Duolingo Alternatives

Apps similar to Duolingo include Memrise, which has a free version. Other options are LibreLingo, Mondly, Busuu and LingoCafe. You're spoiled for choice with Language Learning Tools like Duolingo: we list more than 100 alternatives for the web, iPhone, Android, iPad and Mac.

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  1. AuroraNote icon
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    AuroraNote turns audio/video lectures, PDFs, slides and photos of handwritten notes into study material. It transcribes with speaker labels and automatic language detection, then generates clean text, notes, summaries, translations, mind maps, FSRS-6 flashcards, quizzes and...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  2. Vocabloot icon
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    Vocabloot is a free camera-first vocabulary app across 10 languages: point your phone at any object and get the word in the language you're learning, saved with the photo you took. You can also share images in from other apps.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. TTMIK Stories helps you learn Korean through 1,000+ original graded stories designed for beginners to advanced learners. You can read and listen with professional voice-acted audio and follow a step-by-step flow with quizzes and review.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. Gravity is a Japanese immersion app for iPhone, iPad and Android. It gives you a hand-picked library of real Japanese videos (anime clips, YouTube vlogs, podcasts and music), each levelled from Pre-JLPT to N1, so you can find something you mostly understand and press play.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
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  5. Eppika icon
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    Language learning app that helps adults learn through adapted books with instant translation, native audio, and vocabulary flashcards.

    14 Eppika alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
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  6. Nihongo Master is an online Japanese learning platform for beginners through advanced learners.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. MeloLingua is a story-based language-learning app for beginner to advanced learners. Each level-matched story combines narration, contextual vocabulary support, sentence building, speaking practice, pronunciation feedback, and review in a 5–10 minute session.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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  8. LingoBar icon
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    Mac app for language learning. It lives in your menu bar. Learn Spanish, English, Polish and other languages every time you check the time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Kleus icon
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    Kleus is an AI accountability coach for self-directed learning. It builds your plan, sends one 30-minute assignment a day to WhatsApp or Telegram, grades what you produce, and follows up when you go quiet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Scribe is a pack of iOS and iPadOS keyboards for language learners! It provides features to help users remember grammar rules so they can effectively communicate without ever leaving their keyboard.

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Tenmin icon
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    Tenmin is a language-learning application that provides live speaking practice with an AI tutor. It listens to the learner’s speech, responds in conversation, provides pronunciation feedback, and adapts lessons to the learner’s level and interests.

    52 Tenmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Learn Farsi is a complete Persian (Farsi) course in one app: human-curated lessons, a large vocabulary with native-speaker audio, writing practice, smart review, Child Mode, and Mina, an AI speaking coach you can talk to in Persian.

    6 Learn Farsi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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