-23T19:06:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall this app is doing a great job keeping me at a consistent learning pace and the developers seem genuinely interested in creating the best language learning app out there. Only complaints I can think of is the play all function in the review section moves too fast for me to repeat the words which helps tremendously with memory. Maybe an option to slow down the play all function similar to the option to repeat an audio playback more slowly in lessons? Also the pronunciation aspect can be very touchy, but luckily it’s an optional feature that can be turned off. Other than that, my experience has been great and I’m more than glad I signed up',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'tahcpanskcuf',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great place to start learning'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 6, 16, 50, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15889116,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, we would recommend uninstalling and then reinstalling the app, this will ensure that you are using the latest version. There have been recent revisions made so that the functions should be restored. For further help please contact our Support Team at support@babbel.com 🙂 We are happy to help you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-10T04:18:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'App keeps crashing when I’m trying to do the spoken language review in Spanish. Have closed and reopened app a few times as well as restarted my phone.\\n\\nApp will sometimes tell me I am mispronouncing a word or phrase when it sounds exactly the same. My girlfriend and family are from South America and speak Spanish as their first language and they failed as well. That gets real frustrating. \\n\\nAlso Would love some kind of feedback feature for when I am trying to pronounce a phrase to let me know what part of the word or phrase I am struggling with. Like make the words I get correct in green and the words or even better the portion of words I’m mispronouncing in red.\\n\\nI really dislike the fact that I paid for three months of this program and am only 2 weeks in and wanting to look elsewhere. If their was a free trial period then I would have been able to make a more educated decision. There is a lot of good in this app, but what I have listed above has made me not want to practice and learn using this app.\\n\\nI really want to learn Spanish... but this is app makes me not even want to open it because I know I’m just going to end up frustrated... I just did lesson 3 in daily life and it said I was mispronunciationing the word Si... infuriating is the best word for this',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'kepelnfn',\n",
       "  'title': 'Issues'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 10, 13, 32, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6959460,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. \\nWe've noted your suggestions and are happy to work on future improvements.\\nWe know that everyone should try out lots of techniques when learning a new language, and find what works for them! We're confident in our method (as are our million + subscribers), but we understand if it isn't for you. We wish you luck on your language learning journey!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-22T14:43:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used Babbel unpaid for a while, after which I decided to splurge for the paid version, all in an effort to learn Portuguese. I have since discovered after letting my paid subscription expire that there are better paid alternatives out there. Heck, I\\'d go as far as to claim that the free version of Duolingo is better for learning than the paid version of Babbel. Babbel\\'s price tag is simply indefensible.\\n\\nMy main gripe with Babbel is the incredibly annoying auto-advance feature that prevented me from listening to a sentence featured at the end of an exercise as many times as I needed to. Too often I found myself asking: \"Wait.... What did he/she just say?” and then realized that there was no way of hearing that particular sentence in that particular part of the exercise without redoing the entire exercise again, which was  irksome, to say the least.\\n\\nSecondly, some of the voice actors they use are just awful and a pain to listen to. One guy in particular comes to mind..... he always sounded drunk and half asleep...... with his mouth full of food. It was like listening to a Portuguese Droopy.\\n\\nAll in all, Babbel is a decent concept. Having paid for it once, however, I could never be convinced that I got my money\\'s worth.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dubficianado',\n",
       "  'title': 'There are better-designed learning alternatives out there'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 18, 20, 48, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 37226400,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-20T10:07:40Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is great for learning for me I am learning Russian right now but it doesn’t have as much as like Spanish would like Spanish has live classes and audiobooks stories pop quizzes all that stuff and Russian doesn’t have it at all I think’s Russian needs more to its program it still has enough to learn but not enough to have fun with like he was learning Spanish on Babbel so I’m just thinking that you could maybe add a little bit more to the program for Russian or even some other languages to thank you',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'swat77788889,',\n",
       "  'title': 'This app is great for learning but some of the languages need a little bit more'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 19, 19, 10, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20579394,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-22T13:36:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I purchased this to learn Spanish for my trip but for this to be a tutorial to teach you a language it is to fast in speaking the words, it also throws to much at you for beginners. If I want to learn then teach me the basics, give me the word the pronunciation then give it to me in a sentence. Let me learn the basics before you start throwing out other stuff, if this was taught in school I would be given 5 words for the day drilling it in to understand the pronunciation the meaning the spelling and the definition only, let people progress gradually to learn. Give me the words that would form a sentence together such as good morning, how are you, very well thank you. Teach me these words then allow these words to be formed together in a sentence so that I could learn not just words but how they come together to have a conversation.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'DymondsR4us',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not what I expected'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 1, 23, 19, 28),\n",
       "  'review': 'Would love to give this the full 5-stars, but for an app that forces you to pay for any lesson past the first one, one would expect it to work better. The listen and repeat (using the microphone) sections rarely work when I try them, and no amount of closing the app and reopening makes it work. This poses quite the problem if you’re interested in advancing through a lesson on any kind of time crunch (I’d love to do more than 1 per day, but that’s proving impossible with this bug – even with the latest version). I can eventually get it to work, but only when the app decides on its own terms that it wants to work correctly. \\nThe concept of this app is awesome, and I love the conversational aspect, but I won’t be renewing my subscription.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Emj0000',\n",
       "  'title': 'Kind of good?? Super buggy though'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 28, 19, 46, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7062326,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your detailed review here. \\n\\nWe've passed on your feedback about the voice recognition to our developers who are working on future improvements. We've also noted your suggestions for more vocabulary references and more tips to explain the pronunciation of letter combinations. \\n\\nBest of luck with your French studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-29T10:34:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The lessons are fairly straightforward (at least the few I attempted), but at times it was frustrating. \\n\\nIssues I found:\\n\\n1. Places where you had to speak back to the app we’re not reliable, the voice recognition was poor making it difficult to move forward at times, perhaps using earbuds/mic would be helpful. \\n\\n2. It would be helpful to have a “vocabulary” reference on the screen so you get some idea of the correlation between words in English and the ones in the language you are attempting to learn (French in my case). When presented as phrases I could not make the connection to specific words so you had to learn and use the phrase only as presented in the course.\\n\\n3. It might also be useful to have some tools/rules to understand how certain letters are pronounced. For example...when is a letter “silent”, how are certain letter combinations pronounced? \\n\\nI have not used the app in months but continued subscription and will likely drop it before the end of the month.\\n\\nWish I had made it further into the program but I did not feel like I was learning/retaining the information in any meaningful way.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Justaconsumer',\n",
       "  'title': 'So far not terribly helpful'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 13, 19, 3, 3),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24529648,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thank you so much for choosing Babbel and sharing your amazing feedback. It's fantastic that you've had so much success learning a language. Keep up the great work!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-16T12:09:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have tried Duolingo and a couple other apps, which were good to start with, but Babbel has made it incredibly easy to follow and understand. I appreciate how clearly Babbel defines formal vs informal words, whereas Duolingo did not differentiate between the two. I also appreciate how Babbel saves my vocabulary, progress, and allows me to review what I have already learned. Of course the best teacher would be someone fluent in the language and in person, but Babbel has the option to connect with real life people to learn from. I sincerely love this app and find it to be worth every penny.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'LanguageLearningGoofBall',\n",
       "  'title': 'Incredible basics and instructions'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 11, 15, 31, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34273159,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your feedback. You can always see your subscription within the Babbel app. Apple is responsible for their own subscriptions display. Please contact them to know more about this matter. If you wish additional help from Babbel, remember that we are here to help you. Kind regards!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-13T15:42:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel hides its subscription from others! It will not appear with all of your other subscriptions within your Apple ID?! It does appear within the App itself, you can only delete the account, which, does not cancel your subscription. So it is locked in perpetuity. Outside of that the app is okay, but somewhat forgettable. It’s painstakingly slow and won’t let you advance to a level you’re already capable of without slogging through the minutes and dragging transition animation of stock photographs. You can learn more conversational language quicker with a Netflix subscription, take the remainder in cash and simply burn it. This or just stare at the wall, either is more entertaining. I only gave it second star so you might read this. Deserves Neither.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Craig Pollo',\n",
       "  'title': 'Don’t subscribe!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 25, 17, 8, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28824110,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for your review. We're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning with Babbel. Please feel free to contact us at\\xa0support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance. We're always happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-28T10:11:31Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'It’s great I love the program and have been learning a lot even if it is mostly just how to understand more than speak. I am trying to learn to speak but it will take more time than just learning to understand my only issue is that I wish there were more explanation as to when AND why certain phrases or terms are used especially when it’s a word that changes based on the previous word i’m still learning but during the little quizzes I more so guess at the answer than have some understanding as to why I’m giving my answer. Still a great program and I highly and have recommended it to others.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'FarFigToogan',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great for beginners but…'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 9, 15, 20, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14591452,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there,  Thanks for sharing your feedback here. We'd like to advise you to please contact us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email, so that we can assist you further.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-10T13:56:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love Babbel+ which makes it so easy to learn a language and checks pronunciation, which so many language learning apps ignore. I also love the variety in the lessons and grammar. I am one of those people who love knowing the grammar rules. \\n\\nHowever the newest version of the app freezes during Listen and Repeat. The old version never used to do that. You hold the button to speak and it takes about 30 secs to engage and then a lot longer than the older version to verify accuracy. I love the app, but this new issue cropped up with the new version on both iPhone and iPad. It makes this part of the lesson tedious.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'wendilynn55',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love the app, but new version...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 26, 3, 57, 45),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23045488,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-27T12:23:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The content that Babbel has and the way it teaches it superb, probably the best in the industry. However, the app is a third class citizen in the Apple ecosystem. The app here is a shrunken version of the website. Today, for instance, I had to stop using the app to complete a lesson on my laptop because the options to choose from never appeared. The keyboard used in the app is not the one provided by Apple and therefore it doesn’t react exactly the way you’re used to. This causes an increase in the amount of typos. I am learning but the feeling of doing so is not 100% positive due to the frustrating experience in the app. Please, Babbel, I beg you to make your app native with a design that fits with the UI and UX of iOS instead of a shrunken version of your website.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'rodrigoescobar',\n",
       "  'title': 'Please, I implore you, make the app native.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 12, 0, 17, 36),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21656944,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your honest feedback with us. This has been forwarded to the appropriate team. For now, if you have any specific questions, or any problems you'd like us to look into, please send an email to support@babbel.com.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-15T11:30:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Due to all of the radio ads I’ve heard, I was absolutely convinced that this app is the one I needed prior to a trip to Ecuador we have coming up. Even with my husband (who’s family is from Ecuador) telling me specifically to just use Duolingo, I got this app and paid for 6 months. Today is the first time I’ve used it in almost a month because I feel like I’m wasting my money by not doing so, but it makes me feel confused and disappointed whenever I use it. The lessons are not simple or clear enough for someone not knowing the basics. Even my husband has sat with me before and said “you’ll never use that in conversation” “don’t worry about that” and “I’ve never even heard that word.” Hmmm. I use Duolingo EVERYDAY. I LOOK FORWARD to using Duolingo EVERYDAY. I definitely have Babbel remorse 😑I hate it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'QuitoNewbie',\n",
       "  'title': 'Unappealing and unfulfilling to use'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 7, 16, 22, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21139540,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Please send us a mail to support@babbel.com where we can show you an alternative to the rest of the content in Spanish so you can get the general courses on grammar, vocabulary and special content beside the Latin America bit. We remain aware and ready to help you! ;)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T12:05:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took the Mexican Spanish course and the first few lessons focused on basic vocabulary and conversation which was effective. Then the focus turns to basically a travel log of Mexico requiring you to learn the names and spellings of landmarks and tourist attractions.  If you are planning on using this to travel to Mexico, it’s the app for you.  If you’re just looking to improve your conversational Spanish this is not particularly helpful. Focuses A LOT on spelling words that I wouldn’t use in everyday conversation - that’s not helpful. As many of the other viewers have mentioned, the voice recognition is bad - there have been times when definitely pronounced something wrong and it didn’t recognize the error. Unfortunately, I paid for a whole year, but went ahead a deleted app anyway after a couple of months. I’ll try something else.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Gertlerty',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not very practical'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 31, 1, 51, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13224607,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Joshua, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account and more details about this? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-01-31T14:25:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This App has been enjoyed by many. \\n\\nI downloaded this APP an then discontinued service. I got an online charge out of the blue that shocked me to the core. Even though it was charged to PayPal (I was not refunded money) and there were no auto renewal payments in my account in payment or history. \\n\\nI was charged from the Online Account. I’ve had to apologize for (at first) not recognizing the APP. It had been inactive and deleted. But I had to do it again via PayPal. \\n\\nI am quite sure - almost positive it has helped many people. But if you get an APP (I get reminders upcoming APP chargeS so that I may cancel or not) PLEASE MAKE SURE nowadays you write “one time payment in notes to sellers on your account (via PayPal) and if they have a reachable online account, check with them monthly online to see how you have been set up in settings and it is still correct. \\n\\nI am still lost about the entire thing. Did not get a refund. But ya know I’m okay now. I have too too many things to worry about. And I know that mistakes due to others (or ours) are always learning tools. \\n\\nEnjoy Babble! If it is working for you then that is fantastic!!!\\n\\nGod bless!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Joshua, Texas',\n",
       "  'title': 'Only reason...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 4, 13, 56, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36953188,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for your feedback. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our learners. Please contact us at support@babbel.com if you need any further technical assistance. We're happy to investigate and to assist you further!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-06T09:45:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall a good app but it’s been acting up for days now. It was very hard to find a real person to contact as the app kept sending me to the chat bot. Someone finally got back to me, saying that they are aware of the glitch but apparently it still hasn’t been fixed. Since then they ghosted me… It’s very annoying not being able to use the app properly when I’m paying for it.\\nThe lessons are short and fun, but some things are repeated more often than others which can be boring and slows down the learning process. \\nI’m learning Spanish and it made no sense having to listen to one of the narrators (‘Peter from Chicago’) throughout many courses who had a strong American accent. I want to listen to native Spanish speakers. \\nI like that I get to know more about the culture, food, etc. but I would appreciate it if it was written in Spanish and then with one click it could be translated to English if need be. \\nIt’s also a “woke” app which might be a problem for some people (some gave 1* for this very reason). \\nPlease FIX THE APP if you are charging for it!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Gaddemon',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good app but could be better'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 31, 16, 9, 43),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35733106,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thank you for such amazing feedback! We are very happy that you are enjoying your experience with Babbel! Best of luck with your studies :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-03T07:45:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m relearning German. This app has it all: new vocabulary, teaching you grammar, dialogues that you can fill in the blanks and that you can review, and you can make sentences. You can go back and review any section that you want (I did).  The lessons are structured this way: you do a lesson and you can review the lesson; you must review vocabulary many ways - listening, speaking, writing and games (I haven’t tried that yet). You can have access to a podcast. \\nI signed up for a year, and after a few months they added a discount for a lifetime for all of the languages and I took it!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Comprehensive language app',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Cardbugster'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 3, 12, 58, 20),\n",
       "  'review': 'This is great a software for building vocabulary and vocal skills in French. It teaches you the correct pronunciation and makes you feel more confident. I’ve noticed a huge difference in how I retain the information and how I can relate the information the my everyday life. The lessons are short and performing a few lessons per day helps you retain the information so much better. The reviews ensure you don’t forget phrases or words and listening to them in French on my way to work is a nice start to the day. If you want to learn a language properly and willing to put in the effort this is certainly the way to go.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great way to learn at your own pace',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Brian-Brey C.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 31, 22, 9, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34043842,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Of course, learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com and we'll be happy to assist you with tips and tricks!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-02T11:50:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Now that I know Pimsleur is online, I’m switching. In Babbel I didn’t learn basic conversational speaking “Hello how are you?” “How much is this?“ “Take me to the hotel please” and most importantly, “Where is the restroom/WC?” Admittedly I didn’t practice regularly but regardless, Babbel unfortunately places just as much importance on reading and writing as listening and speaking. There is also grammar (memorizing conjugations - ugh!). And “learning” sentences you won’t use unless you actually live there and regularly converse with the natives.  Someone suggested that once I grasped the basics, then Babbel might work. Based on previous experience, I think Pimsleur will give me the basic skills I need to get by and impress the natives that I actually am trying to learn their language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Still can’t speak one sentence in Dutch',\n",
       "  'userName': 'To-doodler'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 13, 4, 5, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17892921,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, we're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. You can submit your suggestion to our Wishboard: wishboard.babbel.com 🙂 Thank you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-15T14:52:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"Some poor user interface choices having nothing to do with language make parts of the app hard to use.  In some lessons the indication of which question you're supposed to answer is VERY subtle and a POOR choice for color blind users: just a different color for an underscore character.  The layout on many pages is poor.  Babbel needs to engage a UI consultant because the design is clunky and harder to use than it should be, given how little content there is on each page. The voice recognition feature to check your pronunciation sometimes works great, sometimes not at all, giving you less than a second to say a sentence.  It never works on my iPad, so I can only use the app on my iPhone.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'User interface not so good',\n",
       "  'userName': 'hgghhgbhhb'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 13, 13, 28, 37),\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve really enjoyed learning Spanish with Babbel. It’s an intuitive process for me and helps me remember a lot of the new vocabulary I’m learning. Just a couple of things would help improve it for me, such as a separation of Latin American and Spanish spanish. I’m mostly interested in learning Spanish for Latin America and would like to isolate my learning specifically to that region. \\nAlso, a built in translator/verb conjugation feature would be great. I often find myself switching back and forth between babbel and the SpanishDict app to check up on certain words/grammar, and being able to do this within babbel would be cool. Otherwise it’s an awesome product and I’m really happy with it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great product!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'enter taning'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 26, 20, 45, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26562017,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, You can contact us at support@babbel.com to receive tips and assistance.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-30T14:42:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When I first got on a lesson it was vary easy like on how to say yes no who and there in Russian but when I got to the second lesson it started putting full sentences and I was confused but I did the lesson a couple more times to get used to it but I still don’t get it. Like I love the app I can now say Привет, меня зовут Трис ( hello, my name is tris)\\nAnd I love being able to say that but I still don’t get why they jumped from yes no who and there to hello,our names are Victor and katlyn and it’s vary confusing so it would help if yall would make it easier and then work up to hello, our names are Victor and katlyn',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app just Going to fast',\n",
       "  'userName': 'HXNEY_PEACHES'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 26, 13, 37, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36819250,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Babbel feels that inspiring people from different backgrounds with different worldviews to learn new languages is a good thing. Our mission is oriented towards promoting learning, openness, exchange, tolerance and appreciation for diversity. Kind regards!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-30T13:37:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m a regular guy just trying to learn Portuguese so I can talk to a hot Brasileña whenever the opportunity presents itself. This app would be a great app worth paying for if it weren’t for the fact that they’re throwing all this lgbtq propaganda in your face starting from lesson one. Things like trying to teach me words while saying they apply if you “Identify as a man” “identify as a woman” and then mention “gender-neutral terms”? The terminology is obvious and the ideology is off putting and not something I want in the middle of my LANGUAGE lessons. I was actually liking the first couple of seconds of the lesson and was considering subscribing for a year until that started popping up. No thanks. I want to learn from a normal company. I will take my hard earned money elsewhere. Keep your narcissistic ideology out of peoples lives.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Would be a great app if it werent for..',\n",
       "  'userName': 'otty341'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 30, 5, 35, 37),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34047608,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-02T15:42:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is easy to use and is helpful in learning vocabulary and common phrases. I like that I can jump around to different units and topics. I took Spanish for 3 years in back in high school and was looking to build my conversational skills since I am traveling this year. A lot of it is meant for beginners and I wish there was more content for people who aren’t quite beginners.I was also disappointed that there’s no lesson on conjugation for Spanish. Compared to what Duolingo offers for free, I’m not sure I would buy this again, although it is nice that there are no ads. Overall I think it will be helpful is getting a basic understanding and learning common phrases.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good, but I’m not sure it’s worth the money',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nickname taken:P'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 3, 12, 14, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14389664,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We appreciate your patience in this matter, our team will get to your email as soon as possible and fix this for you. This should be an easy fix so it will be fast once we get to your request. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-01T13:03:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Terrible. I wanted French and am having a hard time fixing this. I have emailed support with no response. I hope I don’t have to stop payment. Really annoying.\\n\\nI have had many automated responses- and a developer response below. I have sent many emails - how long will this “easy fix” take?  I’m not looking for free - just for the French I paid for. Thanks in advance for help!!!!!\\n\\nThank you Babble for fixing my problem. Pretty quick actually -5 days - just too many automated replies. In the meantime I took a few Spanish lessons. Now that I have the French I can give you 5 stars. I love it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Signed up this morning for French - and got Spanish !!',\n",
       "  'userName': '2artisanne'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 7, 4, 11, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20265921,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-08T11:58:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So I just purchased the lifetime subscription because it was on sale, and I must admit that as of right now, I am not very happy with it. It was a lot of money to spend for the app to not work properly! \\nI have been using other methods for learning Spanish for over a year now, so while my pronunciations are not always perfect, I am familiar enough with the language to know when it’s good or when it’s not. \\nThe thing that is aggravating me is, sometimes I totally mess up on a sentence and it accepts it, then other times (many times!) i will repeatedly say a sentence very well, very clearly, and no matter how many times I repeat it, it will not accept it! So I have to finally just tell it to move on which negatively affects my score. \\nPlease fix this, it is very frustrating!',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Voice recognition is not very good',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Union Allstar'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 22, 21, 59, 21),\n",
       "  'review': 'Having a hard time finding an app that teaches Mexican Spanish. Love using this app & enjoying the lessons but words & pronunciations are quite different between Mexico & other Spanish speaking countries. Also, while I am repeating the words accurately during the speaking portion of the lessons, it says I am wrong, which is frustrating. I have confirmed this by repeating the lessons. If I state the word a 2nd time (with no change in my  pronunciation), the lesson accepts it. I visit Mexico 6 times a year, have taken Spanish in college & high school & have a Mexican boyfriend. I am using an iPhone 6S with no problems with my mic. That said, enjoying the lessons overall.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Love it but...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'sfdani22'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 17, 22, 57, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34972996,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-20T14:28:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I want to learn French so I downloaded this app. It seemed pretty good at first. I got the first one pretty easily and I really like the material that I was working with, but unfortunately the second course I had to pay… I didn’t want to and I downloaded this app because I thought I’ll be free and I did see that’s there was in app purchases but I just figured it’s probably premium or something but it’s not…so anyone that’s wondering if it’s free or not…no it is not, although I would love a free Alternative!! \\n In the end, I’m going to download a different app and hope that I can get it done for free. This is an amazing app but really I think I should be able to get through more than just one course without having to pay.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I can’t even get through one course..',\n",
       "  'userName': 'loove poop'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 11, 6, 20, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34273426,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account, we want your review to be helpful rather than to be a hassle. We treasure your feedback as it will help us to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-13T15:58:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Okay, so I haven’t been very consistent. But this is largely due to feeling like I’m not grasping the phrases, the words and lack of support. Also, the app makes it extremely difficult to begin from the very top again. It’s not even necessarily the app, but on the website too. I want to be able to see all of the lessons I’ve finished and review the lessons. Right now in my “review” tab, there are 451 things for me to review. When I set upon reviewing, I cannot get one thing correct since I’ve only encountered them once and it’s been so long. The sentences are too complicated for my actual  level and the sentences are too long. I’ve studied this language before and never had this much difficulty. I signed up for life, so I feel like I’m stuck with a program that does not work for me. :(',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not working for me at all',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MaBlackStudio'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 25, 16, 23, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28317946,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, we're very sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. Babbel Live offers\\xa0online tutoring classes, taught live online, with a certified language teacher and a small group of students. Please feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com for further information. We're happy to help! 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-01T15:45:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The way Babbel teaches you to use the language is not productive. They don’t give you the basics first. You jump straight into rote memorization of phrases without learning how to conjugate verbs or why nouns change in the phrases. I spent 6 years learning Spanish and used it throughout South/Central America and Spain. I wanted to learn Portuguese using Babbel and it’s been an incredibly frustrating experience. I got 6 months for a discount and it still wasn’t worth my money. If you really want to learn a language, there’s simply no substitute for taking a class. If Babbel would have at least started me off with the basics first, I likely would have finished the course. I spent over a month fighting through their terrible course before I gave up. It’s just not worth it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not for real use',\n",
