Comparison

Duolingo vs iTranslate Lingo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Duolingo

Master new languages, chess, and math with fun, bite-sized lessons. This educational app uses a game-like approach to build vocabulary, grammar, and strategic skills. Track your progress and compete with a global community.

Highlights
  • Bite-sized language lessons
  • Chess learning and play
  • Interactive math courses
  • Music reading and playing
  • Progress tracking and achievements
  • Competitive leaderboards
Features
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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

About

iTranslate Lingo

Learn new languages playfully with short, daily lessons. Focus on vocabulary, spelling, listening, and pronunciation with interactive exercises and progress tracking. Unlock all features with a PRO subscription.

Highlights
  • Learn 14 languages
  • Short daily lessons (5 mins)
  • Vocabulary and spelling practice
  • Audio and pronunciation training
  • Personalized learning categories
  • Progress tracking and awards
Features
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Introducing iTranslate Lingo: The easiest way to learn a language. With iTranslate Lingo, we’ve made sure to put FUN at the heart of language learning, by designing an app that helps you easily and playfully learn a new language. It's pretty simple: ** 4 Words per Lesson ** 5 Minutes per Day ** 1K Words in 8 Months! FEATURES: • Learn up to 14 languages including English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, German, French or Spanish. • Choose from 3 skill levels for each language. • Personalize your language learning with 30+ categories. • Effective & simple exercises: Choose the correct translation from a list of four words. It’s as simple as it sounds. • Type and improve your spelling skills! Everything you write will be automatically corrected. • Get excellent audio training and take your listening skills to the next level. Achieve impressive results immediately. • With tailored pronunciation lessons, you will learn how to speak clearly in no time! • Correct mistakes to achieve the best results. • Review my Words: Improve your language skills in a playful way. • Improve & celebrate your progress and earn awards. • And the best part: Subscribe to PRO and get access to ALL apps within the iTranslate App Suite Learn more about iTranslate Lingo: https://www.itranslate.com/lingo SUPPORT Visit https://www.itranslate.com/support/ or contact us at help@itranslate.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iTranslateApp Like & share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itranslateapp Learn more about iTranslate: https://www.itranslate.com Supported languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish For a Complete Language overview: www.itranslate.com/Lingo --- Auto Renewable Subscription Terms: Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. The price corresponds to the same price segment, which are set in the "Apple's App Store Matrix" for other currencies. * Your free trial subscription will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. * Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. * You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Privacy Policy: https://support.bendingspoons.com/privacy.html?app=1436833817 Terms of Service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos.html?app=1436833817 Contact us: help@itranslate.com An internet connection is required to use the app. To use the offline mode, you need to download language packs.

Screenshots

Duolingo4 screens
iTranslate Lingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iTranslate Lingo at none against Duolingo's shown. iTranslate Lingo also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Duolingo's advantage is ratings volume (5.6M vs 4.5K) and review sentiment (65% vs 40%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Duolingo sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and iTranslate Lingo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Duolingo against 4.6 for iTranslate Lingo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duolingo has 5.6M ratings behind it against 4.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Duolingo's written reviews are positive against 40% of iTranslate Lingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duolingo ships an update every 5 days, iTranslate Lingo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Duolingo versus iTranslate Lingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuolingoiTranslate Lingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.6M ratings) — better4.6 (4.5K ratings)
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.6M — better4.5K
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size499 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuolingo, IncMosaic S.r.l.

Customer experience

Duolingo

All ratings5,559,528 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews31,155 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative25.5%

iTranslate Lingo

All ratings4,459 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral18.9%
Negative41.1%

User reviews

Duolingo

From 5.6M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Fun and entertaining learning experience
  • 🎉 Motivating streak and league features
  • 🎨 Cute and engaging animations
  • 📚 Effective for learning vocabulary and basics
  • 🤖 Useful AI-powered features like voice lessons

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Issues with voice recognition and pronunciation feedback
  • 🤑 Aggressive monetization tactics and paywall for key features
  • 🤯 Frustrating heart/health system that penalizes mistakes
  • 🤔 Lack of grammar explanations and focus on just memorizing phrases
  • 🤷‍♀️ Inconsistent app experience across platforms

iTranslate Lingo

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Free version available
  • 👍 Easy and fun learning process
  • 🚀 Effective vocabulary learning
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
  • 👍 Helpful for beginners

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Poor speech recognition
  • 🔒 Subscription-based model
  • 🐛 Inconsistent lesson progress tracking
  • 🐛 Limited free version
  • 🐛 Unclear pronunciation of words

Bugs and requests

Duolingo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing or crashing during lessons
  • Incorrect translations or answers marked wrong
  • Inconsistent behavior of certain features like leagues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more languages, especially less common ones
  • Improve grammar lessons and explanations
  • Allow more flexibility in navigating the course content
  • Provide better feedback and corrections for mistakes
  • Sync progress and features consistently across app and web

iTranslate Lingo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Free version only allows one lesson
  • Subscription charges even after cancellation
  • Inconsistent app behavior after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more language options
  • Implement a review/practice mode for previously learned words
  • Improve speech recognition accuracy
  • Allow users to revisit past lessons
  • Provide more detailed feedback on mistakes

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Duolingo

Subscriptions5
  • Super Duolingo7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Super Duolingo14 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Super Duolingo14 Days trial$83.991 Year
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  • Super Duolingo7 Days trial$95.991 Year
  • Super Duolingo1 Month trial$119.991 Year
One-time5
  • Chest of Gems$0.99
  • Barrel of Gems (1200)$4.99
  • Chest of Gems (1200)$4.99
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  • Cart of Gems (3000)$9.99
  • Cart of Gems (6500)$19.99
4 purchases

iTranslate Lingo

Subscriptions4
  • iTranslate Lingo PRO7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • iTranslate Lingo PRO$4.991 Month
  • iTranslate Lingo PRO7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • iTranslate Lingo PRO7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Duolingo free?
Duolingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iTranslate Lingo free?
iTranslate Lingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Duolingo or iTranslate Lingo?
Duolingo is rated higher. Duolingo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6M ratings, while iTranslate Lingo averages 4.6 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Duolingo or iTranslate Lingo have ads?
Duolingo shows ads; iTranslate Lingo does not.
Which is updated more often, Duolingo or iTranslate Lingo?
Duolingo ships an update every 5 days, and iTranslate Lingo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Duolingo was updated on November 8, 2026 and iTranslate Lingo on November 2, 2026.

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