LingQ - Language Learning

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4.6
49K reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Experience Language Learning with LingQ — the natural and effective way to learn a new language.

LingQ is a language learning app that lets you grow your vocabulary and improve comprehension through meaningful exposure to the language with real content.

Follow your interests and enjoy an immersive learning experience in over 50 languages. Learn Spanish, English, Japanese, Korean, Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Arabic, and other languages.

Trusted by Learners Worldwide:
⭐ 4.7 star rating from over 45000 reviews.
⭐ Featured in CBC, Men’s Health, La Vanguardia, El País.

Designed for Real Language Learning

LingQ uses an input-based approach: you learn languages by reading and listening to real, interesting content at your level.

✅ Massive Content Library: Thousands of lessons from podcasts, books, interviews, videos, articles, and more — all with matching text for easy listening and reading.
✅ Follow Topics You Enjoy: Choose content you love and progress naturally through immersion, not drills.
✅ Import Your Favorite Content: Turn Netflix, YouTube, podcasts, books, and articles into personalized lessons.
✅ Powerful Reader: An effective, optimized reader that tracks every word you encounter to boost your vocabulary.
✅ Interactive Learning: Listen, read along, tap words for instant definitions, and learn naturally as you go.
✅ Advanced Progress Tracking: Monitor your listening, reading, study time, and vocabulary growth.
✅ Learn Anytime, Anywhere: Study offline and sync your progress automatically. Learn whenever you want.

✨ AI Language Learning Tools
• AI Audio Transcription: Turn podcasts and audiobooks into interactive lessons.
• AI Voices: Make your lessons, reviews, and chats more immersive with natural sounding text-to-speech voices.
• Advanced Chatbot: Get detailed tutor responses and real-time web search with our advanced Lynx AI Chatbot.
• AI-Simplified Lesson: Take advantage of more interesting content earlier on in your learning journey by generating simplified versions of lessons.

🎧 Read and Listen with Interactive Tools
• SRS vocabulary review for long-term retention;
• Mini Stories that build a strong foundation at any level;
• Grammar guides with clear, accessible explanations;
• Audio playlists for hands-free listening;
• Karaoke Mode to follow the text while listening;

🌍 A Global Community to Support You
• Writing Exchange for real corrections from native speakers;
• Tutoring sessions tailored to your goals;
• Community forum for questions, guidance, and motivation;
• Challenges that help you stay consistent and build strong habits;

📚Built by Language Learners
LingQ was co-founded by Steve Kaufmann, a polyglot who learned more than 20 languages using this same natural approach.

🌐 Learn Multiple Languages
LingQ supports more than 50 languages, including Spanish, English, Japanese, Korean, Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Arabic and more.

🚀 Get LingQ Premium and Accelerate Your Learning
• Unlimited vocabulary lookup and SRS review;
• Comprehensive word tracking to boost your progress;
• Unlimited content imports;
• Access to AI features;

Start learning from real content.
Download LingQ and begin today.

Visit www.lingq.com and discover a smarter way to learn languages.
Updated on
Mar 20, 2026

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

4.6
46.1K reviews
Maddie P
July 11, 2025
premium is required for most basic features. service is very expensive, not a good deal at all, just a money grab. i could never justify spending that much when there are so many free resources available. beginner lessons are more like intermediate and very repetitive. Cannot change native language, it automatically defaults to system settings, and dictionary language only helps so much to change native language experience. - -
77 people found this review helpful
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
July 9, 2025
At LingQ, we do offer a subscription service to sustain our operations and continue providing high-quality language learning resources. We often have discounts that we share with our users, and you can become fluent in as many languages as we offer for one price with Premium. We find it’s a great deal!
Jason Carnes
March 12, 2026
The new reader introduced some issues for me. The highlighting has always been a little janky, but it's more unreliable after the update. Sometimes I tap a word and nothing happens. If I try to tap and hold to select it, sometimes it works then, sometimes it doesn't. Sentence highlighting is hit or miss and limits the number of lines of text you can highlight. I also liked to highlight longer passages and translate with the default Android translate feature. I can't get this to work anymore.
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
March 15, 2026
We have added back the Translate option when selecting long sentences or parts of the text. Some improvements to tapping on words were also made. Please update. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Heather Alvarez
March 4, 2026
Really like it. Only issue (not even a big deal really) is that it isn't seeing all of my activity in the app as being part of a streak. If I go on and watch a video, it says I didn't "visit" that day for my streak it only seems to count reading activities. So it's a bit annoying to get "hey, we haven't seen you in 3 days" messages when I had been on everyday.
3 people found this review helpful
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LingQ Languages Ltd.
March 13, 2026
Thanks for the feedback! You're right — streaks are mainly counted when you read lessons, create LingQs, or complete reviews. Activities like watching a video may not always register toward the streak if no reading or LingQs are involved. If you have questions, feel free to reach me at tiagor@lingq.com

What’s new

- Fixed tapping on blank space next to a word incorrectly opening the word popup
- Dictionaries no longer reset to defaults after switching learning language
- Inner word highlights now show through when a phrase reaches Known or Learned status
- Fixed selection toolbar (Copy/Translate) not responding in the reader
- Selection toolbar now works in sentence view
- Changed some green dark theme colors in reader
- Fixed grammar tags showing incorrectly on card popup