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HelloTalk

App Service · Language learning · 253 mentions · 10 subreddits · discussed in r/languagelearning, r/Korean, r/ChineseLanguage, r/LearnJapanese

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Pros

  • Try keeping a journal in Japanese on HelloTalk. You’ll be forced to use a lot of old expressions and vocab, plus you’ll get corrections.
  • HelloTalk/Tandem are both great, but finding good partners is a skill.
  • otherwise, for free, you can do some language exchanges, finding a partner in HelloTalk or elsewhere.
  • on Hellotalk i found it easier to find people with whom i share interests.
  • I am using language learning chat applications now (I use Tandem and HelloTalk). This helps me practicing in audio and video chat too.

Cons

  • As a woman it is truly an experience.
  • They do have dating app vibes, not only because they're thirsty, but they're also really difficult to talk with, I had to think so much what to say to keep the conversation going while they didn't make any effort, and we weren't even spe...
  • Language exchange app known as being used as a dating app, but I naively didn't believe these rumors
  • Downloaded hellotalk and y'all weren't exaggerating
  • HelloTalk

Sentiment

130 positive (51%) · 46 mixed (18%) · 77 negative (30%)

Trust + time weighted score: +20% · raw score 21%

What redditors said (10 of 253)

Try keeping a journal in Japanese on HelloTalk. You’ll be forced to use a lot of old expressions and vocab, plus you’ll get corrections.
positive · u/p****9 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Feb 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
As a woman it is truly an experience.
negative · u/S****e · r/languagelearning · comment · Jan 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
HelloTalk/Tandem are both great, but finding good partners is a skill.
positive · u/D****d · r/languagelearning · comment · Jul 17, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
They do have dating app vibes, not only because they're thirsty, but they're also really difficult to talk with, I had to think so much what to say to keep the conversation going while they didn't make any effort, and we weren't even speaking my TL anymore 💀
negative · u/n****m · r/languagelearning · comment · Jan 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Language exchange app known as being used as a dating app, but I naively didn't believe these rumors
negative · u/n****m · r/languagelearning · comment · Jan 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Downloaded hellotalk and y'all weren't exaggerating
negative · u/n****m · r/languagelearning · Jan 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
HelloTalk
mixed · u/j****o · r/German · comment · Aug 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
otherwise, for free, you can do some language exchanges, finding a partner in HelloTalk or elsewhere.
positive · u/F****0 · r/French · comment · Jan 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
on Hellotalk i found it easier to find people with whom i share interests.
positive · u/S****t · r/languagelearning · comment · Aug 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
To be fair, almost all the Korean men on there seem to be looking for foreign women as well. Really hard to make male friends as a guy on HelloTalk, which is why practically all my Korean friends are women. :3
negative · u/Y****e · r/Korean · comment · Nov 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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