Education apps

Duolingo: Language Lessons

Duolingo

Duolingo is the app that made language practice a daily reflex, and the streak-and-gamification engine behind that habit...

Babbel - Language Learning

Babbel GmbH

Babbel takes the opposite bet to its gamified rivals: structured, expert-built courses aimed squarely at real conversati...

Pimsleur | Language Learning

Simon & Schuster

Pimsleur leans on a 50-year-old audio method and barely apologizes for it. Each half-hour lesson is a structured convers...

Speak: Language Learning

Speakeasy Labs

Speak bets everything on getting you talking. Instead of matching tiles, you hold spoken conversations with an AI that l...

Airlearn - Language Learning

UNACADEMY INC

Airlearn positions itself as the studious cousin of the streak-chasing apps. It teaches grammar, vocabulary, and cultura...

Memrise Easy Language Learning

Memrise Limited

Memrise has been around since 2013 and has clearly matured into a serious contender in the language learning space. With...

Busuu: Language Learning App

Busuu Limited

Busuu has been around since 2010 and carries the weight of that experience well. With a 4.71 store rating across nearly ...

Language Learning: Pingo AI

Pingo AI, Inc.

Pingo AI takes a conversation-first approach to language learning, putting an AI speaking partner at the center rather t...

HelloTalk - Language Learning

HELLOTALK FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE LEARNING TALK CHAT APP

HelloTalk has been connecting language learners with native speakers since 2012, making it one of the longest-running ap...

Rosetta Stone Classic (2024)

Rosetta Stone, Ltd.

Rosetta Stone Classic has been on the App Store since 2011, and that history shows, for better and worse. The immersive ...

LingoDeer - Learn Languages

LingoDeer Co, Ltd.

LingoDeer has been quietly building a strong reputation since 2017, and its 4.75 store rating across 27,000 reviews sugg...

Falou - Fast language learning

Moymer

Falou has been quietly racking up a serious user base since its 2019 launch, now sitting at 93,000 ratings averaging 4.7...

Drops: Language Learning Games

PLANB LABS OU

Drops has quietly built a loyal audience of 50 million users since its 2014 launch, and spending time with it reveals wh...

Teuida: Learn Languages

TEUIDA

Teuida targets three languages, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish, with a speak-first philosophy baked in from the first les...

Mondly: Learn 41 Languages

ATi Studios

Mondly has been around since 2015 and now carries Pearson branding, which lends it some academic credibility. The roster...

Mango Languages: Learning

Creative Empire, LLC

Mango Languages has been around since 2011 and version 8.79.0 still feels like a mature, well-maintained product. The 85...

Jumpspeak | Language Learning

Rype

Jumpspeak pitches itself as a conversation-first language platform, covering roughly 20 languages under a single members...

Praktika - AI Language Tutor

Praktika.ai Company

Praktika takes a conversation-first approach to language learning, pairing users with AI avatars that carry full backsto...

Preply - Language Learning App

Preply Inc.

Preply is not a drill-and-repeat vocabulary app. It is a tutor marketplace first, with a mobile layer built around booki...

Lingo Legend Language Learning

Hyperthought Games Incorporated

Lingo Legend wraps vocabulary drilling inside a card-battling RPG, asking you to answer language flashcards in order to ...

Ling - Learn Languages Easily

SIMYA LABS COMPANY LIMITED

Ling covers ground that Duolingo and Babbel simply ignore, offering over 70 languages including Lao, Khmer, Hokkien, and...

Innovative Language Learning

Innovative Language Learning USA LLC

Innovative Language Learning bundles access to up to 34 languages inside a single 52 MB app, leaning on short audio and ...

Language Transfer

Mihalis Eleftheriou

Language Transfer is a free audio course app built around a single developer's teaching philosophy: make learners constr...

Umi - Language Learning

Immersely Inc.

Umi takes a clip-based immersion approach to language learning, letting you pick up Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, G...

EWA: Learn Languages

Lithium Lab Pte Ltd

EWA has been quietly building since 2017 and now sits at a hefty 419 MB, which tells you something about the depth on of...

LingQ | Learn Languages

LingQ Languages Ltd

LingQ has been around since 2010 and version 6.0.18 shows a platform that has genuinely matured. Built around an input-b...

LingoTok - AI Language Tutor

Zero Billion, Inc.