       "  'userName': 'StaticFC'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 2, 23, 27, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27847887,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message and quite fun analogy in the beginning. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-04T12:05:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used Doulingo for years and I’ve learned so much more for my short time using Babbel. Babbel is more logical. It introduces vocabulary in an order you’re more likely to used and need it if you were to travel. They also explain vocabulary and grammar. But its not good at checking for comprehension nor giving you a lot of repetitive practice. In other words, new vocabulary is introduced too often in a single course. But Babbel gives you a solid start on learning a language but, you’ll need more tools to practice and remember vocabulary. If you’re looking to purchase language lessons, I’d recommend paying for Babbel and using the free version of Doulingo for practicing vocabulary.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'If Doulingo and Babbel had a baby',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Board-gamer'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 4, 7, 32, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27253344,\n",
       "   'body': 'We are glad that you like the Babbel learning content. We would be happy if you could contact us again at support@babbel.com so that we can check the audio function together and help you further. Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-05T11:47:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The UI is pretty bad, it’s not always clear what you’re supposed to do, it’s not fun to look at, and the voice recognition is TERRIBLE. You’ll have to try several times for it to hear you. Literally every single time, you’ll have to try at least twice for the voice recognition to work, so you’re marked “wrong” for all the speaking questions. That being said, I’ve been using Duolingo for the last couple of years and I realized I’ve gotten no closer to having a conversation in Italian. I’ve been learning to say things like “the bee eats sugar” so it’s been pretty useless. Right from the start, Babbel is much better for actually learning how to have conversation.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Bad UI, but good conversational learning',\n",
       "  'userName': 'SKetchstuff'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 10, 17, 7, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26236136,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-12T14:39:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app, when it works, it’s five stars. But after the listen and repeat exercise, when it gets to the “fill in the correct word” exercise, the app freezes after the first word and won’t advance. If I exit the app, I have to start from scratch on that lesson, which will only let me advance to the second fill in the blank question - each time I exit and start over I advance one more question. Once out of that particular exercise, everything is fine, but I end up having to do the entire first two exercises at least five times to advance. I have deleted and reinstalled the app three times, and my iOS is up to date. It seems to be a glitch.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great when it works',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Often in Chicago'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 12, 1, 25, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19091163,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Jody, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to properly follow up on this case and offer you a solution to the reported issue. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-13T12:51:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve always been using Babble for a half hour during my lunch breaks at work for the past few months. I am taking the Dutch course which I have a feeling it is probably one of the underdeveloped courses compared to the popular Spanish. To my surprise it has a bunch put into. It has Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Exercises which is all a great way to get familiar with the language. Only have two minor complaints.\\n1. I don’t like how my Dutch course is priced the same as Spanish when Spanish has more learning Material. So please add more to Dutch! \\n2. I did submit a bug report a while back. Haven’t had a response and I still experience it. \\n\\nSo yeah about 4ish maybe 4.5 Stars',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Pretty Good',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Jody Mits'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 4, 16, 15, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 2216312,\n",
       "   'body': 'A huge thanks from the whole Babbel Team for your comment! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-01-05T13:15:36Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried learning another language my entire life. At 11 years old in 1981 I borrowed an old reel to reel tape machine from my school to learn French over the summer. I still don’t really speak French.\\n\\nI’ve always been a technology fan so years later in the early days of the Internet and Rosetta Stone I tried that system which was spot on in its approach but still required sitting with a book and using CD-ROMs.\\n\\nI kept looking for an online solution using new smart phone app technology realizing that this could be optimal for learning on the go. Well, the people at Babbel have taken my random thoughts and created exactly what I wanted.\\n\\nAvailable via your phone, Babbel makes learning a language interactive and fun. It uses the microphone to listen to your pronunciation so you don’t have to embarrass yourself in front of a live native speaker. The varied approach to learning words from listening, speaking, typing and taking quizzes means your brain stays engaged.\\n\\nGreat work on this app!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Excellent app for exploring and learning a language',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Adamarket'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 1, 21, 19, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35178948,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for sharing your feedback. To add some variety to your language learning with Babbel, you can also listen to our Italian podcasts and enjoy our articles in Babbel Magazine. Feel free to share your ideas and requests on wishboard.babbel.com for future Babbel courses. We look forward to hearing from you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-03T06:29:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have both the paid version of Babbel and Duolingo. Babbel immerses you into conversational foreign language much much sooner. I’m learning Italian, and I definitely see value in the Babbel exercises. I will say using the app brings me no joy. It feels like homework I have to do, rather than a game. Duolingo on the other hand keeps me engaged and looking forward to playing again and again. I think is has to do with the pace. Babbel gives much slower feedback. Duolingo gives fast feedback, if you get something wrong you move right on to the next question then visit the wrong answer at the end.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It works but feels like homework',\n",
       "  'userName': 'lizsmom'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 17, 11, 58, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32615690,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-17T10:36:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using the app now for about three months. There’s so many things to do while learning Italian. I feel like this app really pushes me to the edge of my comfort zone, but does not overwhelm me. While, I don’t always like to sit and actively “work”through a lesson, Babbel has an audio portion that I really enjoy. Love to listen sometimes while riding in the car or going for a walk. I know that the app is under constant development and I’m looking forward to more of the “audio recap” section for Italian. 🤩 Babbel- PLEASE add more to the audio recap and podcast series.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': '1RONM4N',\n",
       "  'title': 'Loving the Experience - More Audio Please!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 17, 17, 33, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27536329,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-19T13:07:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using this app for a while now, and the new updates are great.  I love the addition of live seminars, and the added hint feature and spelling corrections during the review.  Still figuring out the games.  Can’t say yet if I like them.  \\n\\nOne suggestion: it would be nice to be able to track your lesson scores.  See where you need the most work.\\n\\nI imagine the review targets those areas, but sometimes I want to be able to focus on certain lessons that aren’t sticking.  It’s easier to visualize which ones those are by referring back to recent scores.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ladyleona4218',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love the updates'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 26, 11, 14, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32836893,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thank you for sharing your amazing feedback. We are pleased that you like our courses. It is true that you need a subscription to access the complete learning content. However, We are committed to keeping education accessible. Please keep an eye on our special offers! 🙂️',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-28T08:58:30Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hi everybody, so I would say this is an amazing app but when I downloaded it I noticed it said chose your plan so I was like oh you have to pay to learn. But luckily they have a trial so you can try a lesson to see if you want to pay for a plan to learn other words and sentences this is great if you want the words pronounced with real speakers and if you want really nice lessons. If you don’t really want to pay to learn a different language Duolingo is another app you can use and is not as affective as babble but still very nice. So yeah thanks for reading this and I hope this was helpful.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'HelpfulBirdIThink',\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s amazing'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 22, 14, 59, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21843002,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for taking the time to send us your feedback. We would first recommend uninstalling and then reinstalling the app, this will ensure that you are using the latest version.  If this doesn't help... Please message us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email, and we'd be happy to help you out!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-24T14:10:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like this app and use it daily.  It crashes every day by doing the following: (1) I’ll be in a course that is playing audio and the audio stops. I have to continue to close the app and start the course from that section over and over.  (2) The “continue” button won’t load at the bottom causing me to close the app and restart it.  \\nI also have difficult getting the app to accept a correct response when I speak into the microphone. I’ll speak exactly as the example then it marks my answer wrong. Sometimes I try 5+ times and then give up and move on. Yes, I listen to the example and I recite it back exactly.  It may be a simple one or two word response so I know I’m saying it correctly.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Baron Von Willhelm',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good if it Crashed Less'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 26, 17, 27, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16312619,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation, as there might be a problem with your version or account. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-30T12:46:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using Babel for a while and every time I say something it counts it wrong. I have a southern accent and it can’t really understand me. Also it would be nice to add a place on how to pronounce things. I am guessing off of what it sounds like and it would be nice to know how to officially do it. Also I would like to learn the words first before I try and learn to spell them because it is quite difficult to spell a word if you don’t know the word. Beside the negative I think it’s a great app if you know some of the language and would like to expand. Or if you learned it in school and would like to relearn it....but as a beginner knowing nothing it is difficult. Lastly I think this is a great app but it could use a little improvement.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'the mouse is in the house',\n",
       "  'title': 'Voice'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 23, 17, 29, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12042270,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your feedback. Regarding your remarks:\\n\\n1. It is possible to sync all your devices, you just need to make sure you have the same display language in all of them. We can definitely help you with this if you wish to. Please, send us an email to support@babbel.com and we will have a look into this.\\n\\n2. You can select to turn the mic off at the beginning of each lesson. \\n\\nWe do apologize for the experience so far, we would like to offer you a better one and we have definitely taken notes of this to take action. Please, if you have further requests, send us a message to the stated email and we will kindly find a solution for you. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-11-25T15:28:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"This is hard to do on a phone. And the computer and tablet app often doesn't sync with other apps so you do the same lesson over and over. \\nThe microphone also starts early or late and it's hard to tell if you actually said it right the right times you say it - even if the same. \\nIt also doesn't allow you to correct a mistap or choice and check before submitting. Things are WRONG because your fingers are fat or you know you chose wrong but you can't fix it. You're just immediately wrong. More carrot than stick. \\nI don't think I'll renew. Duolingo has performed better.\\nThere’s also no way to turn off the mic and progress in the lesson when you can’t speak or listen. Really restricts when you can study and you can’t review more than once. I really don’t like using this, but I paid for it so I’m stuck for now\",\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'birdly1347',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not phone friendly'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 29, 2, 4, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3636640,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thanks for your lovely review! If you need any help cancelling a subscription, just get in touch via support@babbel.com. For now, keep up the good work! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-05-29T10:57:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The only reason that I am giving this app four stars instead of five. Is because the subscription, that is truly my only problem. I use it to help round out some of the gaps within my Spanish and refine some of the rough edges in my speaking. Being once fluent and now having to relearn the language all over again is a bit of a struggle now that I am older (The old saying “Use it or loose it”). However, that is truly my only issue with the app, but it is a wonderful app. Love the conversation aspect of it. I’m sure that once you progress enough with it. I’m pretty sure there’s conversational parts for people who want to souly focus on speaking the language versus spelling it, but it dose help.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Puerto Rico Bound',\n",
       "  'title': 'Wonderful'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 8, 13, 19, 41),\n",
       "  'review': 'I downloaded this app a couple of years ago. I don’t use it often, so after a year when I saw several charges applied to my account without any notification( sure I understand it’s my responsibility to manage my subscriptions, but the customer services team does not seem to care about courtesy apparently), I logged in and disabled the auto payment option. What’s even worse is after I unsubscribed through my online account settings, and guess what.. I was again charged after that! Now I should probably dispute that charge. Later I found out from their customer support site that if you subscribe through app, you HAVE TO undo the subscription through App Store, this is way too annoying.\\n\\nSo do not subscribe unless you want to be on their lifetime loyalty program.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'tartan dog',\n",
       "  'title': 'Do not subscribe, it’s almost impossible to unsubscribe'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 4, 1, 54, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34703154,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Sam, we apologise for the time taken in this matter. Our support team is receiving an important amount of messages at the moment, delaying our response times. We appreciate your patience in this matter, you will receive the attention and solution that you deserve. Thank you for your message, kind regards 😌',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-06T13:27:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I got babble about 7 month ago.  Where I didn’t think it was a great way to learn Spanish it wasn’t bad so I started with real hard words and worked my way back to easy things like numbers…that is a strange way to teach but I was doing it. Then there was no more new lessons!  \\nI looked on line and then contacted babble it’s self for help.  The response I got was just look for the new lessons it is there.  Well I have no idea where there is and I have looked everywhere on the app and can find nothing!\\nI sent an email back explaining that I really don’t have any more new lessons and have yet to get another reply.  I payed for a year of lessons and got about 7 month of actual lessons.  My year will soon be up and I am not renewing.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'sam----$$$$---',\n",
       "  'title': 'Support is of no use'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 2, 12, 48, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34090822,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thank you for your message. We don’t track location, our team changes the message of the early morning pop-up based on assumptions; let's remember that NYD was on a Sunday too - after quite an eventful night for most of us 😅 You don't have to worry, we will never track you anywhere. Kind regards!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-04T14:38:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I bought a life time membership to Babbel because it works very well. No complaints there. It’s a great compliment to the comprehensible input that I am getting from other sources. But today, I am angry as heck. Usually, I get a reminder to “learn on the way to work!”. Today, while in bed because it’s New Year’s Day, I got “learn from your bed!”. Absolutely unacceptably creepy. I did not approve location services for this app and there isn’t even a place in settings to turn off location services for this app. What the actual F? I don’t want to hear “it’s guessing that you’re home because it’s New Years Day (observed)”. I got the same creepy messages when I was at home with COVID. This app is tracking my location without my consent and no way to turn their tracking off.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'RuolingOnARiver',\n",
       "  'title': 'Uses my location — no way to turn off'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 5, 17, 41, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32437660,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Milly, Thank you for your review and recommendation! We're always working to improve our user experience. You can share your ideas and subscribe to updates by going to\\xa0wishboard.babbel.com 🙂️ Best wishes with your studies\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-07T08:06:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took some Spanish classes in high school and college but it has been over 10 years.  This app has been amazing.  I would have given 4.8 stars.  The only thing that would make this app perfect is if they separated the topics in your review.  For example, have an option to review the words you have learned for ordering food/dining, shopping, family, travel etc.  Here, everything is lumped together.  I understand the purpose of the “stages”, but it would be nice if they separated it out rather than lumping it all together.  I ended up just creating my own little spreadsheet.  Overall highly recommend this app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'MillyRock843',\n",
       "  'title': 'Fantastic!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 5, 16, 55, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31887788,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-09-07T09:47:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried many different apps to improve my Spanish. I really like this one because it gets you speaking right off the bat. However, as with most apps, there isn’t much to help you if you mispronounce a word. You just get it wrong. No pointers to help you figure out what mistake you are making. All it does is say it slower. That doesn’t help much if you can’t figure out why you’re getting it incorrect in the first place. It’s aggravating! There’s got to be a way to better help students so that we are learning effectively rather than getting stuck & feeling overwhelmed. Then ultimately just giving up.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'DreamxDream',\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s good but'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 9, 16, 30, 6),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23328111,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your feedback. The Latin American Spanish lessons seem to be less than the normal Spanish course as the language is the same. We have gather enough information and content to have a separate curse focusing on the peculiarities of Spanish in this specific area. As an alternative, if you feel the content is not enough, we can always switch your account to get even more from the Spanish general lessons. As informed, the language is the same, so we are sure you will find this helpful. Please, let us know if this change would be useful for you and send us an email to support@babbel.com so that we can help you with this process. Kind regards!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-06-11T11:20:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'If you are interested in learning Spanish for use in Latin America….this app definitely isn’t for you. They have maybe 6 weeks worth of content for Latin America that stops at the very early beginner level. I bought the lifelong membership thinking I was making a great choice (based on the demo) only to be seriously disappointed. \\n\\nBut….as the customer service rep told me….i can also go learn French or Russian (presumably also to the very basic beginner level). She also gave me the very friendly option of “resetting my progress” so that I could learn the very basic content all over again!  What awesome options for someone who wanted to learn Spanish for an extended vacation in LATIN AMERICA. \\n\\n The app is also frustrating on other levels. Instead of offering you consistent and literal translations of basic words….they try to impart what phrases mean in English. This style completely hampers your ability to actually learn vocabulary since the English translation of that word is different 50% of the time. \\n\\n Luckily, they have a 20 day money back guarantee. Which seems to be why they chose to only create 6 weeks worth of content. What a bait and switch….',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'JDCMAC2002',\n",
       "  'title': 'No Latin American - Spanish Content'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 12, 19, 44, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17283267,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-14T11:20:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I can’t figure out how to skip the basics I am not paying money to practice what I already know I am paying money so that I can learn more Spanish. I have tried taking the placement test but it doesn’t do anything it just takes me back to my home page. I also emailed them a week ago and they haven’t gotten back. I understand that they are busy but it shouldn’t be so hard to change the level. This also makes me made because this would be an amazing app if I was able to change the level. Because review is nice and all but I don’t want to have to relearn everything I already know. This might just be a problem for me but I have tried everything and nothing is working. However if you don’t know any Spanish yet this is a good app for you.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'emmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy',\n",
       "  'title': 'Annoying but could be good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 30, 20, 16, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17014954,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our customers. Have you contacted our support team at support@babbel.com ? We're always working to improve our user experience and hope to welcome you back!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-01T07:35:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is the worst app to learn a language so you see about a year ago my daughter was asking me if she could learn French because I know French and she wants to speak to me so when I got it for her she loved it and that was 7 months ago and usually it has a few updates and my daughter had ADHD so I had to help and when I wasn’t home she had to use the clue button so when the new update came out about a week ago If she started typing it would just take her clue away by the way she does it on her tablet and she got really really frustrated and mad so I asked her if she wanted to quit Babbel and she said yes so we started doing Rosetta Stone which is way better she doesn’t get as frustrated so babbel maybe we will come back to you if you fix that stupid update.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Misael1981',\n",
       "  'title': 'This is the worst app to learn a language'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 12, 23, 23, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32575343,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-14T11:14:07Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used Duo for almost a year (330 day streak) and really loved it. However in order to improve past the basics I wanted something a little more structured and Babbel delivered. Im someone who needs to know why Im doing something rather than being dropped into it. I think starting in Duo and than moving to Babbel is best for people after they have realized their dedication to learning the language.\\n\\nI had a small issue at first but the customer support was very helpful and got me closer to the level Im at. \\n\\nPro tip European Spanish has a lot more than the Latin American Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'poppybreath',\n",
       "  'title': 'Better Structured Learning'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 11, 16, 51, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10120889,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Shannon, thanks for sharing your review. It's great that you've had so much success learning Swedish with Babbel. We're so happy to hear you're enjoying the course! Lycka till med din svenska!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-12T07:54:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m learning Swedish so that I can read and communicate the basics when I travel. After one month I am able to more easily read through Swedish language websites and instructions. I’m encouraged that by the end of all the courses (I paid for a premium subscription) that I will be able to be semi-fluent by the time I travel for art residency in Sweden next year. I’m also going to supplement this course with the free course online by the Swedish government. In the end I want to be reading novels in Swedish, watching movies in Swedish without subtitles and speaking to locals in a more natural, colloquial way. I think Babbel will get me there!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'shannonwrites',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great for conversational Swedish'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 19, 15, 7, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25810212,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-21T10:19:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I wanted to advance my Spanish speaking but I was hesitant to sign up knowing it wouldn’t be real life conversational lessons. I signed up anyway hoping I could talk to a taxi driver or a restaurant waiter but I was right. In early lessons, I’m learning country names and people’s origins from those country. I wish I could skip those lessons but I didn’t see how. I just got back from Mexico and applied little to what I learned in a month from the app. I wish we could choose what we want to learn and if not, can we skip through lessons that don’t apply to our goals. I will find another place to learn conversational Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'jersey4418',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good lessons but not conversational'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 17, 22, 3, 9),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18481221,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, we're sorry to hear about the technical problems. We would first recommend uninstalling and then reinstalling the app, this will ensure that you are using the latest version. Does this help? If not - please contact us directly at support@babbel.com 🙂 We are happy to help you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-10-14T15:24:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After a hiccup with the payment process, actually using the app is very engaging. The lessons involve listening, spelling, key words, situational examples, conjugation and speaking. I only wish there were more opportunities to engage in a dialogue since I don’t have a partner to practice with. Otherwise it’s been fun. The lessons are just long enough and I go through each “chapter” twice to make sure I’m confident before I move on. I also wish there were more practice tools like flash cards or at least keeping the flash cards accessible after the first pass. At least on my app, I get one pass through and then that’s it. I may make my own to supplement. Otherwise, es ist sehr gut.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Double Entandreas',\n",
       "  'title': 'Engaging'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 28, 16, 32, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16953536,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thank you for taking the time to send us your review. It's really great to hear that you are enjoying using Babbel. We are constantly working on improvements. We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-29T11:01:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have used both Rosetta Stone and now Babble.  I like Babble’s teaching techniques better, and how they show the English translation on phrases.  The only criticism I have of Babble over Rosetta Stone is Babble’s speech recognition.  It seems like about half the time you can never get the phrase correct, even after trying numerous times. I’ve listened to my recorded responses and they marched the examples, but it still told me it was wrong.  I’ve even had native (Spanish) speakers try it and it told them they were wrong, so I know it’s not just me.  Rosetta Stones speech recognition was MUCH better.  If they work on or improve their speech recognition I’d change my rating to 5 star.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Article 1',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good, but needs better speech recognition.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 18, 13, 46, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34973181,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-20T14:35:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This program is very basic and it is very easy to start off learning. It has been many years since taking Spanish, but having the ability to repeat as often as I need helps. \\n  The program introduces new words frequently, so you will need to just review them often to stay on track. Excellent teaching for those who want to start slow to build their vocabulary and to be proficient in the language. \\n  I would purchase the lifetime with multiple languages. This should keep you busy for an eternity.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Excellent tutor',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Rfk$$'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 23, 16, 52, 43),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23586844,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-06-25T11:53:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'There seems to be some type of Bluetooth gremlin with the app.  Every time I start a review lesson, the first phrase will play on my headphones but will immediately disconnect from Bluetooth when I select the answer.  I’ve tried this with two separate set of fully charged headphones and had the same result.  When I check in my settings, it shows that my headphones are still connected to my phone and was confirmed by playing music through them.  I’ve restarted the app and my phone and continue to have the same issues.  I’ve used the app many times before without any problems.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Bluetooth Gremlin',\n",
       "  'userName': 'OK Rampage'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 26, 10, 32, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18777595,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-10-29T10:24:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Olá, I’m a young person who wants/wanted to learn Portuguese out of personal interest. I started out using Duolingo, then I heard this app on the radio one morning. I downloaded it a couple days ago, and I’m pretty sad that I can only do 1 course and then I would have to have a subscription to do any more, which is upsetting to me as I am only a child and I don’t have any money, and my parents don’t have much money to do that either as we are trying to get horses. Overall I think if I did have the subscription that it would be super fun and easy to learn a knew language, especially if you are willing. I hope whoever is reading this has a wonderful day :)',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'My Personal Views',\n",
       "  'userName': 'ColbyBrockLikesKoalas'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 5, 23, 19, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11149235,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Of course, learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. We've noted your observation and will gladly pass it on to the relevant team. Please send us any comment, suggestion or correction you may have: support@babbel.com 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-10-09T13:26:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am studying Spanish. Babel introduces Spanish grammar well on each level of lessons. The speakers’ pronunciation seems good. However, there is no repeat option for a lot of sample sentences after I fill the blanks.  I listened and answered the questions for a sample radio weather forecast but couldn’t find a re-play option; is the function limited due to the recent iOS update?\\nIn general lessons are not easy even though they are at a beginning level. If you casually study Spanish on Babel, there is too much work, not enough fun in progress; it is a less interactive way to learn. You need a serious commitment to use this app; otherwise, in a month or two you will likely be discouraged from learning Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Requires hard work',\n",
