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Add to SafariWhen comparing Babbel vs Ayni, the Slant community recommends Babbel for most people. In the question“What are the best sites for learning foreign languages?” Babbel is ranked 16th while Ayni is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Babbel is:
Each course contains four stages: new words, a dialogue, grammar instruction, and review.
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Pros
Pro Thorough courses
Each course contains four stages: new words, a dialogue, grammar instruction, and review.
Pro Offers explanations
When you aren't sure about tricky grammar, Babbel can refresh your memory.
Pro High quality content
Since the content isn't user generated like other apps, each lesson is extremely high quality.
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.
Cons
Con Monthly fee
This app costs $13 per month
Con Buggy interface
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.