LingoTok pitches itself as a private AI language tutor you can interrogate on any concept, at any pace. Released in late...

Tandem: Practice Languages

Tripod Technology GmbH

Tandem connects language learners directly with native speakers across 300-plus languages, including 12 sign languages, ...

italki - Language Learning

italki HK Limited

italki connects language learners with private tutors and native speakers for one-on-one video lessons. The model is str...

Promova: Language Learning App

Unlimited Promova Limited

Promova has been quietly building since 2019 and now sits at 220 MB with a 4.58 store rating across 63,000 ratings, whic...

Speak & Learn English: Learna

DEEP FLOW SOFTWARE SERVICES

Learna positions itself as a full-spectrum English tutor, covering grammar, speaking, reading, pronunciation, and vocabu...

Beelinguapp: Language Learning

Beelinguapp UG (haftungsbeschrankt)

Beelinguapp has been around since 2017 and takes a genuinely different route to language learning: instead of drilling f...

Learn Spanish for Beginners

Appcano LLC

Learn Spanish for Beginners from Appcano LLC has been around since 2013 and just hit version 31.0, which signals genuine...

Lingopanda: Language Learning

PingoLearn

Lingopanda targets English and Spanish learners who want to build spoken confidence rather than just memorize vocabulary...

Lingopie: Learn a Language

Lingopie Inc

Lingopie bets on a simple idea: watching real foreign-language TV shows and movies is more motivating than drilling verb...

Lingvano - Learn Sign Language

Lingvano GmbH

Lingvano targets complete beginners who want to learn American Sign Language through short, video-based lessons taught b...

SpanishDictionary.com Learning

Curiosity Media

SpanishDictionary.com Learning has been around since 2009 and the accumulated depth shows. Curiosity Media has built som...

Lingvist: Learn Languages Fast

Lingvist Technologies OU

Lingvist takes a vocabulary-first approach to language learning, leaning on spaced repetition and frequency-based word o...

Dreaming: Language Learning

Dreaming Languages, Inc.

Dreaming builds on the reputation of Dreaming Spanish and Dreaming French, two comprehensible-input platforms that have ...

Bunpo: Language Learning

Bunpo Language Learning

Bunpo packs over eight languages into a single 132 MB app, covering everything from Japanese hiragana and JLPT prep to c...

LangLearn: AI English Tutor

AIFLAME TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.

LangLearn pitches itself as a personalized AI tutor for English and Spanish, covering speaking practice, grammar, vocabu...

Langua: AI language learning

LanguaTalk Inc.

Langua, from LanguaTalk Inc., launched in late 2024 and pitches itself squarely at spoken confidence rather than vocabul...

Learn Korean & Study Hangul

PLANB LABS OU

Learn Korean and Study Hangul, built by PLANB LABS OU and running since 2017, takes a picture-first approach to Korean v...

HiNative - Language Learning

Lang-8, Inc

HiNative connects language learners with native speakers across more than 170 countries through a community Q&A format. ...

Learn Languages - Lingo Play

Lingo Play Ltd

Lingo Play has been quietly building since 2015, and version 5.2.3 arrives with a catalog that is genuinely hard to argu...

Language Learning - Easy Speak

INTSIG PTE. LTD.

Easy Speak from INTSIG targets working professionals and exam candidates who need spoken English practice more than gram...

Natulang - Language Learning

Natulang OU

Natulang takes a genuinely different stance in the crowded language-learning space by centering the experience almost en...

FluentU: Learn Language Videos

Enux Education Limited

FluentU takes a genuinely different approach to language learning by anchoring lessons in real-world video content like ...

goFLUENT - Language Training

goFLUENT

goFLUENT positions itself firmly in the corporate and higher-education lane rather than the casual learner space. The ap...

Talkpal - AI Language Learning

TalkPal, Inc.

Talkpal leans hard into conversational practice as its core mechanic, which sets it apart from flashcard-heavy competito...

Andy English Language Learning

Andrey Pyankov

Andy English Language Learning has been quietly running since early 2016 and sits at a respectable 4.73 across 16,000 ra...

ChineseSkill - Learn Chinese

YIYAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

ChineseSkill has been in the App Store since 2014 and still pulls a 4.83 rating from 15,000 reviewers, which is hard to ...

Fluently: AI Language Learning

Fluently, Inc.

Fluently puts spoken English practice at the center of its experience rather than treating it as an afterthought. Releas...

