Duolingo: Language & Chess

Learn Spanish, Maths & more

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31k Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

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Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

No. 2
Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
+ 32 More
Size

515.2
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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MAJOR UPDATE
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Ratings & Reviews

4.9

out of 5

31k 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!
I love Duolingo
07/04/2024
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
I love Duolingo because he tells me to learn German and I really want to learn it, but I couldn’t so my friend told her you couldn’t take help from Duolingo and I told why not everybody is doing Duolingo in school, and I’m not sure I told that, yeah I can also try and I saw that it’s really good duo is helping me so much he’s so kind and friends so I’m learning German with love now and I’m giving five out of five to Duolingo and remember I love you duo
I love Duolingo
07/04/2024
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

I love Duolingo because he tells me to learn German and I really want to learn it, but I couldn’t so my friend told her you couldn’t take help from Duolingo and I told why not everybody is doing Duolingo in school, and I’m not sure I told that, yeah I can also try and I saw that it’s really good duo is helping me so much he’s so kind and friends so I’m learning German with love now and I’m giving five out of five to Duolingo and remember I love you duo
If users create petitions against the new version, is this not a reason to listen to them?!
25/03/2024
Dilara1987
This was my favorite application, to which I owe my knowledge of Italian. Unfortunately, the latest update turned out to be absolutely terrible. It is inconvenient; we have been deprived of the opportunity to plan the learning process ourselves. Duo has always had little theory, but now we have lost even these small notes that preceded a new lesson. There is no free access to stories. Unfortunately, my motivation to use this app has dropped to zero. Previously, I already had other languages in line that I planned to study in Duo, but now I'm going to reset my almost 1000-day streak and delete the application, because there is no way to go back to the old version with the tree. I am very disappointed by the disrespect of the creators of this application for their users, as people continue to complain about this mediocre update for years and ask for the ability to choose which version to use. However, these demands remain a voice crying in the wilderness.
If users create petitions against the new version, is this not a reason to listen to them?!
25/03/2024
Dilara1987

This was my favorite application, to which I owe my knowledge of Italian. Unfortunately, the latest update turned out to be absolutely terrible. It is inconvenient; we have been deprived of the opportunity to plan the learning process ourselves. Duo has always had little theory, but now we have lost even these small notes that preceded a new lesson. There is no free access to stories. Unfortunately, my motivation to use this app has dropped to zero. Previously, I already had other languages in line that I planned to study in Duo, but now I'm going to reset my almost 1000-day streak and delete the application, because there is no way to go back to the old version with the tree. I am very disappointed by the disrespect of the creators of this application for their users, as people continue to complain about this mediocre update for years and ask for the ability to choose which version to use. However, these demands remain a voice crying in the wilderness.
My Personal Opinion, And My Personal Feedback
24/06/2025
Leyla2607
The free version is very different from the paid version, there are two huge disadvantages that I found personally for myself, the first is when I go through some language and I get some unknown word, if I answer it incorrectly, then my chances are taken away from me, that is, the heart of hearts is only three, as it was in the free version, it is very unfair and a little too long time for these hearts to be restored, so you can say the free version at almost every step advertising, I would like the developers to fix it, of course understand that this is a free version, but this does not mean that people who have a free version, you should admit to provide such conditions, so I put four stars.
My Personal Opinion, And My Personal Feedback
24/06/2025
Leyla2607

The free version is very different from the paid version, there are two huge disadvantages that I found personally for myself, the first is when I go through some language and I get some unknown word, if I answer it incorrectly, then my chances are taken away from me, that is, the heart of hearts is only three, as it was in the free version, it is very unfair and a little too long time for these hearts to be restored, so you can say the free version at almost every step advertising, I would like the developers to fix it, of course understand that this is a free version, but this does not mean that people who have a free version, you should admit to provide such conditions, so I put four stars.

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Provider: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 515.2 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

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Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 32 more

English, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
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