Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.8 (254743 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Learn Spanish, Maths & more

Free · In-App Purchases

255k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

No. 1
Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
+ 30 More
Size

500.4
MB

Learn a new language, chess & more 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 & writing to build your vocabulary & grammar skills. Designed by learning experts & loved by hundreds of millions worldwide, our lessons make learning effective & fun and help you prepare for real conversations in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Italian, German, English and more. And now, you can learn CHESS on Duolingo! Whether you're a total beginner or looking to level up your game, you'll love learning chess the Duolingo way. Play matches and fun chess lessons for all levels, no matter the language - chess, ajedrez, xadrez, schach, Шахматы, الشطرنج. • Chess: Learn the moves, level up your game & play matches in our Chess course. Learn the basics, solve fun chess puzzles & improve your strategy with guided lessons. Whether you're new to chess or already play, our course is designed to help you have fun and build real skills. Checkmate! • Math: Forget lectures and math worksheets! Built by learning experts, our Math course makes math feel like a game. Boost learning and fight the summer slide with standards-aligned math lessons for elementary school, middle school, and high school students. • Music: Learn how to read music & play songs in our Music course, no instrument needed! Using an on-screen keyboard, you'll learn bit-by-bit. Whether you're learning a language for travel, school, career or your brain health, you'll love learning with Duolingo. Why Duolingo? • Duolingo is fun & effective. Game-like language lessons & fun characters help you build speaking, reading, listening, & writing skills, plus enjoy fun chess & competitive online chess in one app. • Duolingo works. Designed by learning experts, Duolingo has a science-based teaching methodology proven to foster long-term knowledge retention across language lessons & chess lessons alike. • Track your progress. Work toward your learning goals with playful rewards & achievements when you make practicing language lessons or chess online part of your daily habit. • Join millions of learners. Stay motivated with competitive Leaderboards as you learn languages & play chess online 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, & even High Valyrian! And now, learn Math, Music & improve your Chess skills with fun, bite-sized lessons. What the world is saying about Duolingo: "Far & away the best language-learning app." - The Wall Street Journal "This free app & 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 & fun." - Forbes "I Can't Stop Playing Duolingo Chess." - Wired If you like Duolingo, try Super Duolingo for 14 days free! Learn a language fast with no ads & get fun perks like Unlimited Energy & 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

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

255k 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!
It’s really great
12/02/2025
💗💋😚
Duolingo is one of the best language-learning apps available today. It makes learning a new language fun, engaging, and accessible to everyone. The app uses a gamified approach with short, interactive lessons that help users build vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills step by step.One of the biggest advantages of Duolingo is its ease of use. The app is intuitive, and the lessons are designed to fit into a busy schedule. Whether you have five minutes or an hour, you can always squeeze in a quick lesson. The variety of exercises—including listening, speaking, reading, and writing—keeps learning dynamic and interesting.Another great feature is the streak system and achievement badges, which motivate users to stay consistent. The ability to compete with friends or join leaderboards adds an extra layer of motivation. Plus, the app offers a wide range of languages, including popular ones like Spanish and French, as well as lesser-known languages like Welsh and Hawaiian.Of course, Duolingo isn't a complete replacement for more in-depth language study, but it's a fantastic tool for building a strong foundation and practicing daily. The free version provides a lot of value, and the premium option (Duolingo Super) removes ads and adds extra perks.Overall, Duolingo is an excellent choice for anyone looking to start learning a new language or maintain their skills in a fun and convenient way. Highly recommended!
It’s really great
12/02/2025
💗💋😚

