Tandem (app)

Tripod Technology GmbH

Type of site	Language Exchange Platform Privately Held Corporation
Available in	Multilingual Chinese (Simplified, Traditional) English French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian Spanish (Latin American) [1]
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Founder(s)	Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, Matthias Kleimann
Industry	E-Learning, Online Education
Services	Language exchange, Online tutoring, Tandem language learning, Online learning community
URL	www.tandem.net
Registration	Required (free)
Launched	February 2015;10 years ago (2015-02)
Current status	Active
Native client(s) on	Android, iOS

Tandem is a mobile language exchange and language learning app. ^[2]

History

Tandem was founded in Hannover in 2014 by Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, and Matthias Kleimann. Prior to founding Tandem, Aschentrup, Dickmeis and Kleimann had launched Vive, a members-only mobile video chat platform. ^[3]

Criticism

Tandem has received criticism for not accepting members into the community immediately. In some countries, there is a waiting list and applicants can wait up to 7 days for their application to be processed by the human moderators. ^[4]

References

1. "Tandem Language Exchange App | Find Conversation Exchange Partners". Tandem - Speak Any Language. Retrieved 2020-02-24. Interface languages provided by the Tandem analytics team in 2020.
2. "Tandem is a messaging app where language learners chat". TechCrunch. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
3. "Vive, The Mobile App That Lets You Video Chat With Strangers, Raises $1.5M". TechCrunch. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
4. King, Stephanie L. (2020-03-25). "Fire Up One of These Language Apps For At-Home Learning". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-07.