Polyglot Ranks Language Learning Apps Best to Worst (Tier List)
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- There are A LOT of language learning apps out there. Some are fantastic! Others... not so much so I decided to make a Tier List for them. Enjoy!
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What do you think about my rankings? What's your favorite language learning app and why?
pretty believable but many may disagree on Duolingo because of the random sentence formation, e.g translate i ate a dog with a tail in dutch. pretty random
busuu cuz it just doesnt make me always translate the sentences I learn or sometimes just guess its meaning like doulingo but busuu also have a special thing which is to interact with the community of the target language and practice with them and they also practice with you your language if they are learning it and its perfect for practicing speaking skill and guess what its for freeee!!
My favorite is drops and scripts as far as apps go because scripts has been great to get my foot into the door of chinese characters and how to get the stroke order and drops is so gameified and easy to use and it's been my start of the day and soothe before sleep routine for quite some time now. Most of my studying though (like grammar and sentence structure) is in books and audio files such as podcast lessons but as far as apps go drops has become a good pal. It gives vocabulary boost in the topics I feel are interesting, fun or useful and during a big discount I bought the lifetime premium to get the training dojo and to get rid of the time restriction but even as the free version I super loved the 5 minutes after waking up routine.
Google translate ofc 🗿
I found that I really prefer Preply over italki.
If you somehow extract value out of Lingq perhaps you could do a separate video on how you are using it or how to navigate it.
I learned quite a bit of German on Duolingo to prepare for my trip to Germany. Only once I had arrived did I realize my mistake. I could quite confidently explain to all the Germans what the loaves on their restaurant tables were by saying, "Das ist brot" (This is bread,) but I could not ask where the bathroom was or say anything else useful.
Wo ist das Bad
@@kenziemostyn8395 "das Badzimmer" rather, or "die Toiletten" or "das WC". With your question you'd be asking for a bathtub or a swimming pool or something.
Don’t sleep on Google translate, it’s character writing recognition for Japanese is one of the the best!
But Google Translate Japanese is still trash
"its"
I love to use FluentU, reverso context and Linguee. FluentU is like watching UA-cam videos with subtitles, you can click on a word and see an example on how to use it, pronounce it, etc. The videos are also organized in levels. Sadly, it's billable. These two, Reverso context and Linguee are the best dictionaries you'll ever find. I always look up an expression whose meaning i don't know and they lay it out for you in a simple way.
Thanks for the video!
Just for that (0:39), your channel deserves more subscribers honestly
Oh boy this is gonna be fun
I'm with you in the "I don't know what the features are if I have to pay for them to try them out".
More often than not they push you to pay after they see engagement and the tutors are volunteers who don't really know the language in it's entirety... So idk man.
Me after just buying Rosseta Stone => 😐
Verdict?,
Love your vids bro
I'm on HelloTalk and I love it, it's been many years and just now it's getting recognition.
Awesome stuff right here, keep up the beautiful work
I appreciate your transparency.
Love your vids Cole
Thank you so much Matt!
@@ColeLangs ur welcome
I use Pimsleur and I love it!
i was searching for a language app yesterday! thanks for the video!!
Glad I could help!
I have used all of these to a varying degree. But, I would like to point out you forgot Mango. Honestly the only reason I used it is because my job pays for the premium version. I only use it to get basic practice.
Busuu is incredible, only negative is not that many languages (but it does have the “main” ones. Plus certified A1-B2.
agree on this.
Off topic but I loved your video that made it to right this minute of you going sky diving and taking someone with you. Love it you got my subscription and bell 🛎
Thank you so much welcome to the community!!
I like iTalki. An hour with a community tutor is 5-10 USD and i practice my spanish with people from Colombia or Venezuela. In my country that's not even minimum wage and for them it's really helpful to make a living. But i can also understand, that some people are on a tight budget and want to learn for free. And yeah - the community section is almost non existant.
honestly, i agree with all of it except memrise, you do have to pay now but they have actual videos of native speakers speaking and give you a lot of useful set phrases and such now. i think it deserves to be a bit higher but everything else was spot on IMO
Only in the app version! Which is strange. The web version still seems to be free
@@SB-lc5qg This is Not strange, a lot of apps doing this.
