Duolingo: Sprachen und Schach
The gamified all-rounder with a huge Spanish course
About Duolingo
With "Duolingo: Language Lessons", Duolingo offers the platform's most extensive and longest-running Spanish course, teaching primarily Latin-American Spanish. Gamification elements like streaks, XP, and leagues create the strongest motivation loop in the comparison, complemented by text-to-speech and simple speaking exercises with speech recognition.
The app suits anyone who wants to start learning Spanish for free with maximum motivation, without expecting a dedicated travel focus – the curriculum is generic and only touches on everyday vocabulary at the margins. Anyone specifically looking for travel Spanish for Latin America will find a sharper focus with HolaRuta or uTalk.
Rating in detail
Very broad feature set with the platform's most extensive Spanish course, but with no dedicated travel focus and little grammar instruction.
The free tier with full course content is unbeatable, and Super at €89.99/year is fair – Max is hard to justify for pure travel needs.
Extremely polished and intuitive, reference-class mobile UX – this is where Duolingo beats every competitor in the comparison.
A US provider with mandatory accounts and tracking, plus ads in the free version; support runs mainly through the help center and community.