       "  'userName': 'w. Iron'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 17, 22, 29, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6072971,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your review. We really appreciate your feedback and have passed on your comments about the Italian course to the relevant team, who are happy to receive your ideas. We've also noted your request for the option to slow down the audio in the Italian course. Best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-11-23T10:32:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am taking the Italian course. The material covered is good. There are, however, some exercises that are not very clear as to what they want you to do. The exercises where a person speaks and one is to type what is said is a good way to learn, but the person speaks too fast and is not clear. There is no way to slow it down or get it displayed in English so we will know what is being asked.   For a big inners class the speaking should be clearer and slower. I have become so frustrated that I am about ready to give up on Babble. \\n\\nI am not knew to Italian and have taken over a year of in class study, so I can’t imagine what someone new to the language goes through.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'There is good and bad',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ground Quake'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 21, 6, 3, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35530477,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, how about getting back into pen-and-paper flashcards? Writing down words\\xa0can help you\\xa0memorize\\xa0them faster and for a longer time. 😊️ If you do have any further questions... Please send an email to\\xa0support@babbel.com and we’ll be delighted to assist you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-22T16:07:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'You cant just use flash cards whenever you want. You have to wait a certain period of time to review, which means you may not see a word you are having trouble with for weeks before it appears on another flash card. Additionally the app determines when you have learned a word proficiently, regardless of your comfort level. A HUGE, simple (and seemingly obvious) improvement would be to be able to build your own flash card decks in addition to the ones generated by the app.\\n\\nAdditionally, there is no feature to practice declining verbs, or identifying different forms of nouns. You’ll learn how to change a verb to match the subject by seeing it on a flash card that comes around once every couple weeks, as opposed to just being able to drill declensions. Super frustrating.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Limited',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nie Rozumiem yo'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 5, 13, 10, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27301086,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-07T13:43:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I did Duolingo for several months twice, and could quickly progress through the levels, but didn\\'t feel I was retaining enough. \\nI started Babbel a few days ago, and one thing leaps out at me. Babbel quickly makes an important distinction between casual and formal conversation and when to use them. In an example between a realtor & customer, Babbel teaches to ask \"how are you?\" formally, as \"Vie geht es Ihnen?\"  \\nThis seems important for a new German speaker/traveller to know! But I don\\'t recall Duolingo having used the word \"ihnen\" at all...',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Clearly more helpful for real conversations',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Pappa ribbin'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 26, 0, 47, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31719334,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-29T12:06:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve had this app for a while and am giving it another shot. I took a break after frustrations with the voice recognition not confirming my correct pronunciations. I am not at all fluent but have traveled in Mexico many times and some of the basic phrases I know I’m pronouncing will not give me a correct answer. Additionally the read back correct version has a very Americanized pronunciation. If you can work through this I think you’ll enjoy the app. Lots of good features and the vocabulary they teach you at once is in amounts that are very manageable to learn per each lesson.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great but Spanish voice recognition is OFF!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Logins are easier then this'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 2, 12, 50, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22613892,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-04T12:35:06Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is absolutely fantastic, I would recommend this to anyone who would want to learn a new language, this app is for sure the right one for you and what even makes it great is that unlike other language apps that make you pay for the courses, babbel doesn’t charge you a penny, if you want you could pay a subscription and it will give you full access to all the courses of the specific language that you chose, but for anyone out there looking forward to lean a new language, this is the right app for you',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel language courses',\n",
       "  'userName': 'course review'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 21, 14, 14, 37),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22421239,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-23T11:56:13Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m glad that this app is like a refined version of Duolingo in the way that it teaches things that are realistic to say in daily life right off the bat. I think it’s very efficient at reviewing the different ways of learning languages through speaking, listening, reading, etc. My only critique is that in French, no matter how many times I try to say “sept” into the mic during review, it always recognizes it as “c’est” even though they don’t sound the same at all! It’s not a big problem but I wish it was able to recognize the language a bit better. :-)',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Realistic!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mowmowdowdow'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 3, 18, 10, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20219899,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-06T14:17:38Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'There is a change of the application after advance level, someone test the application before put on for sale or update? The new update changes the voice recognition and learner interface which became very heavy and slow! It’s badly coded. I reported once but nobody takes action, you are going to lose clients! but not for better. It’s slow and very awkward? I have been using the application for two years and I have been trying to help, take action now!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The application for learning French is in very bad now. This is second time I am writing here',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Rainman1963'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 6, 7, 26, 43),\n",
       "  'review': 'I have always wanted to learn a second language but didn’t think I could do it. I was never very good at school and would be discouraged easily. With this app, when I’m feeling overwhelmed or frustrated I just close it and walk away. I’m not being “graded” so there’s no pressure to force myself to work on it. Also, being on my phone it’s easy to get out and put away, which helps me to feel like it’s convenient. Over all I feel like and know I am learning quite a bit. Although similar to a classroom setting the flexibility really allows you to move at your own pace.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I can learn on my schedule.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ibbob92'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 20, 12, 22, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13036954,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for your feedback! We're always working to improve our overall user experience, and a big part of that is our speech recognition feature. I've passed along your feedback to the appropriate team. If you'd like us to look into this issue for you, please email us at support@babbel.com, we're more than happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-01-21T10:23:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really like Babbel.  I’ve used various learning tools for German and am functional for general public interactions (restaurants, navigating travel, shops, etc).  Babbel really excels at teaching the rules and patterns behind the language (better than Duolingo for sure).  I want to give it more stars, I do, but the voice recognition particularly for German numbers and time is so awful.  I spent minutes in my morning review shouting “fünf!” at my phone (and later at my tablet) only to be told I’m pronouncing it wrong.  Doesn’t matter if I was sprinting through the phrase, or over enunciating every syllable, the app refused to recognize the word. Please work on the voice recognition! Otherwise this would be a five star review',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great learning structure, poor voice recognition',\n",
       "  'userName': 'alonelyargonaut'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 15, 0, 35, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 2848628,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thanks for your feedback!  Well take your comments into account and hope to have your perfect app in future 😉 Keep up the good work',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-03-16T20:16:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"likes: unlike Duolingo, grammar and  vocabulary list that Dutch people actually use. (I take conversation lessons and everything I've double checked with her seems to be accurate and common use.) I like the mix of exercise types, the usage notes, and in general, the app interface\\n\\ndislikes: the pronunciation good but is imperfect, there's waaay too much emphasis on 'n's at the ends of words, which is (as far as I've been taught by multiple sources and nearly two years living in Amsterdam) not standard. They should be (save a few exceptions) barely there, not hard finishes like in German verbs and plurals.\\n\\nIn the writing exercises it is not always clear if the stressed or unstressed pronoun is desired and you get it wrong if you use the undesired one—even if the answer is correct. Also goes for vocab reviews where you have several options that all mean the same thing.\\n\\nAlso i miss from Duolingo the tolerance for small typos, especially since the app's keyboard can be pretty fussy sometimes.\\n\\nSo please fix those! But otherwise quite good\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Quite good for Dutch',\n",
       "  'userName': 'logicallyinsane'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 10, 13, 34, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34839095,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, our support team can definitely help you with these concerns, we will try to find a solution, accordingly. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-13T14:08:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have issues with the Babbel interface. First they have NOT integrated the Apple keyboard API into all of their lessons. So you get a totally lame sequence of blocks, and you’re supposed to tap on each of those to spell out a word. Far too aggravating, so I just skip that. \\nNext, again on Apple, you have to actually hold the microphone down for it to listen. That’s just bad design. \\nFinally, a lot of the pictures totally don’t make sense. Like the text is talking about petting a rabbit, and it’s showing a picture of a guy in a wheelchair with a dog. Or my favorite, which is the pilot saying “don’t worry she’s keeping busy”. I sure hope so. I already tried Duolingo and hate the gamification, so maybe I am onto Pimsleur next.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Using outdated technology',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bozo2358383'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 15, 19, 37, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22331344,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We would like to ask you where can you find improvement in our app as per your feedback; in this way, we would be able to offer you a better experience. Thank you for your collaboration :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-19T16:16:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babbel for the past 6 months and it’s been a real struggle for me as things weren’t explained well enough to mean anything useful. I finished everything up to Beginner I by the time my subscription ended and can say I learned by memory counting to one hundred, das Wetter, mentioning a relative by their relationship to a person, such as brother or sister, and a few words like cake, alcohol and sugar. I don’t think I really learned common language and grammar for real conversations. Maybe more of that lies within courses that I haven’t started.\\n\\nI would definitely consider renewing my subscription if I can learn more common words such as dogs, flowers, birds, trees, clouds, etc.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s nice (don’t get me wrong)',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Zipattack'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 31, 23, 0, 19),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17646434,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi ThisIsMyReview312, \\n\\nThank you for your feedback! \\n\\nI am sorry to hear this. Perhaps you could write to us at support@babbel, so we can review and process your feedback effectively. \\n\\nKind regards,\\n\\nSam @Babbel',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-02T09:31:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been doing the Spanish courses for about 3 months.  The early sessions are very good and you feel like you are making progress.  But starting in the pre-intermediate / intermediate, the quality and effectiveness of the courses drop off.  There are sloppy content mistakes that just weren’t QA’ed well and the verb tenses aren’t explained well at all.  Also, they should slow down the speech / listening exercises. It’s misleading to think you would actually be an independent speaker when you get to the ‘Independent’ courses.  I’m doing that now (getting decent scores) and I might be getting to the point where I could independently order a burrito... likely with an incorrect verb tense.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good if you expect to give up after a month or two',\n",
       "  'userName': 'ThisIsMyReview312'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 3, 16, 8, 19),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17076094,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-04T13:21:29Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love Babbel it has worked well and tracked my progress well, I like that it stays organized. I have been using it for a few months and there are/were 2 problems I came across that were obnoxious to try and fix. The first one was that when I upgraded to premium only a few days later it asked me to buy premium again, this is concerning because premium can be expensive and you wonder “Where did my money go????”. The second one that I am currently trying to work through is it logged me out randomly completely out of nowhere!  Last time I used Babbel was 3 days ago.  It’s very common for apps to log you out if you haven’t use them in a long time, however this was not the case AND it’s very upsetting because I made a lot of progress.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s nice BUT...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'IsabellaSofia12!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 30, 15, 10, 9),\n",
       "  'review': 'I enjoy using Babbel to learn Spanish.  The program ensures that you can say the word(s) properly, spell it and use it in a sentence. This is awesome.  More importantly, the cost of the language program is very reasonable.  You must set aside time to learn the language, if done at least 30 mins a day  you will truly accomplish your goal of learning a new language.  Equally important, there are no hidden fees or charges once you get to a certain level which, I found in other learning programs that are offered for free.  Babbel is up front and a honest program. Thank you Babbel and to the creator(s) of a awesome program!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Wonderful learningTool',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Sharon Ward'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 14, 12, 25, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36555152,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-16T13:50:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m using both Duolingo and Babbel to study Portuguese. Babbel has great content in terms of clear language goals for each lesson and level, but they place zero value in lesson structure. The developers came up with only one lesson pattern and stopped. \\nThey do have one magically charismatic voice actor in the early lessons, but they also have a couple of extremely anemic and listless ones in later levels, which makes the monotony harder to bear.\\nThe bottom line is that Babbel is about as fun as studying a textbook. Duolingo might have a lot of fluff, but at least it is entertaining enough to keep me coming back often without feeling like a chore.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great content drilled into one monotonous structure',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Monkafello'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 5, 19, 24, 7),\n",
       "  'review': 'Prior to getting Babbel, I used Duolingo. It’s not much difference between the two other than Babbel being more classroom type oriented. I wish Babbel had the abilities to test you out and make you feel like you are accomplishing something other than the treble chime it gives off when you get something correct. I love the feel of the app and the ability to go back and review without the hassle of digging through pages of history. I do however, feel it can use an update of the user interface of the application. This app has earned my loyal patronage.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'DSC Cusumer',\n",
       "  'title': 'An interactive experience'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 30, 15, 36, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35740783,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-03T12:20:21Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am sure some people like this course, but it is not for me. I like things to start simple, like I am a baby to a new experience. I had 3 years of French in high school but have not been able to use it since I first learned, so it is like I am starting over fresh. I don’t see the logic in the presentation. For example, why don’t you teach numbers in sequence ? Why are the sentences used in a more advanced type of conversation? I worked hard on my pronunciation when I first learned and have been complimented on it by a native speaker just lately, so I do appreciate hearing the conversations. \\nSo, I will not be renewing my subscription. \\n\\nSincerely, Nancy Doyle',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Stupider games7654',\n",
       "  'title': 'My thoughts on your course'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 13, 14, 54, 41),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34324762,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Thanks for sharing your review. Which language are you currently learning? We will be happy to see if there are more suitable exercises for you. Please contact us via support@babbel.com 🙂️',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-17T05:13:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Maybe I want to be challenged and people complained this app was too hard but the answers are too easy. They should be a little difficult so I have decipher if I really know what I am listening to. For example, as an English speaker all I have to do is find the answer with the one name/word I recognize which isn’t hard because all of the other answers don’t apply. Can you all make versions based on levels of proficiency? it’s a great app but it’s for babies. This method doesn’t really help me to learn the material it more so just gets me to the right answer which is easy because none of the other answers would apply.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Modelwalk-k',\n",
       "  'title': 'Is there an advanced option?'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 25, 20, 10, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27696642,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thank you for your feedback. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further with the problems you are having with keyboard and will be able to review the reported bug to offer a solution. Thank you for getting in touch :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-27T10:39:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m currently learning Russian. When I am going through a lesson, I am supposed to be typing words in Russian but I am never given a Russian keyboard. It almost always gives me an English keyboard and I have no way of changing it.\\n\\nAlso, when I am in the portion of the lessons where I am supposed to build the words from chunks of the whole word, sometimes when I complete the word it will not continue to the next problem in the lesson and I have to close out of the app, at which point I lose my lesson progress. \\n\\nI like the simplicity of the app. When it works, it works well, but that is about half the time. Why am I paying 18 dollars a month to only be able to complete half of the lessons?',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Joseph Michael Vorva',\n",
       "  'title': 'Keyboard problem and spelling bug'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 2, 22, 20, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15730762,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-02T15:21:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like the concept of this app and it seems good, but it keeps asking me to subscribe and I can’t because I am a 11 year old trying to learn Spanish so I can speak it with my cousin, and I can only do one lesson for free and it said it was for free. The one lesson that I did was great and I loved it and I would really like to do some more because I recently had Duolingo and it didn’t work with me much it didn’t seem like I could talk with my cousin. If there is a way to use babble for free please let me know I would love to keep using it but if it is not for free I am afraid I cannot get it because we need it for other things. I gave this a five star rating because I really do love this app it is just I cannot pay. Plz let me know about something for free. Thank you. 🙏 update,I hate this app and I am moving to Duolingo because they lied 😡🤬',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'livy Jo Jo',\n",
       "  'title': 'Please let me know'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 11, 5, 3, 42, 39),\n",
       "  'review': 'As someone who can have a basic conversation in Spanish, this app is discouraging me from continuing its use. There is no entry test to start in the right place, no way to preview content of lessons to decide where to start in the absence of a placement exam (For reference, I’m 20 lessons in and they’re teaching numbers 1-10, happily would have skipped that had I known), and the only verbal interaction is in repeating back single words. It’s totally impractical for actual conversational competence. I maybe would give 2.5 stars as it may be helpful as a total beginner but even then carryover to spoken interaction is questionable especially if the conversation doesn’t go exactly as scripted. Wouldn’t recommend unless you’re starting with 0 knowledge of your desired language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'PTivy',\n",
       "  'title': 'Focus on written rather than spoken language'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 27, 13, 15, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24196943,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out to us. It's fantastic that you've had so much success learning Russian with Babbel. Be proud of your achievements! Please contact us via support@babbel.com and we’ll be delighted to assist you. Kind regards\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-29T10:35:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Now to start off this app has taught me how to speak a new language WAYYY better than anything else I’ve ever tried! I was learning Russian on my own for a year and a half off and on. I learned more on this app in a month than I did in that year!! Absolutely wonder. The Problem I’m having though is that my courses won’t download or load now!!! I’m for a service I am paying for I just feel like that’s unacceptable. I really hope you can fix this because it’s very important that I learn this language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'TheRealSecondComingRasputin',\n",
       "  'title': 'I LOVE this app! Learning language much easier!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 12, 3, 12, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23904096,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that things have worked out correctly. Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-13T11:53:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So I have used the app before and was not successful to learn, but to be fair it was more my fault on not being determined. I decided to try again and purchase another subscription for 3 months. I was doing lessons all day until a moment ago when it said I needed a subscription to continue. I already subscribed to it so I don’t know what to do and would appreciate if someone could help me please! Edit: I think my payment method on my App Store was not up to date. So it’s a 5 star',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Lil_1cce',\n",
       "  'title': 'I feel like it is really doing it’s job but I need help from management'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 14, 5, 30, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22848752,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Mikey, thanks a lot for your review. Please - can you submit your suggestion to our Wishboard: wishboard.babbel.com ? We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-17T10:21:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I use this app everyday, its really a great learning app to understand and learn new languages, I’m learning Español right now but just one thing I wish you can do is listen to your music as your using the app. I know your supposed to hear vocals from the app to her how its spoken but I just wish it can be like the Memrise app where  you can listen to music in the background but it just lowers the volume as your using the app so your music won’t be too overbearing! I hope Babbel will add this in in its future updates!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mikey1169',\n",
       "  'title': 'Really great app! But just one thing I wish you can do...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 25, 17, 7, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23044987,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? We would like t have a second look into this and find a solution :) Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-27T11:57:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using Babbel to improve my Spanish for my job. For the most part I love this app, but it seems to frequently have issues with my speaking, especially with longer sentences. I can try upwards of twenty times to answer a question where I have to verbally speak and no matter what changes I make in speed, pitch, or cadence, it will still tell me I’m wrong. I know my accent is not the issue, as my spanish speaking husband tells me the accent is fine- and the app will even tell him that he is wrong on the same questions I get wrong. \\n\\nAside from this issue the app is great!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ashirlllll12',\n",
       "  'title': 'Useful but Issues with Verbal Practice'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 19, 19, 29, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36087157,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your language learning experience. We're glad you enjoy learning with Babbel and that our courses suit your learning style. Keep it up and be proud of your achievements!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-21T05:17:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve tried Duolingo and Pimsleur (Italian) then purchased Babbel for $38 for a six-month license - a great value compared to similar platforms. Live language sessions, interactive stories, strong game and traditional review functions - Babbel has built the best mousetrap in my opinion.\\n\\nWhen I wanted to switch from Italian to Spanish after one day I sent an email to customer support and they responded and switched my language with no hassle IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES!  \\n\\nI don’t write a lot of reviews but this experience seems worth it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'jslanempo',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great Product and Fantastic Customer Service'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 9, 15, 37, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11170491,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, we\\'re sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. Please try the course \"Words and Sentences\" where you can access 20 lessons to train e.g. \"Communication\". We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better. Feel free to write to us at support@babbel.com for more info. Hope this helps! 🙂',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-10-10T12:13:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I wish I could move to a place where I’m learning words and getting some payoff when stuck and continuing to fail in one area. \\nNot being able to move to something I can succeed at makes me want to stop completely. \\nI need somewhere to step to that affirms my learning and gives me hope-. I don’t know parts of speech in English, yet I  am a successful, published writer. \\nIf I am not allowed to learn anything else until I’ve memorized tiene, tenemos, tienas, tienie-  vosotros, nosotros, Ella, ellos etc I will quit and go to Duolingo or Rosetta Stone. Through repetition and usage I’ll learn in context. I’m sure it’s wonderful for people with a formal education in English. \\nI don’t want to write a book in Spanish . I want to speak fluently.  \\nPerhaps there’s an area I haven’t found yet that will help me without struggling with memorizing the spelling of these words to move forward.. \\nI also wish I could have sent this to a help area instead of a public review. I don’t want to discourage others- I’ve been told by many people that this program is excellent.\\nIf folks at Babbel review the reviews, please send me suggestions 🙏🏼\\nThank you-',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'i do want to learn!',\n",
       "  'title': 'Frustrating past present singular plural etc'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 1, 28, 18, 36, 53),\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve worked on my Spanish using Mindsnacks, Duolingo, Rosetta Stone and now Babbel.  Each is good for certain things, but all told Babble is the best.  I prefer the iPad app to the PC program (which is slightly different).  My complaints are few: I’m going through my course in ‘British English’ because I found out too late that was the setting and it cannot be changed, some of the stock pictures don’t indicate the gender that is necessary for the answer (professions typically, but there are others), vocabulary lessons can be redundant, the daily challenge is way too easy.  But really, like I said, a solid product at an affordable price.  I’m learning a lot and it’s sticking.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Blackadder32',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very good'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 22, 17, 3, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35565632,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for sharing your language learning experience with Babbel. 🙂️ We're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning Spanish with us this much. However, you're feedback matters and we're always working on improvements. Please share your ideas and subscribe to updates by going to wishboard.babbel.com 💫️ Thank you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-24T09:21:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel is awesome, so is the app. It has really helped me get my Spanish from absolute beginner to an upper-intermediate level—and I have barely even started the Advanced courses. \\n\\nI would really like to have the ability to download all of my Review phrases/words so that they are available offline. It automatically downloads 5 sessions for you, but I would really love to have the option to download all 800 or so phrases/words that I have in my Review section (just the flash card review is all I want to be able to use offline).',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'gkl1983',\n",
       "  'title': 'Want to download all Review phrases'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 11, 22, 4, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29722691,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. In case you have really enjoyed our app, could you please rate us with 5 stars? That would help us a lot in our teaching quest, letting more people be in touch with different languages. Thank you for your support, Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-13T07:55:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This was my very first lesson and just like this dictation it’s not recognizing what I’m saying.\\nReview update ….\\nI don’t know what I was doing wrong but now that I’ve used it a couple days it seems to be working very well. Overall I am happy to be leaving Duolingo on the shelf. It’s refreshing to see pictures of real people as a learning tool in Babbel rather than the cartoons Duolingo uses.\\n\\nThe reason I left Duolingo was because I was feeling like I was enrolled in a social-political indoctrination. I paid for a subscription to obtain language, lessons not an underlying agenda.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Frito/Fargo',\n",
       "  'title': 'Audio repeat'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 14, 0, 30, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32038540,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-09-15T13:30:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like the app. I also use another app and find babble is a quite better. I like that it focuses on typical discussion and phrases that you will likely need to use as opposed others that focus on vocabulary (I don’t need to ask someone what time they take a shower).\\n\\nThe one negative and very frustrating issue that I have is when it comes to speeding. It struggles to hear what I’m saying for even the most basic words. For whatever reason I can’t get it to recognize ‘recto’ when I speak it. I only get about 1/4 of the phrases recognized. The other app I use doesn’t have any issue hearing me.\\n\\nI’d give it a 5 star rating if the speaking function worked better.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'macandzach',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but…'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 1, 23, 23, 24),\n",
       "  'review': 'I absolutely love this app I have been using this app to learn to communicate in multiple languages especially in Spanish. I also decided that I wanted to learn how to speak Russian, German, Polish, and Italian because of my heritage. I am hoping once I ace being able to fluently speak these languages to put them to great use. I am going to then try to start learning how to speak some of the Asian languages and I hope to travel to where I am from soon and I will look forward to being able to communicate with everyone. This is an amazing opportunity to experience this app to learn any language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ezrdrdr',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 2, 3, 2, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23749752,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, there might be an issue with the voice recognition. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-05T10:36:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using this app for awhile now and while I do love the focus on conversational Spanish, I’m not loving its reliability and accuracy on “approving” my pronunciation. It actually seems to have gotten worse over time. I’m no stranger to Spanish and know how to pronounce simple words and phrases like “gracias”, “cansado”, “soy Claudia”, “bien”, etc. My list can go on. I’ve tried adjusting my microphone sensitivity and even deleting and reinstalling the app but nothing I do helps. I listen to my recordings to ensure they match the example and they’re dead on. It’s super frustrating to get low scores when I know in fact that I am pronouncing the words or phrases correctly. I’ve found myself not even wanting to do lessons anymore - it’s that bad!',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'N-sqrd',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very inconsistent'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 5, 1, 7, 27, 2),\n",
