Memrise vs Duolingo Review (Which Language App Is Better?)

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[@BennyBoi_07]

So far memrise has given me a better experience than Duolingo. I've been able to retain more words with memrise than I have Duolingo. It's helped me start to interact with people a bit more.

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Very cool! Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@gloriatodzia2924]

I used Duo for 18 months and dropped , after 34 days I founded MEMRISE, love it a lot, the dialogues, videos are priceless. I can see with real people the use of French , love it a thousand times. Gloria

[@farnazattar]

Great review! I used Duolingo for about a year and Memrise for just a few months. After a year, when I moved to Italy, I found out I could recall Memrise's sentences more easily and actually used them to communicate with people rather than Duolingo words. What I also don't like about the Duolingo app is the quality of the voices, especially for the Italian course. They are so annoying that I can barely concentrate on the sentence or word itself.

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Thanks for sharing!

[@stevangrubac1543]

I absolutely agree with you. Only problem for any online language learning platform is that users gets bored after couple of weeks, especially with free version. Most of them get back to traditional learning methods, and maybe use this as additional tool. Would be interesting to find someone, who learned some language only from one of the online platforms. Like is that even possible? :)

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Well said!

[@bloedekuh]

Duolingo removed all its forums in March 2022. Yes, the only place where advanced learners help beginners overcome the shenanigans of Duolingo is gone. Now, I feel that Duolingo should PAY ME to use their apps because I'm still trying to report mistranslations and nonsensical sentences. At least don't use Duolingo for German and Chinese. Oh my goodness gracious their Chinese lessons. They don't make me angry anymore, they make me crack up.

[@xoMissTaylorDivine]

Such a loss for the duo lingo community.

[@jrsimon5703]

What's wrong with German, buddy? Will not I be able to learn at least a2 level? I am not talking about speaking cause it needs separate practice.

[@Edwardo160]

Your complaint about the microphone clicking twice for me is a great advantage. As a beginner I struggle to construct a sentence within the microphone limited listening time. I have to restart it sometimes up to 6 times until I can utter the whole sentence without the microphone stopping. So I'll try memrise in addition to Duolingo just for this

[@alainar6674]

Thanks for the great video! I think I would go with Memrise based on this review!

[@tbheady73]

I'm learning Spanish Thanks for the content

[@Crystal_Starheart]

Memrise does seem to be better at learning and retaining the language. I like the videos with Memrise too. Duolingo does have awkward sentences from time to time, when the word meanings don't seem to fit very well into a sentence. I agree with you about favoring Memrise.

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Thanks for sharing!

[@Sp.Be.W]

Mem Rise was the right choice for me. Thanks for this video.

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Most welcome 😊

[@wendywong8805]

Thank you for the helpful comparison as I am about to sign up for one of the language app.

[@DojoOfCool]

Interesting the videos in Memrise sound like they could be useful and I will have to trying their free version to try it out. I've been doing Duolingo and recently moved from the free version to the paid and that helps. I am just starting to use some of the extras. I think I've hit the first step up from total beginner because the lessons are getting harder a lot of new words and longer sentences. My one wish in DuoLingo is for a option to hear the phrase spoken more. They do say words and phases some in the quizzes but be nice to be able to click and hear all the questions or answer to help get the sound in my ear. I'm starting to be able to read Spanish better than hear it. That is where the Memrise might be better with all the videos. As always thanks for the informative reviews.

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Great insights here! Thanks for the detailed comment :) This is helpful. And totally agree - we also wish Duolingo had more of an audio component. Definitely give the Memrise free version a try and see what you think

[@Q101-k4p]

It depends on your goal. For me Duolingo is too grindy, often you see words appear over and over. My gold in using this kind of app is to have a brief run through on the basic vocabulary, then go to watch videos in target language.

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Pretty good strategy :)

[@patrickw7613]

I used to use Duolingo but as you mentioned, free apps don't offer as much now without an upgrade. To learn French I'll probably be looking to move elsewhere

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Yeah the free versions are pretty limited. Thanks for watching!

[@kennybania5177]

Great review. The video clips in the Memrise lessons sound helpful. I’ll have to check it out.

[@carolinemiller5180]

Or Italian! I've used Duolingo to learn Spanish and it was very helpful!

[@ChrisCal619]

I would go for Memrise over Duo but at least try Duo as a starter!

[@swk258]

Duolingo has a special place in my heart. It's where I began learning French from scratch. It's helped me maintain a daily habit when I had low motivation or was just getting back in the swing of things with a language I was trying to learn. At the end of the day, though, I just don't think it gets the job done. Certainly not on its own, but even as a supplement? Idk. For me it stopped being fun.

