Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.7 (38356 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Learn Spanish, Maths & more

Free · In-App Purchases

38k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
+ 30 More
Size

504.3
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

4.7

out of 5

38k 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!
Most bugless featureful and an app where you can actually learn and correct your mistakes
11/10/2023

exapsy
It’s the most polished app out there I have found, for learning languages. I’ve tried Mondly, a buggy mess and it really doesn’t help correct your mistakes and repeat them correctly. Unlike duolingo. I’ve tried other ones as well. I uninstalled it after being barely usable or really teaching me anything. Teaching comes with repeating and Mondly hasn’t realized it. Instead it blasts you with new words every day and you’re supposed to learn them all.Busuu? Same more or less, buggy and doesn’t take account your pace. It takes you with its own pace.But duolingo takes this in the pace you want and you can even compete or get rewards and points which makes it even more rewarding.Zero bugs encountered so far which I definitely did not expect. And the model of learning is the best I found along with the HelloChinese app. HelloChinese really has some huge similarities with DuoLingo in how it makes you repeat the words just in case you don’t remember them or to remember them correctly and better. And bugs also zero and takes you with your own pace and you don’t over learn words.So I’ve had my couple of experiences with Learning languages apps. And I only have two to name which are on the scale of being actually useful to really learn a language.
Most bugless featureful and an app where you can actually learn and correct your mistakes
11/10/2023

exapsy

It’s the most polished app out there I have found, for learning languages. I’ve tried Mondly, a buggy mess and it really doesn’t help correct your mistakes and repeat them correctly. Unlike duolingo. I’ve tried other ones as well. I uninstalled it after being barely usable or really teaching me anything. Teaching comes with repeating and Mondly hasn’t realized it. Instead it blasts you with new words every day and you’re supposed to learn them all.Busuu? Same more or less, buggy and doesn’t take account your pace. It takes you with its own pace.But duolingo takes this in the pace you want and you can even compete or get rewards and points which makes it even more rewarding.Zero bugs encountered so far which I definitely did not expect. And the model of learning is the best I found along with the HelloChinese app. HelloChinese really has some huge similarities with DuoLingo in how it makes you repeat the words just in case you don’t remember them or to remember them correctly and better. And bugs also zero and takes you with your own pace and you don’t over learn words.So I’ve had my couple of experiences with Learning languages apps. And I only have two to name which are on the scale of being actually useful to really learn a language.
Great app but could get better
24/12/2017

8000km away
Been using this app both as free version and pro (paid) version at times for French and German. Three important issues:- On hearing exercises many times the ‘slow’ feature doesn’t work and you can hear the fast phrase on both buttons. Also many times word matching exercises have errors: when there are two synonyms of one word in the same exercise, you must match them specifically in two pairs.- Just today I seem to be getting a message every time I log in. This says that my streak is lost and that I should pay to reinstall my streak.. but this happened 2 days ago and I have paid the 5,49eur to fix it ( which by the way is a very high amount for something like this) I was then at day 43 and now I’m in day 45 and still get the message.. asking me to pay again when at the same time I have activated the streak freeze feature anyway so there is absolutely no reason for this to happen.- I’m trying to reach customer support but can’t seem to find a contact email/ live chat/ number anywhere in the app or the developer’s website. Don’t you think that a live chat support feature should be available for your users?
Great app but could get better
24/12/2017

8000km away

Been using this app both as free version and pro (paid) version at times for French and German. Three important issues:- On hearing exercises many times the ‘slow’ feature doesn’t work and you can hear the fast phrase on both buttons. Also many times word matching exercises have errors: when there are two synonyms of one word in the same exercise, you must match them specifically in two pairs.- Just today I seem to be getting a message every time I log in. This says that my streak is lost and that I should pay to reinstall my streak.. but this happened 2 days ago and I have paid the 5,49eur to fix it ( which by the way is a very high amount for something like this) I was then at day 43 and now I’m in day 45 and still get the message.. asking me to pay again when at the same time I have activated the streak freeze feature anyway so there is absolutely no reason for this to happen.- I’m trying to reach customer support but can’t seem to find a contact email/ live chat/ number anywhere in the app or the developer’s website. Don’t you think that a live chat support feature should be available for your users?
Disappointing/Horrible new energy system
03/08/2025

kristenscandal
I’ve been a Duolingo user since 2017. The heart system never bothered me too much since I was using a free version. However, with this energy system, it is now impossible to make it through a legendary session without running out of energy. Even if I continuously watched ads to gain more energy, it would not get me through a lesson. Although Duolingo for a long time has pivoted towards its paid users, this is a slap in the face. This does not encourage language learning at all. It’s one of the only apps out there that supports Greek, so it’s difficult for me to switch. But before this energy system I was thinking of paying for Super and now I just refuse. It’s so wrong to pretend to be a company that encourages learning and then punishes users for trying to learn “too much” in one day. The heart system at least encouraged me to be thoughtful about the learning/mistakes I was making. This system is just impossible to do more than a lesson or 2 per day, with each lesson easily taking under 5 minutes. I’ve never left a review on anything before but this is just so disheartening as someone who was really a fan of Duo’s system of learning (in spite of its flaws).
Disappointing/Horrible new energy system
03/08/2025

kristenscandal

I’ve been a Duolingo user since 2017. The heart system never bothered me too much since I was using a free version. However, with this energy system, it is now impossible to make it through a legendary session without running out of energy. Even if I continuously watched ads to gain more energy, it would not get me through a lesson. Although Duolingo for a long time has pivoted towards its paid users, this is a slap in the face. This does not encourage language learning at all. It’s one of the only apps out there that supports Greek, so it’s difficult for me to switch. But before this energy system I was thinking of paying for Super and now I just refuse. It’s so wrong to pretend to be a company that encourages learning and then punishes users for trying to learn “too much” in one day. The heart system at least encouraged me to be thoughtful about the learning/mistakes I was making. This system is just impossible to do more than a lesson or 2 per day, with each lesson easily taking under 5 minutes. I’ve never left a review on anything before but this is just so disheartening as someone who was really a fan of Duo’s system of learning (in spite of its flaws).

Our mascot owl, Duo, is trading in his usual diet of mice for bugs this week. Yup, we’re squashing those pesky bugs to make the experience better for all of you. For more Duolingo news, contests and product releases, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @duolingo.

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Size: 504.3 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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