True. Learning a language just from a single app is a lost cause (at least for now and, IMO, for foreseeable future).
>Open-ended cloze tests, on the other hand, actually force me to think.
In this regard, the Duolingo web-app fares much better, because all the answers you have to type in. After you get used to that, using mobile app feels like cheating :).
>Didn't Duolingo remove speaking tests from their app recently because everyone toggled them off?
They are still there. Web app has even a version of that on steroids - they give you a sentence in English and you have to vocally translate it.
>Open-ended cloze tests, on the other hand, actually force me to think. In this regard, the Duolingo web-app fares much better, because all the answers you have to type in. After you get used to that, using mobile app feels like cheating :).
>Didn't Duolingo remove speaking tests from their app recently because everyone toggled them off? They are still there. Web app has even a version of that on steroids - they give you a sentence in English and you have to vocally translate it.