LingQ | Learn Languages

In-app purchases
51K reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
Digital Purchases
Learn more
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image

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.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📖 THE LINGQ METHOD — WHY IT WORKS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

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.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🆚 HOW LINGQ IS DIFFERENT
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

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.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✨ FEATURES
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📚 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

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🚀 LINGQ PREMIUM
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

• 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
Events & offers

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

47.9K reviews
David Becket
September 2, 2026
This app represents the pinnacle of immersive language acquisition. Unlike the competition, the YouTube import function allows unlimited videos and length to learn from whatever interests you. Collecting words is super addictive. I'm finding I'm learning grammar patterns naturally whilst being like a toddler asking what each word means as I go along. Unlike apps like Memrise, the AI chat allows you to talk about anything and fully integrates with the word memorisation system. Pricy but worth it.
3 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
LingQ Languages Ltd.
September 7, 2026
Thanks, David! That's a great description of the LingQ workflow: learn from content you actually care about, save words in context, and let patterns become familiar through repeated exposure. Glad the imports and AI chat are working well for you.
Alex W
June 7, 2026
Very sketchy company. Despite signing up for a "free trial" they've taken money from me anyway, and I am now having to waste chasing their customer service team for a refund. As for the app itself, I found the UX really busy and not fun to use. For something so expensive, I'd expect an experience that's much cleaner. A terrible experience all-round.
1 person found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
LingQ Languages Ltd.
June 11, 2026
We apologize for any inconvenience. For refunds and further assistance, please contact our support team at support@lingq.com.
Zac Butcher
July 3, 2024
Ran into the limit and got the upgrade prompt within about 5 minutes. Not particularly intuitive to navigate and seems like you need to upgrade to make use of it. Although I might be missing something (which is entirely possible given how unclear things are). It's a shame as what I see I like but don't feel like I can explore and get a sense of the value easily.
13 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?

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