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I don't particularly like the gamified apps. I used Duolingo when I was visiting Vietnam, but I was visiting the south and it teaches the northern Hanoi dialect so some of what I learned didn't actually help when put into practice. I've also done some HelloChinese, but I don't know... The gamification ruins it for me, I think. It creates anxiety that I must get everything right and then I become avoidant and don't want to interact with it as much.
I've looked into taking a class at a university or something, but all the classes for Chinese in my area are remote. I have a much harder time learning that way and very much prefer being in a classroom environment.
That's completely fair. I have mainly tried the apps so much because of other options not being great for me. One other thing that occurs to me, that I don't think I mentioned, is apps that help people connect with each other for cross-culture/cross-language. I haven't tried those kind of apps myself, but I'm sure there are some like that. Perhaps they would help more than the other options.