       "  'review': 'I saw what Babbel said on Twitter about conservatives, Tucker Carlson’s show, and people who watch Fox News as being something they can’t tolerate. \\nSo, if you don’t want people who have any kind of opinions other than your own, and you hate anyone who doesn’t think like you do, then, you hate me. \\nI am for freedom -free speech, diverse opinions, and freedom of expression. Calling people evil and disrespecting them because they have a different point of view than you do is anti-American. The intimidation and threats of the sleeping giants people on Twitter matter to you more than your customers. The hateful things they say and encourage people to do against those with alternative political views are something with which I wouldn’t want my company associated. \\nI don’t wish to have your app anymore.\\nGreatly disappointed in Babbel’s intolerance.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'AlisonViolet',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel hates conservatives!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 10, 12, 54, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3103229,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your review here. \\n\\nWe really appreciate your feedback and have forwarded your request to apply analytics for individual learners to our developers, who are happy to receive your ideas. Our 'Right on track' feature is intended to be motivational and has proved successful for other learners, but we've noted your feedback and are happy to work on future improvements. At the moment the option to repeat specific errors or skip back between the lessons is not available, but we've added this suggestion to our list. \\n\\nIf you'd like some more learning tips or have any course specific questions, feel free to send us an email at support@babbel.com, and we'd be happy to help! \\n\\nBest of luck with your French studies.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-11T13:23:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Struggling through the design as I keep tripping in the same places of memorizing and spelling verbs. (I purchased to learn French as my first grader is doing at a language immersion school - I’m not even close to catching up) I’d like the designers to apply analytics on the learners to move their lessons to the format they are successful at, or make it easier to repeat exactly where they failed. \\n\\nI can identify quickly and apparently need that more before asking me to recall and spell. I think I can get there, but when told ‘Your right on track’ whether I mastered or I failed half the lesson it’s distancing me.  Obviously I need to repeat or be even further behind as it moves on. (Learned that with more failure, disheartening)\\n\\nThen trying to repeat a lesson and I’m forced to move through where I’d mastered to get to where I failed. Frustrating and time waster. \\n\\nI set it down, came back, trying to commit 30 min every morn but still not sure how to succeed.   If this isn’t adaptive, it’s really not innovative nor unique. \\n\\nIf I missed how to just redo lesson parts I failed PLEASE let me know and I may revise review.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'FrancoFail',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not adaptive - hard to repeat just what you need'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 19, 23, 43, 43),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22932275,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for your review. We will forward on your request to the relevant team. We're always working to improve our user experience, and really appreciate you taking the time to share your comments. Kind regards\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-21T08:04:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Learning Norwegian from this app, and indeed it is helping me learn practically flawlessly. It has what it needs for both audio learners like myself and visual queues so nothing is missed.\\n\\nHowever, this app needs alternate ways to pay for subscriptions. I use my iTunes and PayPal for different things, so I’d much rather this app take my actual money than just out of what I use to get more music. It’s 2021 - this sort of thing should be second nature. I don’t mean to be a primadonna but there’s just more to do before this app really nails it for me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Needs a PayPal thing tbh',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Valkyrian-Cherise'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 4, 4, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36933900,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, Thanks for reaching out to us. It is not our intention to make things difficult or to hide them. We apologise if this impression has been given. Please contact us at support@babbel.com so we can answer your questions and assist you further!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-05T13:45:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been using Babbel for at least 5 years. There used to be an option to upgrade or cancel the subscription easily. With the new upgrade, I can’t figure out how to update my subscription . I read online that you have to cancel it first, but that option is gone. When you go to subscriptions, it shows a list of past transactions. That’s it. \\nIts seems like all companies are becoming more shady nowadays. Everything is set to auto renew and you have to jump through hoops to stop the payments. In this case, it’s preventing you from getting more money as I was going to upgrade to the yearly subscription. What a shame. You lost my trust.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The new update is not transparent about subscription',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Nayelics'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 25, 13, 58, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19394922,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we will definitely have a closer look into this matter to improve your experience with our app. Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-27T14:37:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app! It’s much better than all the rest. I just wish there was a feature where you could review all the grammar rules you’ve learned so far. Like a “rules notebook” or something, for the differences in verb and mood tenses, and all those pesky irregular verbs and special circumstance rules. There’s a lot, and being able to see the rule/explanations that come up in notebook or easy to reference format would be awesome. \\n\\nThat, and a noun and verb recognition/tense drill feature would be awesome. Not just sight review words, but like a use whenever drill feature.  \\n\\nAl in all a great app!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Love this app! I just wish...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'homankristin'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 13, 21, 42, 36),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18494727,\n",
       "   'body': 'Our colleague has answered your email! 🙂 We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-10-15T07:52:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Second review! (Please sew response from developer) \\n\\nExcuse me?! “Make sure I contacted support”?! YES!! I contacted support. I have an email BACK from “support” saying they’ll TRY to get back to me..... and yet they have not! Even though you had time to respond here in public. This is clearly company, that cares more about its image than its costumer! \\n \\nUnbelievable! \\n\\nI shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to get what I paid for. \\n\\nNot only that but they’re holding back my refund that Apple approved! Never had that happen before.... truly not up to snuff. So unprofessional. \\n\\nI started the app to learn Spanish and PAID, for a three month subscription.... which lasted about two hours.... they locked up all the paid content, saying “unlock with a subscription” \\n\\nThen I went to settings and I’m apparently not the only one, because there was a whole section on what to do when paid for nothing. Lol So, after following those directions and STILL NOTHING.... I wrote to the customer service, and they sent back an email that they were too busy to answer. \\n\\nSo I applied for a refund. Keeping fingers crossed that Apple’s customer service is better than Babbles 😶',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'X 2: UNBELIEVABLE!! Do Rosetta Stone. Paid for nothing!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Alexincyberland'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 23, 18, 56, 3),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18169883,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your review. I've passed along your feedback to the appropriate team! For now, enjoy your studies with Babbel. 👍\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-29T09:32:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m using this app to help me get started with Russian. I’ve wanted to learn for some time now which I’m doing. But I just sorta got thrown into it. Would’ve been nice to learn the alphabet first. Learn the sounds of each letter. Then maybe a simple  hello and goodbye. Just for the first lessons (my opinion) I’m already having to finish sentences and spell out words I can’t even pronounce let alone spell lol. it’s just a bit much for a “newcomer”. I’m sure it’s a bit easier with other languages like Spanish. However, you can review and practice the lessons you’ve already completed as much as you like so that’s cool. It’s still a great app nonetheless. I’d recommend it to others.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Its cool',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Tloc182'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 1, 0, 44, 6),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16336161,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Your review is very concerning to us. We would appreciate if you would contact us at\\xa0support@babbel.com\\xa0for more info. We’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to make things better!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-01T11:40:02Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'It is very hard to understand sometimes and it feels like they don’t always explain what they want as accurately as they could. Very little help with sentence structure or spelling. It’s straight forward but gives no help with remembering vocab or revisiting words you can not spell. App and interaction are of low quality. It is almost impossible to learn pronunciation/grammar because it tells you once and then never revisits it. I find duolingo to be much more helpful and understanding with messed up spelling and sentence structure. The app is very boring and does little to help you understand. It feel like they’re rushing you through a lesson. If you’re good at teaching yourself with little to no help this app is for you. But if you need more hands on experience I’d suggest duolingo. This app just confused me more than it helped me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s very good but...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'djudjdbdvg'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 23, 2, 29, 12),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25881015,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, Thanks for getting in touch. We offer both European (Spain) and Latin American (Mexico) Spanish courses. When purchasing a Spanish subscription the user can switch between the two by clicking either the flag from Spain or the flag from Mexico to access the courses. Please contact us at support@babbel.com for more information.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-25T13:36:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is probably ok if you just want to memorize a bunch of words and phrases but it’s really light on grammar, verb conjugation, sentence structure. The feedback on the spoken portion is terrible. It would not recognize the simplest words but would tell me what a great job on others that I struggled with. I can live with those issues. What is causing me to ditch this app is the huge amount of European Spanish pronunciation strewn into the Latin American Spanish program. I could totally understand an occasional highlight of a difference or two but it’s totally ridiculous. It feels like the developers were either too lazy to record the correct words or the quality control dropped the ball.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s Meh',\n",
       "  'userName': 'mega-chispa'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 16, 1, 29, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25741303,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out to us and sorry for causing disappointment. The Latin American Spanish courses are quite new to Babbel and we are working on adding more courses and lessons. We're always working to improve Babbel and invite you to add your suggestions and content request here: wishboard.babbel.com Thank you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-18T09:12:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel over promises and under delivers, especially with regard to Spanish language.  The app focuses heavily on European Spanish, which is fine, but it’s Latin American Spanish is seriously lacking.  While the grammatical structure of European Spanish and Latin American Spanish is fundamentally the same, the vernacular and colloquialisms are not.  The problem is that Babbel teaches it as though they are the same.  People fluent in Latin American Spanish can understand European Spanish, but they’ll be scratching their heads when you say “hasta pronto” instead of “hasta luego.”   That’s just one example… there are many more.  Additionally, Babbel’s lessons for Latin American Spanish are very rudimentary.  There’s not a whole lot of offerings yet, but they are adding to it.  Overall, the app is hugely disappointing\\n.  Save your money and stick with Rosetta Stone.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'No Bueno',\n",
       "  'userName': 'niknphoebs'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 18, 4, 45, 45),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20554671,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for reaching out to us. We're always happy to help. You can skip the Beginner level and continue with more advanced lessons. If you need help wit this... Please, don't hesitate to contact us at support@babbel.com 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-21T13:32:54Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve heard great things about Babbel. At least I thought I had, but then I realized after buying a Spanish lesson that all of those positive reviews were from their ads, not from people who had actually used it. \\n\\nI was excited to relearn Spanish after years of not using it, thinking this would be a great refresher. Unfortunately, I am already regretting my purchase. Not only is my lesson extremely basic given I entered intermediate as my level, the voice recognition is so frustrating I’m losing motivation. \\n\\nI was fluent in Spanish years ago so know how to say the basic phrases covered in the first several lessons, but despite my repeated attempts I’m continuously told I’m wrong. Trust me, I know how to say “ellos and ellas” I lived in Peru for a year. Thanks for wasting my time and money, Babbel. Never again.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Voice Recognition is Horrible',\n",
       "  'userName': 'mi llama Frustrada'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 29, 23, 50, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12650616,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we are glad to read you have found the way in our app :) We try our best to make it easy but we appreciate every piece of feedback to make it perfect. We hope you have a great time with Babbel! Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-30T14:50:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m very interested in learning Spanish. My mom is full Mexican but I only know a little Spanish, so I want to learn more. But after the first lesson, it wouldn’t let me do any more. Do we have to pay for a subscription, to be able to do the other lessons? If yes, please change that, because not everyone is going to download your app if they don’t have money to spend. Maybe put a price on it later on, but not right when they download the game. Thanks🙃\\n\\n- A confused user\\n\\nEdit: Never mind, I realized how to get another lesson. Maybe make the lesson easier to find, XD😂',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Why do we have to subscribe?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Queen❤️😝'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 31, 9, 0, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 5777003,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks so much for your lovely review! We're so pleased to hear that Babbel is helping you in your language learning and you're making great progress. :) In regards to the ß character, you'll just need to hold down the letter S to access it.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-11-02T10:35:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is fantastic!!!!  Moved to Germany from the US recently and I have learned so much about the German language.  The flow of the curriculum fosters a positive learning platform.  I have learned more in the last 7 months than I did paying a private tutor.  However, one small issue (reason for the 4 star review), in the writing portion of the lesson the app does not recognize that my keyboard on iPad & laptop is US.  So, for the German B (In Strasse - B) it does not autocorrect or allow for the extra letter.  So those answers were counted wrong.  All other punctuation is autocorrected.  Please advise if there is a setting change.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning German',\n",
       "  'userName': 'shopgirltx'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 16, 11, 40, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34973001,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thank you for taking the time to share your amazing feedback and suggestions. Learner suggestions like yours are very important and are being handled with care. We will forward on your idea to the relevant team who will take this into consideration when developing new content. Kind regards 🧡️',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-02-20T14:29:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I love the app and I love the latest feature that was added with the most recent update; that is, the list of new vocabulary that shows up after each daily course.\\nI have a suggestion, though. I would love to have a link to the related grammar rules for each of the sentences offered within the course. Sometimes, even though I understand the sentence, I don't get the reason for a particular sentence structure.\\nOtherwise, the content is great and I am making strides with my third language.\\nThank you.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great Update',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Cantoebili'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 16, 18, 24, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24002101,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for your kind words, we’re happy to know you're enjoying learning with us! We currently don't offer a feature to go forward or back during a lesson, but we'd encourage you to add your feedback on this to our Wishboard: https://wishboard.babbel.com/forums/922594-wishboard-english/suggestions/38382937-go-back-to-previous-window-of-a-lesson\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-19T09:29:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel is an easy to use App that you will be able to access anytime your phone or tablet is near. This is key if you are serious about learning a language since you must constantly stay on course. My only regret is that you can’t toggle back to previous pages when you get stumped. You simple forge ahead knowing you are most likely giving the wrong answer and there is no way to check. So, if you are like me and need to get it right, you end up repeating lessons to see what you misunderstood',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Convenience is Key!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'TheLivingLink'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 7, 16, 22, 35),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32486746,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for your feedback. Babbel has free and paid lessons. You can do 20 - 60 lessons for free in 14 languages (each first one of every course). So, there’s a lot to explore. We are dedicated to keeping education accessible, please keep an eye on our special offers!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-10T14:14:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is wonderful in teaching the specific pronunciation, very good at applying skills into conversation and helps the info stick. Unfortunately, you are allowed one lesson and a short review and then you have to pay a subscription to learn. Personally, I feel that access to knowledge should be free, allowing anyone to be able to learn and expand their horizons. A better way to go about it is maybe take out in a few ads or put in a small limitation that you can rid of by paying the subscription, rather than not allow users to learn for free and force them to pay money to get basic knowledge.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very good app, limited if you’re poor',\n",
       "  'userName': 'ENLAVED_MOISTURE'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 9, 9, 6, 16, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31967811,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-09-12T11:51:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Seems like a good app, but there is no meaningful initial assessment. I switched from another app where I was at B2 level, able to carry conversations and read texts, and was still put in beginner A1. There was no test, just self assessment. I marked as mostly comfortable with all categories and still had to start with very first lesson repeating bonjour au revoir countless times. I am updating this after a few weeks. It is a good app for learning from scratch. But for someone switching ups it needs a decent assessment, so the person can jump into the level they are comfortable with.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Needs better  initial assessment',\n",
       "  'userName': 'lamour1234'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 6, 3, 46, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29026397,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-07T08:54:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Love how I’m learning but the review and pronouncing the words are almost exactly the same and they tell me I’m getting them wrong, then suddenly I’m way off on some words speaking them incorrectly and it says I’m say them great. It’s very frustrating when I want to get past my review and on to the lesson and I can’t get pass the review without all my speaking being passed. I struggle rolling the R’s and those are not even the words that are even being issues!!! Please fix this or explain what is being looked at for in the speaking part to pass? This is the only frustrating part. It makes me not want to do it anymore!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Hope to change this rating',\n",
       "  'userName': 'hollieball'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 24, 11, 56, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25900318,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Regarding your comment, we would like to recommend you Babbel LIVE, in which you can actually could have a live class with a person to improve on specific topics you may be struggling with. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-26T09:41:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is great for learning the basics and vocabulary.  However, it is no substitute for an actual teacher who can guide a student through any questions, nor is it a substitute for actually practicing speaking the language with someone.  I have been using this app for over a year and a half, one lesson everyday and review everyday (about a half hour total) and still do not feel comfortable speaking Spanish with a native speaker.  Babbel sells this app saying you will start speaking the language in just a few weeks but that is very misleading as everyone learns differently and at different paces.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'great app for what it is',\n",
       "  'userName': 'rgfsdnmgyrf'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 5, 16, 10, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21139543,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path; please, send us a message to support@babbel.com so that we can see alternatives and help you learn more than one language. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T12:05:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love this app because it is so helpful and great at explaining things. However, I do wish that there was a way to learn two languages at the same time. I am currently learning Italian, but I also want to learn some Spanish. Even though I paid for the two year plan, it will only allow me to do one language. \\n\\nOther than that, this app is incredible! I first tried Duolingo which is a great app for learning terms, but not for learning the basics of a language. So, I really love this app, I just wish there was some way to learn two languages. ❤️',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Awesome App, just one thing i would change.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'angelina 🎀'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 25, 3, 15, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7914472,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hey Mad Max, thanks for your review! We are always looking to improve and we have passed along your feedback. Even though there are always multiple ways to say things in every language, we try to make it clear which version we are learning in a particular lesson, by the exercises leading up to the question. Apologies it was unclear in this case!\\n\\nPlease feel free to email us at support@babbel.com if you need any help with anything.\\n\\nHappy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-03-26T12:56:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After a few sample lessons, I was impressed. After my partner paid for the 6 month Spanish subscription and dove into further lessons, I was less impressed. I love the vast array of topics covered but don’t like the open-response questions where multiple answers are appropriate but only one is accepted (ex. Using “Somos” or “nos llamamos” for “_________ Adrian y Sofia,” and only “somos” is accepted.) It makes it difficult to know if one is understanding the intended concepts or if we are just learning to beat the “game” so that we may continue to progress in order. Developers should revisit these sections and either a. Make the intended response more clear based on given context or B. Make multiple appropriate responses acceptable.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Struggles with programming',\n",
       "  'userName': 'madmax695'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 9, 9, 13, 18),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36457879,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Bailey, Thanks for reaching out to us. You can complete the lessons on Babbel in chronological order, or skip them and learn at your own pace. Please contact us at support@babbel.com if you need any further assistance with this. We're happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-05-11T09:02:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took 2 Spanish classes in highs and still remember quite a bit. I downloaded this app and paid for a full year so I could learn more, because there were visa workers from Mexico and I wanted to communicate with them. The HARDEST part of the app was going through what I already know. I still remember most of Spanish but needed help with slang and hearing the language. But it’s hard because I can’t skip ahead to my level. \\n\\nOverall it’s a good app if you don’t want to learn fast, form complete sentences, or go to your level.\\n\\nI wasted $90 on a review packet. Duolingo has it where you can skip ahead to your level, and I think that helps a lot.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Can’t get to my level without going through EVERYTHING.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bailey Farkle'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 26, 3, 35, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31145393,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-28T12:48:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app is soooo good, it helped me so much! And getting a Spanish tutor was way more expensive, I saved a lot of money. I really do like this app for beginners and advanced, u can choose how good you are so I can start learning at your level! I mean i I’m a kid and I love to play roblox, but this app got my attention to not play roblox, but to do this Spanish app! Not only is it teaching u the language u want to learn, but your having so much fun!! I definitely recommend this app to those that want to learn Spanish for any reason!! GET IT NOW OR A SPIDER WILL CRAWL ON YOUR FACE AND BITE YOU WHILE YOUR SLEEPING… DO IT',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bangbangin',\n",
       "  'title': 'NO HESITATION GET THIS AAPP NOW'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 13, 22, 37, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30370045,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Carole! We wish you the very best of luck with learning Italian on Babbel! 😊',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-06-15T09:50:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After many years (54) I listened to all my husband’s relatives speak Italian. I always wanted to speak the language correctly. After a terrible time when I tried to say basil in Italian, I basically said a swear word. He almost flipped the dinner table until my husband said what I was trying to say. That was many years ago and now I am on Facebook with many of his relatives from Maierato. I want to be able to use this app to help me in this endeavor. I hope I will be able to do so. My children and grandchildren all want to go there.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'carole moschella.',\n",
       "  'title': 'Thank you'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 1, 17, 6, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27824981,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there! Thank you for your sweet message, you are truly inspirational to us. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-03T10:29:17Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I very rarely do these review things. \\nI’ve wanted to know another language for the past 16 years. Sure, I took Spanish for 2 years in high school but I had a teacher ruin my interest during the 2nd year. I also completely failed French in college. \\n\\nBut now thanks to Babbel, I can actually start learning one of the non-Roman languages at my own pace. Starting with Russian. \\nI actually started a couple years ago but then got sidetracked by other aspects of life, but I’m just re-starting now. \\nI really like the listening to the phrase to make sure you understand the translation not just “on paper” but audibly also. The having you say a word/phrase/letter to make sure you say it correctly is really cool too. \\nThe matching from language of focus to primary language, and then flipping from primarily language to language of focus is really helpful. \\n\\nI just really enjoy this app so far.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'NinjaVsBear96',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel is a good app.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 18, 23, 20, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28698756,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Jason, Babbel has free and paid lessons. We are dedicated to keeping education accessible. There is a variety of lessons and podcasts that you can enjoy for free. You only pay for full access. Please keep an eye on our special offers and feel free to contact support@babbel.com for more information. 🙂️ Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-21T15:15:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really enjoyed the first lesson and I think it’s really going to teach me Italian! My only problem is I can’t use the app after that. I have to pay! I’m not going to Italy and I don’t really have the need to learn it, so my parents don’t want to pay for it. I think that everyone should have the opportunity to learn another language and not have to pay. I understand why you have to pay, but it’s very irritating. I think there should be a free option and hey, maybe there is and I didn’t find it. To the people who are willing to pay $90 a year, I think you’re going to a have a wonderful time.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Jason133193837',\n",
       "  'title': 'I enjoyed the first lesson but then I had to pay.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 8, 20, 16, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27971271,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. Perhaps we can help you further? All we need is your email linked to Babbel and some more information so we can assist you. We are constantly working on improvements and hope to add more features soon! Feel free to contact us at support@babbel.com 🙂',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-10T15:03:15Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'My family and I enjoyed Babbel at first, but as we progressed, the lessons became far too long, and with no way to save your work and come back later, we’ve been stuck sometimes up to 40-45 minutes trying to finish a lesson so that we don’t lose our work and have to start over. My recommendations: 1. Break up longer lessons into more manageable chunks to avoid student burn-out. 2. Develop a way to save work mid-lesson so students don’t lose progress if they run out of time. I am cancelling all subscriptions for my family for these reasons. If these issues are fixed, I would consider returning.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'SpanishAppSearcher',\n",
       "  'title': 'Far too long, no way to save'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 10, 3, 18, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21585367,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for your great feedback! We’re happy to know that you're already enjoying learning with us! We wish you all the best for the rest of your studies\\xa0on Babbel 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-11T09:41:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m still on my first lesson with Babbel, but super excited about learning Portuguese!  I’ve tried learning with other methods (Spanish) including with a popular competitor who used to offer lessons on disc, as well as instructor led courses-neither of which seemed to stick for me. But I find the way Babbel has laid out their program with multiple types of next-day-reviews the lessons are sticking and the progression of the vocabulary seems to flow nicely. I have high hopes that I’ll be speaking many new languages with my new life time subscription!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'jfywveifjfhs',\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning Portuguese with Babbel'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 4, 4, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33542350,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-05T13:56:57Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After 3 years of lessons on Duolingo I still can’t speak French!  I just wanted to learn how to speak well enough to travel but I was being taught nonsense phrases and being corrected for not using the proper tenses even though they’re all pronounced the same way!  I don’t plan to write a novel in France, I just want to speak with a shop keeper, waiter or hotel employee.  After my 1st day on Babble I’ve already realized there is hope for me to learn conversational French!  And I’ll never have to say “The horse is eating a pizza” ever again! 😂',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'your company is crooked',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babble is so much better!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 6, 14, 13, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12293588,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for your feedback. Babbel helps you learn a language including different profiles from writing up to listening and pronouncing, this helps you not only to learn a language properly but to embrace it. we appreciate your comments and remarks and we hope we can be able to offer you a different experience in the future. We hope we can have a second chance. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-09T13:09:17Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This program is very hard to use. It’s written like you already know how to use it. Not user friendly the add makes it seem easy but after starting (and putting up your money) it becomes very hard to use and understand what you need to do. Did not help at all. If you wish to learn to become a gamer maybe it will work. If you wish to learn a language there are better apps. Audible has some excellent ones for repetitive learning.\\n\\nAfter trying a second time, it is still hard to use. For me I only need to speak the language and understand when spoken to. I don’t care how to correctly spell words only to speak and understand, so that being said, this appears to not be a good app for me. Otherwise it’s ok',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bikeride11',\n",
