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I have used Duolingo for many months and today added Babbel. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth of understanding I gained after only 15 minutes. With Babbel I'm learning the language, not only gaining vocabulary.
@@miljantrajkovic1862 You did! I watched the older one first, commented and then saw there was a newer video. I'm so excited about learning so much more in depth that I wanted to share it with as many people as possible! :)
I'm at 278 days with Duolingo Portuguese. I feel my vocabulary is growing at a steady pace and I'm very comfortable with verb conjugations. I don't mind the strange sentences that Duolingo uses. I think the intent is to not allow you to anticipate the words in a sentence but you have to focus on the actual words in the clue. The one area that I am lacking is time spent listening to the sentences rather than reading them. I have been able to read a Brazilian newspaper for a long time but I still cannot hear what people are saying (even the most basic sentences). Overall, I like Duolingo.
Tens que tentar ver novelas brasileiras ou acompanhar algum youtuber/streamer brasileiro para treinar a audição e assim adaptares-te a ouvir o dialeto brasileiro também (in advance, in case anything read weird to you, I'm portuguese, so I'm using the European dialect :P)
Babbel all the way baby! I’ve been using both for years and Babbel is BY FAR better if you really want to learn a language and become near fluent. Duolingo is good if you want to know a bit of a language here and there, but if you want to become closer to fluent go with Babbel, it’s worth it!
To anyone considering using Babbel to continue learning a language you’ve studied in the past, make sure Babbel offers a level of study in your target language that.will help you achieve your goals. I enthusiastically purchased a 1 year Babbel Russian Subscription, then discovered they only offer Newcomer and Beginner lessons in that language. Very disappointing! I reached out to customer service and Babbel is sending a full refund.
Not so fast. Despite I hate Duolingo doesn't help much with grammar, I also don't like to spend too much effort on grammar yet end up forgetting all of it without enough practices. Duolingo seems inherently focusing on repetition and practices, a.k.a. immersion. That gamification and app design all seem trying to keep you back to it as frequently as possible and that's important. My take away is Duolingo should be good for beginner and advancing to level B may benefit more from Babbel.
I'm really enjoying using Super Duolingo to learn Portuguese. It does get repetitive, but it definitely has hooked me up. I found your comment on grammar in Babbel interesting. It's probably worth giving it a try once my learning habits are a bit more settled... Combining both sounds like a great idea though 👍🏾
Worth mentioning, if you are neurodivergent. Duolingo really nails it's dopamine triggers. I have ADHD and focusing is very hard for me in most aspects of my life. I don't have that issue with Duolingo.
I’m autistic and adhd and duo keeps me entertained mostly but can get boring but then I switch to babbel but that doesn’t keep my attention as long and I find I get bored plus lack of repetition mean I lose track of what I’m doing and forget it easy - thank god for review 🤪
The problem with Babbel is that they don't offer any of the languages I want to learn (Arabic and Bengali). Actually, only app I've used that has Bengali is Mondly, and I'm using Duolingo for Arabic right now. I appreciate that Duolingo hammers in vocabulary because I can read and write Arabic pretty well but I don't understand it, but I really wish they had grammar instruction. I wish Babbel would create an Arabic course. Also, I don't really mind that the Duolingo sentences are weird, it makes them more memorable lol.
thanks for this comprehensive comparison. I think there's an extra dimension you might consider which is the age of the learner. As a person in my 70's a gaming environment is likely to grate on me no matter how effective the app is at teaching whilst a more structured approach is likely to be a better fit to the way I like to engage.
Thanks for the comparison. I have been using Duolingo for a while and you hit all the right spots. I will probably register with Babbel now but keep Duolingo as a fun one on the side. I have been learning Italian for a while and the traveled to Italy. Many phrases learned was not of great use. I never had to tell anyone that sharks eat fish!
thank you for this review!! I usually use Duolingo for language learning but will check out Babbel now! I want to learn French as its a second language where I live and started learning it in high school
I've been learning German on Duolingo and it had been working great untill I got further in to section 2. It started to delve more into sentence structure without giving any guidance. I tried learning it through reasearch but it's super tricky so I think I'll try Babble and hope they teach the grammar I need.
Thanks! Pretty much just verified exactly what I was thinking. I’m gonna do both. I’ve been in duo for a week and I think it’s doing a great job drawing me in on the daily and then I usually want more so I feel like I’ll be driven in to Babbel after I warm up and get my dopamine hit in duo.
