That is correct: you are not required to pay anything. For the cost of Mondly I found it nice to have a second source, so I don't end up with Duolingo tunnel vision as far as topics and focus.Duolingo provides a free version of its course.

you are buying the lesson for life) for less then $40 a language and even cheaper if you want to buy more than one language. Mondly can also be purchased cheap as chips if you look on something like stacksocial with a lifetime access (i.e. I would say at least for someone just starting out from zero, they are more similar than different and Duolingo has the benefit of being free. small lessons that can be done anywhere/anytime, daily tracking and scoring, etc. Yes, it's basically just a forum but I've actually taken a lot of useful 'hints' and techniques for understanding from the forum because everyone from the most casual learner to even folks who have a masters in spanish will pop up in there and offer insight.Īs far as the 'gameification' goes, they are both pretty heavily oriented towards the same approach to casual learning, i.e. Both programs have a tendency to just say 'this is the right way, so do this' and I often find myself going 'okay, I get that I did it wrong, this is the right way, but WHY is it the right way' and the biggest differentiation for me is duolingo has a little 'community' link on EVERY question. you move into a new level on a particular topic and tense changes, or the shortening of two word into one. Sometimes I find Duolingo and Mondly to both be lacking in the 'why' of something, i.e. They are constantly developing the platform and have a very very active user base.

If I had to pick just ONE then I would pick Duolingo. Can anyone give a comparison between Duolingo and Mondly? I am new to this type of apps, TIA.

Duolingo plus price