Language app guides and comparisons
These language app guides and comparisons answer one question each, such as what to use instead of Duolingo or whether Babbel is worth it, with every app checked on its own site.
Checked October 2026
Comparisons
Duolingo alternatives
When Duolingo stops being enough: courses, listening and speaking that pick up where it ends.
ComparisonApps like Duolingo
Same short daily format, different strengths: grammar, vocabulary games or spoken phrases.
Head to head
Two apps side by side, with a plain verdict: all 36 comparisons.
Questions about each app
One question per page, answered with the price and facts we checked: is it free, what it costs, whether it is worth it, how to cancel.
Duolingo
- Is Duolingo free? What the free version gives you (2026)
- How much is Duolingo? Super and Max prices (2026)
- Duolingo energy and hearts: how to keep learning without the limits
- Is Duolingo effective? What it teaches and what it skips
- How to get a Duolingo refund
- How to cancel Duolingo Super
Babbel
- Babbel cost: every plan and what it works out per month (2026)
- Is Babbel free? Trial, free lessons, what's locked
- Is Babbel worth it?
- Babbel lifetime: is the one-off plan worth it?
- How to cancel Babbel
- How to get a Babbel refund
Anki
Quizlet
Rosetta Stone
- Rosetta Stone reviews
- Does Rosetta Stone work? The speech-recognition problem
- Rosetta Stone lifetime: is it worth it?
- Rosetta Stone vs Babbel vs Duolingo
- How to get a Rosetta Stone refund
Busuu
Praktika
Memrise
Pimsleur
- The Pimsleur method explained (and where it stops)
- Is Pimsleur worth it?
- Pimsleur free: what you can get without paying
- How to cancel Pimsleur
Lingopie
- Is Lingopie worth it?
- Lingopie pricing (2026)
- Lingopie alternatives
- How to cancel Lingopie and get a refund
Preply
FluentU
For French learners
How the big apps work for French in particular, in the French section.
- Duolingo French: how far it takes you, honestly
- Pimsleur French: the method, the levels, the price
- Lingopie review for French learners
- Preply French tutors: prices and how it works
- italki French tutors: how to pick one, what it costs
- Rosetta Stone French: what you get and who it suits
- Babbel French: what the course covers, level by level
- Anki for French: decks worth using
- Busuu French: course, levels, the ads
- Memrise French: what's left of the courses
Guides by skill and type
Free language learning apps
Free outright or free tier: what you get without paying, app by app.
GuideFrench listening apps
Real French audio and video with support, from slow news to real-speed TV.
GuideApps to practice speaking a language
Tutors, classes, exchanges and pronunciation coaching: where to actually speak.
GuideFrench grammar apps
Rules explained, gaps found, drills done: grammar tools from free sites to daily courses.
GuideOnline French courses
Courses made only for French: daily lessons, audio, video and podcast courses, with prices.
GuideOnline language courses
Live classes, tutors and self-paced courses in many languages, with the prices we saw.
GuideFrench learning websites
Plain websites run by teachers and broadcasters, mostly free.
GuideFrench YouTube channels for learners
Free real French on YouTube, from street interviews to French-only lessons.