       "  'title': 'Hard to use'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 28, 15, 27, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9920472,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for your detailed feedback. I've passed this onto the appropriate team, who will take this into consideration for future Babbel developments. For now, please enjoy your studies with us!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-30T10:59:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Currently iPad can only do horizontal full screen, which is not very useful actually. It’s very hard to take notes floating above the app. It would be great if the app can support split screens, which would be great for learning and taking notes at the same time. Adding the support should not be that hard as long as the app is using auto layout. I don’t think it makes any sense to restrict the app to full screen horizontal. Especially the exprence on iPhone portrait is very good. Another thing is drag and drop words and sentences to other apps such as notes. Although I understand this requires more thoughts and efforts',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'runfeifeirun',\n",
       "  'title': 'More love for iPad please'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 31, 14, 16, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32927412,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-11-02T09:27:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m enjoying the app and how it moves you along in your understanding of a new language be it spoken, or written. My only complaint with the program that I asked them about was I’d like a way to pause at a certain element just redoing it until I feel I have it down, don’t get me wrong it does allow you to go back to any element but moves you along from there. It’s a small thing but for my learning style I’d like for an element pause. Over all I highly recommend Babbel to anyone looking to learn a new language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'AA2GJ',\n",
       "  'title': 'Almost perfect'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 13, 13, 59, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 1019666,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thanks for a fantastic review! Happy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2017-08-15T13:25:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"A lot of apps I've tried focus more on learning words but not building conversation skills. Babble makes me stretch my mind and have to recall words. I think this is better than memorizing. I am anxious to see as I progress through the levels how words are re-introduced. It's exciting to me when I am able to complete conversations faster, recall words easier so I'm hoping that i'll just continue to see progress. I'm also find myself thinking about phrases and full sentences during the day and wanting to use them. Exciting!!!\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Madisoka',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love the variety and conversation skill building'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 15, 2, 19, 29),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14683884,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. Our team is receiving an important amount of messages at the moment, we appreciate your patience, be sure that your email will be replied as soon as possible. We have noted your comments about your experience with our lessons, we will have a closer look into this so that we can improve for you and the rest of our users. We appreciate your feedback, kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-15T13:06:47Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Why can I not resume a lesson after changing the screen on my iPad? First 6 lessons I have completed about half- 2 or 3 times!  But each time I return to Babbel I have to begin the lesson from the beginning, not where I left off.   (The crawling line at the top cannot be manipulated by me). There is probably a solution, but none of my emails to Babbel are answered.\\nAlso I am disappointed in the choice of vocabulary.  Why not employ words that are commonly useful?  How many times have I typed voleibol!\\nVerbs are introduced in a peculiar way.  Since I have learned Italian as a second language and was an English teacher, I find it odd that very early on the lessons are for reflexive verbs and verbs with stem changes, not common verbs with standard conjugation.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ecco qua',\n",
       "  'title': 'Resuming a lesson, vocabulary and verbs'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 2, 14, 23, 33),\n",
       "  'review': \"I've used Duolingo and Memrise.  I'm finding Babbel to be the best of these.  It's more conversational and less game-ified.   It explains usage concepts to you.  You get a broader understanding of the language through Babbel.\\n\\nThere are some issues. It's a bit buggy.  I can crash the program by over-modulating input through the microphone. It doesn't seem to understand my voice well through AirPods.    And the voice input can be frustrating. I often can't tell if my pronunciation is off, or if it's just not working well.  Some feedback on why it doesn't think you are repeating phrases correctly would help.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'WorkingMacs',\n",
       "  'title': 'Deeper learning than Duolingo or Memrise'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 10, 22, 46, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33676575,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-12T13:19:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been working with Babbel’s Latin American Spanish lessons for a few weeks now, and I am enjoying it muy bien. The stories are surprisingly varied and even entertaining, and the reviews are frequent enough that I am remembering more than I expected. The voice recognition is usefully sensitive and can identify my errors in pronouncing the letter “b”; I am getting better with that. There have been a few glitches that required me to close and restart the app, but perhaps the update will resolve those problems. Estoy contento con eso, y aprendo un poco español.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Adler-IL',\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning Basics Can Be Fun'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 30, 4, 25, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18228568,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, thanks for your review! We do have two monolingual Spanish podcasts called 'Palabras Bravas' and 'Habitantes Babbel', you can access these via babbel.com/podcasts 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-10-02T08:27:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The only thing I’d like to see is podcast where there’s conversation specifically in Spanish.  I would like to feel like I’m submerged in it so I pick up the language.  Maybe like an episode or story and then answer questions based off what you heard on the podcast.  I went back to the beginning but it’s a bit slow most of this I know. But I do like how they explain why you use which verb that helps a lot.  From the 8 years of school Spanish I took elementary through some in college I really never understood the difference in the verbs. So that really helps.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kaigates',\n",
       "  'title': 'App'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 14, 14, 19, 24),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32615955,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, Thanks for contacting us. We're very sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. Please send an email to\\xa0support@babbel.com and we’ll be delighted to assist you. 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-17T10:47:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'As noted in the summary above, overall the format and lessons are very good. I appreciate the shorter lesson times and the breakdown of each one. However, when speaking back to the app, the voice recognition is very poor. Even on simple phrases such as ‘Como estas’ I must repeat it 6 to 10 times (in the same manner) before the app will recognize and give me credit for that lesson. Very frustrating as you go, especially for basic words and sentences that you’ve mastered previously. Fix that voice recognition problem and this app would be five stars. For now, three as that hamstrings this app considerably.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'SirBT',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great lessons but voice recognition is sub-par'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 24, 7, 31, 34),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19347573,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. The article does not take the gender of that one who is speaking. In this case, tardes and noches is feminine so it is \"Buenas tardes and Buenas noches\"; whereas días is masculine so we say \"Buenos días\". Does that make sense? Please do let us know and in case you have more questions related to the language, you can always email us to support@babbel.com where we will be happy to help :) Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-25T13:41:49Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Right after the male/female pronoun lesson for the times of day, and what we’re supposed to use depending on if we’re saying something about ourselves or to someone...I was supposed to select whether it’s the masculine or feminine form for, “____ dias Marta.”  Both people in the picture are female so I assume Marta is a female and select the feminine form, and am told I’m wrong. I get the next two right for tardes and noches... and no, I did not use the feminine form for both of them, I chose according to my lesson on who is speaking/being spoken to. So when I go online and look on Spanishdict, it’s saying it should *always* be buenos and never buenas because *dias* is masculine. It says it has nothing to do with speaker or who’s being addressed. So which is it Babbel, because you say I got one wrong and two right when I did it your way...',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'onlykisspirates',\n",
       "  'title': 'Mixed message'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 25, 1, 51, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 36179129,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-26T09:07:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is only my first time using Babbel. I’m using it to learn French, and I’m already in lesson 2 making significant progress with the fundamentals of meeting and greeting in the language. I’m not sure how it’s going to progress, but I’m sure there might be challenges along the way. The more challenge, the better. Anyways, it’s a good app if you’re a beginner or already have experience, but want to learn a new language or keep going with the same language, then this app is for you! I highly recommend 10/10!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Csitoy115',\n",
       "  'title': 'This app is awesome!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 28, 21, 5, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34559259,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, thank you for such amazing feedback! We work hard to meet expectations like yours and we are very happy that you are enjoying your experience with Babbel! Best of luck with your studies :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-30T10:04:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The quality and caliber of this App, is what I would qualify as top tier!!!! The levels of research they have put together to open your brain in helping adopt and learn a new language is exhilarating!!! What is evident from the get go, is the pristine grade of quality they have attended to when being aware of every detail to the dynamics of learning a language! It would be like staying at the Ritz hotel! They’ve done exquisite work in it’s development and structure! A very high standard of calibration!!! Very sophisticated to say the least!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'RawFoodArt',\n",
       "  'title': 'Outstanding excellence!!!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 2, 8, 16, 45, 12),\n",
       "  'review': 'Babbel has lost my place in the courses twice now and I have to send multiple emails until support has sent me all the copy and paste answers. They search for key words rather that personally responding so the response is exactly what you find when you google it. No troubleshooting. Unfortunately, I read the help, but it doesn’t apply to technical issues. So, now I’m at the first round of copy and paste answers again. Last time I had to start again from the very beginning because after a lot of effort to get support to fix the problem, I just got tired and gave up. Get another langue program. There’s several other good ones that don’t break periodically and have actual support.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Abrasrose',\n",
       "  'title': 'Terrible Cust svc for frequent problems'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 10, 15, 48, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30849204,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, We're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning Spanish with Babbel. Muchas gracias por tu comentario. 🧡️ Stay motivated, you're doing great!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-12T12:01:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The varying formats for lessons through audial, visual in reading as well as pictures and speaking check points creates a well rounded learning curriculum to increase learning in all learning styles. The reviews, story formats, and conversational aspects that include involvement from the learner to type specific key words are beneficial. Something that may be helpful to include as well is some type of game format that may connect learners together, possibly similar to words with friends or races, etc. Thank you so much for this app it is incredibly informative and fun!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mps445576',\n",
       "  'title': 'Es muy bueno!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 7, 16, 18, 6),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17188389,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel. Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-10T12:46:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love the Babble app, it makes learning so convenient and easy. I have a bookshelf full of French books and a learning program on CD that I could never get around to finishing. Babble I am sure to get through. I can learn in bite sizes, 15 mins or so daily. The app exposed me to various aspects of the language that I wouldn’t typically get as such my learning is broad no matter the level. I had a problem with speaking and pronunciation but this app has made that easy to learn too. I bought the lifetime subscription and I excited to learn French and other languages over the time.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'AdaOUI',\n",
       "  'title': 'Finally'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 16, 0, 44, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22852220,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-17T12:40:55Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The lessons are great but I struggle to be paying enough after I get an answer wrong or right and have to wait what feels like *forever* to get the next question. I’m sure it’s so I’ll keep practicing, but I can say the English and the target language two or three times over before getting to the next thing, and I would learn much better with less time at that stage.\\n\\nI also would love a little partial credit or something when I spell a word only a tiny bit wrong (as often a phone key board issue as a knowledge issue)—I feel like if it’s close there should be some recognition of that…',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Uawildkat',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very good but move sooo slowly'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 30, 7, 22, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15166546,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we would like to thank you for your recommendations and for this amazing review. We're happy to hear that everything is working now and will pass your message on to the relevant team 😊 Thanks for letting us know and best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-07T14:48:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'After signing up from a vender, my account would not activate. I was sure I had been scammed. I emailed the Babbel service team and received a return email that because of pandemic, they would be delayed getting back to me. After several days, they reached out to me and after exchanging several emails between us, over a period of days,  they were able to get me set up and learning a new language. I seem to actually be learning and retaining the information-unlike when I was in college. I would recommend.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Travelling Hippie Soul',\n",
       "  'title': 'After a rough start, enjoying'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 20, 0, 40, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16752022,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for your kind review! We're glad to hear that you're enjoying learning with us. The first lesson of every course, in every language, is always free to try, but it does require a paid subscription to gain full access. If you have any other queries about this, just drop us an email to\\xa0support@babbel.com\\xa0with the email address that your Babbel account is linked to and we'd be happy to help further! 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-20T12:49:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"This app was super fun and an easy way to understand a game step-by-step this app was super fun and an easy way to learn Spanish I would recommend to get this I love this app and  just one thing that really bothered me is that yet to pay for like a few other lessons and we just saw him but this app is definitely a really good app I would really like are you guys reading this review to get this and I hope you enjoy this probably will because this is a really good app to learn any language not just Spanish I said Spanish because that's the language that I want to learn and give me step-by-step little examples and stuff it's really good\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'ugiwd',\n",
       "  'title': 'READ ME'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 31, 3, 41, 50),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15781819,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks a lot for your review. We encourage you to continue and to keep up the great work. Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance at support@babbel.com 🙂 We're always happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-04T17:20:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love the app and the way the lessons are setup, but unfortunately I also have a bit of a speech problem (I rarely use Siri or dictation because of it). I often get dinged for improper pronunciation but without being able to know which word is not sounding correct in a phrase I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle to making any real progress. Not sure this is something that can be fixed, but it would be nice to get more feedback as to why it sounds like I’m not saying the words correctly. I’m understanding everything and giving the correct responses, it just doesn’t sound like it. Trying not to get frustrated and give up. :(',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Peabodie',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not helpful if you have speech issues'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 28, 0, 51, 44),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15628680,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, this is something we need to have a closer look into. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-28T13:09:18Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The most frustrating part is when they ask you to speak and you get dinged and told it was incorrect. \\nI feel like I said it perfectly and cannot understand why it is wrong. But of course I’m learning, so I am very likely wrong in some way that I’m not understanding. The thing is, there is no way to know!\\nIt has me speak a long sentence or two. Then the only feedback is that it was wrong. What was wrong? I would think that if you have the technology to compare my voiceprint to the acceptable variations, that you must know which word I pronounced wrong. If I’m saying 10 words and you tell me I’m wrong, how do I know which is wrong? I don’t understand why I’m not given this information. \\nCan’t you use the built in voice recognition to have the phone show me the words it thinks I’m saying, like when I’m using voice memo?\\nIt seems like the technology to fix this is all right there, but isn’t being implemented for some reason. \\nAfter 6 or 7 tries, I just click the microphone button to turn it off, thereby missing out on the speaking the language part of learning the language.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ddort',\n",
       "  'title': 'Voice recognition is garbage'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 4, 13, 46, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6257668,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your positive review. We really appreciate your feedback and are so pleased to hear you're enjoying learning French with us. We agree that to become fluent in a foreign language takes perseverance, a lot of practice and immersion. However, we discovered that within three weeks you can already build a vocabulary to have simple conversations in real life situations . Bonne chance dans tes études! 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-12-05T15:29:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m enjoying it. I took French in high school and college but I had little occasion to use it over the years, so I’m starting over at the Beginner level. Some of that is elementary, but gets more challenging as the lessons continue. I think the claim that you can learn a language in as little as three weeks is probably overstated, but I am learning a lot of practical French in 15-30 minutes per day. I appreciate the features that help me to work on speaking and pronunciation, reading, writing, and understanding what I hear. I look forward to continuing to work with this.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mme. Mary Anne',\n",
       "  'title': 'Beginner’s French'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 10, 7, 21, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15924985,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-11T12:56:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve used this app to learn Russian because it was just an interest of mine and I’m only halfway done with the first section of courses and I’m already picking up on a lot of it. So I think this app is better than the other apps I’ve tried for learning languages. On the downside this is a subscription only app. So you can pay for one month up to one year. But I thinks it’s worth it. And if you plan on using it for about a year it’s much cheaper to just spend about 80 give or take 20 dollars than to continually buy one month subscriptions.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'KB7',\n",
       "  'title': 'This app is great'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 24, 19, 21, 38),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20065584,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-12-29T13:51:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"First of all, the program is great for beginners not so much advance intermediate/advanced. I couldn't emphasize enough about how good this is as an introductory program. It is simple and straightforward. However, this will not teach you how to be fluent. It is a gateway to be fluent. You do need additional supplementary information and to engage with a Spanish speaker at least two to three times a week. Furthermore, watch TV shows and read short stories and sing simple songs (even children's books and songs). I team Babbel up with Living Language and Complete Spanish Grammer that I bought online.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'SLP_Hope',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great beginner, but you need more.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 18, 14, 50, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7806706,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi. Thanks for your review. We're thrilled to hear that you are enjoying our learning method. Best of luck with your studies :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-03-19T14:24:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve used Rosetta Stone and taken classes at a local college for German. Babbel is a good mix of the two. The frustrating thing about Rosetta Stone is the assumption that the student can intuit the meaning of the words by the photos. With Babbel the translation is at hand. I appreciate the inclusion of grammar rules. For example, it is a great help to know when and why to use a particular verb tense.  I’ve only used the program for a few weeks but so far it is extremely helpful. It is also very helpful to be able to access the app on both my phone and tablet.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Henderdl',\n",
       "  'title': 'Balanced Information'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 9, 26, 18, 0, 43),\n",
       "  'review': 'Problems with Babel French: French is rattled off too fast. It needs to be repeated slowly a couple if times so students can wrap their heads around the pronunciation. New words are sprung on students without warning or explanation. This course should have a book with it that shows new vocabulary and verb conjugations, etc. There is no opportunity to go back and correct (and learn from) mistakes. Instead, students must repeat the entire lesson (so boring) to brush up on one or two items. French phrases should be repeated two or three times during the exercises.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Beemojay',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not good enough'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 20, 13, 51, 56),\n",
       "  'review': 'I decided to pick this app up after half a year on Duolingo.  I liked Duo, but it wasn’t the best when it came to grammar, sentence structure or conjugation of verbs.  I wanted something a little more instructive.  That is what Babbel does that Duo does not. \\n\\nI felt justified in buying a sub since I had already developed a daily habit through the other free app.  It is certainly worth it if you are committed to using it.\\n\\nMy only complaint is the voice recognition.  I feel like the spaceman on the Lego movie using this app.  In fact, as a joke, I used a pirate voice and it worked... *shrug*',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Whyzdom',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App with One Gripe'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 31, 6, 1, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 31230961,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Jim! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-08-02T10:25:04Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I heard about Babbel from an ad for it on the radio. My girlfriend and I have a friend who is originally from the Netherlands. I thought, “how cool it would be to learn Dutch and one day surprise my girlfriend, our dear friend from the Netherlands and our friend’s family.” I downloaded Babbel, signed up for the annual plan and I have completed two Dutch lessons so far. I’m excited to continue learning Dutch. Next, after I learn Dutch, I’ll learn Spanish or French. I love Babbel. If you’ve ever wanted to learn another language, so will you.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'JimHunt76',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel Makes Learning a Language Fun!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 17, 17, 12, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29840267,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, Thank you for sharing your Babbel experience and your personal language learning story here. We're very happy to hear that you're enjoying learning Spanish with us. Be proud of your achievements! Agradecemos mucho este tipo de mensaje. 🧡️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-19T10:14:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I grew up in a bilingual household in my younger years and always struggled with the confidence to speak Spanish, tried taking classes in college and was mortified by how embarrassed I was letting myself be.\\nAfter downloading and paying for Babbel and seeing all of the ways there are to brush up daily makes it easy to learn a little bit every day at a pace and setting I can handle. It’s given me the confidence to learn a beautiful language that I grew up with and can open up my experiences with new people.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'bluetorvi',\n",
       "  'title': 'Hesitant to Learn No Longer!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 30, 14, 51, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21995202,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello Oska, thanks for your feedback. We’re happy to know you're already enjoying learning with us. All the best with the rest of your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-01T13:53:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When language apps continually ask you to rate them on day one (and at least the first week or two) they are apt to get a very high rating because you are very thrilled at the progress you make early on. It takes a while to evaluate whether the methods being used are the best for language learning! I chose 3 stars to help balance this effect... perhaps this app is better than that and perhaps it is worse! I will come back in a few months to let you know.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Oska Kipepeo',\n",
       "  'title': 'Day one ratings are unreasonable!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 1, 13, 36, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28362020,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-03T14:40:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Hi I’m learning French but I can only do the first lesson on the course and I wish they would make it so I can ONE course free not one lesson. I feel like it would be a bit more convenient to us people who don’t want to pay or they have parents like me who are willing to pay for the app. I feel like it would be much better and if you guys did the first course free you might have more people who get your app. So PLEASE help because I know what your going to say and I know you won’t change the pay get the rest of the app but please please please make the first course free. If you do many thanks and if you fix that up I give you a four but right now a two.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'a Nickne',\n",
       "  'title': 'I wish they made one course free.'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 20, 19, 17, 48),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21796015,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thank you so much for your kind review. 🧡  It's great that you're enjoying learning with Babbel and that our courses suit your learning style. Best wishes! 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-22T12:36:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I find it funny, not really, that some of these reviews want this app to be free...Bernie's free education crowd. But y'all need to realize, if you pay for your education/cell phone/housing, etc. then you are much more likely to be dedicated to learning and taking care of what you've worked for. So I wanted to say thank you for helping people be more dedicated to their education by charging a fee. Those who work for their education are workers and beneficial to society. Those who get free education are not a benefit to society for various reasons.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Winadream',\n",
       "  'title': 'Those who pay for their education are more dedicated'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 26, 15, 25, 52),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12611950,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks so much for your great review! We are so pleased that you are enjoying using our product and its features. Have fun learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-27T11:15:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve done Rosetta Stone, duolingo, linq, I’ve also taken courses at 2 different universities, and by far Babbel works with my learning habits the best. This is to say that not everyone learns or enjoys learning the exact same way, this just happens to be a great fit for me. \\n\\nThe visual component. The interface is easy to use and makes sense. Also has footnotes, for us weirdos that want to even more why the rules are the rules. \\n\\nThe audio component. You hear correct pronounce even when you are doing reading and writing lessons. This keeps on reinforcing the pronunciation.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Chemisstree',\n",
       "  'title': 'Tried them all'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 3, 14, 49, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16486057,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel, we have noted your feedback to be able to offer you a better experience. Also, thank you for listening to our podcast, more ways to get to help you with your new language. Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-08T12:47:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'As a healthcare provider I’ve decided I must have a grasp on the Spanish language and heard babble was a great place to learn. I’ve been using the program for two weeks and love it. I’ve learned a lot. To explain the “but” and the minus 1 star, it’s extremely hard to please the program when reading back phrases unless the accents on every word is exact. It’s frustrating, so babble, please give those of us who are completely new to the language a little grace. Oh! And another tip for those of you learning with babble, listening to their podcast is a must. It really helps to reinforce what you’ve learned!  Good luck!  Hasta!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Donnabell Betty',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love it but...'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 5, 21, 23, 54, 15),\n",
       "  'review': 'This game has no ads. It is perfect. I love it. It’s one of my favorites. It is really good for your kids and a lot. It’s just one of the best.                             \\n\\nOn the weekend I feel like it’s like my own Spanish class And I don’t have to be at school for every thing and I could just do it at home. This is a brilliant game and I think that we shouldTell more people about this game so more people can just know about this brilliant ideaBarbie broken, no more languages and be happy doing this game',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Supporter8',\n",
       "  'title': 'Very good for learning lots of languages'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 5, 2, 38, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12227484,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your feedback. We have noted your remarks. We actually offer different prices according to the type of subscription you want to purchase and related to the benefits you will get. In general, the main difference is the high quality in our courses, designed by native and professional linguists. Additionally, you can access the firs lessons in every course for free, meaning you can see 60-80 free lessons. Once again, thank you for your feedback, we hope you can give us a second chance. Kind regards :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-05T10:07:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Ok, I downloaded this app for fun to see if it was better or worse than duolingo because it looked like a Great app with great potential. I was disappointed. This app gives you 1 15 question lesson and then, boom! You have to pay 90 bucks to continue. Come on guys. You should give us at least 5 lessons before letting us not continue so we have had tried out the app. I’m not paying 90 bucks for an app I barely know about. Plus, the very beginning of the app was just basics like hello and how are you. Bro, everyone knows how to say that I’m at least one different language. Overall, I think if you want to learn a language, don’t use this app. Unless you’re going rich. I suggest duolingo instead. (Not trying to advertise). 🤪',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'coolapps123789',\n",