Language Learning - Xeropan

Xeropan International Kft.

Xeropan wraps language learning inside a sci-fi narrative where a future professor travels back in time to restore commu...

LANG: Learn New Languages

LEARNING TECH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO. L.L.C.

LANG targets learners of Spanish or English with short, interactive lessons covering speaking, reading, listening, and w...

DuoCards: Language Learning

DuoCards s.r.o

DuoCards tackles vocabulary building through two parallel tracks: spaced-repetition flashcards and video-based language ...

Rocket Languages

Libros Media Ltd

Rocket Languages has been around since 2013 and the app, now at version 6.8.0, reflects over a decade of iteration. Supp...

EF Hello: Language Learning

Signum International AG

EF Hello is a conversation-focused English learning app built around an AI tutor named Addi, developed by Signum Interna...

Kids Learn Language: Dinolingo

Dino Lingo Inc.

Dinolingo packs a genuinely impressive breadth into a single family subscription: 50 languages, 40,000-plus activities, ...

Hallo - Language Learning

Hallo, Inc

Hallo puts conversational speaking at the center of language learning rather than treating it as an afterthought. The ap...

RealSpeak: Language Learning

Aurora Borealis Culture Media Limited

RealSpeak targets the gap between vocabulary drills and actual spoken fluency, positioning itself as a conversation-firs...

Language Reactor - PlayLingo

Alexey Nenastyev

PlayLingo takes a familiar idea, learning a language through real media, and packages it with enough AI tooling to feel ...

Language Learning: Enverson AI

Enverson

Enverson AI is a free language learning app covering English, German, Spanish, French, and Russian, with an AI tutor han...

Learn English by Lang AI Tutor

App Vizyon

Lang AI Tutor arrived in late 2024 from developer App Vizyon and pitches itself as a conversation-first English learning...

Speals AI - Language Learning

SofoApp OU

Speals AI is a spoken English practice app from SofoApp OU that pairs learners with an AI tutor for real-time conversati...

AmazingTalker: Learn Languages

AmazingTalker

AmazingTalker connects learners to vetted, one-on-one language tutors across more than 100 languages, from Spanish and E...

Japanese!! Learn Kana & Kanji

Luli Languages LLC

Japanese!! Learn Kana and Kanji has been quietly maintained since 2015, recently updated in mid-2026, and has earned a 4...

French Language Learning

Imad Al-Zaidi.

French Language Learning from developer Imad Al-Zaidi is a free vocabulary-focused app that organizes French words and p...

Lingualeo: Language Learning

LinguaLeo

Lingualeo has been around since late 2011 and claims over 23 million users across a library covering more than 20 langua...

Wordy - Language Learning

Appalex Ltd.

Wordy from Appalex Ltd. bets its entire identity on one idea: skip the textbook sentences and learn language through rea...

Language Learning - Polyglot

AJA Digital LLC

Polyglot lands in a crowded language learning space with a genuinely different pitch: study multiple languages at once r...

Lingwing - Language learning

Hitech LLC

Lingwing has been in development since 2017, built by a small team at Hitech LLC around the idea that immersion beats ro...

Jacta: Track Language Learning

Emile Robillard

Jacta is a lightweight session-logging app for language learners, built by solo developer Emile Robillard and released i...

Lingard: Language Learning

Dmitry Schavlik

Lingard takes a reading-first approach to learning English, Spanish, German, and French, letting you work through real b...

Superfluent: Language Learning

Superfluent, Inc.

Superfluent takes a map-driven approach to language learning, dropping users into real city environments to practice spo...

Emma: Learn Languages

Edailabs

Emma: Learn Languages from Edailabs puts an AI conversation partner at the center of the experience rather than the usua...

English Learning - AI LearniQ

Laraun

Released in December 2024 and already sitting at 4.56 stars across 658 ratings, English Learning - AI LearniQ from Larau...

Lune AI - Language Learning

Lune Digital LLC

Lune AI bundles a surprisingly broad toolkit into a 37 MB package, pairing AI-generated flashcards and stories with live...

PopStudy: Language Learning

Longtail Studios

PopStudy targets Spanish, French, and Chinese learners who want more than casual dabbling, anchoring its approach in spa...

Memo English Language Learning

MemoApp Inc.

Memo takes a social-media-first approach to English and Spanish vocabulary building, feeding learners a stream of short ...