LingQ: Learn Languages Fast

LingQ Languages Ltd.

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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.

Ratings and reviews

Unimpressed. The free version with the 20 LingQs when no instructions are provided for telling you that if you tap a word (even a simple word) that it is added to your list is poor. You should provide a training lesson to use the app, then reset the 20. At least I have Babel for life and the DuoLingo subscription can include up to 6 people, even if it's not ideal. This is overpriced for what it is. Paying to listen to Stromae and read the lyrics is silly. I can do that for free.

Edit: concerns were addressed. Thank you! The new reader introduced some issues for me. The highlighting has always been a little janky, but it's more unreliable after the update. If I try to tap and hold to select it, sometimes it works then, sometimes it doesn't. Sentence highlighting is hit or miss and limits the number of lines of text you can highlight. I also liked to highlight longer passages and translate with the default Android translate feature. I can't get this to work anymore.

So glad I got this! Currently a Spanish 3 student in high school and wanted to supplement my learning with something a little more immersive than Duolingo. so far it's been great for just listening and identifying words I'm unfamiliar with so I know what to review. honestly it's a cool app and I totally recommend it if you're bored with Duolingo, it's engaging in a different way (not overly game-ified, competitive, or guilt-trippy in the slightest) and I appreciate the variety.

What’s new

- Fixed tapping on blank space next to a word incorrectly opening the word popup
- Dictionaries no longer reset to defaults after switching learning language
- Inner word highlights now show through when a phrase reaches Known or Learned status
- Fixed selection toolbar (Copy/Translate) not responding in the reader
- Selection toolbar now works in sentence view
- Changed some green dark theme colors in reader
- Fixed grammar tags showing incorrectly on card popup