I understand that the app must have ads to be free. No problem. I do not understand why I have to view an ad when I enter a party AND when I exit a party. Absurd. I

Why can't I open it all the time?

Since when was this changed? I've had tandem pro and not pro. Even without pro I've never had a limit in translating messages. Unless this is just an add on for iPhone users since I used to use this app on my Android phone. 5/13 update…. Man it’s crazy how money hungry they’ve gotten, anything you click on has an ad playing. Even in your own pics they put an ad in between them! It’s insane, at this point just download duo

Avoid this app at all costs! My account was banned for no reason. When I tried to follow up there was no way to speak to anyone. Same thing happened to a friend of mine. Her account was banned for no reason and no ability to follow up. Avoid Tandem at all costs!!!

So I have used the app since 2016 and also tried HelloTalk. HelloTalk changed their app to only allow users to contact 10 new users per 24 hours and with time zone differences sometimes you wouldn’t be able to find a language exchange partner for a day or two. Well Tandem never did that. You could talk with as many people as you wanted at anytime you wanted. They just changed the app. Even after paying for their Pro version that they changed the price on several times. You can contact 30 people per day. I know that seems like a lot but if you have ever tried to contact people from other time zones sometimes that is not enough. I know you have to combat people who are spamming but if you pay $35 for a year membership maybe you are interested in learning and would use that unlimited message opportunity to find language exchange partners. I think this could be just the beginning of more restrictions until they are like HelloTalk and eventually you will only be able to talk to a few people and pay for lessons after just a few messages. So I ask developers to change this and stay true to the original idea. Don’t be greedy towards your top paying customers. We know it’s important to keep things safe and efficient but also the flexibility with us is important as well.

Used to love using this app, but now every corner you turn there is an AD. Full page ads..

There are ads every time you click on a profile. You used to be able to add as many languages as you wanted for free and now they want you to pay to add languages to learn. DO NOT USE

UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF ADVERTISING! with every single touch there is a video getting open! Even between freaking profile pics of people! Come on! You have a cool app, sure, but don’t ruin it with bombshells of this many ads!

I loved Tandem. It has been a great place to meet with native speakers and practice speaking and texting with them. However, these full screen video ads have nearly rendered the app unusable. When you are trying to find new people to speak with, every time you click a profile, an intrusive video ad pops up. It’s the opposite of fostering a good user experience and a good learning environment. This need to get fixed or you’re gonna lose a large chunk of your users. Including me. EDIT: Tandem recently added save collection, where you can save messages like corrections to review and learn from. Problem is you can only save 8 unless you use the premium service. HelloTalk has had that functionality for years and unlimited saves on the standard, non-premium service. Seems like Tandem is just being greedy to the detriment of their own service. Especially since in other apps, these services are free to use and would be helpful for everybody’s language learning. Isn’t that the original point of the app?

This app is like an accidentally downloaded child’s video game, with ads every click. Just like the title. Delete it now