My son sent me a link to Duolingo at the same time as I was receiving ads on social for Babbel. I travel a lot and my hardest decision to this point had been which language to learn. I was very pleased to find this video and the summary suggesting how to use them in tandem was super helpful as I was kind of thinking the same, but wondering if it would take away from one or the other. Your suggestion that they complemented each other, or worked well for time management, really made sense! Thank you!
I’m learning Arabic because I’m fascinated by the Middle East culture after visiting Dubai this month. I would like to be able to immerse in the culture and be able to converse twitch the locals the next time I visit!
I want to learn German because my grandma was German and I wanted to go to Germany with her, but she ended up passing away a little while back. I still intend to go to Germany though, just after I’ve completely learned the language rather than just the basics.
Thank you for the video comparing Babbel and Duolingo! I haven't tried Babbel myself, but since moving to Peru where my girlfriend doesn't speak English, I went to Maximo Nivel language learning school for three months, and I’ve also been studying Spanish on Duolingo daily for over 600 days now! I can now speak Spanish, and I agree that Duolingo is a great language learning application.
Hey John,I have watched some of your videos and I am using Super Duolingo to learn German and Spanish. My wife's co-worker is using Babbel to learn French and he likes it and suggested I give it a try. I research things before I buy so here I am. Thank You for the video it was super helpful.
Thanks for all the info!! I've used Duolingo for almost a year now but I was looking for something to add to that to make it more comprehensive, and I think Babble will be it!
Thanks for the video. I'm deciding whether I want to get Babbel to improve my German or stay with Duolingo, and after watching I am leaning towards trying Babbel
Greek is a great language.. I learned it with Linguaphone. Sadly they are no longer in the language learning business. You'll need to have access to Greek on your keyboard. Good luck.
This was a great video. I want to use both apps to learn spanish and then japanese or chinese. Spanish is valuable to me because i grew up in miami Florida with a lot of spanish speakers and i felt lost a lot. I also thing it gives me a tool to connect with a lot of immigrants that have a language barriers.
Depending on the Language you've selected in DuoLingo, there are actually grammar tips, for instance for different tenses or subjunctive suffixes or indirect pronouns (the example is for Spanish). There used to be grammar tips for other languages as well but some time ago they made some crap rework which made the app a bit worse in my opinion.
I am a 3rd grade teacher. This year I have 4 English language learners, one of which isn't proficient in English. Spanish is the only language spoken at home and she is really struggling. I sat with her mother last night at parent teacher conference as she cried due to being overwhelmed. I did have an interpreter, but it takes some of the connection out of a conversations. I need to learn Spanish. I'm using free Duolingo right now, but I need to learn the language more quickly. I can't afford (teacher's salaries suck in Utah) to buy a subscription and would really like to use Babbel. Thanks for considering me for your contest!
I’ve used Duolingo for nearly a year now and, while I find the ads tiresome, I love that I can do a lesson in three or four minutes every day. I don’t think I could have kept my streak going this long if every lesson lasted 15 minutes. I may also try Babbel, however, because I don’t feel I get good grammar instruction with Duolingo. I wind up googling for grammar basics.
@@KingloTRGyeah that’s what I was about to say. Doing 5 minutes a day just to maintain a streak isn’t actually learning. It’s gaming. I do use Duolingo but only as one of the tools in the toolbox, and I couldn’t care less about the streak. I spend about 15 minutes per day in duo, then 15 minutes in Babbel, then 15 minutes in drops. I love drops for vocab.
I've been using Duolingo for a couple of years now but generally just haphazardly. Its been good to use due to the gamification that keeps me consistent with using the app. I've ramped up recently so want to look at other apps to use to complement my learning. So many to choose from and is very confusing to make a decision.
I’ve just got a 14 day streak on Duolingo. I’ve had the app since 2017 and decided this year to go all gas no breaks. It’s true no matter which app none will make you fluent alone. I’ve recently added Memrise which is just vocabulary work but it has multiple people on video saying the words so you can hear them in different dialects.