I personally don't like flashcards/anki. It always feels robotic, monotonous, and boring, so I don't use it. Some people swear by it so more power to them but it just isn't for me. Getting real input from the language is my preferred method of spaced repetition.
Real input is super important! I think flashcards are a useful tool though, that you can ADD to the mix. No method or app should be used alone without anything else, even the most "complete". So for example you can initially (or at the same time) learn words with spaced repetition and then used them in a real conversation or hear them in a movie, then you get to remember them much better.
Anki is boring but it's also just a empty tool... There's other apps who try to make it fun, you can use memes, drawings and whatever you like. The more fun the more you remember, so I think if you hate flashcards it's better to find another way for the vocabulary part
What about Quizlet, Reverso context and Tandem? Have you ever used them? Those are really cool, in my opinion.
Quizlet doesn't use spaced repetition, reverso context is excellent, and tandem is good as well
I use Quizlet constantly.
@@shreddder999 use Anki instead
underrated video, i loved every second of it!
Thanks Jace! I really enjoyed making this one 😄
Thanks for the video. I have a hard time learning languages because I can't focus on one thing for ages, so I always need new sources to keep my brain active. Hopefully I can just jump from app to app and eventually I'll achieve fluency.
I got busuu at the beginning of covid and they ran a 2 year/ 60$ sale and I didn’t have much experience learning languages but it has helped a lot
I use Google translate to learn Chinese Pinyin. I started because I simply bought a Chinese method without the cd, tearned out great.
I just got Mondly for 95% off the full lifetime price because I thought it'd be a steal and wanted to take advantage of the discount. I have yet to use it extensively, but I've read good things in the reviews.
Whats this table where u can rare called ?
Great video. I really like the Drops app, which is kind of like flash cards with a slick interface. What are your thoughts on it?
I think its weird, no placement test, costs too much money for what it is, don't like it
I like how it has stuff like Pride related vocabulary. It's probably the one app that would teach me how to say "I'm nonbinary" in Greek.
does anyone have the chrome extension for Netflix ?
What about Quizlet? it's my fav way to learn a language tbh
Is the Fluent Forever coaching prices charged monthly or annually?
It doesn’t say on the site.
I realize a lot of the language app ranking videos I've seen are older so maybe Mem Rise updated afterwards but I don't understand all the bad rankings. I really like it. They went around and had native speakers saying the words and phrases (super helpful to hear everything in a non-computer generated voice!), there are funny, tiktok style videos (which crack me up and help me remember things better), and they added Membot AI conversation tool. I liked it enough that I bought a lifetime plan to it. No regrets on the purchase after 6 months.
What is Lingoda all about?
in my region mondley 50$ for lifetime access
busuu is just 12$ for year access
You didn't mention how Bushuu lets you get feedback and corrections from native speakers.
It's a game changer in my opinion.
Have you seen Deepl as a Google translate alternative? It is often way better than G. (no affiliation, really, just sayin')
Yes! I switched to Deepl and it translates very well. You can even click on words and see a list of synonyms/alternatives, so you can fix your translation afterwards. Informal/formal options are also useful
Why do you post video while I'm watching Eurovision
Me too! 😁
Can someone link mandarin Anki decks?
isnt memrize free?? cuz i’ve been using it for a while and never had to pay or am i missing sth
Well there's a pro membership now I guess, but you don't need it at all.
What’s your thoughts about Matt vs Japan immersion technique
First . Btw I love ur videos 💙💙
thank you!!!
Not as much as I do. 😍
@@codyward8554 I don't think so 😂
I bought Italian Assimil, what do you think about Assimil? It’s more of a book, well it is a book but ya anyways
Mango is great, and is free if you’re library has it. I was surprised to find I get it free with my library card.
Tandem is also great! Let’s go text people who speak your target language who are seeking to learn your language. Win win.
"it's really easy to find conversation partners for free"
That's anglophone privilege
DUOLINGO NEEDS A NORTH WELSH OPTION!!!
the one dislike is from Rosetta Stone
How about drops?
very informative! thank you
thanks for prematurely destroying potential future sponsors to make this real honest awesome video lol
Memrise is free ! For me it's directly a S-tier
It's actually "Lingq"...
