what do you guys do?

Mackaronni

1/30/2026

I paid the $50 for the year back in September because it felt like the advertisements were as long as each lesson. I was very interested in this app and watching advertisements after each lesson was making me not want to continue this app. I’ve been wanting to learn ASL for many years and finally I was putting a real effort into learning. I took a couple classes at the community college, loved it, but wanted to continue learning at my pace on my schedule. This app in my opinion is very good to start learning ASL. Because of my previous learnings and my determination to learn as much as I could from this app I finished everything in a few months. Until they add more levels, spelling challenges or games I am at the point where I just do the 6 levels per day to refresh and max out the exp points. Money well spent in my opinion because I hate advertisements. Looking back if I’d realized I would finish the app in a few months I would have just paid monthly. I do not plan on renewing my subscription unless they add a lot of lessions before my subscription is up. at that point, I’ll still do 6 lessons per day but I can watch 6 advertisements. My advise to you is evaluate your distaste with advertisements, how fast you think you’ll get to the end of lvl 17, and can you fit the subscription into you budget. I’ve seen other apps charge a lot more and feel this one has a lot to offer for the price. I like this community also. Good luck on you ASL journey.

Mackaronni

1/30/2026

Btw I believe to be fluent you have to interact with other signers. This app alone will not make you fluent but it will give you the foundation to interact with others who sign. I say that because I’m 53 still learning English. English develops all the time and has slang based of culture, geographical location, and generation. I’ve discovered ASL is the same way. The cool thing is every person I have tried to communicate with from the deaf community, CODA’s or signers who’ve learned for their person/professional development, they have all been more than willing to slow down their signing to accommodate my lack of proficiency compared to theirs, and they also seems happy that I was trying to learn ASL. Lastly I suggest before you attempt to make you first interaction, learn how to sign your reason for learning ASL. You will be asked. It’s a good thing and part of the connection.

Madison

1/31/2026

thank you so much for this advice!! I've been noticing more deaf people in the community where I work at and I started to feel awkward pulling my phone out and typing, and then only being able to sign "thank you" after the interaction. I'm absolutely going to think about doing the monthly subscription, and hopefully make some friends within the community to help sign some more 😊 thank you for the suggestions again!

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Mary

1/31/2026

definitely bite the billet and pay for the app. I’ve paid for two years. I appreciate the developers and like the lessons. I agree that this alone will not make you fluent- I take an in person class at the county library from a deaf literacy council. see if there is one in your area. the class is only once a week and I use the app daily. when I done understand something in the app I can ask the teacher. she also keeps the class connected to the deaf community with invitations to social events. I’m far from fluent but am piecing together an understanding of the language.

Evelyn

2/1/2026

I don't mind the ads that much, but I think it depends on how good you are at ASL and how you're using the app