Alternatives to LingQ
A language learning service built around reading and listening to real content such as books and podcasts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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LingQ
A language learning service built around reading and listening to real content such as books and podcasts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as LingQ.
Readlang
A web tool and browser plugin for learning languages by reading with click-to-translate and flashcards.
Readlang also teaches through reading real content with click-to-translate and saved flashcards, covering over 100 languages, but without LingQ's podcast and listening library.
Migaku
A Chrome extension that turns YouTube, Netflix and other sites into language learning material.
Migaku works as a Chrome extension on YouTube, Netflix and other sites, centring learning on content you already watch rather than an imported library.
Language Reactor
Browser extension and toolbox for learning languages from native videos on Netflix and YouTube.
Language Reactor is a browser extension that uses dual subtitles on Netflix and YouTube, shifting study from books and podcasts to native video.
Satori Reader
A Japanese reading service with graded stories, audio and detailed grammar and kanji explanations.
Satori Reader covers Japanese only, with graded annotated stories, audio and grammar and kanji explanations for intermediate learners instead of imported real content.
Clozemaster
A language-learning game that builds vocabulary through fill-in-the-blank sentences in over 50 languages.
Clozemaster builds vocabulary through fill-in-the-blank sentences with spaced repetition on Android and web, rather than reading and listening to full real texts.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Anki
Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.
Linguist
A privacy-focused open-source browser extension for translating pages and text, with offline translation.
Lingvist
A language-learning app that teaches vocabulary with adaptive algorithms and short daily sessions.
Duolingo
A language-learning app with short game-like lessons, plus courses in subjects such as chess.
Memrise
A language learning app with courses built around spaced repetition and videos of native speakers.
HelloTalk
A language exchange app for chatting with native speakers, with built-in translation and correction tools.
