All Language Resources, an independent site that has reviewed hundreds of language learning tools, published a mini review of 
amo Italian in August 2026. Here is what the reviewers found, including the parts they did not love, and what it tells you about who the app is for.
A review you write about your own app is worth exactly nothing, which is why we have never written one. A review by someone whose job is comparing language tools is a different matter. All Language Resources has published over five hundred reviews of apps, courses and tutoring services across more than a hundred languages, they are not affiliated with us, and they say what they think. In August 2026 they took a look at amo Italian.
What the review says
The reviewer walks through the app as a learner would meet it. The points they single out:
- A structured path from A1 to C2. Not a pile of lessons but one CEFR course, with a checkpoint and an end-of-level test at every level. Most apps stop being useful around A2; the review notes that this one keeps going to the top of the scale.
- Explanations in 15 interface languages. German, Spanish, Albanian, Bengali and eleven more. If English is not your first language, the grammar is still explained in a language you actually think in.
- 35 exam simulations. Practice runs for CILS, CELI and PLIDA, plus a complete simulation of the B1 exam required for Italian citizenship: all four skills, real timings, a score report at the end. If you are preparing that exam, this is the part built for you, and it pairs with our free level test if you do not yet know where you stand.
- Real Italian literature, graded. The review picks out the Edicola as one of the more interesting parts: real Italian texts adapted to each CEFR level, so you read actual Italian instead of sentences written for an exercise.
- Room for heritage learners. If you grew up hearing Italian, or a dialect, from family, the app does not assume you start from zero: it connects the words you already have with standard Italian.
Their overall verdict, in their words: worth trying "if you want a structured Italian course that goes beyond the usual beginner material".
What they did not love
Two reservations, and they are fair. The app is iOS only, so Android users are out for now. And speaking practice is read-aloud with pronunciation checking, not free conversation: there is no chatbot pretending to be your friend at an imaginary bar.
The second one is a choice rather than a gap. Free conversation is the one thing an app does badly and a person does well. That is exactly the spot where a teacher belongs, which is why the app has a teacher mode: your teacher assigns work in the app, sees your progress, and spends the lesson itself on conversation. If your teacher does not use it yet, this page shows how to ask, and it comes with a discount on the yearly plan.
Who the app is actually for
Reading the review from the outside, the picture is consistent with what we built it for. It fits you if you want a real course rather than a streak to maintain: the daily practice between lessons, the grammar looked up and drilled, the reading at your level, the exam rehearsed before you sit it. It is the same material this site offers in the browser, from the seven hundred free exercises to the grammar, carried in your pocket with a path through it.
Half of the A1 path is free, with no sign-up, so the cheapest way to check whether the reviewers are right is to try it yourself. And if you want the outside view first, read the mini review: it is short, and it was not written by us, which is rather the point.