       "  'title': 'Seriously!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 4, 28, 21, 12, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 8427178,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hey there! There is a course called 'French for your Vacation'. It sounds like this one is what you are looking for. You just need to go to 'Courses' and then find the course that is most relevant to you. You don't need to stay in Beginner's Course if you feel you are beyond it, you can do any lesson at any time, and there is hundreds of hours of content :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-04-29T09:55:33Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I expected Babbel beginners’ course to focus more on the traveler who wants to become comfortable in a traveling situation.  I had several years of French in high school and college 50 years ago and thought I could brush up with helpful travel conversation. However, halfway through, it appears more suitable to a younger person who might be doing an exchange for school. I wish they’d offer a travelers’ course that doesn’t focus on verb tenses and other French grammar nuances. It also has a heavy focus on writing (plural, gender endings), rather than speaking.  I will continue to the end of the first beginner’s course but am not hopeful that I will get much help for my trip.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'redheaddc1',\n",
       "  'title': 'Not a good app for learning quick travel phrases'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 29, 5, 13, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3087766,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, \\nThanks for your feedback. You can find special characters used in the German language by holding down the related key on your keyboard for a second or two. For example, to find the ß key, just hold down the letter s. Issues with the speech recognition can often be resolved by adjusting your microphone sensitivity. You can do this in your app Settings. Also, make sure you're only using this feature in a quiet environment, without any background noise.\\nIf you're still experiencing any issues, please get back in touch via email at support@babbel.com. 🙂\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-10T10:21:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app could be ok, but needs to have some instructions on how to use it. I’m taking German. The German alphabet has several characters like double s, umlauts etc., but they give you an American QWERTY keyboard to type your answers. So, even if you try and type the correct answer, the machine scores you as wrong! Also, the voice recognition is clunky, so the app often scores you as ‘wrong’ even though your pronunciation is ok. I have taken German in school, so I have at least some knowledge of basics. Not sure this app would make much sense if you had NO knowledge prior, as a lot of grammar etc. just has rules you have to memorize.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': \"Orrin's iTunes\",\n",
       "  'title': 'Ok app'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 4, 6, 15, 54),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20192261,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thank you very much for taking the time to share your review here! Best of luck with your Spanish studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-05T12:55:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I tried the free trial before purchasing to access full features and it was so worth it. I already speak Spanish so I don’t need to do basic/ novice level courses, so I like that I have the option to skip ahead and try to learn things I want to improve on, such as Spanish for professional/ academic settings. It’s been so helpful. Also I set up a daily notification to remind me to practice. Just do it! Language classes are not cheap and this is so worth it. Gracias Babbel! 👏🏽',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'sandy_g_lpz',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great app for learning! Better than Duolingo IMO'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 16, 22, 41, 46),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33808698,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for reaching out to us. We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. Please feel free to contact our customer service at support@babbel.com so we can take a closer look into this situation and assist you in the best possible way.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-19T14:12:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I signed up for Babbel thinking l could improve my Italian. I was given the chance to assess my skill level before beginning the course, and was placed at the upper intermediate level, which l thought suited me well. However, this level included only seven short courses, which l finished in a week. It was only then that l learned that the “upper intermediate” level was the highest Babbel offered. So now l either had to backtrack down to lower levels or simply give up in boredom. Had l known that there was no way to improve beyond the intermediate level, l would’ve never signed up and paid the $89. If you have already studied ltalian or spent some time abroad, you may need another form of instruction. I learned the hard way that Babbel is only for beginners.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'lJustWantToLeaveThisOneReview',\n",
       "  'title': 'Only for beginners'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 28, 11, 56, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28873245,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, Thanks for your feedback. Have you contacted our Support Team at support@babbel.com? We're happy to look into this and assist you further. We are looking forward to hearing from you! 🙂️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-30T11:16:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using the app for a few months now and it started out great.  I was learning things that were very useful in communicating with my SOs family.  But the farther I advanced, the mor glitchy the app became.  For example, when hitting the mic button to record my voice, I’d estimate that at least 60% of the time it cuts out too early and doesn’t record anything.  Also, the more advanced lessons are extremely focused on memorizing landmarks and locations.  Not very useful unless you go to the specific town.  General dialogue (“pass the salt,” “how was your day?” Etc) would be much more useful.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': \"Doesn't work on os3\",\n",
       "  'title': 'Starts good but declines quickly'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 11, 1, 42, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22194678,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience; to add on this comment, we would like to let you know that you can try out Babbel, totally free of charge and full access to know more about our product before committing to a subscription. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-04-12T14:28:05Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I don’t mind the fact that you want us to pay to go on. That’s fine. But I honestly feel that the first unit should be free. I want to know that what I’m paying for is worth it. Just doing one lesson from three units, isn’t going to help me decide if I like it or not ( also I was only in the app for 5 minutes now I’m deleting it ) \\n\\nPlus, if someone is starting out, why would you allow them to do unit 2 and 3 and not start on unit one? That doesn’t make sense. Unless that’s because I picked that I know a bit of French already. Then I’m dumb, sorry\\n\\nI’m not mad, just disappointed. Sadly because I’m a teen I can’t really afford this. I’m sure the app is great. I liked the idea of filling in the sentences and everything. It looks like a cool app, but oh well.\\n\\nSome bugs you should fix, is that right away I noticed that the voice audio tents to cut out, thank goodness I knew al, the words on the first lesson from school or else I would if had no idea what was being said to me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '⭐️nyancookies⭐️',\n",
       "  'title': 'Paying'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 29, 15, 16, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21139340,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with the speed presented in our courses was not the best one. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-18T11:59:24Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have never been able to learn a different language, but going to Spain soon, I thought I’d give this a try.  The repetition is good, though probably not enough for my thick skull. Sometimes they ask you to spell the whole word, and I really don’t care if I spell German wrong in Spanish.  But my biggest problem is that the speakers talk too fast.  Even with the written words there, I have a really really hard time repeating the sentence in Spanish.  Would be great if there were a way to get each word pronounced separately before they put it in a sentence.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'CLS 1074',\n",
       "  'title': 'They speak too fast'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1, 2, 9, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20194595,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-05T14:31:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I was excited about the app as the format is a great teaching method . As I began to learn conversational language skills, I started practicing with friends and they didn’t understand me and were unfamiliar with expressions I learned. The only friends that understood me were of Mexican heritage. The familiar and cultural references were all indigenous to Mexico. Unfortunately the bulk of my Hispanic friends are from either the Caribbean or Latin America, so this app was one big waste of money and time. I bought the three month package, I wish I had not purchased three months as I was stuck paying for 2 months, $20, that I didn’t use. I would encourage anyone looking to invest in this app to do it for a month and see if’s worth an additional investment.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'BeeQueen55',\n",
       "  'title': 'Mexican Spanish'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 10, 7, 8, 12, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 11119649,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Ciara, thank you for your review. I've passed on your comments to our course development team as feedback. Our speech recognition feature is something we're always working to improve. It would help us greatly if you could also get in touch at support@babbel.com, with some more information regarding this issue. Thank you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-10-08T08:22:36Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I think it’s a great app in terms of structure, whole sentences, and using English to help guide you through so you’re not completely lost. However- the voice recognition needs to be improved terribly. Even when I know I’m Saying the word correctly (or I have my native Danish speaking partner try to answer)- it’s ALWAYS wrong. There is no way to perhaps listen to a different voice, to try and master the sound. Also- I feel like the timing is very sensitive and there is no way of knowing when you’re supposed to start speaking. I barely get the first syllable out before it’s dinging me wrong. Disappointing considering almost half the lesson is repetition.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ciara0119',\n",
       "  'title': 'Voice recognition needs work'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 14, 13, 7, 14),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6882557,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, we really appreciate your feedback and we've forwarded your suggestion for larger font to our developers, who are happy to receive your ideas. We've also noted your request for the option to add a next button before advancing to the next exercise. Best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-17T11:06:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The small text is almost impossible to read. I know that Apple uses adaptive design and it would be easy to give users the option to increase font size. Even changing the system font does not change the app font and it is SO hard to read. This makes the app almost unusable for people with accommodation needs. \\n\\nAlso I find it frustrating that as soon as I finish a written problem the app immediately moves to the next question. I would like time to hear the translation and study the written words. Adding a “continue” or “next” button after each question would be helpful.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': '@Maxtana',\n",
       "  'title': 'Please please PLEASE change your UI'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 4, 22, 52),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30830239,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-07-11T13:16:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The signup was really vague saying “Anybody at any level can use this app,” but it’s not true. The lessons are really low level and slow since it reads out everything. There are no advanced grammar lessons and the vocabulary is no better than looking up words in a dictionary. I switched to Duolingo, which is much better (and faster) for more advanced learners.\\n\\nUPDATE:\\nI have been using (the free) Duolingo for 3 months now and it’s no contest. I deleted the Babbel app and never looked back. Why even pay for Babbel? But that’s just me—I know the stuff already and mostly just want to practice. I don’t really want “lessons” or view it that way. \\n\\n I tried Babbel one last time before it expires and it was soooo slow and a complete time-waster since I’m not a beginner. You have to wait for a phrase to be said in its entirety before you can begin to repeat it. It’s not that advanced and I didn’t appreciate that they don’t just say that up front. Duolingo has far more complicated phrases and you can do as many languages as you want. Plus they have that cute owl!',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ron Rokken',\n",
       "  'title': 'Boring and not for anybody who is not a beginner'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 5, 20, 36, 11),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28422531,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Samantha, thanks for your lovely review! Great to hear you're enjoying your Spanish studies. You can send us an email at support@babbel.com regarding the issue you're having, a member of our team will be happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-07T11:19:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I only know a little Spanish to begin with but so far with the first few lessons I am very satisfied and happy the only thing I find a problem with is when I’m holding down the mic in order to repeat what they’re saying but unfortunately it doesn’t register the sound correctly even though I am saying it correctly it’s not registering correctly! If that could be fixed I will definitely be giving it five stars when fixed! Thank you so much for this great app it’s a wonderful learning platform to learn new languages!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'samantha 40',\n",
       "  'title': 'Easiest way to learn!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 6, 9, 13, 42, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 23328384,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-06-11T11:33:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I really love this app! I think it’s fantastic and is really helping me learn a lot faster than any other app I’ve tried. However, I feel like the app is not nearly as useful as the website if you cannot review your vocabulary unless it is suggesting that it’s time for you to review. I feel like I need some more review, and it’s a bit inconvenient to switch to the computer to keep reviewing when I finish the suggested review. \\n\\nOther than that, however, is a fantastic app. I’m learning quickly and efficiently, and I can’t recommend it enough!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'camdoll',\n",
       "  'title': 'Easy to Learn'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 16, 22, 12, 21),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17350822,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we would like to thank you for your amazing review. We are really happy to know you have enjoyed Babbel this much while learning a new language. Keep up the great work. We wish you best of luck with your studies! 😊',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-18T10:30:40Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'As an over 70 year old, I’ve discovered that stretching my mind with learning a Language is not only fun, but has increased my memory and it’s not so difficult to come up with the words I’m looking for when talking. A big problem for us oldies. \\nI went to a lecture on the human brain and learned that we need to actually make our brains hurt, by really thinking hard, to restart and reconnect neurons. They also recommended exercise along with this. Love this app. Just 15 minutes a day is enough, I found trying to do more is counterproductive for me.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dodi 721',\n",
       "  'title': 'Babbel for oldies'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 13, 1, 52),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4272654,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, thank you for your detailed review and for sharing your feedback. I will pass on your suggestions to the appropriate team. For now, please keep up the great work! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-07-17T11:36:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I love the app. I tried to learn French in high school but that was a total failure. This is so repetitive that things really stick. I love how you practice speaking, writing and all the different categories. The only things I wish I could do is when it asks for you to speak if you could hear it again to be able to test you pronouncing it. Also, I wish there was an area to see all the courses you downloaded, instead of having to search in each section for them, and knowing what level of course it is before you download.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'lblairbg',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love it'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 18, 7, 16, 49),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 6959305,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks for sharing your review here. You can remove words from your review manager if that helps, feel free to try it out in our web version. We've noted your feedback about the frequency of the words as well about offering you more specific feedback. Please make sure to also check out our special courses, it helps you add more variety to your daily routine. :) Best wishes!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-01-22T14:34:35Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is a great app for getting started with a language. It teaches grammar at a good pace and let’s you pick supplementary lessons on vocab and phrases based on the subject matter which is nice. \\n\\nBut, once you’ve been using it for a while, the integrated review section gets VERY cluttered. I might sit down to do some review and have it review the same word within the exact same context two or three times in 20 or 30 items. When that gets stacked sometimes I am only getting useful review out of 20-30% of the prompts. \\n\\nAdditionally, the in depth lessons don’t really provide any feedback. It’ll have you say lines and listen to them or write a text and then read an example but it doesn’t point out how you can improve. I know my pronunciation is not excellent, but the speaking practice that they give won’t help me with that. \\n\\nTl;dr: this app is good for a month’s intensive introduction to get to a lower intermediate level, but then it’s not so effective.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'CirdanTheShipwright',\n",
       "  'title': 'Great at first but could use some help'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 8, 2, 30, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3409302,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, could you please get in touch via support@babbel.com with your Babbel email address so we can take a look into this for you?',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-05-09T11:41:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This is been my first day using the app, and I’ve already run into an issue that is stop me from using certain lessons. Using an iPad Pro, the lessons that have you fill in blanks in sentences has the keyboard sitting on top of the sentences obstructing them and you’re not able to scroll them into view. This makes it basically impossible to fill out the lesson. There does not appear to be a way to hide the keyboard nor can you change into portrait to reveal more of the sentence so you can see what’s going on. As a first day user this is a big enough issue that I can’t justify buying any subscriptions for this app and makes me immediately want to go back to using other language apps.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Aphlux9',\n",
       "  'title': 'iPad bug makes some lessons unusable'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 1, 17, 57, 32),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3284099,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hey - thanks for your review. We try to make it obvious that subscriptions are just for one language each, if you've recently purchased something and then changed your mind, you can easily get a refund within 14 days. Please send us an email at support@babbel.com and we'll take a look at your account for you.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-27T13:52:31Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I wanted the full version for Portuguese while I have a Brazilian living in our house for a year. I thought while I’m signing up I’ll get Spanish too. The pricing made it sound like it was a monthly service that was discounted if you signed up for a year AND that you could have multiple languages. Not the case. $120 charged to my card and customer service does not answer calls and only sends automatically generated emails telling me I have to deal with Apple. Product may be great but is expensive, not transparent with pricing charges and customer service is terrible.\\n\\nThanks for the response. When I asked for a refund 1 day after purchase before I used the app, I was told to contact Apple in an automatically generated email. I’ll leave my rating as is.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mcheskin',\n",
       "  'title': '$60 for each language'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 21, 4, 34, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28191394,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, thanks for sharing your ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review here. We're thrilled you're enjoying learning with Babbel. Be proud of your achievements! 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-22T11:02:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve used a lot of language learning apps and I must say, this one’s the BEST! It includes longer phrases and conversations, short fill-in-the-blanks, and you can choose the type of review you want to focus on (speaking, listening, writing). I also like that it places you at various levels based on real-world situations (Can you watch a TV series or have a political conversation in the language you are learning). The lifetime option is a great deal! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'everything you need from a language learning app',\n",
       "  'userName': 'megaweenie'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 4, 13, 6, 3, 10),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35998939,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-04-17T10:05:59Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I just left Duolingo because I wanted an app where I could get a lifetime subscription to learn multiple languages. With that being said, I do enjoy how the interface of the app is and how the lessons are. The only thing I would add to it, is friends and XP. I enjoy that part of Duolingo because it adds a competitive edge to it. Other than that I find it to be very useful  and I really love the fact that there are live classes. This is especially useful because now I don’t need to pay a ridiculous amount of money to learn Spanish at the college.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good so far',\n",
       "  'userName': 'jermcliff'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 4, 19, 38, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24353427,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-06T09:55:20Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Just started to learn French and this has been a great app so far.  Everything else I have tried was very child like and didn’t really think I was learning the way i should be learning a new language.  I can already tell with this app that they want you be to be able to go to another county and speak the language.  You learn in a way that is easy and also in a way that will stick with you and be very helpful in situations.  I am currently on the 6o min a day and so far so good.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning French',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Walker Texas Ranger 74536'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 28, 22, 26, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16280020,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for your review! I've passed along your feedback regarding the speed of audio in our lessons. You can also access the ß character by holding down the s on your keyboard for a second or two. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at support@babbel.com. :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-29T09:13:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have been learning German for a month. I like the pace and format used. Occasionally, a word is repeated so fast that as a beginner it is hard to understand. On my iPhone keyboard I do not have the German double “s” symbol such as in the word “groß “ so when I have to spell a word with that symbol I always get it wrong. \\nOverall I like the pace and format used.\\n\\nIt is getting much harder now and the pace is faster and more difficult. I am struggling to keep up but I will not give up even though I am making many mistakes. I like the challenge.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning German with Babbel',\n",
       "  'userName': 'delhb'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 28, 23, 14, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21946628,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for your honest review. We're always keen to hear real experiences from the Babbel community, and I've passed along your comments to the relevant team. If you do have any questions about Babbel, and how to get the best from the experience, just write to us at support@babbel.com, and our friendly customer service team will be happy to help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-30T10:05:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The lessons I had when I first started using this app were fantastic.  Challenging but very engaging and I enjoyed using it and made sure to complete a lesson every day!  But then when I got through all of the first levels, I got stuck in a vocabulary section that is both mind-numbing and never ending.  It doesn’t hold my attention and it is no longer teaching me in a way that I will retain the information.  I don’t know what changed or why but I think I’m going to give up on the app now which is a shame because I thought it was so great in the beginning but I just can’t figure out how to move past this awful vocab section.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Starts out strong then fades',\n",
       "  'userName': '2189k'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 16, 21, 31, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19199625,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. Of course, learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. If you purchase a subscription and then choose to cancel within 20 days of purchase, just send us an email and we will assist you refund the payment.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-18T18:29:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I cannot even give you one star. There is no instruction. There is no entrance material before a lesson. You just start asking questions about words that have NEVER been introduced. HOW IS THIS LEARNING?? This is supposed to encourage me to look farther for an answer?? Where? You are the source. I cannot go back and see what I have gotten wrong, the only choice is to start a lesson over .... and get the same questions wrong. You people are clueless. How many success stories do you have ???? There is no success here, only frustration and failure. I tried to use the Nickname “Big Mistake”, but it was already taken ... I wonder why????\\n   Only happy campers in your reviews. 🧐\\n\\nThere are about two dozen words in my review vocabulary. Is “Son” on that list? There has been a question where that is the answer. The word was never introduced. Is “Sois” on that list?? No! Same thing, there was a lesson where Sois is the correct answer but the word was never introduced...... that is supposed to make me search for an answer 🕵🏻🧞\\u200d♀️🧞\\u200d♀️🧞\\u200d♀️\\nI better just 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻\\n    So you are more the “dollar store” model of Spanish learning. I see Fluenz is over $300.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I’ll rate you.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Big Mistake 25'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 2, 22, 15, 44, 47),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7474651,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, we are glad we have been with you in your learning process. We are sure that you will have complete domain of Spanish sooner than you expected; you a double motivation, our app and your date ;) Keep up the good work and... ¡Ánimo con tu aprendizaje!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-02-26T13:19:14Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve gone on immersion trips to Mexico and Spain to learn Spanish. But I’ve started dating a woman whose first language is Spanish, so I got this app to bone up. I’m glad I did. The app is fun to use. The lessons are quick and the method they use of listening, repeating, writing, picking from lists, and providing detailed pop ups to explain quirky aspects in the language are right for me. I enjoy using it. I haven’t tried any other language programs so I can’t compare it with others, but it was my first app experience for language learning and I am more than happy with it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Fabulous App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Celticthinker'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 6, 2, 46, 36),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15128994,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for your review. We've noted your feedback and are working on making our lessons more inclusive. Best wishes :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-06T10:49:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I just started using Babel to learn French for a planned trip to France.  I find most of it very helpful especially the speaking and the flash cards or matching the photo to the phrases.  I find that most of the phrases will actually be very helpful when traveling.\\n\\nI am dyslexic  and find having to write in French VERY challenging so much so I just “tab” through the parts where I have to write in French making my score at the end of the section very low and it’s very discouraging.  If the writing in French could be turned off I would feel far more successful.  Right now it just makes me feel very inferior.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great but...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Summer from Wa'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 4, 13, 23, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15105515,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-05T14:42:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Terrible explanations and no hint or help button so you can re-read what you’re meant to do.\\nThis throws you right in the deep end and I’m regretting that I didn’t go with Rosetta Stone.\\nI tried both free versions to make my decision and this one seemed like it would be the one that I could best learn from. Once past the free stuff though it completely changed the learning technique but I didn’t know that until I’d paid!\\nGuess I’ll go spend more money I don’t have because of being unemployed from Covid-19 and get the Rosetta Stone app.\\nVery disappointed and so early on as well!\\n\\nEdit:- 5/4/20. Still very confusing. There is no order in which to take the course, there appears to be several different new comer courses. I wish it would just start you at newcomer and stay in that until you complete the course step by step.\\nI have to search everything to find which lesson or course I’m in and by the time I do that I’m frustrated and can’t be bothered!\\nI go from saying hello etc to masculine verbs whatever the hell that is and they, we, he, she, formal, informal...... now I’m just going to throw my phone and go do something else!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Very confusing',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Entinc'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 27, 22, 28, 28),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 14958960,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Thank you for sharing your feedback here. It would help us if you could share specific details on the course you were taking along with your Babbel email at support@babbel.com, so that we can investigate a bit further and make the necessary improvements. Best wishes!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-04-28T07:22:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I was really hopeful that this wasn’t just marketing making me think it was better than it really was. It started out okay, but it is so dry, and several of the voice samples are so hard to understand, and it’s so overall boring, that each week I found it harder to force myself to do even one lesson. Within a month or so, it became a chore that I absolutely dreaded until I couldn’t take it anymore. I am sure it might be okay at teaching you the basics of a language, but it is so unpalatable that it doesn’t really matter how good it actually is. It’s only going to maybe do you any good if you actually use it, and if bringing yourself to use it is like pulling teeth, you are quickly going to stop using it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Okay, but...',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Brainscatters'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 10, 17, 7, 40),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10121748,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, many thanks for your positive review! 😊 It's great to hear that you're enjoying our style of learning. Also, thanks for your feedback about the speech portion, I've passed this onto our development team. For now, keep up the great work!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-12T08:27:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have gone through so many different apps to try to advance my French, & this was the one that got me. What’s different about this app is that it gives you the “Why” of things. You aren’t just expected to learn phrases; the app will break down everything in detail and explain why everything is, how to pronounce things better, native tips, & so many other things. It is a little pricey, but well worth it. The only other downside is that the speech portion portion of the app doesn’t always work out that well.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best Language Learning App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'J_steaks'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 1, 3, 52, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4514465,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, please could you send an email to support@babbel.com with your Babbel email address so that we can take a look into this for you? Many thanks.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-08-03T13:31:31Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Zipped right through the first beginners German lesson, then was asked to match the correct term with... but the corrections were apparently grayed out and there was no option to skip, go to the next, ONLY START OVER only to get to the same point three times before giving up. Either there’s a glitch or I am not using it correctly. I always assume ‘operator error’ but have no idea what to do to get to the next lesson. \\n\\nAs I am unable to make the app work at all, I would give it  a negative five stars not a one star.\\n\\nIf the geeks can or explain to this 75 yo how this works, I want my money back and will just delete the app. You have my email and a three month charge that I will have AMX take back in 24 hours if I don’t get an email with instructions not a response to this here.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'What’s wrong?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'stop regecting'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 23, 22, 8, 50),\n",