Duolingo doesn't teach sentence structure!? Not true at all. I'm almost done with Duolingo Section 4 German (approx A2 level) and basically every single lesson is making me form German sentences, either by freestyle writing the translation or choosing each word in the correct order to form the entire sentence. Other apps seem to only teach vocabulary or memorize a phrase. Duolingo makes you form the entire the sentence, word by word. I have learned more about German sentence structure through Duolingo than any other.
duolingo really likes to make you naturally learn the vocab. when i tried the dutch lesson, after i got to unit 2 session 1 i just kept seeing the same words like het and de and i just learned how to use them naturally. also you can click the words to see what they translate to
Interesting. As I was watching, I came to the same conclusion! I've tried Duolingo a couple times, but could never really get hooked. It seems like with Babbel it would be more intuitive to really learn, but then yeah, use Duolingo to sort of quickly review my vocabulary.
i was wondering which of these was better-i'm trying to learn japanese, and while duolingo has helped me a lot with learning the alphabets, it does poorly with teaching me more than that; the words i know are ones i taught myself as i was looking into learning japanese in the first place. i'll definitely be looking into babbel 👀
I’ve been trying to learn Japanese too but I didn’t realize something about duo until a coworker was talking to me about learning it and told me about the grammar after that I realized that duo never taught me the grammar just the words so I might switch to babble
John is Hot 🔥🔥❤🔥 . I got Babbel today with a 70% of my year's subscription If you started with Duolingo, Keep going with Babbel! I did my first lesson on intermediate. Finished Duolingo Portuguese Last year.
I want to learn so many languages, but right now, the languages I want to learn the most are Danish and Finnish. No big reason why, except that I got interested in them through cinema or meeting native speakers, but in the end, future possibilities with the language (like being able to consume media directly or maybe even work or live with the language, would be great pros!)
I picked babbel but some family members who use duolingo were saying not to copy the accent for some reason but for me i try my best to mimic the words as best i can.
The training after failing a course in duolingo doesnt go back to where made mistakes but is tedious and goes many lessons back about stuff u already nailed all the time
I started Duilingo German, and gave up through boredom. I finished Babbel German, it’s okay, a decent introduction. I used Duolingo French for 8 months. They changed how it works, it became slow and tedious, so I stopped using it. Plus the voice characters are bizarre, the sentences are strange, there’s a lot of grammatical errors, and they use American English, which I struggled to understand as it is so different from British English. I now use LingQ and podcasts for German and French, and I am making far more rapid progress than I ever did before. Duolingo is dreadful, Babbel is decent, but using short stories and podcasts is a much more effective method for learning languages. So I don’t recommend either, but if you need a short intro, then use Babbel. 0:01
@@fezsoe The snobby uptight man? The suicidal woman? The excitable child? The condescending woman? The man who barks out sentences at high speed? Vikram is normal.
It sounds cliche but I am wanting to learn Russian because I have adopted sisters and want to try and help find their biological parents. (currently I am learning using Duolingo - Free but it doesn't explain the grammar very much at all)
Thank you such for all your review videos! Today is New Year's Day.. 🎉 One of my goals for this year is to speak perfect German by the end of 2024. That's important to me because I moved to Germany. A lifetime membership with a language app would help me enormously in achieving my goal, so I would like to participate in the raffle. Thanks again & all the best for 2024! ❤
Very informative video. I've been on the fence on which one to try. And I like your idea on using both. May just is the free version while paying for Babbel.
I think that DuoLingo has more ways to spend lots of time while not learning much. I do use the game and competition bits, but I take learning seriously. Every exercise is (for me) also a speaking exercise. Call it a hack if you like, but do it and expect compliments to roll in.
Ive been using duolingo for some time, and its great at first. But now, I feel like they dont really gives me explanation as to why the sentence acts a certain way which makes me feel confused. Im still in A1 spanish finishing off Section 2, but it does gets tiring.
I’m trying to learn German for whatever reason and Duolingo doesn’t explain when to use forms of “the” in a sentence (die, der, das). They kind of just make you figure it out on your own.
I am wanting to learn Spanish and then French. I would like to learn these languages so that when I open my business and travel I can communicate effectively.
I wanna learn American English and I think Babbel could help me to accomplish my dream ☺️ I'm a French native speaker and I'm capable to talk a lot in English, but I need to improve this with conversation exercises and with oral talking with someone who's a native American English speaker. 😉
I wish Babbel had Greek! I am learning Greek and Italian at the same time. Is there a good App which teaches both Greek and Italian within their courses? THANK!
My spouse is using free Duolingo. I’m looking for something more rigorous in grammar. I’m learning Spanish to communicate better with those I’ll be serving in my volunteer work.
I would love to learn Japanese because I enjoy watching Japanese anime and I would like to watch anime without having to look at the subtitles or changing the audio to English.
