Ratings, the feed, and the tutor
Oboe AI review (2026)
Last verified: 2026-11-13
Oboe pairs a personalized puzzle feed with the conversational learning described in its FAQ. Its store ratings are promising but still based on a small review pool; the table below shows the scores and counts recorded on 13 Nov 2026.
Scores on the stores
| Store | Score | Volume | Updated | Evidence status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.80597 | 134 ratings | Version 2026.46.62 on 12 Nov 2026 | Apple rating · 1 store record |
| Google Play | 4.7 | 248 reviews, 10K+ downloads | 13 Nov 2026 | Google Play rating · 1 store record |
Two products in one listing
The FAQ still sells a conversation that turns into flashcards, quizzes, study guides, and diagrams. The home page and the store text sell a personalized feed of puzzles. A review that picks only one of those is describing an older page. I score them as one app that changed emphasis, not as a contradiction to delete.
Fastudy’s 6 Mar 2026 review liked the open starting point, the conversational tutor, the number of formats, and diagrams for STEM, and it disliked all-AI content with no human review. Its page is dated 6 Mar 2026, but the text says its sources were consulted in October 2026 and still says there was no mobile app. The iOS store record lists a 31 Oct 2026 release; the current store listings supersede that no-app sentence.
Tom’s Guide, 15 Sep 2025, praised the audio and called the paywall the weak point, when the free plan was two courses a month. The FAQ now describes a daily reset instead. The Stack Snacks video linked on this page is a course-builder walkthrough from 12 Jan 2026, before the puzzle-feed home page.
What recent Play reviews actually say
Loretto Sartori, 5 Nov 2026, liked the puzzles and said several city skylines did not look like the real cities. Oboe replied in public that the game was removed from feeds until it could be fixed. Miles Dishner, 1 Nov 2026, wrote that the design is cohesive, with few visual bugs, and that they had not seen an ad. Kaydence Davila, 2 Nov 2026, wrote that it is endless puzzles and that they had uninstalled other puzzle games. I treat “no ads” as one person’s report.
The business context around the product is a $16 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, announced 10 Dec 2025, after a September 2025 launch. Funding is not a quality score. It does not establish how reliable the app is or how often it will be updated.
Questions
Is this a hands-on test?
No. It is a dated reading of public pages, store ratings, and named reviews. The limitation line at the bottom says so once.
Where are the prices?
On the pricing page. Dated reports list Plus at $15/month or $144/year, and Pro at $40/month or $384/year. TechCrunch and Fastudy both report Pro’s annual figure; the public FAQ does not quote a current price.
Sources
- App Store listing — checked 2026-11-13
- Google Play listing — checked 2026-11-13
- Fastudy review — checked 2026-11-13
- Tom’s Guide — checked 2026-11-13
- TechCrunch Series A — checked 2026-11-13
- Stack Snacks video — checked 2026-11-13