Rosetta Stone vs Ayni

Instead of teaching word recognition, Rosetta Stone uses speech recognition technology to make sure that students are learning to pronounce the words correctly.

While trying to cary a conversation in a foreign language can be an effective way to learn, sometimes it causes a lot of stress. Rosetta Stone takes this concept and applies it to a stress free environment.

At the end of each lesson, students are able to review live with real teachers.

When learning another language, a learner from that language can be invited to play a game for mutual learning purposes. Unfortunately, Rosetta Stone hasn't spread very much to countries outside of the US, so this game system isn't very developed yet.

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.