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Alternatives to Duolingo (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
 

Hello,

A few alternatives to Duolingo (which hasn't been that good for a while now)

So here are some tips

  • Drops app - Originally from Estonia, now a Kahoot! company which is from Norway. In few minutes a day for unpaid version it builds your vocabulary and you can also search by the topic. They offer wide range of languages. They also support Ukraine.

Link: https://languagedrops.com/

  • Babbel - Most widely known subscription-based app where you learn with language professionals. Origin in Germany.

Link: https://www.babbel.com/

  • Preply - Tutoring platform focused on languages originating in Ukraine. It is like a marketplace where tutors offer their language services and you can book tutor for language you want to learn.

Link: https://preply.com/

  • Lingoda - German online language school

Link: https://www.lingoda.com/

https://www.memrise.com/ is British

Feel free to share more if you have them and/or your experience with the ones above

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[–] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

of these memrise seems the best to me. no fancy animation, you have to wait for (unlike drops), it works well in browser, and gives you a lot of freedom.

plus has the least awful/annoying free trial of all :)) (i ignored all, that wanted my credit card first.)

i do second the notion, that flashcards really do not need to be a subscription model, anki for example is great, there are a lot more apps like it, flashcards can be realised as a simple python script even!

really anything aside of vocab repetion is what makes these services worth it. and i guess i like the conversations feature memrise offers. (i played around with one of the big languages. i'm sure the ai features are clunkier with less popular langs?

babble of course is amazing. really anything that pairs you with natives is s-tier.