Not sure about this but ik, its just your opinion :) Duolingo for instance is usable free, helpful and fun but you dont learn a language with it at all, same as flash card trainers like Anki. To me both are nice additions/pieces in the whole process. Babbel for example is more than that, unfort. 300 $ lifetime is expensive. But I would still rank it higher than Duolingo since it teaches a lot apart from actual practicing in real life.
this video beginning with duolingo at s tier makes it a joke from the start
you shouldve gave busuu a higher ranking than that mate but I guess no problem since youve never used it xD
Im on duolingo to learn Italian and Im enjoying. I hope that soon I start Chinese on this app as well
btw I enjoy so much your videos they’re awesome!! keep going champ
Chinese Duolingo is a no for me, I tried it
Memrise my favorito
I can see Google translate but when you actually use it to translate with people it’s so wrong the miss communication is dog water
If lingq is the guy in Canada, I absolutely hated it.. hated it! and actively deleted my account. I told that guy from the company to stop e-mailing me asking about the program, too. The site is kludged together and they say you should complete at least 13 lessons a day. Each lesson has about 40 important new words such as geyser, squirrel and stork.
All are free and of S-level.
Language transfer - the most revolutionary auditory course of languages.
Learning with text; Lute - free versions of LingQ.
Tandem - finding a speaking partner.
Early gang. Time to rate the green bird of threats.
lol, i had to change email cuz Duolingo was kinda stalking me.
@@mattjohnson646 Relatable
So... the scale is SABCDEF with no explanation. Am I missing something?
well, it's like when you get a C in an exam, but aim to get an A. S would be like the A+
F is when you fail
Anki for open source development though 😉👍
Bussu is my fav app
EXTRA TOASTED CHEEZITS.
Bussu and Babbel are the best options
I-i was not expecting Google translate to be put that way but okay ig
I would have put Duolingo at an S tier a year ago, I loved it for Scottish Gaelic and used it daily but then the update happened and the grammar tips disappeared and blah blah blah sour grapes, etc. To be fair it wasn't perfect pre-update either, Languages like Gaelic only had grammar tips available on desktop and not mobile and there are a lot of features available on some languages and not others. Playing around with other apps that feature Gaelic and I'm finding Duo was the easiest to keep up with regularly.
You whow malayalam language??????????
This is a joke, right?
I would add Speakly to A tier
S tier
Hello Ashish Chanchlani
I wont use fluently but ill give you the $5
If you want to learn Finnish, don't use google translate, it gets so confused so easily =)
I hate Rosetta Stone. Total waste of time.
I don't know what it is exactly, but I have this intuitive thought completely somewhere from my unconscious mind that I can't fully articulate. But I'm going to try my best to put it into words: I think you look like you ate a cheeseburger prior to every video or are about to eat one
Cheeze-It
I tried it and it wasn't good for speaking practice.
Duolingo is the best. Duolingo is life. Duolingo is love...
“Pretty much anything is better than Rosetta Stone” -> decides to place it in D tier!
What is the point in having a full A-F scale if you’re not going to use it?
Can't take you seriously when you put Duolingo on top,it's a game that doesn't actually teach anything. WTF is wrong with you, are they paying you too along with all the other youtubers. Can you say Greed ?
tf u saying it doesn't teach anything? you must be un-intellectually capable
Did you hear what he said?
There's a jungle out there fellas... Be careful 👍
BABBEL IS BETTER THAN DUOLINGO YOU DONT EVEN LEARN ANYTHING WITH DUOLINGO AND DUOLINGO YOU LEARN RANDOM WORDS, HAS ADS, AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE WRONG I DONT SEE HOW DUOLINGO IS THE BEST I THINK IT'S THE WORST LANGUAGE IN IT DUOLINGO IS SO BAD I CAN 99 PERCENT GUESS THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY DUOLINGO
Sorry if I seem mad, I'm mad at Duolingo.
Duolingo is as good as you make it, simple, it's free and that just makes it good
Its not sponsored and the app isn't the worst
Duolingo is garbage
Why do you say that?
here's my assessment based on the ones mentioned in the video:
S tier :Pimsleur, netflix, google translate
A tier : hellotalk, Italki
b tier: rosetta stone, memrise , anki, busuu
C tier: duo lingo, babbel
E tier: lingq
(mondly , fluent forever, and closemaster I left out because I've never used them.)
Duolingo officially is the most drama free app... Without mosquito 🦟 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 because Florida already had too many mosquitoes 👍