Babbel vs Duolingo (Which Language App Should You Choose?)

[@wenkeadam362]

I started learning Greek from scratch with duolingo 20 days ago. I like it. I'm 80 years old so I need a lot of repetitions for words to stick. And as the alphabet is new to me, I appreciate the feature of just tapping the word buttons to construct a phrase. But I also need to see the grammar in the form of tables in order to grasp the system, so for that I use several youtube channels like Easy Greek and others where I can get the grammar overview. And I do a lot of handwriting, copying the duolingo exercises to paper and making new sentences based on the same model using the vocabulary learned so far. It is a pity that duolingo doesn't have the Spanish to Greek version, only English to Greek, as I find some of the English phrases a bit ambiguous to translate in terms of conjugation, grammatical genders, etc. In that sense Spanish is closer to Greek. I was curious about how far the duolingo course would go, so I tested it with a couple of languages that I know well, jumping to the most advanced levels, and I am quite impressed. I don't even aspire to get that far in Greek! So I think that I can look forward to a fun year of learning!

[@alizayahsanchez7956]

Very informative!

[@Guide2Fluency]

Thanks!

[@markduffey]

Thanks for the review.

[@Guide2Fluency]

Any time!

[@PeyKia]

Excellent! Thank you for the info!

[@Guide2Fluency]

No worries! Hope it helped :)

[@free_spirit_148]

Currently using Duolingo and liking it, but real curious about Babbel (which is why I'm watching the video). Thanks for all the info!

[@Guide2Fluency]

Cool - hope it helped!

[@ferdinand9323]

Thank you for making this comparison😁

[@Guide2Fluency]

No problem 👍

[@kennybania5177]

Great comparison. I’m going to give Babbel a try.

[@Guide2Fluency]

You should!

[@FintanODonoghue]

I think duolingo is best as a supplemental tool and as motivation ( keeping your streak alive )

[@Guide2Fluency]

I totally agree!

[@nedrick2263]

I have to agree, I find myself leaning spanish more with chat gpt, having brief conversations and leaning new things, but I have a 250 day streak on duolingo so I make sure I do at least 1 lesson a day.

[@Foghorn-Leghorn2]

Duolingo is changing. They removed the review button and now have a pay increase to participate in the videos and phone calls.

[@Guide2Fluency]

Duolingo is getting worse and worse

[@krystalalegria6446]

I am using Duolingo as a supplement to learn. I did enjoy the paid version but just can’t justify spending the money on it right now. Free version works well enough though and they do make it more fun than a standard learning app. I personally didn’t enjoy babbel as much.