Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.8 (39820 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Languages, Math, Music & Chess

Free · In-App Purchases

40k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
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Size

521.5
MB

Learn a new language with the world’s most-downloaded education app! Duolingo is the fun, free app for learning 40+ languages through quick, bite-sized lessons. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing to build your vocabulary and grammar skills. Designed by language experts and loved by hundreds of millions of learners worldwide, Duolingo helps you prepare for real conversations in Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, German, English, and more. And now, you can learn Math and Music the Duolingo way! Build real-world math skills – from calculating tips to identifying patterns – and sharpen your mental math in our Math course. Learn how to read music and play familiar songs on your device in our Music course – no instrument required. Whether you’re learning for travel, school, career, family and friends, or your brain health, you’ll love learning with Duolingo. Why Duolingo? • Duolingo is fun and effective. Game-like lessons and fun characters keep you motivated to build solid skills across language, math and music. • Duolingo works. Designed by learning experts, Duolingo has a science-based teaching methodology proven to foster long-term knowledge retention. • Track your progress. Work toward your learning goals with playful rewards and achievements when you make practicing a daily habit! • Join 300+ million learners. Stay motivated with competitive Leaderboards as you learn alongside our global community. • Every course is free. Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Esperanto, Polish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Hebrew, Welsh, Arabic, Latin, Hawaiian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, English, and even High Valyrian. And now, learn Math and Music with our newest courses! What the world is saying about Duolingo: “Far and away the best language-learning app.” –The Wall Street Journal “This free app and website is among the most effective language-learning methods I’ve tried… lessons come in the form of brief challenges – speaking, translating, answering multiple-choice questions – that keep me coming back for more.” –The New York Times “Duolingo may hold the secret to the future of education.” – TIME Magazine “…Duolingo is cheerful, lighthearted and fun…” - Forbes “Our favorite language app…” - CNET If you like Duolingo, try Super Duolingo for 14 days free! Learn a language fast with no ads, and get fun perks like Unlimited Hearts and Monthly Streak Repair. If you choose to purchase Super Duolingo, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://www.duolingo.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.duolingo.com/terms

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
Play your friends in chess

You can now play a friend in chess on Duolingo. Invite a friend and see who rules the board.
MAJOR UPDATE
Practice is now for everyone

Review mistakes and sharpen skills any time you want. Now available for everyone in the Practice tab!

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

40k Ratings

Editors’ Choice

One of our favourite apps for learning another language, the process is genuinely fun. What’s more, all those languages and games are available for free!
My App Review: Highly Recommended
16/02/2025

arsha0623
Duolingo is a fantastic app for learning languages that makes studying fun and accessible for everyone. Personally, I believe that one of its biggest strengths is its ability to keep users engaged and committed to learning the language they want to learn. They do this by having things like leaderboards, streaks, and achievements. The app itself has many widely spoken languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, etc. But, also still takes into account the less common language options such as Welsh or Irish. Moreover, it doesn't take too long to complete a lesson, which means that you don't have to dedicate more than 15 minutes of your day if you don't want to.Some drawbacks that the app might have however, is that if you wish to learn a lot in a short period of time, you most likely will need to purchase the premium version. The premium version provides you with infinite lives and more options to help you practice, which is helpful but can also be costly if you're on a budget. Furthermore, one thing that I personally struggled with was the fact that there wasn't an in-depth explanation regarding questions you get wrong, and there weren't any tips that could help me as I would learn.To improve the app, Duolingo could have an extra section regarding tips for success and maybe adding explanations for tedious topics such as the grammar rules of the language. Something else that I would recommend is having a phonetic section for each of the words to help you know how to pronounce certain words. Lastly, reducing the prices of the premium version or having more perks for the free version could make the app further accessible for everyone. All in all, I highly recommend using Duolingo for all of your language-learning needs, but these suggestions could help make the app even better than it currently is.
My App Review: Highly Recommended
16/02/2025

arsha0623

Duolingo is a fantastic app for learning languages that makes studying fun and accessible for everyone. Personally, I believe that one of its biggest strengths is its ability to keep users engaged and committed to learning the language they want to learn. They do this by having things like leaderboards, streaks, and achievements. The app itself has many widely spoken languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, etc. But, also still takes into account the less common language options such as Welsh or Irish. Moreover, it doesn't take too long to complete a lesson, which means that you don't have to dedicate more than 15 minutes of your day if you don't want to.Some drawbacks that the app might have however, is that if you wish to learn a lot in a short period of time, you most likely will need to purchase the premium version. The premium version provides you with infinite lives and more options to help you practice, which is helpful but can also be costly if you're on a budget. Furthermore, one thing that I personally struggled with was the fact that there wasn't an in-depth explanation regarding questions you get wrong, and there weren't any tips that could help me as I would learn.To improve the app, Duolingo could have an extra section regarding tips for success and maybe adding explanations for tedious topics such as the grammar rules of the language. Something else that I would recommend is having a phonetic section for each of the words to help you know how to pronounce certain words. Lastly, reducing the prices of the premium version or having more perks for the free version could make the app further accessible for everyone. All in all, I highly recommend using Duolingo for all of your language-learning needs, but these suggestions could help make the app even better than it currently is.
Great app, with room for improvements
26/03/2021

