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About this app

⭐ 4.7 stars from 45,000+ reviews. Trusted by language learners worldwide.

LingQ is the language learning method that gets you fluent — by reading and listening to real content you actually enjoy, not textbook drills or gamified exercises.

Learn Spanish, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, and 45+ more languages.

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📖 THE LINGQ METHOD — WHY IT WORKS
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LingQ is built on comprehensible input — the science-backed idea that we acquire language the same way we learned our first language: by understanding meaningful content at our level, not memorizing rules.

Instead of lessons and drills, you immerse yourself in real stories, podcasts, books, and videos. You encounter words in context, look them up instantly, and naturally absorb the language over time. This is language immersion that actually fits into your life.

LingQ was co-founded by Steve Kaufmann, a polyglot who has learned 20+ languages using this exact approach.

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🆚 HOW LINGQ IS DIFFERENT
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Unlike Duolingo, Babbel, or Rosetta Stone, LingQ doesn't rely on gamification, repetitive drills, or synthetic sentences. Instead:

✅ You learn from REAL content — podcasts, books, YouTube, Netflix
✅ You choose topics you love — sports, history, comedy, true crime
✅ You build vocabulary from context — not flashcard lists
✅ You progress through immersion — not streaks or XP points

If you've plateaued with other language learning apps, LingQ is the next step.

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✨ FEATURES
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📚 Massive Content Library
Thousands of lessons from podcasts, books, interviews, articles, and more — all with matching text for simultaneous reading and listening.

📥 Import Anything
Turn Netflix shows, YouTube videos, podcasts, ebooks, and web articles into interactive lessons. Your interests become your curriculum.

🤖 AI Language Learning Tools
• AI Audio Transcription: Turn podcasts and audiobooks into interactive lessons
• AI-Simplified Lessons: Access harder content earlier in your journey
• Lynx AI Chatbot: Real-time tutor with web search built in
• AI Voices: Natural text-to-speech for immersive listening

📊 Vocabulary Builder & Progress Tracking
Track every word you've read, heard, and learned. Watch your known word count grow.

🔁 SRS Review & Karaoke Mode
Spaced repetition vocabulary review for long-term retention.

🌍 Global Community
• Writing exchange with native speaker corrections
• Tutoring sessions tailored to your goals
• Community challenges to build consistent habits

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🚀 LINGQ PREMIUM
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• Unlimited vocabulary lookup and SRS review
• Full word tracking and progress stats
• Unlimited content imports
• AI features included (expanded with Premium Plus)

Download LingQ free and start learning from content you love today.
Learn to speak, read & understand any language with real content, not drills
Updated on
Sep 30, 2026
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Ratings and reviews

47.8K reviews
Ivailo Manassiev
November 15, 2020
I really pushed myself to use it as I find the idea appealing. But the implementation... the UI is super confusing and cluttered. At this point i cannot see the translation of the words anymore - it asks me to go to Premium. In short I would recommend simplifying the UX and reducing the price. Also the fact that on the web page the price is 38% cheaper also leaves a bad taste.
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
November 18, 2020
Thanks for your great review! We're working on making the user experience smoother and more intuitive for users. V5.0 comes with a much cleaner interface and we're working on other improvements. If you prefer you can always upgrade on the web and use your account on both platforms (web and app).
Joshua
February 23, 2025
Cool idea, but unusable on free tier. Once you hit 20 words, even if you delete them from your list, you cannot add more ever again without paying. Not sure if this is a bug or intentional but either way I could not use the app long enough for free to properly judge if it's worthy of paying for.
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
March 9, 2025
As a free user, you have unlimited access to all our content in all languages. It would just be a bit more manual to look up words that you don't know once you hit the 20 LingQs creation limit. Need more LingQs or a Premium trial period? Email me at tiagor@lingq.com.
Yiğit Ekim DEMİR (yigitekimdemir)
September 16, 2026
I use it everyday but in every update they break something down. The app was worry free 6 months ago, now it is riddled with bugs. In the current version, which I am writing a review of, known words feature got broken and shows only known ones and not learned ones. Also, it awards badges based on known+learned words but does not display them in badges section. You learn it by only through a notification, then it disappears into eternal void of the universe. I hope they'll fix it on time.
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
September 24, 2026
Thanks for the detailed report. The Known/Learned Words and badge behavior you describe needs a closer look. Please send the same details to support@lingq.com so we can investigate it against your app version.

What’s new

What's new:
• Lessons from long videos play only their part, and playlists keep each video's position
• Redesigned import screen, with more reliable voice recording and lesson imports
• Phrase transliteration covers every word, and Japanese speaking scores treat kanji, kana and numbers alike
• Fixes for known word counts, the archive and widgets