Busuu vs Ayni

Since Busuu puts learners in direct contact with natives, the learning is done in a realistic way - not an idealistic textbook way.

For popular languages, translations can be received very quickly from real people.

Instead of teaching words by most used, they are taught by case. This way, users can prepare for specific situations.

It is focused on practice with penpals and it provides content about how to get the most out of language exchange.

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.

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.