Ling vs Duostories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ling
Master over 70 languages with fun, bite-sized lessons. Develop speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills with native speaker audio and cultural insights. Science-backed methods ensure retention, making even difficult languages accessible.
- 70+ languages available
- Bite-sized lessons
- Native speaker audio
- Cultural insights
- Speaking, reading, listening, writing skills
- Science-backed learning methodology
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Finally, a language-learning app that helps beginner to advanced learners speak, read, write, and listen in 70+ languages. Download Ling for FREE and start learning… Afrikaans • Albanian • Amharic • Arabic • Armenian • Azerbaijani • Bengali • Bosnian • Bulgarian • Burmese • Cantonese • Catalan • Cebuano • Chinese Simplified • Chinese Traditional • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch • English • Estonian • Finnish • French • German • Georgian • Greek • Gujarati • Hebrew • Hindi • Hokkien • Hungarian • Icelandic • Ilocano • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Javanese • Kannada • Kazakh • Khmer • Korean • Lao • Latvian • Lithuanian • Macedonian • Malaysian • Malayalam • Maori • Marathi • Mongolian • Norwegian • Nepali • Polish • Portuguese • Pashto • Persian • Punjabi • Romanian • Russian • Serbian • Sinhala • Slovak • Slovenian • Somali • Sorbian • Spanish • Sundanese • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Tamil • Telugu • Thai • Turkish • Ukrainian • Urdu • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Yoruba Build speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills all in one place, plus… - Hard languages made easy: Find languages not commonly featured in other apps and enjoy lessons that make learning simple - Cultural insights: Understand the beautiful cultures behind lesser-known languages with our Culture Notes feature - Native speaker guidance: Learn correct pronunciation with audio from native speakers - Science-backed learning: Our methodology ensures you retain what you learn, making even the most difficult languages stick - Motivating: Track your progress, set language goals, and earn rewards as you practice and grow - Daily practice: Turn language learning into a habit with daily lessons that fit into your routine Experience more of Ling... https://ling-app.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ling_app/ https://www.youtube.com/@LingLearnLanguages https://www.tiktok.com/@ling_app?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/Ling.learn.languages/ https://www.quora.com/Ling-Language-Lessons If you have any comments, suggestions, or concerns, please feel free to reach out at support@ling-app.com Terms of Use: https://ling-app.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://ling-app.com/privacy-policy/
Duostories
Enhance language skills by reading interactive stories and answering comprehension questions. Access over 2,800 stories in more than 70 languages, covering a wide range of language types. This independent project offers an engaging alternative to traditional language drills.
- Read 2,800+ interactive stories
- Explore 70+ languages
- Practice comprehension with questions
- Discover diverse language types
- Learn through focused reading
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Read stories. Answer questions. Improve your language skills. Duostories helps you build reading comprehension through interactive stories and short in-story questions. Explore more than 2,800 stories in 70+ languages across 90 courses, and practice in a format that feels more engaging than drills alone. Read Duolingo stories in more languages with translations created by the Duostories community. Duostories uses Duolingo story content under license. It is an independent project and not an official Duolingo product. Features: - Read 2,800+ interactive stories - Explore 70+ languages across 90 courses - Practice comprehension with built-in questions in every story - Discover major, minority, endangered, and constructed languages - Learn through reading in a simple, focused format
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duostories at none against Ling's 22. Duostories also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Ling's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 1) and chart position (#68 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ling sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Duostories asks for nothing beyond the download.
Duostories holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ling has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ling ships an update weekly, Duostories fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ling | Duostories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SIMYA LABS COMPANY LIMITED | Richard Gerum |
Customer experience
Ling
Duostories
Bugs and requests
Ling
Reported bugs
5 issues- Progress resets to zero
- Incorrect translations and pronunciations
- Lessons skipping ahead unexpectedly
- Microphone issues, can't record properly
- Sync issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Allow retry/go back in lessons
- Improve speech recognition
- Add grammar explanations
- Provide more review and practice options
- Introduce alphabet/writing system first
Duostories
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ling
- Ling Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Monthly Language Learning Plan$10.991 Month
- Ling Monthly Subscription2 variants$14.991 Month
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- Ling Pro 1 Month Subscription$16.991 Month
- Ling Half Yearly Subscription$39.996 Months
- Ling 3 Month Subscription$39.993 Months
- Learn Language Pro Yearly 77 Days trial$48.991 Year
- Ling Pro Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$54.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Black Friday Offer7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$79.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Ling Pro 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$119.991 Year
- Ling Pro Lifetime Plan$199.99
Duostories
No in-app purchases









