Duolingo alternatives
Oct. 28th, 2025 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelFound an article with suggestions and am noting for future checking-out. This isn't my personal recommendation, but if any of y'all have used these, feel free to comment.
* Drops ("Language Learning Games: Drops"). Mostly vocabulary rather than full sentences. Free accounts limited to 5min/day. Paid upgrade available. Company also has apps for specific languages incl Korean, Tagalog, and others
* Busuu. No time limits for free accounts, at least. Paid upgrades available.
* Memrise. Free plan is more vocab than full sentences. Grammar lessons require paid.
* Babbel. Exclusively paid r/th freemium. Mostly just European languages.
* LingoDeer. Has Asian and European languages - there is also a games app for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Chinese and German. Mostly paid.
* Drops ("Language Learning Games: Drops"). Mostly vocabulary rather than full sentences. Free accounts limited to 5min/day. Paid upgrade available. Company also has apps for specific languages incl Korean, Tagalog, and others
* Busuu. No time limits for free accounts, at least. Paid upgrades available.
* Memrise. Free plan is more vocab than full sentences. Grammar lessons require paid.
* Babbel. Exclusively paid r/th freemium. Mostly just European languages.
* LingoDeer. Has Asian and European languages - there is also a games app for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Chinese and German. Mostly paid.