I have been thinking about becoming more fluent in Spanish bc I'm a nurse who has Spanish speaking clients and I'd also like to go on another mission trip and be able to speak to people first hand with less dependance on an interpreter
I recently learned that duo heavily utilizes AI to create their languages lessons. so when you get sentences like... ''my foot is very tall'' that's why. I have been using duo for french and there are so many issues... especially with accent... it drives me up the wall. i also take classes on italki with a real person.. so i find the duo french audio to be very different than the teachers i work with. also a lack of natural french...
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I have used Duolingo for many months and today added Babbel. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth of understanding I gained after only 15 minutes. With Babbel I'm learning the language, not only gaining vocabulary.
I swear that I read the same comment on another video xD
@@miljantrajkovic1862 You did! I watched the older one first, commented and then saw there was a newer video. I'm so excited about learning so much more in depth that I wanted to share it with as many people as possible! :)
Im using both and it's the best. Barbell for learning the actual language, grammar! Duolingo is for vocabulary
is it free?
@@kalkidangobezie4078 duolingo is free
I'm at 278 days with Duolingo Portuguese. I feel my vocabulary is growing at a steady pace and I'm very comfortable with verb conjugations. I don't mind the strange sentences that Duolingo uses. I think the intent is to not allow you to anticipate the words in a sentence but you have to focus on the actual words in the clue. The one area that I am lacking is time spent listening to the sentences rather than reading them. I have been able to read a Brazilian newspaper for a long time but I still cannot hear what people are saying (even the most basic sentences). Overall, I like Duolingo.
Tens que tentar ver novelas brasileiras ou acompanhar algum youtuber/streamer brasileiro para treinar a audição e assim adaptares-te a ouvir o dialeto brasileiro também (in advance, in case anything read weird to you, I'm portuguese, so I'm using the European dialect :P)
Se você quiser conversar com um nativo para praticar, fale comigo. Ficarei feliz em ajudar.
Muy bien 👍
I have found that Duolingo is great as a reinforcement tool, not necessarily as a comprehensive learning tool.
I would agree with that
This!!
I'm tempted to switch from Duo to Babbel now. Learning Spanish for an upcoming trip to see family who recently moved to Spain!
Nice! Sounds fun. Maybe try both
Pimsleur has a specific Castilian Spanish (Spanaird Spanish) course that I would recommend taking specifically for a trip to Spain.
I've used babbel for 3 weeks now. Its much much better
Hands down the best comparison vid on youtube 🙂 No filler, really tight comparison, well done team.
Thank you!!
Babbel all the way baby!
I’ve been using both for years and Babbel is BY FAR better if you really want to learn a language and become near fluent.
Duolingo is good if you want to know a bit of a language here and there, but if you want to become closer to fluent go with Babbel, it’s worth it!
Thanks for watching and sharing!
To anyone considering using Babbel to continue learning a language you’ve studied in the past, make sure Babbel offers a level of study in your target language that.will help you achieve your goals. I enthusiastically purchased a 1 year Babbel Russian Subscription, then discovered they only offer Newcomer and Beginner lessons in that language. Very disappointing! I reached out to customer service and Babbel is sending a full refund.
I'm glad you posted this. I've been learning Russian and was about to get a Babbel subscription. I need to do a little more research it seems.
Starting from nothing, I learned more from Babbel's russian course than Duo's.
I think that Babbel will help me speak Spanish more fluently and help with the bigger picture in mind.
Judging by the recent content it looks like Babbel is really headed in the right direction with language learning software.
Their updates have been better received than Duo's for sure
Not so fast. Despite I hate Duolingo doesn't help much with grammar, I also don't like to spend too much effort on grammar yet end up forgetting all of it without enough practices. Duolingo seems inherently focusing on repetition and practices, a.k.a. immersion. That gamification and app design all seem trying to keep you back to it as frequently as possible and that's important. My take away is Duolingo should be good for beginner and advancing to level B may benefit more from Babbel.
switched to babbel after using duolingo for 2 years. its so much more in depth and uses phrases that are important to know
Agreed. Thanks for watching!
I used to like Duolingo, until they changed their website :-(
I'm really enjoying using Super Duolingo to learn Portuguese. It does get repetitive, but it definitely has hooked me up. I found your comment on grammar in Babbel interesting. It's probably worth giving it a try once my learning habits are a bit more settled... Combining both sounds like a great idea though 👍🏾
Hey, did you do it ?
How is the result?
Worth mentioning, if you are neurodivergent. Duolingo really nails it's dopamine triggers. I have ADHD and focusing is very hard for me in most aspects of my life. I don't have that issue with Duolingo.
I have ADHD and Babbel is fine.
