When comparing Ayni vs FluentU, the Slant community recommends FluentU for most people. In the question“What are the best sites for learning foreign languages?” FluentU is ranked 11th while Ayni is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose FluentU is:
FluentU lets you pick from a wide variety of real-world videos and helps you understand what's being said through interactive subtitles. It's a fun and engaging way to learn your target language.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Focuses on practice
It is focused on practice with penpals and it provides content about how to get the most out of language exchange.
Pro Engaging conversations
Writing a real person is much more engaging than repeating words from a program. You are more likely to continue with Ayni than other programs because you can actually have a conversation instead of simply learning words and phrases.
Pro Free
Pro Great to find an active penpal
This is a small community (+2000 active users) but active, as it does not look like a social network but more like a collaborative platform for matching.
Pro Engaging learning style
FluentU lets you pick from a wide variety of real-world videos and helps you understand what's being said through interactive subtitles. It's a fun and engaging way to learn your target language.
Cons
Con Not a lot of users to interact with
It is very hard to find a Japanese or Korean pen-pal on Ayni. However even some of the more popular languages don't have many users to talk with.
Con Website has a lot of grammar mistakes
The website itself (English version) has quite a few grammar errors throughout. The lack of attention put into the site, especially language errors on a language site, are concerning.
Con Not recommended for beginners
There is no content if you start learning a language from scratch.
Con Expensive monthly fee for what you get
While the software is unique, it's limited to video translations and being quizzed on clips from those videos. There is no structured lessons.