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Best apps to learn German
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Memrise
FREE
iOS, Android, Web
~50
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Duolingo
$0-9.99/m
iOS, Android, Windows phone, Web
~30 from English
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Clozemaster
FREE
iOS, Android, Web
50
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HelloTalk
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iOS, Android
150+
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Busuu
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iOS, Android, Web
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Memrise
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Memrise
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Memrise
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Easy to use
You will understand quickly what you should do, and you will begin to learn in less than a minute.
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Doesn't teach much grammar
Memrise is more focused on increasing your vocabulary, so has very little on grammar and sentence structure.
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VigilantColopUUichkin's Experience
It can be helpful for learning words.
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Platforms:
iOS, Android, Web
Number of languages:
~50
Ads?:
No
In app purchases:
Yes
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Android app can be used offline
You can download courses to use offline with the Android app. Great for when you're traveling.
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Lack of uniformity
It is driven by community, that can be good, but quality isn't always the same and it misses some uniformity.
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Foreign keyboard on screen when necessary
This saves you from having to copy/paste characters or worry about your keyboard settings.
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Lack of diversity in some courses
Some courses will have a very poor diversity for vocabulary lessons. For example, they may repeat the same few names for 10 minutes. It can be annoying, or demotivating.
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Helps grow your vocabulary quickly
Memrise uses "mems" to increase your vocabulary, which are a way to connect a word to its meaning. A common example is associating a word with an image. Mnemonics are another one they use to help you remember new words. For example, "le parcours" (route or course) could be remembered with the mem "People who do parkour pick their own route".
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Learn from natives
Official courses have videos of natives, recorded recently, to help you along.
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Huge vocabulary
The courses can teach you a very large vocabulary (for example, the first level Spanish course has 1705 words).
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Free account without a time limit
Basic account is totally free (no time limit) and very generous. An upgrade (with more features) is available for 9 USD / month.
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Duolingo
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Duolingo
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Duolingo
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Pros
6
Cons
4
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Motivates through creative gamification
Progress is measured gaming-like by gaining XP, leveling up and knowing how many words are learnt. Also, lessons have a limited amount of lives, which you must preserve to pass the lesson. They use other creative gamification techniques to keep you motivated such as making wagers and improving your position on the leaderboard.
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Sentences are fake and unrealistic
To avoid picking up bad habits and to learn how words are really used in context, it is best to study real texts written by native speakers.
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Specs
Platforms:
iOS, Android, Windows phone, Web
Number of languages:
~30 from English
In-app purchases:
Yes
Ads:
Yes (Android, iOS)
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Generous free plan
Duolingo is completely free to use, with no features limited to upgraded accounts. If you want to go ad-free, the cost is $12.99/month.
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Teaches words in isolation without context
Many of Duolingo's drills require you to match isolated words with one of their meanings. This is not as efficient or fun as learning in context.
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Engaging learning method
Each lesson uses a variety of different learning methods to keep it interesting and fun. The lessons are short so you aren't forced to focus for long periods of time.
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Little production of target language
Duolingo focuses heavily on reading comprehension and translation into one's own language rather than encouraging production of text/speech in the target language.
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Extensive
Duolingo is exceptionally thorough when it comes to teaching the nuances of language. It has plenty of audio material, articles to translate, and a cooperative development made by users.
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Mobile app is less beneficial because it's too easy
Some of the games available on the mobile app are different from that on the desktop version, and are oversimplified/make it very easy to guess.
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Friendly, active community
There is a discussion board available on the site, and a really active community on reddit in r/duolingo (30k + members). Everyone is friendly and happy to help or offer support.
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Frequently adding new languages
You can check out the courses page to see what languages are "hatching" (being developed) and what languages are in beta.
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Clozemaster
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Clozemaster
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Clozemaster
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8
Pros
5
Cons
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Specs
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Gets you used to hearing your target language
After completed a sentence, it is read out loud by a native speaker of your target language (some sentences will allow you to hear it spoken by multiple speakers). They read it out clearly, but at a conversational pace. It gets you comfortable with hearing the words spoken in a normal, conversational way.
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Sentences are crowdsourced and sometimes unreliable.
Clozemaster gets its sentences from Tatoeba.org. Tatoeba is a very worthwhile project, but it includes many inaccurate sentences. There is no way to know whether a sentence in Tatoeba's database was written by a native speaker.
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Platforms:
iOS, Android, Web
Number of languages:
50
Ads?:
No
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Helps you to remember vocabulary by giving you context
Clozemaster helps you learn vocabulary in a natural way by giving you regular sentences and asking you to fill in the missing word, either by typing or using multiple choice. For example, "Apenas hay __ en esa ciudad". The additional context using natural speech helps get you comfortable with the language.
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Not a good starting place for beginners
Clozemaster jumps right in with expecting you to fill in word blanks in the language you are learning. If you have little or no understanding of the language you wish to learn, it doesn't give you enough information to get started.
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Lots of repetition helps you remember new words
Words are used in a variety of different sentences to help you remember them.
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Large variety of languages to choose from
Currently offers over 50 languages from around the world.
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Free to play
There's a paid version with extra features, but it's free to sign up and play. The free version is quite generous and will give you plenty of material to learn from. If you want to upgrade, the cost is $8/month. You can see the additional features here.
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HelloTalk
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HelloTalk
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HelloTalk
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Platforms:
iOS, Android
Number of languages:
150+
In app purchases:
Yes
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Busuu
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Busuu
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6
Pros
3
Cons
2
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Teaches by theme
Instead of teaching words by most used, they are taught by case. This way, users can prepare for specific situations.
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Chat system doesn't support letters with accents
Busuu only accepts regular characters in the text fields, so non-native languages may be limited.
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Platforms:
iOS, Android, Web
Number of languages:
12
Ads?:
No
In app purchases:
Yes
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Fast response time
For popular languages, translations can be received very quickly from real people.
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Con
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Ineffective "review" section
When a section is over, there is a multiple review session. Many of the questions are totally irrelevant and are not useful for learners.
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Teaches realistic conversation behavior
Since Busuu puts learners in direct contact with natives, the learning is done in a realistic way - not an idealistic textbook way.
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WordBrewery
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WordBrewery
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WordBrewery
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10
Pros
8
Cons
1
Specs
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Pro
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Filter sentences by topic
You can choose to read sentences from within a particular section of news sites (politics and news, business and finance, culture and travel, sports, etc.)
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Con
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There are no native iOS or Android apps yet
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Platforms:
Web
Number of languages:
20
Ads?:
No
In app purchases:
No
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Infinite content from a constantly growing sentence database
WordBrewery adds new sentences to its database every day.
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High-frequency vocabulary
WordBrewery focuses on high-frequency vocabulary to help you learn efficiently. Its sentences are selected because they contain many high-frequency words within a particular level.
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Uses real sentences from the news
WordBrewery uses sentences from recent news articles written by native speaker. This means the content you study is interesting and accurate.
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No rote memorization
WordBrewery teaches vocabulary and grammar in context, never through rote memorization such as memorizing definitions or grammar rules.
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High-quality, customizable text-to-speech
You can choose among several text-to-speech voices for German.
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Automatically create lists of example sentences to study
Whenever you find a word you want to study, you can automatically create a list of example sentences containing that word. You can then print these sentences (with translations) to a PDF, export them to a flash card program, or study them on the website.
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Personalized courses that adapt to your current knowledge
WordBrewery's German courses select different sentences for you based on your current word knowledge. The courses are different for everyone.
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