@@Vladimir-hd5nngood for you
Oh my neurodivergerinos!
I’m autistic and adhd and duo keeps me entertained mostly but can get boring but then I switch to babbel but that doesn’t keep my attention as long and I find I get bored plus lack of repetition mean I lose track of what I’m doing and forget it easy - thank god for review 🤪
Yeah i have ADHD and duolingo rlly does work but im open to trying babbel if it can create the same dopamine rushes
The problem with Babbel is that they don't offer any of the languages I want to learn (Arabic and Bengali). Actually, only app I've used that has Bengali is Mondly, and I'm using Duolingo for Arabic right now. I appreciate that Duolingo hammers in vocabulary because I can read and write Arabic pretty well but I don't understand it, but I really wish they had grammar instruction. I wish Babbel would create an Arabic course.
Also, I don't really mind that the Duolingo sentences are weird, it makes them more memorable lol.
Fair points. Good luck learning!
Oh no that’s a big downside to Babel then. I just started learning Arabic on Duolingo as well!
me on the dutch course: WAIT? IM A APPLE??1!!1!1!1
Arabic of Duolingo is pathetic
thanks for this comprehensive comparison. I think there's an extra dimension you might consider which is the age of the learner. As a person in my 70's a gaming environment is likely to grate on me no matter how effective the app is at teaching whilst a more structured approach is likely to be a better fit to the way I like to engage.
52 here, and I totally agree.
Thanks for the comparison. I have been using Duolingo for a while and you hit all the right spots. I will probably register with Babbel now but keep Duolingo as a fun one on the side. I have been learning Italian for a while and the traveled to Italy. Many phrases learned was not of great use. I never had to tell anyone that sharks eat fish!
haha! Good luck with the new app. Thanks for watching! 😃
thank you for this review!! I usually use Duolingo for language learning but will check out Babbel now! I want to learn French as its a second language where I live and started learning it in high school
I've been learning German on Duolingo and it had been working great untill I got further in to section 2. It started to delve more into sentence structure without giving any guidance. I tried learning it through reasearch but it's super tricky so I think I'll try Babble and hope they teach the grammar I need.
Babbel is much better for grammar coverage. Good luck!
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Thank you. I have been using Duolingo for about 6 months, and have now also subscribed to Babbel for a different angle and more grammar teaching.
Nice! Good luck!
This was great. I've been using Duolingo for nearly a year (Mostly because of the quality free version). One of these years I'll get into babble too.
You should... Good luck learning!
Not crazy about the new Duolingo update. Thinking about switching....
Thanks! Pretty much just verified exactly what I was thinking. I’m gonna do both. I’ve been in duo for a week and I think it’s doing a great job drawing me in on the daily and then I usually want more so I feel like I’ll be driven in to Babbel after I warm up and get my dopamine hit in duo.
great combo, and well said haha :)
My son sent me a link to Duolingo at the same time as I was receiving ads on social for Babbel. I travel a lot and my hardest decision to this point had been which language to learn. I was very pleased to find this video and the summary suggesting how to use them in tandem was super helpful as I was kind of thinking the same, but wondering if it would take away from one or the other. Your suggestion that they complemented each other, or worked well for time management, really made sense! Thank you!
Great! Glad our suggestion helped :) Good luck learning!
Great comparison. I’ve been waiting for this video. I’m going to go with Babbel.
I’m learning Arabic because I’m fascinated by the Middle East culture after visiting Dubai this month. I would like to be able to immerse in the culture and be able to converse twitch the locals the next time I visit!
Very cool. Great reason to learn. Thanks for watching!
I want to learn German because my grandma was German and I wanted to go to Germany with her, but she ended up passing away a little while back. I still intend to go to Germany though, just after I’ve completely learned the language rather than just the basics.
Sorry to hear about your grandma...seems like a great reason to learn German!
Thank you for the video comparing Babbel and Duolingo!
I haven't tried Babbel myself, but since moving to Peru where my girlfriend doesn't speak English, I went to Maximo Nivel language learning school for three months, and I’ve also been studying Spanish on Duolingo daily for over 600 days now!
I can now speak Spanish, and I agree that Duolingo is a great language learning application.
Hey John,I have watched some of your videos and I am using Super Duolingo to learn German and Spanish. My wife's co-worker is using Babbel to learn French and he likes it and suggested I give it a try. I research things before I buy so here I am. Thank You for the video it was super helpful.
Glad it helped! Good luck!
Babbel is way better than Duolingo I have both
This video was exactly what I was looking for. really well done too! Easy sub
Thanks!
