Waste of money
App and site gets stuck really often for some of the exercises or just completely down in many occasions.A waste of money, courses are based in learning a long list of vocabulary. Pretty useless if they don't show you how to put them together to build a simple sentence. Same words and same videos and same pronunciation exercises around and around for months now. With a basic knowledge of a language you can identify many mistakes in the robotchat, its grammar, explanations and translations.Asked for a partial refund at least, as most days only half of the tools will work. Just automatic responses/templates, still waiting for customer service to reply.The only positive thing is listening native speakers Never again. You can learn more with any other free app in the market. Bye Memrise
Krish
In lesson 21
In lesson 21, Memrise keeps getting stuck on a word list that's impossible to navigate. I've tried various ways to contact Memrise, but it's apparently impossible. No response. They are available for payment. Never again.
H Veenstra
Weird emails, never opened an account
I have literally never, not once in my life, used this app but I'm suddenly receiving emails that say I'm registered with them. Dodgy.
Kim
I wanted to sign up for a lifetime…
I wanted to sign up for a lifetime subscription, but it didn't work, and I ended up with an annual subscription. I tried to cancel it, but without success. I wanted to contact them to make the change, and for three months now I have been contacting them regularly without getting a single response from them. Avoid them like the plague. It's a scam, and I'll never see my money again.
Fabien Mangio
More than 100€ down the drain
Bought a lifelong membership a few years ago. Logging in now, I am listed as a non-pro-member and unable to restore my purchase. Technical support is not able to help me. Very disappointing. Not recommended.
Bernd Großheim
Fraudulent Practices? Memrise Ignoring Lifetime Subscription
Memrise charged me for an annual subscription even though I bought a lifetime subscription last year. I opened 7 support tickets—zero response. They refunded the unauthorized charge but then removed my subscription and downgraded me to a free account, ignoring my lifetime payment.This is beyond unacceptable. Memrise’s handling of this issue feels more like fraud than a trustworthy service.
Armin
Broken Promises
I took part in a feedback session with Memrise on 28th August and was promised a £50 Amazon voucher for taking part but I’ve never received it. The interviewer told me to contact her if it didn’t arrive but despite doing that I’ve heard nothing.
Patricia McGrath
Memrise lost all my progress
I have been a Pro subscriber for a couple of years. I was at Memrise language level 15 in Portuguese. Two weeks ago all my progress was lost and I was reset to the beginning. My previous progress just disappeared. This is across my workstation and mobile app and across different browsers. I did not reset my progress, and I did not instruct anyone to reset my progress. I have sent numerous support emails out but received no response from Memrise. Two year's work - gone. I am so pissed.
Don
Thanks Memrise
Edit : Contacted Memrise customer support, from an email I find on Trustpilot.. They went above and beyond to fix my problem .. Thanks Memrise for thinking outside the box to solve my subscription, appreciate it :)
Tamer
Cannot cancel subscriptions.
I started on Memrise, but other apps are way better. The real problem was when I tried to cancel. The directions they give you to cancel a subscription are not correct. I was charged for an extra year, and it's not cheap. Go with something different
Nevar Frank
Special offers don't expire when stated
Yet more illegal sales promotion tactics. On June 15th I was given a 60% off offer, expiring June 16th. Today (June 22nd, it is still available, even as it still says expiring on 16th). Obviously this is quite illegal.Also, a note to anyone thinking of signing up. Note that later scenarios in the courses don't have any videos. So an annual or lifetime subscription do not represent as much value as you would think.
