Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.7 (224 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Learn Spanish, Maths & more

Free · In-App Purchases

224 Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

No. 19
Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
+ 30 More
Size

500.4
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

224 Ratings

Editors’ Choice

One of our favourite apps for learning another language, the process is genuinely fun. What’s more, all those languages and games are available for free!
I love Duolingo
02/02/2025
XELR2018
I love Duolingo because you can’t only do French there is also Duolingo Math & music too. That’s why I gave this app five stars.
I love Duolingo
02/02/2025
XELR2018

I love Duolingo because you can’t only do French there is also Duolingo Math & music too. That’s why I gave this app five stars.
The energy system is horrid towards free users.
03/08/2025
Definitely NOT a victim
Duolingo just switched me from hearts to energy and the whole experience is terrible now. You use energy even on correct answers, if you wish the challenge of learning a language was combined with the anxiety of running out of gas this is for you. You recharge a bit with streaks but not enough to replace the regular drain. Used to be that a perfect streak meant I could do as many lessons as I could maintain, now three lessons is the max, then it’s ads or money. Seriously despicable, this isn’t gamification it’s monetization of what was the free service.For people with the intention of buying the premium frankly the service isn’t good enough to rationalize spending money on, and with unlimited hearts/energy there is no pressure to get anything right and you’ll just guess without retention because you can.Terrible update, I hope it goes back.
The energy system is horrid towards free users.
03/08/2025
Definitely NOT a victim

Duolingo just switched me from hearts to energy and the whole experience is terrible now. You use energy even on correct answers, if you wish the challenge of learning a language was combined with the anxiety of running out of gas this is for you. You recharge a bit with streaks but not enough to replace the regular drain. Used to be that a perfect streak meant I could do as many lessons as I could maintain, now three lessons is the max, then it’s ads or money. Seriously despicable, this isn’t gamification it’s monetization of what was the free service.For people with the intention of buying the premium frankly the service isn’t good enough to rationalize spending money on, and with unlimited hearts/energy there is no pressure to get anything right and you’ll just guess without retention because you can.Terrible update, I hope it goes back.
Duolingo
02/02/2016
Learning66
Excellent app. Very intuitive. Makes learning languages easy and fun. And it's free!
Duolingo
02/02/2016
Learning66

Excellent app. Very intuitive. Makes learning languages easy and fun. And it's free!

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Seller: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 500.4 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

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Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 30 more

English, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
Age Rating: 4+

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