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Agree with your thoughts/feelings above. Pretty common. Thanks for watching!

[@bloedekuh]

My German is about C1 level and my advice is don't do German on Duolingo, it's horrible. It's not just awkward, it's very often completely wrong. I think the reason behind this is that Duolingo relies on freelance contributors and Germans are unbelievably stubborn. If the German sentence is "mit dem Auto zur Bank fahren" then they won't accept "go to the bank by car" because they can't wrap their head around how you can translate "fahren" (en: drive) to "go". They'll only accept "drive" or "travel". Here is an example of them being completely wrong - "Der Bankkaufmann kann Ihnen helfen" (The bank clerk can help you). Duolingo insists you translate "Bankkaufmann" to "banker", but a banker is not a clerk, it just doesn't make sense. I'm learning French on Duolingo too, and it's the complete opposite. So you can see, it's not really Duolingo's problem, Germans are so pedantic that it gives you a headache to deal with them. Trust me I've been dealing with them for more than 7 years.

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Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@joewas2225]

You can report things in Duolingo. If something is inaccurate then flag it.

[@jackiechiles7552]

thanks for the vid. i like duolingo's free version, but if going with a paid plan, i think i may jump over to memrise

[@yuriybesarab11]

Thank you very much!

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You're welcome! Hope it helped

[@matthewandrew]

I used both for French and Pimsleur. I like how Memrise has videos.

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Which is your favorite?

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

memrise is also recommended for learning languages with script system like japanese, and using the free contents, i learnt how to write a character or 2 bc of the repetition system

[@christinarogers3695]

OK I’m not going to say Duolingo is a bad language learning app but I will say there are about 15 others I can think of that are better. Only about two of those are free though so I’ve got to give Duolingo that one. The ads are so distracting though

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For sure, totally agree with you

[@envy4932]

I use Duolingo, I'll have to check out Memrise

[@juhadexcelsior]

Duolingo stupidly got rid of the forums some months ago. So Duo really has lost its edge.

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Yep, agreed

[@davidsummerville351]

Great info. Thanks

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No problem!

[@aylaaxmud5619]

How can l learn english language ? Please help me

[@AbhiyanSingh]

I would like to learn Spanish!

[@samanthajohnson8872]

John thanks for the information. I would learn French. I think duolingo based on what you describe.

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Thanks for watching :)

[@Working800]

It's been 2 years, how is or was your experience with duolingo? I'm planning on learning French by myself with other resources Edit: I'll use Memrise

[@jonangle461]

wasn't sure which of these to go with for Spanish, but seeing them side by side made it pretty obvious lol

[@geekatari4391]

I have never found Duolingo on sale. It is a shame because I like it, but it is more expensive than Lingodeer and Memrise.

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Yeah they almost never have sales

[@MrFofficial2023]

I’ve been using both at the same time lol😂

[@muhammadazfar97]

I have to use app for Memrise. Is Memrise still free for level beginner to advance..? Now I am level 2...

[@uweseinsch3505]

Duolingo is great for beginners but after a while it's boring the storys are not from real situations. 😢

[@carolinemiller5180]

I would love to learn French

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

I do use Memrise for French.

[@matthewandrew]

on y va!

[@b.lassen287]

My problem is that I want to learn both Spanish and French. How should I go about doing this? ( I am fine with just some basic conversation abitilities to start out with)

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Perhaps try Babbel with a multi-language monthly subscription, and bounce back and forth? Just a thought

[@abedzadeh78]

I like memrise more. I deleted Duolongo

[@Altexkaty]

can't you have both applied? 💀

[@DrawbridgeJadeRerun]

I like this comment. I deleted the others

[@clarissafussy1672]

What language program do you recommend for Latin?

[@prachishinde2559]

Great video

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Thanks!

[@shaunaneal627]

I want to learn Spanish 💗💗

[@manikantaananthoja]

I am looking to learn SPANISH and FRENCH language.

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Nice! Thank you for watching

[@matthewandrew]

he’s cute 🤩

[@entothbone1905]

Because Duo enables me to communicate with friends, it is somewhat possible to filter out 'woke grammar'. I'll try memrise because I want to learn an additional language that isn't Newspeak.

[@dominatornsk7]

Spanish -español

[@Afrocreolebombshelle]

I love memrise better, they have endangered languages on there

[@DaniyalX]

Brother, please blink!

[@thedailyepochs338]

French

[@himaramakrishnan100]

No, Duolingo is better

[@ConradPlayz-w9y]

When is duolingo go gonna win

[@saranyadevipravin7517]

Duolingo