Recommend app to learn Spanish

In My Humble Opinion
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I want to give a friend a Spanish language learning app for her birthday (Latin American Spanish). She already speaks some Spanish at, I guess, an intermediate level, although she hasn’t used it in some years and is rusty. One thing she has mentioned specifically is she doesn’t fully understand how to use the subjunctive.

I don’t want to get her something that will force her to go through elementary stuff that she already knows. I’ve used Rosetta Stone many years ago for a different language and liked it, but I don’t know if it’s appropriate for her. They used to offer multiple levels for each language (basic, intermediate etc) but I don’t see that on their web site now. Any recommendations?

2

I don’t know if there is an app or not, but Great Courses has good Spanish courses for both beginning and intermediate levels.

3

I’ve tried a few and still prefer Pimsleur audio.

4

We’ve done Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone and Great Courses. We prefer the GC because you are listening to an active university professor with a PhD in the language. Same for their French course, which is excellent. The courses come with workbooks.

5

I am fixing to drop some actual money on learning another language, having proven to myself over nine months of rarely missing a day on Duolingo that this is something I’m actually willing to stick with. Rosetta Stone is selling a lifetime pass for $179 at the moment. I kind of like the idea of just paying once. I know I’ll use it, and if one day I get a wild hair to have a look at, oh, Russian or Tagalog, I’m already set. As I looked around for other options, I came across a site called Mondly that got pretty good reviews and is offering a lifetime pass for 90 bucks for the next four days. That it’s marked down from $2,000 for a lifetime pass makes me roll my eyes a little, I will admit. And the reviews, while generally pretty complimentary, appeared to suggest that it’s a little stronger with beginning learners as opposed to intermediate or advanced learners. Just thought I’d toss it out there.

6

If she speaks intermediate Spanish already, I would recommend the Destinos web series (free). As a bonus, it includes all the different accents, and they vary a lot. The best book is Spanish Review and Practice (McGrawHill), which is essentially comprehensive.

There is probably a good app; but never seen it myself.