Nice work Cambly! The app is very simple and well designed. Plus, I love your logo.
Immersion is clearly the way to go when learning a new language. I learned more French trying to haggle with the waiter for more ice in Biarritz, than I ever did in Madame Lefebvre’s class.
I like that Cambly pairs me with a friendly native speaker rather than a professional teacher. And, I’m a big fan of the on-demand marketplace idea.
Questions for Cambly:
1) Users are required to download a separate app for each language. As you add more languages a user may be learning French and Spanish simultaneously. Are there plans to merge everything into one app so that I can toggle between two different languages?
2) Do you find that users are selecting tutors based on attractiveness?
Yes, in that LiveMocha is free and Cambly charges you $20. Don't get me wrong, the concept is great, the design is awesome, but language exchange (tandems) is not foreign language teaching. There are other online services out there such as Iboux [1] that charges less than $20 for a private class with an actual professional teacher with an actual syllabus.
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I like that Cambly pairs me with a friendly native speaker rather than a professional teacher. And, I’m a big fan of the on-demand marketplace idea.
Questions for Cambly:
1) Users are required to download a separate app for each language. As you add more languages a user may be learning French and Spanish simultaneously. Are there plans to merge everything into one app so that I can toggle between two different languages?
2) Do you find that users are selecting tutors based on attractiveness?
[1] http://www.iboux.com
The language immersion market is big enough for quite a few companies to co-exist. Time will tell.