Learning a new language is not easy, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun. This collection of language learning apps will have you speaking Japanese, or at least mastering the basics, in no time. The apps are designed to help you learn the basics quickly and have fun while doing it.
Highest scored apps in the category
For those who want a fun method of learning a new language.
Duolingo is Apple's iPhone App of the Year!
Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn languages with over 200 million users.
23 languages to choose from. Super fun and free — Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian, Polish, Hebrew, Esperanto, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Welsh, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, and Swahili. Oh, and English too.
"Far and...
Save the Alliance and learn a new language
Language learning isn't fun for everyone, but that might be because of how it's presented. Here's an app that turns the process into a game.
For those who want a language teaching app with practice lessons and support for Apple Watch.
Join 70 million busuu users waiting to help you learn a language!
Become a member of the busuu Community and have your speaking and writing exercises corrected by native speakers. Plus, you can help others in your native language!
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Bloomberg – Business Innovators 2016
“ Among all the language learning apps studied so far, the efficacy of busuu is the best. ”...
Apps with average score
Drops helps you learn a new language in just minutes a day. If you enjoy a visual experience, gamified practice lessons, and are ready to swipe your way into learning to speak a different language, check out Drops.
Learn Language with Rosetta Stone is a popular and reliable method for learning a new language. Choose from over 24 dialects from Spanish to German to Chinese. You will listen, read, and speak your way through the training with lessons based on everyday scenarios. You can sync with your devices...
Join 20+ million people learning 33 languages for FREE with Mondly - named “App of the Year” 2017 by Facebook. Learn Spanish, English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean Arabic, Italian, Russian, Portuguese and many more. Get conversational fast with “the most fulsome app-learning experience” - Bloomberg.
Discover more languages: Norwegian, Danish,...
Get the most useful bilingual dictionaries, thesaurus, translator, flashcards, phrasebook and widget! If you want to learn English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Czech, Finnish, Swedish, Croatian and Serbian the most effective way, there's no better choice...
Learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, and many more languages with Babbel, the shortest path to real-life conversations in a new language. Developed by a team of language learning experts, Babbel has helped millions of people speak a new language with confidence.
The Babbel Method
Here’s what makes Babbel more effective than any...
Tired of boring textbooks? FluentU brings language learning to life with real-world videos!
Learn Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, German, Japanese, and English with FluentU.
"Great app. To my knowledge the best on the market. You created something unique and new!"
- Felix Wedel
"It is more helpful than any other tool I've used....
Mango Languages creates lovable language-learning experiences for language fanatics worldwide. With our iOS app, you'll have access to over 60 foreign-language courses and 17 English courses taught in the native language of the user. Each Mango lesson incorporates the four key conversational components crucial for successful communication: vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar,...
Go Talk – learn any language when you're on the move - available across your iOS devices.
This travel-ready, easy to access language learning tool is simple and fun with immediate results.
You can start for FREE and then learn to speak more by upgrading to Go Talk Essentials or Premium.
Go Talk...
Learn Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Hebrew, Cantonese, Thai, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Hindi, Polish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Filipino, Turkish, Persian, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Swahili, Czech, Danish, Afrikaans, Romanian, and Urdu.
Learn 34 languages the fast, fun, and easy way with Innovative Language 101.
"This series...
Learn English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Swedish, Finnish and Estonian. WordDive gives you results fast! In 2015, the technology publication Red Herring chose WordDive as one of its Top 100 European startup companies. You can try WordDive free for two weeks without any commitments. WordDive has users in over...
This capable interpreter and translator wowed us upon its release, and now it's even more incredible with iTranslator. We're excited to break down language barriers and engage in multilingual conversations, iPhone to iPhone. When you talk into your device, it beams to your friend's iPhone and speaks your words in...
Learn 50 languages for free using your native language!
50languages.com contains 100 lessons that provide beginners with a basic vocabulary. With no prior knowledge, you will learn to fluently speak short sentences in real-world situations in no time.
The 50languages method successfully combines audio and text for effective language learning.
50languages corresponds...
ChatAll is a messaging + language learning app combined.
See your conversation translated into the language of your choosing.
Use ChatAll for your daily messaging needs, and at the same time, learn a new language, develop a second language, or speak with a friend that doesn't speak the same language as...
*APP CONTENT AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE*
BBC has taken CBeebies to a whole new level! This bilingual app was already part of so many families’ lives, but we wanted to offer you even more! Check out our entirely new interface, with a whole new design + NEW FEATURE: PARENTAL CONTROL,...
5-Stars ***** from 20,000 total reviews worldwide. >2 million worldwide download.
Finally! Truly easier language learning. Combining THREE Proven Techniques into a Fun app :
▲ Word-Group Learning (Faster!)
▲ Fun 3-Level Game Playing Challenges
▲ Audio-Visual Excitement.
Of course it's most EFFECTIVE when it's FUN, so we dug into all the research...
Could be good for special cases
Speaky is the perfect app to instantly practice languages with people around the world and for free.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
1. Find the perfect language partners by browsing a worldwide community of language learners from more than 180 countries and native in more than 110 languages.
2. Instantly practice with your language partners and learn from each other simply by exchanging your language skills.
It's a simple language exchange method:
• You help someone that wants to learn your native language by practicing with him/her and correcting often times eventual mistakes.
• Your partner does the same for you.
Up to you and your partner to find the perfect "way" of doing language exchange.