Duolingo is one of the best language-learning apps available today. It makes learning a new language fun, engaging, and accessible to everyone. The app uses a gamified approach with short, interactive lessons that help users build vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills step by step.One of the biggest advantages of Duolingo is its ease of use. The app is intuitive, and the lessons are designed to fit into a busy schedule. Whether you have five minutes or an hour, you can always squeeze in a quick lesson. The variety of exercises—including listening, speaking, reading, and writing—keeps learning dynamic and interesting.Another great feature is the streak system and achievement badges, which motivate users to stay consistent. The ability to compete with friends or join leaderboards adds an extra layer of motivation. Plus, the app offers a wide range of languages, including popular ones like Spanish and French, as well as lesser-known languages like Welsh and Hawaiian.Of course, Duolingo isn't a complete replacement for more in-depth language study, but it's a fantastic tool for building a strong foundation and practicing daily. The free version provides a lot of value, and the premium option (Duolingo Super) removes ads and adds extra perks.Overall, Duolingo is an excellent choice for anyone looking to start learning a new language or maintain their skills in a fun and convenient way. Highly recommended!
No grammar rules written, a lot of ads, rigged timed challenges
05/10/2022
Alyona B.
I use Duolingo for the Spanish course and already’ve learnt a lot of words, which is great, but the app is become harder and harder to use.After latest ‘learning path’ update there are no grammar rules in separate place (like it used to be under the lightbulb icon), or it’s just hidden somewhere/not available for free users?The ads are annoying and shown literally after every successfully passed lesson. Like okay, I can’t pay for the Duo premium for now, I don’t need you to show me how much do i lose 20 times a day in the same cartoon with the holographic owl, i know the words from it to my heart now.Timed challenges are fun at first, but they make you to spend a lot of diamonds, and last levels are physically impossible to pass without boosters. In ‘match madness’ sometimes cards are shown too slowly for you to pair it in times, or you click on card and an app doesn’t count it in and you lose your time. This is obviously dark pattern, I couldn’t believe it at first, but then caught with my eye, when the word on the left side is already active, and pairing word on the right is sloooooowly appearing and you could successfully choose it from, like, 3rd attempt. I understand that this app offers a lot even for free version, and you need to make money, I’m just disappointed in such cheap methods.
No grammar rules written, a lot of ads, rigged timed challenges
05/10/2022
Alyona B.

I use Duolingo for the Spanish course and already’ve learnt a lot of words, which is great, but the app is become harder and harder to use.After latest ‘learning path’ update there are no grammar rules in separate place (like it used to be under the lightbulb icon), or it’s just hidden somewhere/not available for free users?The ads are annoying and shown literally after every successfully passed lesson. Like okay, I can’t pay for the Duo premium for now, I don’t need you to show me how much do i lose 20 times a day in the same cartoon with the holographic owl, i know the words from it to my heart now.Timed challenges are fun at first, but they make you to spend a lot of diamonds, and last levels are physically impossible to pass without boosters. In ‘match madness’ sometimes cards are shown too slowly for you to pair it in times, or you click on card and an app doesn’t count it in and you lose your time. This is obviously dark pattern, I couldn’t believe it at first, but then caught with my eye, when the word on the left side is already active, and pairing word on the right is sloooooowly appearing and you could successfully choose it from, like, 3rd attempt. I understand that this app offers a lot even for free version, and you need to make money, I’m just disappointed in such cheap methods.
Truth about Duolingo
08/04/2025
svunster
a very strange application. In general, at first, you memorize words and try to complete tasks daily. But the longer you study, the more it turns into a short homework assignment that you want to do quickly and forget about it. Over time, you don’t even memorize words, but simply gain the number of days. And for this, there are even leagues in which people who study regularly get into, but even this becomes all the same. And at the same time, leagues force the user to concentrate more on the rank and the number of days than on learning the language. Then it gets worse. For the natural progress of the user, Dualingo after the second module begins to substitute words in the lesson that were not previously mentioned in the lessons. Also in Dualingo there are paid bonuses by purchasing which, users have unlimited lives, which means the user can gain any number of points without limiting himself to five lives. And then he becomes the first in the rating line, and gets just a status. There is also Dualingo Max, which is also paid, which is paid because of its uniqueness, and with this addition the user will better learn the material (language). The language level depends on whether you buy a paid addition from Dualingo. Rare status can be purchased when buying super Dualingo. Well, the application itself refers us to some game in order to attract users of different ages.
Truth about Duolingo
08/04/2025
svunster

a very strange application. In general, at first, you memorize words and try to complete tasks daily. But the longer you study, the more it turns into a short homework assignment that you want to do quickly and forget about it. Over time, you don’t even memorize words, but simply gain the number of days. And for this, there are even leagues in which people who study regularly get into, but even this becomes all the same. And at the same time, leagues force the user to concentrate more on the rank and the number of days than on learning the language. Then it gets worse. For the natural progress of the user, Dualingo after the second module begins to substitute words in the lesson that were not previously mentioned in the lessons. Also in Dualingo there are paid bonuses by purchasing which, users have unlimited lives, which means the user can gain any number of points without limiting himself to five lives. And then he becomes the first in the rating line, and gets just a status. There is also Dualingo Max, which is also paid, which is paid because of its uniqueness, and with this addition the user will better learn the material (language). The language level depends on whether you buy a paid addition from Dualingo. Rare status can be purchased when buying super Dualingo. Well, the application itself refers us to some game in order to attract users of different ages.

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Provider: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 500.4 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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Languages: English and 30 more

English, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
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It’s really great

No grammar rules written, a lot of ads, rigged timed challenges

Truth about Duolingo

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App Privacy

Data Used to Track You

Data Linked to You

Accessibility

Information

Featured In

OUR FAVOURITES

iPhone essentials

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