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. Learn Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Korean, German, Russian, Dutch, Romanian, and more coming soon.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  2. Detune icon
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    Detune is an iOS app that teaches synthesizer sound design by ear. Short, hands-on lessons run on a real wavetable synth built into the app, taking you from your first waveform to patches you build yourself: an '80s pluck, a synthwave lead, a dubstep wobble, an evolving pad.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. A structured learning tool designed for mastering irregular German verbs through focused practice and real learning progress.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. 16Word icon
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    Learn a language 16 at a time in 5 minutes a day — words, sentences, dialogues, travel phrases and more in 28 languages, with spaced repetition, native audio and a CEFR certificate.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Learn Russian by reading stories. Build permanent memories by using spaced-repetition flashcards, cloze sentences and quizzes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. Speafy icon
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    AI-powered, language learning platform. Currently teaches Turkish, with an AI tutor, and science-based spaced repetition strategy (FSRS). It teaches, 454 topics, 3500+ words, 70 grammar lessons and offers AI-powered Listen & Speak Lab, and Flashcards. 7-day free trial.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. Fluenvo icon
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    Paste any text and Fluenvo turns it into production exercises - writing, gap-fill, translation - built from that exact text, not a fixed course.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Web-based platform offering over 26 AI-generated speaking and language activities for English teaching, spanning CEFR A1–C2, designed for in-classroom use with grouped peer interaction, automatic content levelling, and no individual student logins required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. LingoShade is a browser-based practice tool for language learners who do fine with textbooks but struggle to keep up with real speech. It combines three exercises on the same short text at your level (A1–C2):

    11 LingoShade alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Altrillio icon
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    Altrillio listens to your voice and tells you, honestly, whether you produced a rolled R. No grading. No guesswork. Just yes or no.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  11. Learn the words that matter, skip the ones that don't. Frequency-based language learning with grammar, games and comprehensible input built-in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  12. Quizzz icon
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    Quizzz is an AI-assisted quiz-authoring and formative-assessment tool for language teachers. Teachers supply lesson material or a topic, and Quizzz drafts questions the teacher reviews and edits before publishing: the AI output is a draft, not an automatically validated...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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