Thanks for all the info!! I've used Duolingo for almost a year now but I was looking for something to add to that to make it more comprehensive, and I think Babble will be it!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. I'm deciding whether I want to get Babbel to improve my German or stay with Duolingo, and after watching I am leaning towards trying Babbel
Think you forgot to mention Duolingo has a larger variety of languages.
E.g. Swahili, Chinese, etc.
You can refill your hearts by practicing on duolingo
Very clear and comprehensive. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I want to learn Greek so I can visit my Greek relatives in Greece and speak with them in their language. 😊
Very cool :)
Greek is a great language.. I learned it with Linguaphone. Sadly they are no longer in the language learning business. You'll need to have access to Greek on your keyboard. Good luck.
This was a great video. I want to use both apps to learn spanish and then japanese or chinese. Spanish is valuable to me because i grew up in miami Florida with a lot of spanish speakers and i felt lost a lot. I also thing it gives me a tool to connect with a lot of immigrants that have a language barriers.
An awesome reason to learn. Thanks for watching and sharing!
Depending on the Language you've selected in DuoLingo, there are actually grammar tips, for instance for different tenses or subjunctive suffixes or indirect pronouns (the example is for Spanish). There used to be grammar tips for other languages as well but some time ago they made some crap rework which made the app a bit worse in my opinion.
John my man!! Great video as always!! I’m feeling lucky about this next giveaway! Love ya
Glad to get a comparison of these two post update
Thanks!
I hadn't heard of Babbel before, but this really gives me something to think about.
I am a 3rd grade teacher. This year I have 4 English language learners, one of which isn't proficient in English. Spanish is the only language spoken at home and she is really struggling. I sat with her mother last night at parent teacher conference as she cried due to being overwhelmed. I did have an interpreter, but it takes some of the connection out of a conversations. I need to learn Spanish. I'm using free Duolingo right now, but I need to learn the language more quickly. I can't afford (teacher's salaries suck in Utah) to buy a subscription and would really like to use Babbel. Thanks for considering me for your contest!
Thanks for watching and sharing! I can see how important it would be to learn Spanish as a teacher, especially in the Western US
I’ve used Duolingo for nearly a year now and, while I find the ads tiresome, I love that I can do a lesson in three or four minutes every day. I don’t think I could have kept my streak going this long if every lesson lasted 15 minutes. I may also try Babbel, however, because I don’t feel I get good grammar instruction with Duolingo. I wind up googling for grammar basics.
Yep, Duo def has flaws. That's why it's probably best to combine them if you have time.
Have you learned anything ?? Actually forget your streak
@@KingloTRGyeah that’s what I was about to say. Doing 5 minutes a day just to maintain a streak isn’t actually learning. It’s gaming. I do use Duolingo but only as one of the tools in the toolbox, and I couldn’t care less about the streak. I spend about 15 minutes per day in duo, then 15 minutes in Babbel, then 15 minutes in drops. I love drops for vocab.
I've been using Duolingo for a couple of years now but generally just haphazardly. Its been good to use due to the gamification that keeps me consistent with using the app. I've ramped up recently so want to look at other apps to use to complement my learning. So many to choose from and is very confusing to make a decision.
Yeah it can be hard choosing. Check out our other videos. Good luck!
I’ve just got a 14 day streak on Duolingo. I’ve had the app since 2017 and decided this year to go all gas no breaks. It’s true no matter which app none will make you fluent alone. I’ve recently added Memrise which is just vocabulary work but it has multiple people on video saying the words so you can hear them in different dialects.
Thanks so much, this was very helpful!
You're very welcome!
I did Duolingo for 2 years. Learned a lot of vocabulary but no sentence structure and no grammar. Im now switching to Babel
I can't tell you how often we hear that same story...Thanks for watching and sharing!
Duolingo doesn't teach sentence structure!? Not true at all. I'm almost done with Duolingo Section 4 German (approx A2 level) and basically every single lesson is making me form German sentences, either by freestyle writing the translation or choosing each word in the correct order to form the entire sentence. Other apps seem to only teach vocabulary or memorize a phrase. Duolingo makes you form the entire the sentence, word by word. I have learned more about German sentence structure through Duolingo than any other.
duolingo really likes to make you naturally learn the vocab. when i tried the dutch lesson, after i got to unit 2 session 1 i just kept seeing the same words like het and de and i just learned how to use them naturally. also you can click the words to see what they translate to
How do you use het and de? Because it seems like they are the same thing, but I got a question wrong because I apparently used them wrong.
