Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.7 (359180 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Learn Spanish, Math & more

Free · In-App Purchases

359K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

No. 1
Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
+ 32 More
Size

515.5
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

359K Ratings

Editors’ Choice

With its friendly approach and awesome updates, Duolingo’s long been one of our favourite apps for learning another language. Its secret: making the process genuinely fun. Engaging mini-games test your reading, writing and speaking skills, and joining a club (where you can encourage and compete with others) adds a great social element. Bonus: all those languages and games are available for free!

Editors’ Choice

With its friendly approach and awesome updates, Duolingo’s long been one of our favourite apps for learning another language. Its secret: making the process genuinely fun. Engaging mini-games test your reading, writing and speaking skills, and joining a club (where you can encourage and compete with others) adds a great social element. Bonus: all those languages and games are available for free!
I love it
20 Apr
evie.fowler
I think Duolingo is overall an amazing app it offers so many learning experiences like reviewing your mistakes speaking the words writing the word video call and so many other things that it is pretty much impossible to not learn from the app, I also think that the bill for super and max is not too hefty which really makes it easier for people that don’t have much money, Duolingo also offers not just languages but chess music and math, I think that could really help some people, I also love how they changed the lives to energy as you can earn energy through out your lesson but you can’t really earn hearts, I also love how it has challenges in the units like matching the words In time and also completing the questions in time it offers you more xp, another nice touch I like to Duolingo is that it has characters it really adds depth to the app to make it more interesting, it’s also really cool that they offer widgets so that you don’t forget to keep up your streak, another little touch I love is the streak it really helps you keep up with learning your language the stream has helped me log on everyday so I can practice my language I also love how every day when you keep up your streak there is a new animation on your widget it is a new touch but a cool one, I think k I have covered everything but overall this is the number one learning app in the world in my opinion❤️
I love it
20 Apr
evie.fowler

I think Duolingo is overall an amazing app it offers so many learning experiences like reviewing your mistakes speaking the words writing the word video call and so many other things that it is pretty much impossible to not learn from the app, I also think that the bill for super and max is not too hefty which really makes it easier for people that don’t have much money, Duolingo also offers not just languages but chess music and math, I think that could really help some people, I also love how they changed the lives to energy as you can earn energy through out your lesson but you can’t really earn hearts, I also love how it has challenges in the units like matching the words In time and also completing the questions in time it offers you more xp, another nice touch I like to Duolingo is that it has characters it really adds depth to the app to make it more interesting, it’s also really cool that they offer widgets so that you don’t forget to keep up your streak, another little touch I love is the streak it really helps you keep up with learning your language the stream has helped me log on everyday so I can practice my language I also love how every day when you keep up your streak there is a new animation on your widget it is a new touch but a cool one, I think k I have covered everything but overall this is the number one learning app in the world in my opinion❤️
Learning a language with duolingo
30/09/2023
Vayda H
I love Duolingo. It is so effective and it makes learning fun. I would definitely recommend using this app. It uses very effective techniques and learning tools and presents the new language in a fun and simple manner. It is good for all levels of learning, whether you are a complete beginner or advanced. At the moment I am only using the normal duolingo, and have not upgraded to the unlimited, and I find that it still works amazingly. Most apps require you to pay for the unlimited version and purchase new upgrades, which I find really annoying, but with Duolingo, you are given access to pretty much all of the perks without having to pay a cent. The unlimited version looks great, because it is ad free (although Duolingo has a very small amount of ads), it allows you to use as many hearts as you want (you only get 5 with the normal Duolingo but I really believe that this is a good motivation to be honest) and many more but you are not limited in content without it, unlike many other apps. I have been learning Spanish for a couple of years on and off with different apps, books, classes and techniques, but I have found Duolingo the easiest way to learn another language. This is because they are dedicated to helping people and students learn and understand different languages, not primarily dedicated to profiting off it.I would definitely recommend this app to you, no matter what learning level you are at. It is such a fun and efficient approach to becoming bilingual. Good luck on your learning journey, and thank you Duolingo. 😊
Learning a language with duolingo
30/09/2023
Vayda H

