LingQ | Learn Languages

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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

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

47.7K reviews
Jotaro Kujo
September 18, 2022
First of all: 20 LingQs across all the languages you learn is too little for free version. Give at least 200 for each language. Even that will be not much, but at least I would be able to use your app a bit more, so I can decide if I want premium. The second: Serbian TTS is unbearable to hear. Why not just use Google one or something, it is much more pleasant to hear. With that TTS I doubt I would buy a premium, even if I wanted.
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Safiya Ahmed
September 20, 2024
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.
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Дмитрий
November 27, 2022
App seems to be good, but not usable for free, because of linkq limit. So if you don't want to pay about 15 dollars a month, look for some other apps. I guess subscriptions are common in this field, but as a new user I would be ok with one payment, subscription doesn't make me feel of getting anything and makes me feel wasting money if I skip a couple of days. I don't think it is healthy towards learning any language
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
November 28, 2022
Sorry about that. We're aware the free trial is quite limited and we have plans to expand it. In the meantime, I'm happy to provide you with a longer trial period. Email me at tiagor@lingq.com to get set up.

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