LingQ | Learn Languages

LingQ Languages Ltd.

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.

Ratings and reviews

I was so happy when i found this application that could help me with my french listening practice. It would have been a great application to learn languages, but the free version is very limited. You will need a premium account for almost every basic thing. You can't enjoy the things that they say you would be able to enjoy with a free account, because you have to pay for that too. Like saving words or checking the meaning of words. And the premium is quite pricy.

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.

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.

What’s new

What's new:
• Archive lessons, courses, and playlists — restore them any time
• Lynx AI chat: redesigned start page with suggestions, and its own font settings
• Reader: more reliable contextual meanings, clearer phrases, smoother text rendering
• Audio and video: playback speed and mode switching fixed
• Library: faster course opening
• Video imports and tag search fixed
• Book Challenges support multiple books
• Other bug fixes and stability improvements