Duolingo: Language & Chess

Name: Duolingo: Language & Chess
Rating: 4.8 (50045 reviews)
Author: Duolingo

Learn Spanish, Maths & more

Free · In-App Purchases

50k Ratings
Awards

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Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Duolingo
Language

EN
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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

4.8

out of 5

50k 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!
请你不@我
28/03/2018

Eloïse Durand
1. it's great2. can the tips & notes exclusive for desktop please be made accessible on mobile? honestly i don't learn anything substantial on mobile, it's mostly "write this word/sentence/phrase over and over in language x". sure if you read/translate enough sentences you'd Get The Gist of What's Happening O'er There but as far as i know, Getting the Gist or Understanding the Feel of a language is never enough. probably just me, but i've never figured out the grammar of a language just by "observing the patterns in different sentences". it's like the exercises are the exterior of a cat, and the tips & notes are its internal parts; yeah, the cat definitely exists and it looks functional, but it's more or less hard to understand why it Does What It Does unless you examine its internal workings and history. basically you can't learn grammar just by giving vocabulary.3. please fix This Bug: glitches progress within a day, XP earned from lessons/lesson refreshers aren't registered immediately. when starting with (for example) 30XP and finishing a lesson, sometimes it stays at 30XP for a while and not 40XP. it stays at (e.g.) 30XP unless i wait around 5 minutes or restart the app, it will update to 40XP only then.4. the activities/games in the language clubs are fun, diverse, helpful and cute ü
请你不@我
28/03/2018

Eloïse Durand

1. it's great2. can the tips & notes exclusive for desktop please be made accessible on mobile? honestly i don't learn anything substantial on mobile, it's mostly "write this word/sentence/phrase over and over in language x". sure if you read/translate enough sentences you'd Get The Gist of What's Happening O'er There but as far as i know, Getting the Gist or Understanding the Feel of a language is never enough. probably just me, but i've never figured out the grammar of a language just by "observing the patterns in different sentences". it's like the exercises are the exterior of a cat, and the tips & notes are its internal parts; yeah, the cat definitely exists and it looks functional, but it's more or less hard to understand why it Does What It Does unless you examine its internal workings and history. basically you can't learn grammar just by giving vocabulary.3. please fix This Bug: glitches progress within a day, XP earned from lessons/lesson refreshers aren't registered immediately. when starting with (for example) 30XP and finishing a lesson, sometimes it stays at 30XP for a while and not 40XP. it stays at (e.g.) 30XP unless i wait around 5 minutes or restart the app, it will update to 40XP only then.4. the activities/games in the language clubs are fun, diverse, helpful and cute ü
Legendary and Time
31/10/2024

Airrryn
Duolingo is a good app. It's fun, the instructions are easy to understand (sometimes). I have a problem with the math course, though. There is this one problem where you need to type a number to show how much time passed according to the clock. It's confusing because sometimes it's in hours, sometimes in minutes. I keep on getting them wrong because it doesn't specify what units to use, and the clock doesn't help very much. It shows the minute marks but you have to type it in hours, sometimes you do have to type it in minutes. Same thing with clocks that show hours. I'd like it if you specified what unit to use. Another thing is with Legendary units. I really want to see what happens if I get a section where all the units are Legendary, but it glitches because of the "Lucy is Listening" and "Lily and Strangers" activites. These activities can't be made Legendary, but most of the time it will automatically make them gold even if you didn't do it (which is impossible). This is the same thing with Adventures. But lately even if I make all the lessons and stories Legendary, they don't turn gold. When I tap the trophy, I click go to Legendary, but it doesn't work and glitches. It's a bit sad because I really wanted to make the unit all Legendary.Overall, Duolingo's fun. But it has a few glitches. Aside from that, it's all right. The Adventures in the French course are really nice.
Legendary and Time
31/10/2024

Airrryn

Duolingo is a good app. It's fun, the instructions are easy to understand (sometimes). I have a problem with the math course, though. There is this one problem where you need to type a number to show how much time passed according to the clock. It's confusing because sometimes it's in hours, sometimes in minutes. I keep on getting them wrong because it doesn't specify what units to use, and the clock doesn't help very much. It shows the minute marks but you have to type it in hours, sometimes you do have to type it in minutes. Same thing with clocks that show hours. I'd like it if you specified what unit to use. Another thing is with Legendary units. I really want to see what happens if I get a section where all the units are Legendary, but it glitches because of the "Lucy is Listening" and "Lily and Strangers" activites. These activities can't be made Legendary, but most of the time it will automatically make them gold even if you didn't do it (which is impossible). This is the same thing with Adventures. But lately even if I make all the lessons and stories Legendary, they don't turn gold. When I tap the trophy, I click go to Legendary, but it doesn't work and glitches. It's a bit sad because I really wanted to make the unit all Legendary.Overall, Duolingo's fun. But it has a few glitches. Aside from that, it's all right. The Adventures in the French course are really nice.
The Crowns Aren’t Working For Me
29/07/2018

Znow7
I’ve been using Duolingo for years and I’ve seen it change several times. And for the most part, those changes have been pretty neat. But this crown system, I’m not a big fan of it. Before, you get a sense of accomplishment when you see a lesson turn gold. Then, it changes back to its color once you need to practice it again. But now, it just gives you these crowns. You see the gold circle start to fill up but when you finish the last part of the lesson, it disappears and you get a crown. The lesson remains the same color. It feels very disappointing, really. The crowns just say how many times you’ve completed the lessons. I no longer feel satisfied once I’ve completed the lesson. For me, that “gold transformation” of the lesson icon was a reward. I get motivated to turn as many lessons to gold as I can. Then they start to revert to their colors and I do it again. I hope you bring back that system. The numbers on the crowns don’t really feel significant to me. Still, 5 Stars because this really is the best language learning app out there.
The Crowns Aren’t Working For Me
29/07/2018

Znow7

I’ve been using Duolingo for years and I’ve seen it change several times. And for the most part, those changes have been pretty neat. But this crown system, I’m not a big fan of it. Before, you get a sense of accomplishment when you see a lesson turn gold. Then, it changes back to its color once you need to practice it again. But now, it just gives you these crowns. You see the gold circle start to fill up but when you finish the last part of the lesson, it disappears and you get a crown. The lesson remains the same color. It feels very disappointing, really. The crowns just say how many times you’ve completed the lessons. I no longer feel satisfied once I’ve completed the lesson. For me, that “gold transformation” of the lesson icon was a reward. I get motivated to turn as many lessons to gold as I can. Then they start to revert to their colors and I do it again. I hope you bring back that system. The numbers on the crowns don’t really feel significant to me. Still, 5 Stars because this really is the best language learning app out there.

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Provider: Duolingo, Inc
Size: 504.3 MB
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Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

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