gd_9005
Duolingo is one of the best apps out there than can aid you to learn languages. Weekly leagues to motivate you to spend time to do your lessons and rank up to the next league. Ads are there after each lesson, but it is negligible (10-15s; just to keep it free)However there are some issues I’d like to highlight.Lessons: there seems to be some error such that lessons don’t load when switching Duo from the iPhone to the iPad or vice versa. The only workaround is that i have uninstalled the app from one device to be able to properly use it on the other.Ads: i did mention that the ads are short & negligible. However, the ads seemed to auto-pause itself after lesson during the “double lesson XP in 15 mins”. Now I suspect this is a bug/glitch because it happens during the double xp thing but after the 15 minutes is over, the ads doesn’t auto-pause.Leagues: like football, there are promotions and demotions. Top 10 gets promoted to the upper leagues while the bottom 3 gets demoted. The highest league is Diamond, where if you finished first, you’ll unlock “Legendary” skill. I noticed that some players who have achieved this is trying perhaps too hard to win it again (not giving other players a chance to win). Maybe pooling players who have finished #1 in Diamond together and separate them from those who haven’t would help other players to acheive the said skill.
Great app, with room for improvements
26/03/2021

gd_9005

Duolingo is one of the best apps out there than can aid you to learn languages. Weekly leagues to motivate you to spend time to do your lessons and rank up to the next league. Ads are there after each lesson, but it is negligible (10-15s; just to keep it free)However there are some issues I’d like to highlight.Lessons: there seems to be some error such that lessons don’t load when switching Duo from the iPhone to the iPad or vice versa. The only workaround is that i have uninstalled the app from one device to be able to properly use it on the other.Ads: i did mention that the ads are short & negligible. However, the ads seemed to auto-pause itself after lesson during the “double lesson XP in 15 mins”. Now I suspect this is a bug/glitch because it happens during the double xp thing but after the 15 minutes is over, the ads doesn’t auto-pause.Leagues: like football, there are promotions and demotions. Top 10 gets promoted to the upper leagues while the bottom 3 gets demoted. The highest league is Diamond, where if you finished first, you’ll unlock “Legendary” skill. I noticed that some players who have achieved this is trying perhaps too hard to win it again (not giving other players a chance to win). Maybe pooling players who have finished #1 in Diamond together and separate them from those who haven’t would help other players to acheive the said skill.
Depends on your learning style
28/07/2025

ChrisseKueh
I liked Duo initially. Still love the cute characters. But I am going to admit it depends on your learning style as well. I think some people love the competition to see where they fall in the ‘league’. That doesn’t do it for me. As someone who can be stressed at work and a long day can be tiring, the ‘comparison’ model doesn’t motivate me. It makes me feel bad that I fell down the league, especially when I have to do 14 hours flight travel for work and have no access to wifi for almost a whole day , then gets stressed that I only have a few hours left to open Duo. I also feel that the ‘matching game’ was initially fun, but it’s so frustrating when so many moments are just elbowing you to spend more money on in-app purchases. And I feel the game is rigged with a timer that doesn’t give you enough time… I’m always ‘almost’ there to getting my third star , and time runs out. But of course I can purchase more time. Anyway, I can see this app being great for someone who doesn’t have a whole lot of real life stressors, who doesn’t switch time zones often and who loves the competitive nature of seeing how they hold up next to other users. To me , everyone learns at their own pace, and I don’t feel motivated by the comparison model… I prefer if I did better today compared to last week.
Depends on your learning style
28/07/2025

ChrisseKueh

I liked Duo initially. Still love the cute characters. But I am going to admit it depends on your learning style as well. I think some people love the competition to see where they fall in the ‘league’. That doesn’t do it for me. As someone who can be stressed at work and a long day can be tiring, the ‘comparison’ model doesn’t motivate me. It makes me feel bad that I fell down the league, especially when I have to do 14 hours flight travel for work and have no access to wifi for almost a whole day , then gets stressed that I only have a few hours left to open Duo. I also feel that the ‘matching game’ was initially fun, but it’s so frustrating when so many moments are just elbowing you to spend more money on in-app purchases. And I feel the game is rigged with a timer that doesn’t give you enough time… I’m always ‘almost’ there to getting my third star , and time runs out. But of course I can purchase more time. Anyway, I can see this app being great for someone who doesn’t have a whole lot of real life stressors, who doesn’t switch time zones often and who loves the competitive nature of seeing how they hold up next to other users. To me , everyone learns at their own pace, and I don’t feel motivated by the comparison model… I prefer if I did better today compared to last week.

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Provider: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 521.5 MB
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Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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