3. Stay connected with your language partners and make sure to practice everyday!
If it is more convenient for you to practice from a computer, you can always access your account from our website: http://www.gospeaky.com
A NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS WHILE LEARNING LANGUAGES
Speaky will not only help you learn a new language and find language partners for your language exchanges. It will also connect you with people all around the world.
In other words, it means that on Speaky you will create a network of international friends with whom you will build incredible relationships. It's a Pen Pal network always accessible at your finger tips!
Long story short: Speaky is the best app to practice and learn languages online and for free.
On Speaky you can practice more than 110 languages, like English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Hindi… Just to name a few!
Millions of native speakers from all around the world are waiting for you, join us now!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
To learn more about us you can visit our website: www.speaky.com
Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/go_speaky
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospeaky
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/go_speaky/
Follow us on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/gospeaky/
UPDATE 28 Feb 2017:
Due to many reports of compatibility issues with our speech recognition system, we have released an update that uses Siri-based speech recognition. Stability has improved significantly.
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Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin (and more) anytime and anywhere with Rocket Languages. Our courses are designed to minimize your time to become conversational while keeping it fun!
THE ROCKET SYSTEM
We use the key strategies that successful polyglots use to learn 5 or more languages.
1. Making the BEST USE of limited time: Rocket is designed so that you can learn at your own pace and in your own time.
2. Understanding EXACTLY how the language and culture works: You get in-depth, step by step instructions on how the language works (in English), as well as valuable cultural tips
3. REINFORCE what you learn so that it sticks forever: Our scientifically designed Testing algorithm re-displays words and phrases that you are weak on until they stick in your head like glue.
4. Practice SPEAKING and SOUNDING like a native: The Rocket system has several features that prompt you to speak out loud. A key plank to your success.
5. Maintain MOTIVATION and have fun while you learn: Rocket has been designed to include a whole range of activities and features that will keep you engaged, motivated, and on track.
OUR LANGUAGES
• You can learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Hindi, and Korean.
• Free sample courses are available in all languages (no ads!)
ROCKETS MAIN FEATURES
Each full level has:
• Over 60 hours of Interactive Audio lessons
• Over 60 hours of Language & Culture lessons
• Plenty of Writing lessons (script languages only)
• Voice Recognition that lets you perfect your pronunciation on the thousands of phrases in every course
• 24/7 lifetime access with free upgrades
• All of your progress is synchronized across all of your devices
This app lets you study vocabulary, grammar, verbs, and more from some of our bestselling language titles. Designed by our expert authors, these flashcards, exercises, and audio recordings are perfect for study on-the-go!
What's New
● NEW TITLES: Content to support 6 additional books (see below)
FEATURES
● Flashcard sets and review questions designed by language-learning authors
● Missed flashcards keep coming back until they are mastered
● Ideal for study on-the-go: no more than 40 cards in a set
● Some titles include:
- multiple-choice questions
- audio recordings of reading passages, correct answers of exercises in the book, and pronunciation practice (Note: audio requires Internet access)
- record-yourself feature (requires access to your device's microphone) that enables you to compare your pronunciation against native-speaker recordings
● Languages: Spanish, French, English (ESL), Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
TITLES
This version contains flashcards to complement the following titles:
- ENGLISH (ESL): McGraw-Hill Education 400 Must-Know Words for the TOEFL Test; Practice Makes Perfect Basic English; Practice Makes Perfect Intermediate English for ESL Learners; Practice Makes Perfect English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners; Practice Makes Perfect English Verbs; Practice Makes Perfect English Conversation
- FRENCH: Easy French Reader; French Vocabulary Drills; Practice Makes Perfect Complete French Grammar; Practice Makes Perfect French Vocabulary Building With Suffixes and Prefixes; French Illustrated Dictionary; Practice Makes Perfect Complete French All-in-One; Practice Makes Perfect French Vocabulary; The Ultimate French Review and Practice; French Demystified; Practice Makes Perfect Basic French; Practice Makes Perfect; Read and Think French; French Verb Drills
- GERMAN: German Vocabulary Drills; Practice Makes Perfect German Verb Tenses; Practice Makes Perfect French Conversation German Vocabulary; German Demystified; German Verb Drills
- ITALIAN: Easy Italian Reader; Italian Vocabulary Drills; Practice Makes Perfect Complete Italian Grammar; Practice Makes Perfect Italian Conversation; Practice Makes Perfect Italian Verb Tenses; Practice Makes Perfect Italian Vocabulary; The Ultimate Italian Review and Practice; Italian Demystified; Read and Think Italian; Italian Verb Drills
- SPANISH: Easy Spanish Reader; Practice Makes Perfect Basic Spanish; Practice Makes Perfect Complete Spanish Grammar; Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Conversation; Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions; Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses; Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Vocabulary Building With Suffixes; Spanish Vocabulary Drills; The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice; McGraw-Hill Education Complete Medical Spanish; McGraw-Hill Education Spanish for Healthcare Providers; Correct Your Spanish Blunders; Easy Spanish Step-by-Step; Practice Makes Perfect Complete Spanish All-in-One; Practice Makes Perfect Complete Spanish Grammar; Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Vocabulary; Spanish Demystified; Complete Spanish Step-by-Step; Read and Think Spanish; Spanish Verb Drills; Stories from Latin America; Stories from Mexico; Stories from Spain
- OTHER LANGUAGES: Read & Speak Arabic for Beginners; Read & Speak Korean for Beginners; Practice Makes Perfect Basic Japanese; Practice Makes Perfect Basic Chinese; Japanese Demystified
