Kalam: Learn Arabic

So I bought this app wanting to learn Arabic because I was already doing a pretty good job with speaking Arabic by using other apps like Duolingo and watching TV shows and I also heard that it can also teach me how to understand Quranic Arabic. So I pay $30 for the app and I put in the dialect I wanna learn and so far it’s teaching me some pretty basic stuff that I should know about the language which is pretty good but then after like the first two lessons the app started glitching out and I literally thought that my mic was broken because it wasn’t picking up what I was saying so then I kept on refreshing the app. I even reset my phone and yet it still wasn’t working so what I’m gonna do now is I’m gonna contact Apple to get a refund because I don’t wanna lose $30 for an app that didn’t even teach me anything and it was all buggy so if you want my opinion, don’t get this app it’s just gonna scam you and it’s too buggy

I really wanna give this at five stars. However, as other reviewers have mentioned, it does seem that it’s in it growing pains of development still or maybe they’re just working the stuff out. Every time I start the app I have to go through the questions of what my preferences are what my interest interests are my age and it’s kind of annoying. I just wanna open the app and get going. I wonder if this is an issue with the fact that I use the App Store to create my login or if it’s an app issue however even with the glitches that occasionally occur if this part was fixed, I would use this app constantly. It just takes me forever to get going either way It is pretty great. I’ve never seen an app that engages the learner the way this does in so many different dialects with relatively high accuracy

Im Lebanese and I’ve been trying to learn specifically the Lebanese dialect to talk to my family. Duolingo, mondly, jumpspeak, all those other apps teach the formal arabic. And they teach useless info. Kalam is the first app I’ve seen where you can choose a specific dialect, and that has so many options of topics to learn. However, it’s all speaking. There’s no deep dive into the letters and how to read and write. So if you’re looking to learn how to speak, this app is great. But if you want to become literate in arabic, this app will not do that. But again, I love this app for its uses and options of topics and dialects!