The best Haitian Creole vocabulary app depends on where your words come from. Learn Creole with Jorge gives you meanings when you tap a subtitle word, uTalk gives you recorded topic lists, CreoleCentric is a dictionary with favorites, and Anki holds cards you write yourself. This page compares how each app gets words to you, how it brings them back, and whether the audio is Haitian. For courses and tutors, see our Haitian Creole app comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Haitian Creole. You learn from Haitian Creole you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Haitian Creole lessons. If a sentence is hard to follow, ask Poppy to explain it.
With Regenerative Review™, words you save show up again in new lessons, so you meet them in new contexts.
- Ask Poppy to explain a Haitian Creole sentence you can't follow.
- Words you save in Haitian Creole lessons come back in new lessons through Regenerative Review™, and you can send them to Anki with example sentences.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't turn your favorite Haitian Creole book into a lesson. But Poppy will explain a page you screenshot or paste.
- Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read.
- Regenerative Review™
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Learn Creole with Jorge
Learn Creole with Jorge suits learners who want to pick up words from videos, songs and short books. It also has matching and listening games.
- Tap a word in a subtitle line to see its meaning, pronunciation and usage.
- Bilingual books show English and Haitian Creole together.
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uTalk
uTalk gives you topic word sets with pictures and recall games. Each topic is a list that uTalk wrote.
- The Haitian Creole course page offers native-speaker audio and slow playback.
- Its reviews focus on the words you find hard.
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Other Apps We Looked At (6)
- DuoCardsIts Haitian Creole library holds word and phrase flashcards, with sets such as Top 100 words and Creole Dialogue.
- CreoleCentricA bilingual Haitian Creole dictionary with favorites, on the web and on iPhone. Its audio is computer-generated voice.
- LexikozéA free Android app that works offline, with 400 essential words in six categories. It was made for peace and stability personnel, and you can add your own photo, definition and sound.
- KreyolangThe iPhone listing names Haitian Creole among its creole languages, with vocabulary and grammar exercises and spaced repetition.
- MemriseIts Haitian Creole page describes word lists made by users.
- AnkiPut any Haitian Creole word or sentence on a card, with sound or a picture, and review it on a schedule set by SM-2 or FSRS.
CreoleCentric is a Haitian Creole and English dictionary where you can save favorites, and its learning area advertises flashcards, quizzes and spaced repetition. Its audio is computer-generated voice, so it is not a set of human recordings. Lexikozé lets you add your own photo, definition and sound to a word, and it works offline on Android. Anki holds Haitian Creole spelling, English meanings, sentences and audio only if you add them. Desktop Anki and AnkiWeb sync are free, and AnkiMobile on iPhone is a one-time purchase. For help setting up decks, read Is Anki good for language learning?.
| App | Word source | Save path | Review | English meanings | Sentence and audio | Free boundary | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Lessons Poppy writes | Save words from lessons | Saved words return in new lessons | Partly | Words appear in new sentences | Lessons by other learners are free to read; unlimited custom lessons need Pro | iOS, Android |
| Learn Creole with Jorge | Videos, songs and bilingual books | Tap a subtitle word | Matching and listening games | Yes | English and Haitian Creole examples | Free iPhone download; the rest is unconfirmed | iOS, Android |
| uTalk | Topics made by uTalk | Choose a topic | Recall games, harder words come back | Yes | Native-speaker audio | Starter words and one unlockable topic are free; the rest is paid | iOS, Android, web, Mac, PC |
| DuoCards | Word and phrase sets in its Haitian Creole library | Choose a set | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Web |
| CreoleCentric | Haitian Creole and English dictionary | Save favorites | Flashcards, quizzes and spaced repetition are advertised | Yes | Computer-generated voice | Free account and free iPhone download | Web, iOS |
| Lexikozé | 400 essential words in six categories, plus your own | Add your own photo, definition and sound | Image, sound and written exercises | Unconfirmed | Sound you add | Free | Android |
| Kreyolang | Vocabulary and grammar exercises | Unconfirmed | Spaced repetition | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Free download; Premium unlocks more | iOS |
| Memrise | Word lists made by users | Choose a list | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | Web |
| Anki | Cards you make | Add cards yourself | SM-2 or FSRS | Your own cards | Only if the card has them | Desktop and AnkiWeb free; AnkiMobile paid once | iOS, Android, web, computer |
If you watch or read Haitian Creole before you save words, our Haitian Creole comprehensible input app comparison covers reading and listening apps. For vocabulary methods in any language, see vocabulary apps compared.
Which Haitian Creole vocabulary app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Haitian Creole, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or choose Learn Creole with Jorge to pick up words from subtitles, or uTalk for ready-made topic lists.
Which Haitian Creole apps use human audio?
uTalk's Haitian Creole page offers native-speaker audio and slow playback. CreoleCentric uses computer-generated voice. With Anki, audio is on a card only if you add it.
Can I save a word and review it later?
CreoleCentric lets you save favorites, and Learn Creole with Jorge gives you meanings for subtitle words. Anki holds the cards you make and schedules them with SM-2 or FSRS. Lexikozé keeps favorite lists on your phone.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Learn Creole with Jorge: official site
- Learn Creole with Jorge: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- uTalk: Haitian Creole course
- DuoCards: Haitian Creole library
- CreoleCentric: official site
- CreoleCentric: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Lexikozé: Google Play listing
- Kreyolang: iPhone App Store listing
- Memrise: Haitian Creole page
- Anki manual: scheduling and cards
- AnkiMobile: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
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