LingQ | Learn Languages

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About this app

⭐ 4.7 stars from 45,000+ reviews. Trusted by language learners worldwide.

LingQ is the language learning method that gets you fluent — by reading and listening to real content you actually enjoy, not textbook drills or gamified exercises.

Learn Spanish, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, and 45+ more languages.

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📖 THE LINGQ METHOD — WHY IT WORKS
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LingQ is built on comprehensible input — the science-backed idea that we acquire language the same way we learned our first language: by understanding meaningful content at our level, not memorizing rules.

Instead of lessons and drills, you immerse yourself in real stories, podcasts, books, and videos. You encounter words in context, look them up instantly, and naturally absorb the language over time. This is language immersion that actually fits into your life.

LingQ was co-founded by Steve Kaufmann, a polyglot who has learned 20+ languages using this exact approach.

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🆚 HOW LINGQ IS DIFFERENT
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Unlike Duolingo, Babbel, or Rosetta Stone, LingQ doesn't rely on gamification, repetitive drills, or synthetic sentences. Instead:

✅ You learn from REAL content — podcasts, books, YouTube, Netflix
✅ You choose topics you love — sports, history, comedy, true crime
✅ You build vocabulary from context — not flashcard lists
✅ You progress through immersion — not streaks or XP points

If you've plateaued with other language learning apps, LingQ is the next step.

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✨ FEATURES
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📚 Massive Content Library
Thousands of lessons from podcasts, books, interviews, articles, and more — all with matching text for simultaneous reading and listening.

📥 Import Anything
Turn Netflix shows, YouTube videos, podcasts, ebooks, and web articles into interactive lessons. Your interests become your curriculum.

🤖 AI Language Learning Tools
• AI Audio Transcription: Turn podcasts and audiobooks into interactive lessons
• AI-Simplified Lessons: Access harder content earlier in your journey
• Lynx AI Chatbot: Real-time tutor with web search built in
• AI Voices: Natural text-to-speech for immersive listening

📊 Vocabulary Builder & Progress Tracking
Track every word you've read, heard, and learned. Watch your known word count grow.

🔁 SRS Review & Karaoke Mode
Spaced repetition vocabulary review for long-term retention.

🌍 Global Community
• Writing exchange with native speaker corrections
• Tutoring sessions tailored to your goals
• Community challenges to build consistent habits

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🚀 LINGQ PREMIUM
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• Unlimited vocabulary lookup and SRS review
• Full word tracking and progress stats
• Unlimited content imports
• AI features included (expanded with Premium Plus)

Download LingQ free and start learning from content you love today.
Learn to speak, read & understand any language with real content, not drills
Updated on
Sep 30, 2026
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Ratings and reviews

47.7K reviews
Sunik Kupfer
May 12, 2024
I love how it all works. Really the best approach to learning a language for me. However I have found that there are a lot of bugs/errors in review mode. Often I can't match two word cards. It tells me it's wrong, but it's the remaining two cards! All the others were matched successfully already ? Also the speaking does not seem to work. I disabled that, but it's a bit of a shame. Could be this is specific to the language I am learning, so in case some developers want to fix it: Czech.
3 people found this review helpful
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
May 23, 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us! We're constantly working to improve our platform and enhance the learning experience for our users, so your comments are invaluable in helping us identify areas for improvement.
matsim0
March 16, 2025
I installed it, unfortunately without membership you cannot really use it. Because it was recommended to me I got a 1 year membership. That was a mistake. The courses (Chinese) are really bad, spiking in difficulty from one lesson to the next, making it much too hard for a beginner. Translations of words are often wrong, even if a sentence is translated correctly. Worse, there is no way to communicate these errors to the developers. All in all a really bad experience.
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
March 16, 2025
We're sorry you had a poor experience with us. We would really appreciate it if you could share more detailson the errors you faced: support@lingq.com. It's a possibility for us to improve our product.
Sebll D (Mr Creepface)
September 26, 2025
For japanese 90% of the content is just wrong. The transcripts are incorrect, the pronounciation is off, the words are grouped incorrectly (making the whole adding vocabulary function useless). I really really like the idea of this app. And it could be really great. But the way it is, you're just gonna learn incorrect things....
5 people found this review helpful
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
October 9, 2025
Sorry to hear you had a poor experience with us. Please note that we'll take a closer look at the Japanese learning experience.

What’s new

What's new:
• Lessons from long videos play only their part, and playlists keep each video's position
• Redesigned import screen, with more reliable voice recording and lesson imports
• Phrase transliteration covers every word, and Japanese speaking scores treat kanji, kana and numbers alike
• Fixes for known word counts, the archive and widgets
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Phone number
+16049259544
About the developer
LingQ Languages Ltd.
support@lingq.com
2232 Marine Dr #200 West Vancouver, BC V7V 1K4 Canada
+1 604-925-9544

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