       "  'review': \"I don't know how this app could get such high ratings. Don't waste your money. Got this exclusively to learn Spanish to keep up with my daughter who is a Spanish major. I was convinced it would be right by an NPR ad and the ratings. When I saw the ratings, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to get the yearly sub and brush up on my French, too. I struggled for weeks on just the Spanish  beginner course 1. Didn't get even 9 lessons in. The app expected me to know the spelling of words they hadn't even taught me yet and showed me in a 3-second screen shot. I showed it to my daughter who has taken years of since middle school and she thought it's method was nuts. I don't expect the French lessons are going to be any better. Going with Duolingo instead. Hope I can get my money back.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Spanish lessons are the worst',\n",
       "  'userName': 'onetech-cc'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 7, 26, 14, 51, 20),\n",
       "  'review': 'I am fairly new to babbel but their review material is frustrating. 1) You have the option to review material 4 distinct ways, but once you pick a method and complete it, you CANNOT. Return to the review options a choose another format.2) there are many useful \\nConversational phrases in the practice dialogues that are not listed anywhere and the app doesn’t allow flipping back to review the conversations ( or at least I haven’t figured it out) 3) the ability to be able to review the grammar lessons would be helpful. i.e.the times to use soy and estoy, etc.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Review material',\n",
       "  'userName': '2030catlin'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 22, 2, 27, 16),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30518304,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com (mailto:support@babbel.com) with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-06-23T10:30:12Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I took Spanish in high school and have been to Mexico and Spain a few times. I generally know pronunciation. It seems like the speech recognition leaves something to be desired. Even within the same lesson it seems buggy and doesn’t accept some answers period, even with additional tampering with emphasis. Sometimes it just will not accept even simple things like “gracias”… really?  Who knows. It’s a shame because speech is an important part of learning. Still useful to practice without speech. Hopefully it’s a bug and not a feature.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Seems interesting but the speech recognition seems all over the place',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Købhn'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 28, 13, 44, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 28876205,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-03-30T13:39:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I can’t work with this. I just purchased a month to try it, and EVERY exercise is just SO SLOW!!!!!! I’m waiting at least 10-15 seconds in between each and EVERY selection!!!!! \\n\\nLiterally just tried it and it took me 3 times as long as Duolingo because I had to wait to record, wait for feedback, wait for the next one to load, wait for it to register, wait for it to receive my input, wait for it to process it, and then wait for its feedback.\\n\\nHoly crap. I lost my nerve after 3 tries. Seriously. I fly through stuff, and this app is holding me back TREMENDOUSLY. I don’t care how intuitive, accurate, or helpful an app is. If it takes me FOREVER to complete something I know I can do way faster, it’s not worth my time; pun intended.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'SLOWWWWWWWW',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Fjdowbabsnfk'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 20, 23, 19, 20),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19929928,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, we are currently working on increasing our offer. We'd love to add more options to our selection, however, we do care about designing high quality material. We would like to ask you to reconsider your grading as we are confident you can find effective courses in our available languages. Thank you for your patience, regards.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-12-22T11:59:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I got the app wanting to learn Japanese. And was very disappointed when I didn’t see it. It is probably an amazing app, I just think you could add a wider variety of languages. More then just 14. I understand if that’d be to much work. It is probably very hard to find the correct kind of language. But I’d love it if you could do that. I’m sure many other people would be to! Like I said, it would be ok if you didn’t. It’s your app after all. I just think it’d be nice to be able to chose from a wider variety. Thank you either way.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s probably a great app, just doesn’t fit what I was going to learn.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Turtleorelse'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 20, 16, 9, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19321525,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Please, send us an email to support@babbel.com with more details about the issues you are experiencing, we are here to help you :) Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-24T13:09:58Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I like the curriculum and app for the most part, but the speaking tool is very frustrating. First off, I think it’s reading tone and cadence inappropriately, since sometimes I will be saying the phrase correctly but not in the same cadence (my friend fluent in Spanish has confirmed this). And then there’s no way to know what I’m saying wrong for longer sentences. So I end up skipping the speech recognition exercises a lot of the time. But speaking Spanish is the main reason I got the app. I know they just added this feature, so I’m hopeful it’ll improve soon.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great for the most part, but voice recognition is frustrating',\n",
       "  'userName': 'aaronvro'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 5, 12, 21, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17753514,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your feedback with us. Is this is something you'd like us to look into for you, please get in touch at support@babbel.com.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-08T09:06:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using Babbel for about a month. It’s been really good and it has helped me improve my understanding of Spanish. Well worth the subscription fee. But the only problem I run into is the speech recognition. I use Duolingo along side with Babble. Duolingo speech recognition works perfectly. Babble’s speech recognition doesn’t always work. I had the hardest time just getting it to recognize me saying “Uno”. Even when I speak loudly into my phone, it still does not recognize my speech, and it can be very frustrating. Other than that everything else is great.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Really good...but...speech recognition needs work.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MTyreeBurgess'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 14, 23, 33, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 1019646,\n",
       "   'body': 'Thanks for a fantastic review! Happy learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2017-08-15T13:22:16Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I'm really enjoying this app. I like the way it says a sentence aloud and then listens as you repeat it and tells you if you're correct or not. If I need to skip any, it doesn't count against the final score because you still have to identify the words and phrases taught, in print and also by ear. I love that part because it's teaching me to actually listen and be able to recognize what I hear. Pronunciation improves as I go along. It's a cool, fun and effective way to really learn a language, at my own pace because the lessons can be done again and again.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': \"It's Great\",\n",
       "  'userName': 'LadyPinky71'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 14, 16, 39, 39),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29773707,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message and preference. We are glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-16T13:11:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': \"I've learned many languages over the years and until Babbel got the most out of Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur (for the whole language and conversational, respectively). For the few languages currently available on Babbel, it's the best learning approach I've experienced by far. \\n\\nThe frequent short lessons and reviews from many different angles helps me to internalize the language more effectively than any approach other than total immersion. I can't recommend it enough.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best option for certain languages',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Scott-in-OC'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 10, 3, 32, 53),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 4272489,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, a big thank you from the whole Babbel team for your lovely review! We're so pleased to hear that you're enjoying your studies and seeing results. Keep up the amazing work. :)\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-07-17T11:25:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have tried several language apps to help me learn Russian and this one is the winner! The price is reasonable and quite frankly worth every cent. I love that it keeps you reviewing everything you learned so things actually stick! It is simple and easy to do one or several lessons a day. I do think it was helpful for me to already know the Russian alphabet before being the lessons. Definitely give this app a try! I love that it is well designed and not messy with ads everywhere... let’s hope it stays that way! 🙌',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The language app I’ve been looking for',\n",
       "  'userName': 'tibbygirl03'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 22, 23, 8, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21266140,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Esther, this is not possible at the moment but we have taken notes about your feedback. We thank you for this and we are looking forward to add more features that could improve your experience with our and your general learning experience. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-02-24T13:36:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When I practice the speech session, it is very seldom I can pass it.  It always says try again.  It would be so helpful if what i said can be recorded so I can hear myself why I didn’t say it correctly so I can try to say it right.  But now, I just couldn’t get it to sound right and pass each sentence.  I tried and tried to imitating the sound and repeat what it told me to repeat but it just kept telling me to try again. So a lot of time i will just hit the skip button so I can move on..  It would be very awesome if the recording of my own voice can be added!!!! Thanks a lot!!  Other than that. I love this app!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Is there a way I can record myself?',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Esther in MO'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 30, 18, 51, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13221342,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we'd be happy to help you out further with these issues. Could you email us at\\xa0support@babbel.com\\xa0with the email address that your Babbel account is registered to? Many thanks in advance!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-01-31T11:21:52Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am familiar with spanish, and wanted to improe my skills. Love the variety of languages offered, but there is an issue witht eh app, and the screen reader on my phone. With the screen reader, someone who is visually impaired will have to swipe the screen, while we are swiping the app is saying the phrases we need to repeat at the same time. Because of the issue, we can not hear the phrase to repeat. Another issue is taht when it is our turn to hold the button to repeat a phrase, the screen reader can not find the button to hold. Unless you are someone who has full usable vision, there is no other way to use this app. I hope they can fix it, because I would love to learn.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not for the visually impaired/blind',\n",
       "  'userName': 'islandpearl7189'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 1, 23, 7, 20),\n",
       "  'review': 'So I bought a three month subscription to the app to help me catch up on Spanish class because I’m behind. I used the app for a week and thoroughly enjoyed it, it was very good, but I went in today and I clicked on my lesson for today and it said it was locked and to please select a subscription. I already paid $30 to use this app! I really need this but I’m not investing another $30 into this, I’m 13! I’m quite angry about this because this is the best rated language learning app I’ve seen but now I have to pay again? You have got to be kidding me. No one is probably going to see this review though but if you do please help!',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great but my subscriptions gone!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'LaylaGrrl'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 13, 4, 42, 29),\n",
       "  'review': 'I love you, Babbel! I love how I can use my lap top or my iPad to check in with you every day, several times a day. I love how easy it is to review the vocabulary, or re-do a lesson as often as I feel I need to. I love the obviously native speakers pronouncing everything over and over again. I love how I am challenged to spell what I am learning. I love the grammar segment that pause to teach me syntax and letter sounds! How would I learn these sounds confidently from just a textbook? I have waited for Norwegian lessons through a program like this for years! Thank you, Babbel!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Jeg elsker deg, Babbel!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'TheSnackLady'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 9, 15, 28, 28),\n",
       "  'review': 'I’m actually enjoying this app, and appear to be learning!  I would suggest a couple of tweaks, however (Note;  I am still on the beginner level)\\n\\nI like that grammar is not spoon-fed, but demonstrated, allowing the user to connect the dots.  However, nowhere are these grammatical rules listed in case one wanted to review them.  Similarly, the glossary lists words and phrases used throughout the lesson, but nowhere can one look up the conjugation of a specific verb.\\n\\nFor those of us with less-than-photographic memories, an expanded vocabulary and grammar list would be a nice addition.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Best I’ve come across, but some room for improvement',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bizzwire'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 11, 10, 52, 5),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 3111348,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there. Thanks for your review and kind words!\\nYou can skip to more advanced courses, no need to complete all Beginner's lessons! :)\\nAlso, please make sure your display language is the same on app and web (if you have US English on mobile and British English on web, your lessons won't synch properly).\\nFeel free to contact us at support@babbel.com if you need further help!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2018-04-12T08:25:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Wherever you turn and try to speak German to Natives, when they hear accent they turn to English. UGH.\\nThis app is good, I like the flow of material but two things: test on the beginning to direct to right content, not to repeat unnecessary stuff you had already done; Second, sync between devices - walking outside I’m using a phone version and go through a few classes a day, then come home and want to do a few more, and it shows I have completed XYZ but make me to go through those XYZ again, like an ugly teacher, who says, yeah, we already did that, but you gotta make this again! LOL!',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Living in Berlin',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MaciekPlusde'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 30, 2, 30, 24),\n",
       "  'review': \"Great app over all but I have a couple issues. 1 it seems to learn  you things you don't need to know right away like he is retired or one beer please (which is always important) as opposed to introducing your self etc.  2 the review system is not very good it only reviews the things you got wrong in previous lessons it would be great to be able to do a random review of all the lessons to keep your memory fresh. I am learning Russian just for the heck of it and I don't have many Russians to talk to so having a good review would be great other than that it is a great app and for the price you can't beat it.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Alwats2017'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 12, 18, 43, 6),\n",
       "  'review': 'So it’s great. Sometimes a little frustrated because I have a hard time with the keyboard? My fingers may be too big but I wrote this with only one spelling mistake I had to go back and fix... so maybe it’s a bit sensitive? I’m learning German and just figured out I need to LIGHTLY PRESS for ä, ö, ü, ë but that’s my fault. I make easy spelling mistakes because of the keyboard problem. Other then that I can’t wait to get into more advance sentence structure. Way better then learning in a class. Very well reinforced. Danke schön Babbel!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Finished with first beginner course and won’t turn back',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Superman011!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 5, 21, 10, 8, 57),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29912614,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, Thanks for reaching out to us. This is not the kind of experience we strive to provide to our learners. Can you please contact our support team at support@babbel.com one more time? Please send us an email with your email address linked to Babbel so we can have a closer look into this. We are looking forward to hearing from you!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-05-23T13:25:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app tells you you’re saying things incorrectly when you’re not. I’m practicing português, my husbands first language is português, and it even tells him he’s saying something as simple as “um” incorrectly. I’ve tried reaching out to support where they told me to update it so I did and it didn’t make the slightest difference. I wish I didn’t pay for a years subscription, but it was slightly less priced for a limited time and I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Frustrating',\n",
       "  'userName': 'CUNextTuesday1234567890'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 15, 21, 41, 55),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 34336226,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-01-17T13:50:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Have been using Babbel for more than 2 years now. It won’t make you fluent but it will help you reach and maintain a reasonable level - more than enough to get by when traveling if you put in the effort. The extras such as the audiobooks are a nice touch and overall it feels much more professional/made for adults than many of the competitors.\\nCould use a fast toggle option to switch between languages if you’re learning more than one though! Doing it via the settings every time is pretty tedious.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Worth the money',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Inconsistent46'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 19, 18, 2, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 18018905,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Carolita, thanks for your great review and best of luck with your continuing studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-09-22T08:58:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve alternated between different language learning apps over the years. I’m using Babbel in conjunction in 2 other apps and it by far keeps me the most engaged. I’ve been trying to learn French for years and my biggest issue was pronunciation. What was the use of me learning grammar if I was too embarrassed by my mispronunciations. Lessons on babbel are a nice mix of speaking, listening, grammar etc. Easy to use and would recommend! I paid for 3 months and definitely think I’ll extend to 1 year',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great App',\n",
       "  'userName': 'CarolitaP'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 23, 15, 0, 42),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29379602,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. We have taken note of your comments and forwarded it to our team. We are always working on improvements. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to improve the audio feature as soon as possible. Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-25T12:50:53Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app has portion of functionality of my old program that i used on pc 10 years ago(which was free, lol)\\nThings i liked:\\n- It’s on my phone and i can practice any time\\n- some of the Un Dia en Español episodes were actually pretty good\\nThings i did not like:\\n-terrible voice recognition \\n- a lot of fairly useless lessons with words/frases used very situationally. \\n- after using an app daily for 6 months level of Spanish is still very poor. No proper introduction to basics, materials are all over the place. \\nGlue words and core verbs/nouns/adjectives are amended for very specific cultural items. \\n- some voice over people are repulsive, i wish there was a choice of voice. \\n- app glitches, freezes, not a lot but it does happen occasionally.\\n- oh yes and you have to pay for this beautiful app as a subscription, as soon as you stop your progress out of the window. \\nYou will probably get much better with a basic Spanish grammar book plus exercises and watching Netflix in Spanish.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Don’t understand what is all the hype about',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Llyrikk'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 12, 13, 20, 6, 31),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 33744070,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-12-15T13:46:36Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used another app for a long time (I won’t say which, but they have an owl for a mascot!) and have been using Babbel for a few months. What a difference! I love the variety in the lessons and subjects and I also am very grateful for the explanations. The consistent reviewing is very helpful too. Maybe others can learn a language just by using it, without knowing why something is right or wrong, but I’m not like that. I want to know how things are supposed to be and why.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Excellent, excellent, excellent',\n",
       "  'userName': 'NotExiled'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 19, 2, 20, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17398632,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we are currently working on increasing our offer. We'd love to add more options to our selection, however, we do care about designing high quality material. We would like to ask you to reconsider your grading as we are confident you can find effective courses in our available languages. Thank you for your patience and support, regards.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-20T10:37:03Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'While I think the app is designed very well, I was very disappointed to see that Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) is not a language option. Mandarin Chinese is the second most popular language in the world and is spoken by over 1.1 billion people. It is frankly disappointing that it is not even an option. Yet Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, and Turkish are offered and they are not even in the top ten spoken languages of the world. It is great that there are a variety of Ingushes taught but they mostly cater to the Western world. I hope that Mandarin will become an option in the future as well as other popular languages like Hindi. I have heard such great things about this app only to be disappointed by the lack of inclusivity.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Disappointed',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Reese200620'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 7, 15, 12, 53, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9684890,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your review. We've noted your request for the option to repeat the audio before moving on. We've also passed on your feedback about the conversational language in the Spanish course to our developers, who are happy to receive your ideas.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-07-16T10:21:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Definitely helpful, but would not have paid full price (took advantage of July 4th sale). 1) some screens move to the next immediately once I submit an answer and I don’t have time to review what I just did. It would help to retain the info if I could see what I did right/wrong and have the opportunity to say it aloud again. 2) I work with >75% Spanish speaking patient population (mostly from Mexico, Guatemala), and we have interpreters in person with us. I’m finding that the conversational language learned from Babbel is a bit more formal than what I’m hearing at work.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but prefer some changes',\n",
       "  'userName': 'PennyInKY'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 6, 14, 14, 3, 22),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 37159825,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for reaching out to us and bringing this to our attention. Please contact support@babbel.com 🙂️ We're happy to investigate and to assist you further!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-06-16T10:14:23Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Every time I use this particular app I have to restore my purchases because it acts like I don’t have a membership, even though I signed up for six month membership. Every time I have to go to settings scroll down and hit restore purchases. It’s very challenging because I had to try many different ways to figure out. This is the way it works for a very long time. I didn’t use it because I thought it would only work on one device. Once I’m in the app actually really like it. My husband has no problem whatsoever on his cause he order directly through Babbel so I’m not really sure why mine is different. Just want people to be careful.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Be careful ordering through an app that’s not directly Babbel',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Deboforreal'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 8, 5, 14, 59),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25614793,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, we are currently working on increasing our offer. We'd love to add more options to our selection, however, we do care about designing high quality material. We would like to ask you to reconsider your grading as we are confident you can find effective courses in our available languages. Thank you for your patience, regards.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-10-11T12:57:28Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'i love this app a lot. i downloaded this app to see what it was like. i’m currently learning korean and was sad to see they didn’t have it. i was doing some spanish lessons since i took it in school and had lots of fun jogging my memory. i didn’t use all the features but for the most part i liked it a lot and it’s very easy to use. i would love to see more languages added to this app. me personally would love to see an asian language. if korean is ever added i will one hundred and 10 percent download this app again and use it as a study tool',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'MORE LANGUAGES PLZ',\n",
       "  'userName': 'lexi0-0'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 7, 21, 35, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 20319812,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-01-11T13:55:10Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used to use Duolingo but it wasn’t helping too much. It was more focused on vocabulary than grammar. I never really learned to communicate with other people. So far I really like Babble. It tells you new words and then puts them into sentences that would be useful to know. With Duolingo the sentences were very random. The only reason I gave the  four stars is because there aren’t enough languages. I am half Latino and I wanted to finally learn Spanish. Spanish is available, but after I became fluent or close I wanted to try and learn Korean and that’s not available. Overall this is a really good app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Pretty Good',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Unicorn Master!!!!!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 8, 18, 32, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 15243217,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning! :)',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-05-11T13:54:26Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I used to learn French on Duolingo, but the owl pretty much freaked me out with “Practice every single frickin’ day!” So stressful! Babbel is an awesome app that doesn’t pressure you to do it constantly: it has a calendar of what your progress is and what you did recently, and while it helps nudge you do practice or review some words, it lets you do it on your own time. It’s lessons and review makes sure I learn the language, and have it stick in my head, rather than forgetting after I don’t practice for a day or two. Thank you, Babbel!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Better than Duolingo',\n",
       "  'userName': '#book_lover'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 3, 18, 29, 1),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 17076128,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-08-04T13:23:17Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'In many cases, e.g., dialogue completion, I cannot use my iOS Bluetooth keyboard; this is an undesired change.\\n\\nAlso, in the review component, it used to tell me how many out of ten I got correct.  Then it told me which ones I correctly answered and which I incorrectly answered (this was the best).  Now, it is not good at all and tells me only which ones I got correct (which I would have to manually count to see how many out of ten), and does not list those I missed.  Perhaps they’re trying to make me feel good by not telling me what I did wrong, but this is entirely unhelpful for learning and ridiculous.  I need information, not coddling.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Good but problems with new version',\n",
       "  'userName': 'whubbla'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 8, 25, 15, 19, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10353458,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, thanks for your review- this is really great to hear. Have fun with your continuing studies!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-08-26T10:05:22Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have a learning disability as well as ADD and it’s usually VERY difficult for me to learn new things even though I REALLY want to learn. I tried Rosetta Stone and I ended up getting very frustrated and quitting. I know you’re probably hoping to find a free alternative to language learning like me but this is worth it I promise! It’s second best to a professional teaching you and I’d go as far to say it’s better. You can do it all at your own pace, it’s very fun. Still frustrating like learning a new language but fun nonetheless.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Helps for people with learning disabilities',\n",
       "  'userName': '💋🔪Horrorfanatic'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 3, 4, 20, 44, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13876664,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you so much for your message. We are glad to know you have had a good experience so far with Babbel. We have noted your remarks so we can consider that for the next releases; all feedback is important to us so we can be the perfect app for you :) Keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-03-05T14:23:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is great for learning a new language. I’ve tried and used other apps, free ones, and spending the little bit of money really makes a difference. The accents are easier to listen too and there is more variety in them. \\n\\nA suggestion for the next update that would really make it superb in my opinion is to utilize the screen size of the mobile device it is being used on. It would make it easier for the visually impaired to see, and for people like me with bigger thumbs. A couple of times I’ve given wrong answers because I just missed it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great language app',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Idhart'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 9, 24, 12, 18, 40),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 10885623,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thanks for sharing your feedback. If you've sent an email to our help centre, you should receive a reply within 48 hours. Regarding your feedback on our review feature, you can submit your idea on our Wishboard, where you can also vote and comment on other people’s ideas or make new suggestions. https://wishboard.babbel.com/. Please note that you need to have a registered Babbel account to do so.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-09-25T10:35:09Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When I first signed up, it worked well. I struggle to remember what I learned but there are options for reviewing vocabulary. I’d also like some options to review the grammatical points. Those are thrown in as quick little pop-up and are easy to forget. Also I’d like an option to review the verbs and their conjugations. They just don’t always stick for me. \\n\\nHowever, the app has been buggy for me for the last couple of weeks. I’m still paying a monthly fee but can’t move forward in my learning. I can’t even review. I’ve sent a message to Help in the app and hope they will be able to resolve the issue quickly.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Buggy',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Aphillipterp'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 11, 30, 2, 43, 26),\n",
       "  'review': 'My favorite app to date for language learning. Challenging enough to raise you to a higher level of mental activity, yet graduated enough that it won’t leave you behind. That, to me, represents good balance. Don’t be frustrated if your microphone doesn’t seem to be hearing you as you hear yourself, but appreciate the forced repetition of words and sounds that require that level of repetition. I probably should have rated it 5 stars, but was hoping to leave room for some improvement... even though I can’t think of anything.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning Italian',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Ntrade'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 13, 1, 53, 43),\n",
       "  'review': 'So I’m trying to sign up and time after time it’s not working. Finally I get all my information to work. Then they want a credit card. Well that’s no surprise! But I’m sick and tired of these apps wanting money after they say they are free. So I try to enter my CC number and it won’t go through! Next I get an email from my CC for fraud alert, asking me to call immediately. So I do but in true fashion I can’t understand the accent the person is speaking in. So no my CC is probably shut off and might have to get a new one. Well I deleted the app. Great! Learned nothing but got a boatload of stress and still dealing with the stress. Have to call the CC company back tomorrow in hopes to get someone I can understand and hope that my credit card hasn’t been canceled. Thanks Babbel!!!',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Awful',\n",
