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• Duolingo itself is free.

• Lessons go deep.

• Speaking, writing, listening and reading exercises are equally balanced in each lesson and each language.

• Good for long-term and committed learners.

• Mobile app and website offer the same.

• You can join clubs related to the language you are learning.

• Duolingo Plus, a more complete version of Duolingo, is paid.

• Fast conversational skills are not developed, so it is not good for tourists trying to pick the language up before traveling.

• There is no chat option to interact with native speakers.

1-month subscription: $9.99 per month

6-month subscription: $7.99 per month

12-month subscription: $6.67 per month

• Vocabulary, dialogues, and memorizing are part of the free features.

• Puts learners in direct contact with native speakers.

• Fast response time for popular languages.

• Teaches by themes so learners can prepare for specific situations.

• Free section is limited.

• Conversations and tests are part of the paid features.

• Ineffective review section with irrelevant questions to learners.

• Letters with accents are not supported in the chat system.

6-month subscription: $7.50 per month

12-month subscription: $5.83 per month

• Free of charge registration.

• First lesson in any language is free.

• First builds conversational skills.

• Mobile app works without internet connection.

• Offers explanations.

• High-quality content, not user-generated.

• Full features for each language are paid.

• Microphone technology in mobile app is not the best.
• Mobile app is a little bit buggy.

• You can’t go back to slides or audios without having to go through all the lessons.

• Mobile app does not offer the same as website.

• Textbook learning only.

3-month subscription: $8.95 per month

6-month subscription: $7.45 per month

12-month subscription: $6.95 per month

• Live sessions with friendly, patient,   experienced teachers after completing a   unit of the program selected.

• One-on-one and group sessions.

• Spoken sessions are very helpful.

• No translation of content to mother   tongue.

• Immersion-style program.

• Audio is great and everything is in target language.

• Entire set is very well designed.

• Games you can play individually and also in groups.

• Very expensive.

• Teachers’ time availability for live sessions does not fully cover all time zones.

• No indications of being in a group class or a one-on-one session before it started.

• Frustrating learning interface.

• Computer microphones do not work well but only with Rosetta Stone ’s headphones.

• Writing test is very basic.

• Pictures are too generic so they are not relevant to the language learned.

• Same approach for all languages even if they are drastically different.

Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), English (British), English (American), Arabic, Dari, Dutch, Chinese (Mandarin), Filipino (Tagalog), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, French, Latin, Persian (Farsi), Pashto, Polish, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swahili, Italian, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.

Subscription prices vary depending on the language you want to learn.