I love Duolingo. It is so effective and it makes learning fun. I would definitely recommend using this app. It uses very effective techniques and learning tools and presents the new language in a fun and simple manner. It is good for all levels of learning, whether you are a complete beginner or advanced. At the moment I am only using the normal duolingo, and have not upgraded to the unlimited, and I find that it still works amazingly. Most apps require you to pay for the unlimited version and purchase new upgrades, which I find really annoying, but with Duolingo, you are given access to pretty much all of the perks without having to pay a cent. The unlimited version looks great, because it is ad free (although Duolingo has a very small amount of ads), it allows you to use as many hearts as you want (you only get 5 with the normal Duolingo but I really believe that this is a good motivation to be honest) and many more but you are not limited in content without it, unlike many other apps. I have been learning Spanish for a couple of years on and off with different apps, books, classes and techniques, but I have found Duolingo the easiest way to learn another language. This is because they are dedicated to helping people and students learn and understand different languages, not primarily dedicated to profiting off it.I would definitely recommend this app to you, no matter what learning level you are at. It is such a fun and efficient approach to becoming bilingual. Good luck on your learning journey, and thank you Duolingo. 😊
BEST THING EVER
01/04/2025
T.B McKenzie
So I downloaded Duolingo a couple days ago, and it’s been my obsession. I’m learning German, but you can lern a lot more languages. It’s a great way to get a head or catch up in school, seeing as, you can lern Math, Music and grammar in the app aswell! It might be a bit stress inducing/addictive, since when you start the game, you have to set a streak, and to keep that streak you have to play every single day if you want to keep it. Also the adds are kinda excessive, but aren’t all games. In the game, you might experience an add for an app called Super Duolingo, and you can sign up for a free 7 day trial. Super Duolingo is basicly a more updated, less add, and other cool features to the game kinda thing, wich would be great, seeing as all the new, cool features and opportunities the mode brings, it’s highly expensive. We’re talking $200 for this. However my payment status for this might’ve been a glitch, or maybe something else. But I looked up the amount and it ranged somewhere in the 90s or 100s, in which my opinion is very highly priced, for such a mid update that isn’t even compulsory to enjoy and play the amazing game, and cool features alone, without having to bye anything. But alas, the sweet bird, the AMAZING learning opportunities, the inclusiveness the game just manners to vibrate throughout the hole game/ gameplay is too much for me to care about the very few flaws, that I completely understand and am not complaining about. No game is perfect but this one is definitely high on perfection. Highly recommend!Xx, Lucy
BEST THING EVER
01/04/2025
T.B McKenzie

So I downloaded Duolingo a couple days ago, and it’s been my obsession. I’m learning German, but you can lern a lot more languages. It’s a great way to get a head or catch up in school, seeing as, you can lern Math, Music and grammar in the app aswell! It might be a bit stress inducing/addictive, since when you start the game, you have to set a streak, and to keep that streak you have to play every single day if you want to keep it. Also the adds are kinda excessive, but aren’t all games. In the game, you might experience an add for an app called Super Duolingo, and you can sign up for a free 7 day trial. Super Duolingo is basicly a more updated, less add, and other cool features to the game kinda thing, wich would be great, seeing as all the new, cool features and opportunities the mode brings, it’s highly expensive. We’re talking $200 for this. However my payment status for this might’ve been a glitch, or maybe something else. But I looked up the amount and it ranged somewhere in the 90s or 100s, in which my opinion is very highly priced, for such a mid update that isn’t even compulsory to enjoy and play the amazing game, and cool features alone, without having to bye anything. But alas, the sweet bird, the AMAZING learning opportunities, the inclusiveness the game just manners to vibrate throughout the hole game/ gameplay is too much for me to care about the very few flaws, that I completely understand and am not complaining about. No game is perfect but this one is definitely high on perfection. Highly recommend!Xx, Lucy

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Seller: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 515.5 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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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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