Mark
Surprisingly bad
I heard a lot of good things about Memrise and thought I'd give it a try. I'm an intermediate learner but despite choosing that level, the program started giving me words like yes, no and thank you. So I changed the settings to advanced. The content was still mostly elementary - I'm a language teacher, I know what's being taught on different levels of the languages I speak and my target language, as I have been studying it for quite a while, and what was presented here was ridiculous. Then I tried picking my own topics and started with politics. I learned a few words (again, pretty basic stuff) and then the program suggested to make sentences. Of course, it complained about missing language-specific letters (I use an English keyboard and there was no on-screen option to insert those characters). But the worst was the type of sentences I was supposed to make. 'The king is reading a newspaper.' This is supposedly advanced vocabulary in politics. The next sentence was: I am drinking water. What?? Has nothing to do with politics, nor with the reviewed vocabulary, and is the most basic stuff you learn on A1. I don't know what they were thinking. Maybe it is better in some other languages, but for Polish, do yourself a favor and find another app to learn with. Even a plain dictionary would be more useful.
Frau B.
I used Memrise off and on for 5 years…
I used Memrise off and on for 5 years and was at the intermediate level. After 5 years, I logged on one day and was at level one. Despite multiple attempts to contact the company and correct the issue, I was unable to the correct lesson. That is a lot of time to put into learning a language then not to be able to continue your progress. I would not suggest using memrise.
Memory Crowley
Scam Alert!!
After not using memrise for 4 years I noticed a payment on my CC statement. Amex said it had been authorised so I had to pay. I did go into my Memrise account and set my subscription renewal to OFF but when I logged in after receiving an email promo it had been set back to Auto renew. This is the second time this has happened. Through Amex I have put a merchant block on Memrise and deleted my account.Be very careful, you should not trust Memrise with your financial details. Good luck.
John
LOVE IT!!!
I have been looking for a free alternative to Duolingo as the 5 lives piss me off, and memrise was the answer! I especially love the exercises the bot gives you. So worth it!
Alba Salado Moral
I love the App!
I love the App!
Laura Bochno
I have tried a number of apps and sites…
I have tried a number of apps and sites to learn Spanish. I recently gave Memrise a shot as they had a sale on and I liked the sound of the methods they use. I have to say it really suits me and I am really enjoying the app and feel like I am making progress with a clear path of progress. I am surprised to read so many negative reviews and cannot comment on previous versions. Things I like: 1. Easy to pick up and do a session in 5 minutes or so. 2. Fun choice of different tests.3. Measures every word you are learning and learned so you can see your words learned list grow. 4. Good selection of AI to test sentence structure, grammar etc. 5. Wide choice of languages including Welsh. 6. Native speakers and video. 7. Just super fun and addictive. Definitely my favourite language learning app. I find myself using it all the time when I have a spare couple of minutes, sure beats mindless scrolling. Very well designed. I am excited to see this grow as the AI also develops. This is not a paid review and entirely independent in case anyone is wondering. I just really really like this app.
adam greenow
Not as good as it use to be
Not as good as it use to be. My son use to access the community courses which was tailored to GCSE’s and with the old learning structure it was easy to learn, repeating words, it was such a good set up. I wanted to start learning as well as he did so I signed up an account for myself. The learning structure has completely changed and it’s become the same learning structure as Dulingo which isn’t as good. So disappointing, not so easy to learn and I can’t access community courses. They’ve completely destroyed what was a good learning platform. I would probably be better off using Seneca now.
Gemma Childs
The concept is great but
The concept is great. The main lessons are great, but the rest just does not work. I feel like I am testing à program for them. AI repetition. Wrong language, crashes, bugs. Worse still I spend half my time correcting membots grammar mistakes. To begin with I found it fun, but paying for something that is not fit for purpose. No. Oh and god forbid you insult AI, you get put in the naughty corner…..so frustrating. It’s has such great potential but they need to fix all the issues before taking customers money.
Dave
I am literally heartbroken - Mems are gone :(
I am literally heartbroken - mems are gone :(I used Memrise about 10 years ago to learn country capitals. It was such fun, and I succeeded in learning them all through the excellent pedagogical techniques Memrise used - mostly the mems; user created and in invaluable tool for memory using images and image descriptions. I've re-started now that my kids have flown the nest and I have more time. Have been so excited to start. Why are the mems gone? Can I get a copy of them?
Coco-M
