There are different languages on this planet and learning one, aside from your mother tongue, is quite an uphill task. However the digital age has made it possible to learn a foreign language basically by spending a short amount of your life in front of a PC screen. Oh, the PC screen is quite ancient now because, thanks to linguistic apps like Duolingo, you can learn your desired language anytime on the move, on your smartphone or tablet. Since we mentioned Duolingo, we ought to tell you that it has been the most favoured & downloaded application throughout the years on both the Android & iOS ecosystems, just due to its extensive list of accessible languages and its simple teaching process.

However, users have been lately expecting more from an application of this genre. Duolingo’s unavoidable issues of content redundancy over the time, inaccessibility of some major languages (like, Chinese for example) and provision of beginner level content have left people asking for an application based language learning service that can fill up these gaps. In this way, we have been thinking about these problems lately and thus, we have compiled a list of 7 commendable (if not, better) Duolingo alternatives for Android and iOS:

1. Memrise

Memrise is a very famous free-to-download application that has an extensive list of more than 100 dialects for you to pick and learn. In comparison to Duolingo, it gives you with a game-style learning of your desired language in the form of training you as an undercover agent, who is about to visit a universe practicing your picked language. Aside from this weird concept, Memrise presents an advanced level of language teaching with video clips of locals talking to you, which is certainly a step above Duolingo’s introductory level.

Additionally, you can keep learning your most loved language while you have lost internet connectivity, although that would need you to purchase the premium version of the application. In any case, with more than 100 languages to learn in very interesting ways, you surely wouldn’t mind spending a reasonable amount, that too with stunning deals sweeping your phone screen quite often.

Install: Android, iOS (Free with in-app purchases)

2. Babbel

If you need your digital language trainer to have interactive and structured content in a similar screen, then you are perusing about the right language trainer application. Babbel is an extraordinary other option to Duolingo with awesome levels of interaction and various options for all kinds of learners. Unlike Duolingo’s 18 language collection, this has a slightly lesser collection of 14 languages, with not all the major ones included. The course content is presented in a structured manner, divided into 10-15 min bite-sized lessons, thus permitting you to get a grasp of the subject matter more effortlessly. You get chat-styled situations, where you want to reply in the most natural way. You also get to learn the cultural significance of certain words & phrases of your favored language during the process.

The service also aims to enhance your pronunciation by training you to speak flawlessly by using the speech-recognition technology. And, it synchronizes your progress across various gadgets, thus making it a great language learning application for every circumstance.

Install: Android, iOS (Free with in-app purchases)

3. busuu

busuu is for individuals who need to begin with the basics and then move on to very advanced levels of a picked language, something which Duolingo isn’t providing presently. The application has a well-laid layout and is quite interactive in its way to teaching a new language to you. The content has been created by experts & teachers, so you can be well assured of being in right hands. You get to learn complex vocabulary through simple fill-in-the-blank type sentences. Not only you get to learn vocabulary, you are also greeted with grammar tips, with elaborate instances to help you get going with your new language. Furthermore, you additionally get to chat with the natives, thus helping you get a grasp of your recently picked language with a local flair. You can also monitor your progress in a detailed report, which shows your corrections as well.

Drawbacks? It has only 12 languages for you to choose from, that too excluding some major ones from its list. But, if your preferred language is a part of busuu’s list, do give it a try for its interactive yet professional approach to learning a new language.

Install: Android, iOS (Free with in-app purchases)

4.Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone is the oldest PC assisted language learning service and it is also accessible for you on Android and iOS. Unlike Duolingo, Rosetta Stone provides a platter of 24 major languages, penned down by experts and teachers together. It provides a comprehensive study material to give you the best of what your picked language has to offer. All these, coupled with a slick & attractive UI, makes for a satisfying learning experience on your cell phone.

It highlights elocution lessons through your cell phone’s inherent discourse acknowledgment innovation to help you spell your recently learnt vocabulary in a legitimate way. What’s more, since it depends on cloud innovation, you can begin your lesson on your tablet and keep experiencing it on your telephone while driving. Try it out, as the main lesson is free.

Install: Android, iOS (Free with in-app purchases)

5. Clozemaster

Clozemaster is the only name in this list that claims itself to be a game rather than a language learning application. It beats Duolingo in its own game by offering more than 100 language pairings. And since the developer claims this to be a game, you will discover your “mobile lingual learning class” dressed in “16-bit game” like graphics. You get intuitive fill-in-the-blank type questions, with the audio versions of them accessible alongside. But, we found the content to be of a level that can be considered as the next level to Duolingo’s introductory levels. And, the best thing to point is that it’s absolutely free. Try it out and we think you may forget Duolingo.

Install: (Free)

6. Lingvist

If you like to apply science in every sphere of your life (like Batman), you will like Lingvist without a doubt. The developer of this application tried a scientific approach to learning languages and we need to say that he succeeded without a doubt. Unlike Duolingo or any other application listed here, Lingvist trains you with a vocabulary that you hear in actual conversations for your picked language. You get to learn & utilize words that will be helpful to you practically. The application tracks your learning curve and presents your course material in a way which will be helpful to your learning.

The content is presented to you in the form of flashcards, which is quite appealing to look at. And the most important thing- it’s free. But, the only point where it loses out to Duolingo is the number of dialects on offer- a paltry 4 compared to Duolingo’s fair 18. But, if your preferred language is a part of this application, do try it out.

Install: Android (Free)

7. HelloTalk Learn Languages Free

If you are the kind of guy who is not at all interested in serious study sessions, then HelloTalk will be able to get a place on your gadget. Because who said you only need to go through study materials and not learn by talking to individuals? This language learning service lets you learn your desired language by having conversations with multi-lingual people around the world. You can go through a person’s profile, going through his area of expertise & interests, before asking for an interaction with him. You can connect to people for various purposes, i.e. learn a language while travelling, interested in the cultural significance of another language and more.

The chat based system additionally offers a video call feature, where you can interact with the individual and discuss certain things that are tough to explain; pronunciations for instance. And, since it is chat based, the learning can be mutual, that is you can teach your French friend proper German and vice versa. You can consider it to be a combo of Facebook & WhatsApp for people who are interested in learning a language.

Install: Android (Free with in-app purchases)

Learn your dream language with these Duolingo Alternatives

There are many other apps that function similarly to the ones we have mentioned. You may think that there may be some better app-based services in the Play Store, with even more features. But these 7 Duolingo alternative apps provide you the best of the learning experience, each in their own different way.