Interesting. As I was watching, I came to the same conclusion!
I've tried Duolingo a couple times, but could never really get hooked. It seems like with Babbel it would be more intuitive to really learn, but then yeah, use Duolingo to sort of quickly review my vocabulary.
That's a good call. Thanks for watching!
I think I will try Babble for learning and still study also with Duolingo
Awesome video. I have been wanting to learn Spanish for several years and found Babbel at a great deal and I am going to purchase that program.
Nice! Thanks for watching, and good luck!
Absolutely helped me decide which app to use. Thank you for your help.
Great to hear!
One pro for duolingo that I think is worth mentioning is that they do more languages that aren't on Babbel.
i was wondering which of these was better-i'm trying to learn japanese, and while duolingo has helped me a lot with learning the alphabets, it does poorly with teaching me more than that; the words i know are ones i taught myself as i was looking into learning japanese in the first place. i'll definitely be looking into babbel 👀
I’ve been trying to learn Japanese too but I didn’t realize something about duo until a coworker was talking to me about learning it and told me about the grammar after that I realized that duo never taught me the grammar just the words so I might switch to babble
Nvm turns out babble doesn’t teach japanese
Nativshark is very good about the Grammar and vocab. All audio is spoken by native speakers and lessons are written nicely.
My favorite has always been Rosetta Stone
John is Hot 🔥🔥❤🔥 . I got Babbel today with a 70% of my year's subscription If you started with Duolingo, Keep going with Babbel! I did my first lesson on intermediate. Finished Duolingo Portuguese Last year.
I was thinking of switching to Babble. Thanks for this comparison!
Any time!
Mobile learning : Duolingo
Computer learning : Babbel
Great comparison! I use both apps for French, they complement each other well.
Totally agree!
I’ve been using Duo for french for about 2 months. How has Babbel compared?
Excellent review and the recommendation to do both makes great sense!
Thanks!
I want to learn so many languages, but right now, the languages I want to learn the most are Danish and Finnish. No big reason why, except that I got interested in them through cinema or meeting native speakers, but in the end, future possibilities with the language (like being able to consume media directly or maybe even work or live with the language, would be great pros!)
If you want to learn so many languages, make sure to consider a lifetime, all languages access package
@@TestPrepInsight If I had any budget, I would. Maybe someday!
Useless languages lol.
@@urbanistgod there is no such thing, but this was a useless comment
@@langdinish Learning just for the sake of learning how to put together syllables?
I picked babbel but some family members who use duolingo were saying not to copy the accent for some reason but for me i try my best to mimic the words as best i can.
I would keep doing what you're doing and working on pronunciation - it's very important. Thanks for watching!
I have a flash sale opportunity for babbel so thanks for the updated review. But the downside is that they don't offer Japanese so I'm not interested.
That is one of the downsides of Babbel - only 14 languages :(
Terve, I been using duolingo and have been learning Norwegian, Finnish (as my get hearts practice) and just moved to Portuguese. Tchau
The training after failing a course in duolingo doesnt go back to where made mistakes but is tedious and goes many lessons back about stuff u already nailed all the time
Yep. Thanks for watching!
I started Duilingo German, and gave up through boredom. I finished Babbel German, it’s okay, a decent introduction. I used Duolingo French for 8 months. They changed how it works, it became slow and tedious, so I stopped using it. Plus the voice characters are bizarre, the sentences are strange, there’s a lot of grammatical errors, and they use American English, which I struggled to understand as it is so different from British English. I now use LingQ and podcasts for German and French, and I am making far more rapid progress than I ever did before. Duolingo is dreadful, Babbel is decent, but using short stories and podcasts is a much more effective method for learning languages. So I don’t recommend either, but if you need a short intro, then use Babbel. 0:01
I totally agree with you regarding the German Duolingo characters' voices, but I do like the French voices though.
@@fezsoe The snobby uptight man? The suicidal woman? The excitable child? The condescending woman? The man who barks out sentences at high speed? Vikram is normal.
@@StillAliveAndKicking_ You made me smile with the characters you described. I do like them. But tastes and slaps are different.
@@fezsoe Yes, tastes differ. 🙂
I'm trying to learn French and so far so good
Thanks for giving me your opinion on which app to use. David Lopez
Thanks for watching!