       "  'userName': '2Boxersmom'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 11, 4, 15, 2, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26143901,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to assist you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-11-08T13:04:40Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been using another language learning app and had hit a plateau and stayed there for months. The incorrect mistakes it was showing along with other errors were beyond discouraging and the format is just odd to me. Babbel has been incredible! I wake up wanting to learn and haven’t yet needed a daily reminder to do my lesson. I’ve also been eager to go beyond my minimum lesson time each day. I’m super excited for this learning experience and have already learned so much!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Loving this!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'SheaNeanPhoto'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 18, 23, 45, 2),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26945328,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Frank, thank you for your message. We are sorry to read that your experience with Babbel was not as expected. We have noted your comments and will take this feedback into account to be a better app in the future. Is there something else in particular that we can help you with? Please let us know via support@babbel.com, our team will kindly follow up with you on this. Kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-20T13:27:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Maybe it’s because I haven’t yet learned another language, my style (to be honest, it’s amazing to me people can learn languages somehow), or the app isn’t geared to people who are monolingual.\\n\\nThe difficulty ramps up quickly and I’m needing to either random click through questions I have no idea about or re-do prior modules. \\n\\nThe most baffling are the questions where an entire conversation is played and then asked questions about what was discussed. We’ve been provided so far with a handful of vocabulary, and we need to answer questions from a long conversation? I don’t get it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Beginner courses and lost',\n",
       "  'userName': 'BurtonFrank'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 26, 16, 38, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16313689,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel, we are glad that our team was responsive, we truly appreciate your patience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-06-30T13:33:15Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I originally wrote a disgruntled review of the upadate to the platform. I have had great success with it and we surprised by the changes. There were some bugs that have been worked out and customer service did return my enquiry with assistance. I still wish I can use my keyboard as before through some of the lessons and the font size could return to it’s original size. I will say that the product is the best I found for on-line learning.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'New changes will work',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kiki Kaboodle'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 8, 17, 56, 58),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 22722444,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello, We're always working to improve our user experience. Learning a new language is a subjective procedure, and different methods work for each person. Please contact us at support@babbel.com so we can help you find the right lessons, or if you still would like to... cancel your subscription. Kind regards\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-05-10T13:11:27Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'If you don’t already know some Spanish (which I do) you will not know some of the things the lessons are talking about - especially vocabulary. Sometimes it doesn’t explain until after you’ve gotten an answer right or wrong. Also, I can say something exactly as the people on the recording and it will be marked wrong. Finally, I selected Central American Spanish so I could talk better with our neighbors and others in the community. But the app frequently refers to Mexican traditions, places, foods, etc. if I hear pozole one more time, I’ll scream. I just expected more from Babble. I’m currently looking for a way to cancel my subscription. I guess I’ll try the website and see if I can cancel that way.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Not impressed',\n",
       "  'userName': 'MamasitaM'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 12, 15, 3, 56, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19852647,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi Mirahni, thank you for your message. Actually, it does mean \"to drink\" and \"to take\" as well. As a language learner, you know there are several ways of using words and some may have different meaning according to the context and connotation. \"To take\" can be translated as \"para tomar\", or you can say \"para coger\" as well. \"To drink\" could have other options which include \"tomar\" or \"beber\". These words are accurate, so you can rest assure :) It would be nice if you could reconsider your review grade as this is indeed correct. Thank you and kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-12-18T11:02:30Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve been learning Spanish through this app for a few days now and it’s been going well I’m learning fairly quickly. But today I ran across an error in the material which makes me question the entire app because i don’t know how many words I’ve learned that were not accurate. The app stated “para tomar” means “to drink” but it doesn’t, it means to take. I just so happened to catch it because I have another study sheet that I use as well while I’m on the app. Has anyone else come across this kind of hiccups? I’m really concerned about the amount of words I did not catch and how many were not accurate.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'I’m not so sure about this app....',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mirahni'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 26, 1, 17, 41),\n",
       "  'review': \"There are quite a few free apps that I've tried, but it is absolutely worth paying for a subscription to Babbel. I got through quite a bit of the Russian course, and loved it. A lot of issues I've had with other apps is that they don't teach foreign alphabets anywhere in the course. I was already familiar with the Russian alphabet, but I greatly appreciated how Babbel integrated learning Cyrillic. \\nI've been looking for a good Arabic course for a long time and can't find anything adequate.  Please make one for me, Babbel. I'd really, really appreciate it.\",\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': \"Best I've found\",\n",
       "  'userName': 'Kzeller'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 18, 10, 21, 18),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12462529,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for your review. We're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. If you don't want to do the Grammar courses you can just skip them and continue with the dialogues. If you do need more help with this or would like to send us your suggestion - please send us a quick email to support@babbel.com 🙂 We'd love to hear from you!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-18T09:16:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have heard wonderful things about this program but for me the program so far is very dry and very boring. It feels like I’m taking tests rather than making it fun and enjoyable to learn.  \\n\\nMy biggest complaint is there doesn’t seem to be an option to turn off the verb form of VOSOTROS.  I didn’t realize there is no option to switch to Latin American Spanish (I’m wanting to stay with Mexican Spanish.)\\n\\nOverall, I would save your money.  They program will make learning feel like work instead of being excited to acquire your new skill.  \\n\\nI am starting to feel the best way to learn Spanish is listen and repeat.  Is that not how we all learned our native language?  Grammar is boring.  I haven’t meant a single native Spanish speaker who learned grammar first then how to speak.  \\n\\nI want to learn how to SPEAK first then I can worry about grammar, later.  \\n\\nI have met so many people who can conjugate their verbs but can not even form a simple sentence together and slaughter pronouncing the vowels.  \\n\\nBut if all you want to be able to do is order coffee or a margarita I suppose your find that here.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'I should have only paid for a month.',\n",
       "  'userName': 'J.R.Cardenas'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 1, 17, 19, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 12211525,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Regarding your remarks, we have noted them and we hope we can offer you a better experience in future releases. We appreciate your kind feedback, kind regards.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-04T15:23:41Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is ok. It is very slowly paced, which is annoying. So far I see no benefit over the free Duo Lingo app. Plus the emphasis on spelling is fine and all but don’t count my answer wrong because I missed an extra r. I want to learn a language not teach it. It also has a hard time hearing my dictation. Marks my recitation as wrong when it’s correct. After several tries I just give up. This is unfortunate because I paid to better SPEAK Italian not read it. Duo Lingo is superior for reading a language. They also need to allow incorporation of iPhone tools like the solid press of the space bar to correct typos without retyping the entire word. \\nShould be a free app with a premium option.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'S. L. O. W. & account for spelling errors please',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Dgordon11'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 28, 8, 16, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 19493290,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-12-02T14:19:48Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'This app functions much like a textbook the way it organizes necessary grammar and vocabulary in small, easy to learn, and most importantly practical pieces of information. Very much like having a private tutor guide you through the language and practice conversation with you. I think Babbel’s greatest strengths is providing a curated path through the language while focusing on conversation as opposed to vocabulary and rote memorization. Highly recommend for anyone learning language on their own and who can’t attend a class or afford a private tutor.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'A Streamlined Textbook',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Mr.Stradivarius'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 18, 2, 48, 56),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25208003,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-20T12:58:37Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I’ve used Babbel previously and knew there was something I didn’t like. And this was it. I do t like having to spell each word out. I don’t think it is helpful if you want to listen and speak to have to spell out words such as “apartment” leilighet   It is a difficult word to spell and doesn’t help to spend precious time selecting the correct letters. If you know the word and know what it sounds like, do you really need to know how to spell it? Maybe if you are doing business. But for me, I will never write the language, so not important.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Norwegian',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Moonstruck1219'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 28, 14, 21, 51),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 16955729,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel and that our app has helped you in your path. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-07-29T12:36:45Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Babel feels like you are learning languages in a classroom setting. The lessons make sense, things that might be confusing are explained, and most importantly: you start from square one. I have Duolingo and have used it for a little while and I’ve noticed that when I start a new language on there, it feels like being thrown into a pit of lions. Haha okay maybe a little bit exaggerated but it is very overwhelming. I definitely recommend Babel to anyone looking to learn a new language especially for the great price.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'Great Language Learning App!',\n",
       "  'userName': 'A.McFadden'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 15, 16, 29, 18),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 13558142,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Candide, thank you so much for your great review! This is amazing to hear, and we're so glad that you enjoy our product. Here's to learning more languages!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-02-18T12:45:00Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I absolutely love Babbel. It works better for me than Duolingo because it balances out the intuitive learning with bite sized grammar explanations and exercises that you don’t really get in a structured way on duolingo. The lessons are just the right size to be challenging but not overwhelming, the dialogues are interesting- never condescending like some language courses that make you feel infantilized- and the reviews very helpful. I am now speaking German at an intermediate level and plan to keep using Babbel to learn more languages after I’m fluent.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'title': 'The best language app there is',\n",
       "  'userName': 'Candide in Ohio'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 19, 12, 12, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9206799,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, every first lesson of every course is free. You only pay for full access. To cancel your subscription with Apple, please see the following instructions:\\n\\nOpen the iTunes store and scroll down to your Apple ID\\nView Apple ID\\nTap Subscriptions\\nTap the Babbel Subscription\\nTap unsubscribe\\n\\nCourse fees cover things like web hosting, materials development, and for our developers to make Babbel even better.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-06-17T12:37:33Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I downloaded the app and was very excited to get using it. Unfortunately it would not go past the first lesson. I emailed customer service and never received a reply. A year later I start getting bombarded with email ads and reached back out. Customer service was dismissive and claimed they emailed me and no such email was received not even in junk mail. I don’t recommend. Many others including free ones are better.\\n\\nDevelopers added a response that proves they don’t listen or care. I paid for the full app and was billed and didn’t get access. Claimed they emailed and I never received said email. Poor poor poor customer service and follow up but why would they care they got my money and they moved on.',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
       "  'isEdited': True,\n",
       "  'title': 'Poor quality dismissive customer service',\n",
       "  'userName': 'GoingProDreamer'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 9, 26, 19, 26, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 25366552,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Joe, thank you for sharing your lovely ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ review here. This is a wonderful motivation to learn Brazilian Portuguese. We wish you best of luck with your studies. Stay motivated and safe!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-09-28T09:21:43Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Versatile ways to learn and places you om the most relevant situations one might find themselves in whether in SP or the Northeast. \\n\\nEnjoy the 15 min or less lessons. It certainly is superior to a simple translation book and beats the price of a personal tutor 15-75 per hour. Take this course then immerse yourself and enjoy Brazil as Covid eases and explore the surprising beauty, the gritty city that grows on you the beautiful beaches and vegetation.  The people of Brazil are kind, loving and curious opposed to many countries greeting Americans with less than alacrity. Joe Flores- Attorney- TX',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'floreslawfirmdotcom',\n",
       "  'title': 'Nice lessons'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 10, 9, 19, 23, 17),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 32512293,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hello there, Thanks for sharing your amazing review. We're always working to improve our user experience. Please feel free to vote for your desired feature by going to wishboard.babbel.com 🧡️ Happy learning!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-10-11T14:08:34Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is intuitive and in some ways is better than Duolingo (which I also have). My only gripe is you have to click around a lot to switch the language you’re learning. It’s more tedious than it really needs to be. Hopefully this is changed in an update in the future. I prefer the sentences you learn in Babbel more than Duolingo, because sometimes Duolingo has absurd phrases that you’re never going to lose (something along the lines of “The zebra lost his shoes”). This is more practical in that way.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'IrishGreen15',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love it so far'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 11, 18, 48, 13),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27425357,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this situation. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-01-13T15:16:44Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'Overall the content of the Spanish course is very good and I like the pacing an varied ways of interacting with the language (speech, listening, reading, etc.). I will say though that for the oral exercises, speech recognition is really bad. I listen to the pronunciation and repeat it back the same, but the app continuously tells me I’m wrong which I know is not the case. I have changed the microphone settings and it still doesn’t work correctly. It makes it very difficult to learn to speak a new language when the speech portion of the app doesn’t work correctly.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'N_Dixon',\n",
       "  'title': 'Good content, poor speech recognition'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 13, 21, 30, 8),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 21664723,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, Thank you for your lovely review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ This is a nice motivation to learn a language. 😊  We wish you best of luck with your Spanish studies. Stay motivated and safe! Kind regards',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-03-15T17:05:19Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I have always been fascinated by learning different languages. I have had the opportunity to travel much of the world and knowing even a few phrases helps build rapport quickly thus enhancing the experience for all!  Now, I will be the grandmother of babies that are white and brown and new familia from Mexico. I am over the moon excited and want to be able to converse with Manuel’s family with ease. The Spanish (Latin America) is a fantastic tool. I spend 15-30 minutes daily and my vocabulary is growing!  I recommend to all!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'rhmo2',\n",
       "  'title': 'Love this APP!'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 18, 17, 29, 23),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 9251248,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello there, thank you for reaching out to us. We have noted your request and we are working on several feature improvements that could offer you a better experience. If you wish to cancel, could you please contact us at support@babbel.com with your email address? Once we have these details we can assist you further.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-06-19T15:28:25Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I get a lot of wrong answers because of incorrect spelling.  The print is so small it’s difficult to understand instruction,  or the correct spelling of the words.  The introduction to the lesson words are clear and large enough to read.  How come the print in the lessons can not be enlarged.  I have expressed my problem in the past, and was told there was nothing  can be done to improve the print.  It sound strange considering modern technology!  I have had the account for several years.  I need to cancel it.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'grandma m franklin',\n",
       "  'title': 'Small print'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 4, 14, 4, 50, 7),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 8212641,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Joneil, thanks for taking the time to share your review here. We're so pleased to hear you're enjoying our Italian course. We've noted your request for the option to add a dictionary for reference, and we're happy to receive your ideas. At the moment we're working on improving our existing languages but we'd love to add more options in the future. We've forwarded your suggestion for Arabic and Thai. Best of luck with your studies. Buon divertimento!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-04-15T09:03:08Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'They should’ve added a dictionary in the app for reference,except for that it’s a great app it gives you everything for you to take off and have a conversation,it is working for me,Iam learning Spanish to Italian, they should’ve added Arabic and Thai and others or at least to be an option to download but I love it, Iam on it at least three times a day I dedicate a lot of time to Learn other cultures and languages,great app!!totaly worth it, Iam doing the monthly plan right now but i will pay for the whole year next time.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Joneil3',\n",
       "  'title': 'It’s a great app But:'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 4, 20, 15, 41, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 29325879,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi, thank you for your wonderful review! We're so happy to hear you're enjoying your studies with us, and learning a lot too! Keep up the amazing work🎖️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-04-22T08:01:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I wanted to learn Dutch and subscribed to Babbel over other language aps because it offered speech recognition as well as listening, reading and writing. After my first year, I expanded my subscription to lifetime, all languages, so I could refresh my school German and French. Wow! Babbel offers a classical or colloquial path and access to live classes, podcasts, and games. I’ve picked up some slang that was never taught in school and I feel much more confident. Now I just have to plan my European vacation!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'singing dogma',\n",
       "  'title': 'Ich Liebe Babbel'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 26, 13, 49, 41),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 7933596,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi Bethe, thanks for your detailed review. We really appreciate your feedback and have passed on your suggestion to include more letters, numbers and colours initially, before progressing. We've also forwarded your suggestion about the flashcards to our developers, who are happy to receive your ideas. Best of luck with your studies!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-03-27T14:12:55Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The app is easy to use and the lessons are well put together. However, some of the lessons include basics (which is what I need) and then randomly include words and phrases that are advanced. \\n\\nIf someone from Babbel is reading this it would be good if your lessons progressed smoother. For example, teaching letters and numbers, colors, etc first and then build off of that. Having sentence structure prior to learning letter sounds and pronunciation is not helpful. Also, the review section is good but would be awesome if I could go in and use the flash cards often, not just the first time I review.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Bethebnj',\n",
       "  'title': 'Learning Polish for Upcoming Vacation'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 24, 11, 59, 26),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 35614377,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Thank you for sharing your amazing review and thanks for your trust in us. We are delighted that you have chosen Babbel and are enjoying learning languages with us. We wish you lots of fun and success. Keep it up!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2023-03-27T14:21:56Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The Babbel app is very good. I’ve been working it for some time now. The more effort you put into it, like anything else, the more you get out of it. I struggle to remember vocabulary. The review session are plentiful and helpful. If I could change anything it would be to add the ability to look up translations of a word or words. And the ability to page back during a lesson. I’ve tried other methods to learn Spanish and failed to progress. With this app I can learn anywhere anytime and I am learning.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'snicklefritch',\n",
       "  'title': 'The struggle is real'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 6, 22, 16, 44, 27),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 30540645,\n",
       "   'body': \"Hi there, Thanks for your feedback. We're happy to hear that you're enjoying learning languages this much. We will submit your request to our development team for future consideration! 😊️\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-06-24T14:03:42Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'So far I really enjoy the app.  Definitely learning a ton and enjoying it along the way.  However, I think there should be more games made available to make the practice and downtime experience better.  I personally do not know what kind of games could be implemented but something that obviously utilizing the amount you have learned within the games.  Just as the other games do.  There just needs to be 2 more games that are extremely diverse and addictive.',\n",
       "  'rating': 4,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Robbie_914',\n",
       "  'title': 'Overall great experience aside one thing'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 16, 9, 27, 15),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24576316,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there, Babbel feels that inspiring people from different backgrounds with different world views to learn new languages is a good thing. Our mission is oriented towards promoting learning, openness, exchange, tolerance and appreciation for diversity. Kind regards!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-18T10:43:46Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'While I seem to excel in reading and writing, I still struggle with deciphering conversations because I have to first translate it in my head. I don’t care for the homosexual scenarios. I purchased this app to learn Spanish , not about peoples lifestyle choices and I feel you are trying to get me to accept it as normal but Bible says God hates homosexuality ( 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 9 & 10) So please stop and just stick to teaching Spanish. Where it not for that,I would give this app 5 stars',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'Eating good, Eating fresh',\n",
       "  'title': 'No listening progress'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 31, 13, 51, 30),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 27803253,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi there! Thank you for your message. We are really glad to read that you have had a good time with Babbel; we have noted your remarks and will definitely have a closer look to improve your general experience. Remember we are here to help you, keep up the good work and have a Happy Learning!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2022-02-02T11:11:51Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'The program is decent. I’ve tried a few including Fluenz and Rosetta Stone. For someone who is serious about learning fluent language I would not spend the time or effort with an app or program. What you should do is get in a classroom or hire a teacher for a short time to get a grasp on the language. Then move on to study on your own with textbooks. I used the program for a month or so. Didn’t learn a ton. Stopped using it. And I was unfortunately “auto-subscribed” and charged another 80 bucks for a years subscription. They were nice enough to refund me after I emailed them.',\n",
       "  'rating': 3,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'qjdndhxije',\n",
       "  'title': 'Decent'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 5, 13, 43, 33),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 26835020,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hi, Our team is currently experiencing an extremely high number of emails, so it may take a few more days before you receive a response. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please make sure you have contacted support@babbel.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible!',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-12-14T20:19:01Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I tested into pre-intermediate, which is the correct section for me, but am stuck in beginner where the courses are too basic to be useful. I can’t find anywhere how to change it! The way you’re supposed to according to their website is not showing up in my app. Should be a quick fix from customer support, but NO, they haven’t gotten back to me at all despite multiple inquiries.  It’s shameful to be this indifferent towards helping paying customers. I might have to just refund the year I paid for and use a different app because this is awful.\\n\\nThis is a shame because the courses themselves are actually great WHEN AT THE RIGHT LEVEL',\n",
       "  'rating': 1,\n",
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       "  'userName': 'Shimmy Yeah',\n",
       "  'title': 'Stuck in beginner with ZERO help from customer support'},\n",
       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 8, 16, 12, 2, 25),\n",
       "  'developerResponse': {'id': 24576214,\n",
       "   'body': 'Hello Ethan, we appreciate your feedback. Course fees cover things like web hosting, learning material, and resources for our developers to make Babbel even better. You can access the first lessons of every course, in every language; some of them can offer up to 80 free lessons. Thank you for your understanding.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-08-18T10:40:32Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'At first I tried this because I’m looking for a good app that I can learn French from, since I want to find alternatives to duolingo. During first lesson it looked very promising and I was thinking “this might actually be better then duolingo”. Well, that was until the second lesson. After you complete the first lesson, you gotta pay a prescription to go any further, which really disappointed me. So, if you have some cash laying around, this could be a good app for you, but I (and probably many others) just can’t afford this so I’m back on square one for trying to find a good free language learning app.',\n",
       "  'rating': 2,\n",
       "  'isEdited': False,\n",
       "  'userName': 'EthanGaming 04',\n",
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       " {'date': datetime.datetime(2021, 7, 6, 17, 18, 44),\n",
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       "   'body': \"Hello there, we are currently working on increasing our offer. We'd love to add more options to our selection, however, we do care about designing high quality material. We would like to ask you to reconsider your grading as we are confident you can find effective courses in our available languages. Thank you for your patience, regards.\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-08T09:57:11Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'If you’re like me, and you want to learn languages and visit other places eventually, I feel like there should be no limit to what language you get to learn on Babbel. I like to learn Japanese so I can go to Japan one day, but they only have so many languages I can’t pick the ones I’m somewhat interested in. Other than that this app is amazing for other languages and I recommend it if you want to learn German, Spanish, French, Italian, and others!',\n",
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       "  'userName': '147159673',\n",
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       "   'body': 'Hello, we need to have a look into this BT matter. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to your Babbel account? Once we have this information, we will be able to assist you further. Thank you for getting in touch.',\n",
       "   'modified': '2021-07-05T10:22:39Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'When you link up the earbuds to the phone, Babbel plays exactly 1 word or phrase through earbuds, and then the app kicks the earbuds off the phone. You can only use the loudspeaker with this app. So for example, today I am on a 9 hour train trip. I want to use the app, but you can’t use it in public anywhere. I don’t want to annoy the people around me. I want to like this app but for me it’s useless. I’m hoping I will be able to get a refund.',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
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       "  'userName': 'sbyrlkjdse',\n",
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       "   'body': \"Hi there, we're happy to hear that everything is working now. Thank you for sharing your ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ review and wonderful story. This is a nice motivation to learn Italian. We wish you best of luck with your studies. Stay motivated! 😊\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2020-11-17T11:00:50Z'},\n",
       "  'review': 'I am learning Italian to speak to my long time friends from Milan. I am already feeling comfortable and it only the beginning. The exercises are effective and memorable; also great reviews for the vocabulary!\\n\\nWell, it began wonderfully and I was so enjoying this method of learning Italian. However, now it’s been three days that I cannot access my account and I am unable to get any help. Honestly I cannot justify paying for this with it now not working.\\n\\nI reset from the App Store seems to be working now ... thank you!',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
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       "   'body': \"Hello there, thanks for reaching out to us. Please message us at support@babbel.com with your Babbel email, and we'd be happy to help you out.\",\n",
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       "  'review': 'I did not get a 7 day free trial like advertised \\nIf I did, I would have known in the first lesson this was not for me.\\nI was not smart, when the free trial did not come up, I went ahead and got the 3 month hoping that I could cancel if I did not like it, nope stuck with this app. Well, actually it wasted my money because I won’t use the app\\nI wanted to learn Spanish, but it just jumps in, I have no clue how to pronounce the words.\\nI just want to learn to speak & recognize some words. I definitely don’t want to learn how to spell the words',\n",
       "  'rating': 5,\n",
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       "  'userName': 'msimmons240',\n",
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       "   'body': 'Hi Snotydecki, \\n\\nThank you for your feedback! I would really need to check your account to see what is going on there. There are various factors that can affect your experience.  If you are still experiencing issues, please write to us at support@babbel.com so we have a closer look for you. \\n\\n\\nKind regards,\\n\\nSam @Babbel',\n",
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       "  'rating': 3,\n",
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       "  'userName': 'DSAOLacct',\n",
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       "   'body': \"Hello there, we're sorry to hear of your less than satisfactory experience. You can submit your suggestion to our Wishboard: tiny.cc/wishboard_en or contact us at support@babbel.com 🙂 We really appreciate your feedback and we’d greatly appreciate the opportunity to help and make things better!\",\n",
       "   'modified': '2019-12-07T08:16:53Z'},\n",
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