Comparison

Lingora vs Ledoly

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

Head to head
About

Lingora

Learn new languages through interactive lessons, vocabulary games, and detailed grammar explanations. Progress from beginner to A1 level with sentence-centric learning and practice tools. Supports a wide range of languages with more being added.

Highlights
  • 500 lessons in 50 units
  • Sentence-centric learning approach
  • Vocabulary games and trainer
  • Grammar quizzes and breakdowns
  • Script and tone trainers
  • Progress tracking
  • Comprehensive dictionary
Features
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The most thorough language course you'll find in an app. 30+ languages, 500 lessons each, every single word of every sentence explained as thoroughly as you care to follow. One sentence might keep you busy for twenty minutes. WHAT'S IN A COURSE Each sentence gets a full lesson wrapped around it. 500 English sentences in all, hand-picked to cover every grammar structure and the full A1 vocabulary. Each word comes with its own full dictionary entry: definition with examples, any conjugation or declension it takes, the grammar topics behind it, and stroke-by-stroke guidance for new scripts. If you want to know why a word looks the way it does, the app can tell you. HOW A LESSON WORKS Each lesson opens with the intro. You hear the sentence before you see what it means. Slow it down, replay as often as you want. Then the Word Breakdown. Tap any word to see what it means and the grammar behind it. Then the literal, word-for-word translation. Then the grammar topics sitting inside the sentence. After the intros, the main session starts. Words and sentences from the current lesson get mixed with whatever's due for review, chosen by the spaced-repetition algorithm so you're practicing what you're closest to forgetting. Your own chosen exercise mix prioritizing reading, writing, or listening. Premium users can even further fine-tune exactly which exercises appear. 25+ WAYS TO PRACTICE Six word games and six sentence games. Flashcards you design yourself, picking what goes on each side. Quick-review tables. Multiple-Choice. Context-clue fill-ins where the wrong answers are similar on purpose. Character stroke practice with real-time validation. Typing exercises with a virtual keyboard. A speech trainer with per-word, color-coded feedback. An AI chat that stays on the lesson's topic and corrects you as you go. And so much more.. REFERENCE A dictionary that searches in native script, in transliteration, or in English. It finds base forms and inflected forms alike. A grammar guide covering every topic that appears in the course. Each has a thorough write-up and example sentences, plus the words and lesson sentences that show it in use. A pronunciation guide covering every consonant and vowel in the language. Tone guides for tonal languages. Script courses for writing systems you haven't learned yet. Conjugation tables for every verb and noun. Character breakdowns for CJK languages. WAYS TO FINE-TUNE Three sliders to weight reading, writing, and listening in each session. Silent mode for studying in public. Transliteration style where more than one exists (Jyutping or Yale, and so on). Diacritics on or off. Full control over what the app does. PROGRESS You'll see progress word by word and lesson by lesson. There's a streak counter, stars on completed lessons, and a weekly leaderboard if you want one. None of it is forced on you. Lifetime users can also export anything they've learned as an Anki deck. LANGUAGES Arabic · Cantonese · Catalan · Czech · Dutch · Filipino · Finnish · French · German · Hakka (Hailu & Sixian) · Hindi · Hokkien (Taiwanese) · Indonesian · Italian · Japanese · Khmer · Korean · Lithuanian · Malay · Mandarin · Persian · Polish · Portuguese (Brazilian) · Spanish (European & Mexican) · Thai · Turkish · Vietnamese (Northern & Southern) No hearts. No energy. No cartoons. Just a proper course.

About

Ledoly

Features
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HOW AMERICAN DO YOU SOUND? FIND OUT IN 60 SECONDS. Read one sentence aloud. AI scores your American accent out of 10, shows a green/amber/red heatmap of every word, and tells you exactly where to start. Free. No credit card. About a minute. Your grammar is fine. Your vocabulary is fine. But when you open your mouth, people hear your accent before your ideas. Ledoly is the American-English speaking and accent coach built for Vietnamese professionals who need to be understood clearly at work. START WITH THE 60-SECOND ACCENT AUDIT • Read one fixed sentence and get an instant Glass Ceiling Score out of 10 • A per-word heatmap: green is clear, amber needs work, red is unclear • Accuracy, fluency, completeness, and prosody bars • A CEFR-style level and a recommended starting point • Severity-ranked issues so you know what to focus on first AN AI COACH THAT HEARS WHAT NATIVES HEAR • Pronunciation graded phoneme by phoneme, not just word by word • Tuned to the sounds Vietnamese speakers find hardest — missing ending /s/, flat /th/, the American /r/, and word-stress errors • Drill practice sentences for word-by-word coaching • A pronunciation profile that tracks your strongest and weakest sounds • Honest grading: if a clip can't be scored, it says so instead of faking a number A REAL SPEAKING COURSE, NOT FLASHCARD FILLER • 77 interactive lessons across 16 modules on a 23-level Spiral Roadmap • CEFR-aligned from the very beginning through advanced • A guided lesson player: one activity at a time, check your answer, get feedback, continue • A recurring cast at The Hub — Alex, Sam, Sofia, Marco, Yuki, and Priya • Smart flashcards with spaced repetition (Again / Hard / Good / Easy), optional IPA and audio LIVE 1-ON-1 LESSONS WITH AMERICAN COACHES • Browse a directory of native American-accent coaches by rating and specialization • Review your completed live lessons with AI summaries and transcripts • Keep your streak, earn XP, and watch your level climb WHO IT'S FOR Vietnamese professionals — engineers, product managers, nurses — who already speak English but whose accent holds them back with American colleagues, clients, and patients. Also anyone preparing to live or work in the US. HOW IT WORKS 1. Take the free 60-Second Accent Audit and get your Glass Ceiling Score 2. Follow your recommended starting level through the course 3. Drill weak sounds with the AI coach and smart flashcards 4. Practice daily to build a streak — and browse American-accent coaches for live 1-on-1 practice One account works on the Ledoly website and the app. Sign in with email or with Apple. Microphone access is used only to record and score your pronunciation. You can request deletion of your voice recordings, and delete your account anytime from Settings > Account. Ready to hear how American you sound? Take the 60-Second Accent Audit — free, in about a minute. Questions? Visit https://ledoly.com/support

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ledoly at none against Lingora's 40. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lingora sells 40 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Ledoly asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lingora versus Ledoly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingoraLedoly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander StebnerLEARN VIETNAMESE WITH SVFF COMPANY LIMITED

In-app purchases

40 purchases

Lingora

Subscriptions27
  • Cantonese A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Malay A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Mandarin A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • German A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Korean A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Vietnamese A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Korean A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Catalan A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Indonesian A1 Premium (M)$3.991 Month
  • French A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Bra. Portuguese A1 Premium (M)$3.991 Month
  • Turkish A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Dutch A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Sth.Vietnamese A1 Premium (1m)$3.991 Month
  • Cantonese A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • French A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Polish A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Mex. Spanish A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Malay A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Thai A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • All Courses Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Polish A1 Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year
  • Malay A1 Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year
  • All Courses Premium (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Cantonese A1 Pro (Yearly)$14.991 Year
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time13
  • French A1 Lifetime Access$3.99
  • Mandarin A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Eur. Spanish A1 Lifetime$49.99
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  • Malay A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Catalan A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Korean A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Mex.Spanish A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Thai A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Vietnamese A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Polish A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Lifetime$49.99
  • Cantonese A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Lingora Lifetime$99.99
None

Ledoly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lingora free?
Lingora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ledoly free?
Ledoly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lingora or Ledoly have ads?
Neither Lingora nor Ledoly shows ads.

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