i finally found the issue with Babble - it simply doesn't offer enough languages ! it offers German but doesn't offer Japanese or Mandarin for example this is pathetic. Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur offer a lot more languages.

i think the bigger question is why is there over 40 million people on food stamps ?

everything Chinese is fake even their memes

Babbel Spanish course is 275 hours. This is longer than Rosetta Stone and much longer than Pimsleur. that's a good thing. on other hand there are 260 weekdays in a year that means if you spend an hour a day ( excluding weekends ) on Babble it will take you a whole year to finish !

LOL Babbel is teaching directions as if anybody still asks for directions now that smartphones and google maps exist