It sounds cliche but I am wanting to learn Russian because I have adopted sisters and want to try and help find their biological parents. (currently I am learning using Duolingo - Free but it doesn't explain the grammar very much at all)
Wow very cool! and yes, Duo is not great for grammar. Babbel is better for that
Thank you such for all your review videos! Today is New Year's Day.. 🎉 One of my goals for this year is to speak perfect German by the end of 2024. That's important to me because I moved to Germany. A lifetime membership with a language app would help me enormously in achieving my goal, so I would like to participate in the raffle. Thanks again & all the best for 2024! ❤
That's awesome! Good luck!
Deutsche Sprache schwere Sprache
Very informative video. I've been on the fence on which one to try. And I like your idea on using both. May just is the free version while paying for Babbel.
That would be a good, cost effective combo
Great review of both - very helpful - I know what I’m putting on my Birthday wish list but winning a free subscription would be AMAZING !
Good luck!
Thanks for the review! Really helped me choose.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
Good explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of each program.
Thanks!
I think that DuoLingo has more ways to spend lots of time while not learning much.
I do use the game and competition bits, but I take learning seriously. Every exercise is (for me) also a speaking exercise.
Call it a hack if you like, but do it and expect compliments to roll in.
Thank you for the great review.
No problem!
Very helpful review. Strongly considering a babbel subscription and just trying to figure out which one to go with.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)
This tutorial was great to guide me to picking the best language learning app for me!
Thank you for this amazing comparison
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tips. I would also be interested to learn about if one offers languages the other doesn’t.
That is one downside with Babbel - they only cover 14 languages. Duo def supports more
Ive been using duolingo for some time, and its great at first. But now, I feel like they dont really gives me explanation as to why the sentence acts a certain way which makes me feel confused. Im still in A1 spanish finishing off Section 2, but it does gets tiring.
Time to upgrade!
It would be nice if babbel offered welsh. Or Rosetta stone or pimsleur. None of the others seem to offer it
I’m trying to learn German for whatever reason and Duolingo doesn’t explain when to use forms of “the” in a sentence (die, der, das). They kind of just make you figure it out on your own.
Babbel is much better as teaching grammar
Thanks for the comparison! I want to learn Polish so I can converse with my fiancé in that language
Nice :)
Maybe using Duolingo for vocab and learingn grammar by going to a spanish course at university would also be a good idea
I have both apps and I really like them both. 🙂
Thanks for watching!
Problem is babbel Doesn't have many languages and none of them that I wanted and I Didn't check before purchasing 😢
I am wanting to learn Spanish and then French. I would like to learn these languages so that when I open my business and travel I can communicate effectively.
Awesome! Good luck!
I wanna learn American English and I think Babbel could help me to accomplish my dream ☺️
I'm a French native speaker and I'm capable to talk a lot in English, but I need to improve this with conversation exercises and with oral talking with someone who's a native American English speaker. 😉
Very cool! Good luck :)
I'd love to learn Spanish. So I can understand and translate for my co-workers.
Super helpful video. Thank you!
Great review about the updates
French. I gave the Delf A1 exam but then kind of abandoned it. I want to go back and learn again.
Very cool. good reason!!
I wish Babbel had Greek! I am learning Greek and Italian at the same time. Is there a good App which teaches both Greek and Italian within their courses? THANK!
My spouse is using free Duolingo. I’m looking for something more rigorous in grammar. I’m learning Spanish to communicate better with those I’ll be serving in my volunteer work.
Duo will only get you so far...good luck!!
I really want to learn Spanish for work and to understand when traveling, thank you for these comprehensive reviews
Thanks for watching!
However, babble only offers 14 languages and Navajo is not offered under babble.
Very helpful video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I would love to learn Japanese because I enjoy watching Japanese anime and I would like to watch anime without having to look at the subtitles or changing the audio to English.
Oh yeah!
I have been thinking about becoming more fluent in Spanish bc I'm a nurse who has Spanish speaking clients and I'd also like to go on another mission trip and be able to speak to people first hand with less dependance on an interpreter
That's an awesome reason to learn :)
I recently learned that duo heavily utilizes AI to create their languages lessons. so when you get sentences like... ''my foot is very tall'' that's why. I have been using duo for french and there are so many issues... especially with accent... it drives me up the wall. i also take classes on italki with a real person.. so i find the duo french audio to be very different than the teachers i work with. also a lack of natural french...
Agree with your comments. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the info
No prob :)
Babel doesn't teach Welsh. I'm learning Welsh. The choice is pretty simple for me.
Spanish. I live in a state bordering Mexico and travel there a couple times a year.
Nice! Nothing better than a good trip to Mexico!