When you study two languages, each one moves at its own speed, and it's easier when one app or one plan covers both.
The 10 apps below are sorted by how they handle a second language.
Keep Each Language at Its Own Level
Bubblegum
Bubblegum is the best app for serious learners. You learn from text and audio you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
You can add any of Bubblegum's 60 languages. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson in the language you have open, at the level you set for that language. Your Spanish lessons can stay hard while your Japanese lessons start simple.
- Each language you add keeps its own level, goals, and interests.
- Languages you've started sit together under Your Languages, at the top of the language list.
- Turn on Show Language Selector on Home to switch languages with one tap.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- It can't play a show or a video you picked yourself.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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One Plan That Opens Every Language
Each of these apps sells a plan that opens all of its languages at once.
Pimsleur
Pimsleur's All Access subscription includes all of its 50+ courses. You learn by listening to a voice and answering out loud.
- Lessons also teach you about the culture.
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Rosetta Stone Sapphire
A Rosetta Stone subscription includes every lesson and activity in all 25 of its languages, from Spanish and Korean to Irish and Latin.
- Use Sapphire Studio to make your own matching games, or to turn a hard text into one at your level.
- Your subscription works on the web as well as in the app.
- Flashcards
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Babbel
Babbel has 14 languages, and its lessons change with the language you speak, so a French speaker learning Spanish gets different lessons from an English speaker. Babbel also sells an All Languages plan, with access to courses for every language it teaches.
- Grammar explanations show up right when you need them.
- Download lessons and learn offline.
- Flashcards
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Lingvist
One Lingvist subscription covers all of its courses, more than 50 of them across 16 languages. Every sentence has audio, so you hear each new word as you learn it.
- Say your answer out loud or type it.
- The app has no ads.
- Flashcards
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Learn One New Language Through Another
These apps let you pick the language your lessons are taught in, so a language you're already learning can be the one you learn from.
Clozemaster
Clozemaster teaches more than 50 languages with sentences that have one word missing. It's made for learners at levels A2 through C1.
- Pick from more than 170 language pairings, such as Russian from French.
- Earn points for each right answer and compare your score with learners around the world.
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Mondly
Mondly teaches 41 languages and counts 1,320 language combinations, so English doesn't have to be the language you learn from.
- Talk with its chatbot, and voice recognition checks what you say.
- Hands-free learning lets you study on the go.
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FunEasyLearn
FunEasyLearn's 34 languages can be learned from 61 mother tongues. Translators and professional voice actors worked on its courses.
- Courses are split into topics, smaller topics, and difficulty levels.
- Use the app offline.
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Read and Review in Both Languages
LingQ
LingQ lets you study several of its 53 languages. It was co-founded by Steve Kaufmann, who learned more than 20 languages with the same approach.
- Start with Mini Stories, which build a base at any level.
- Post something you wrote, and people who speak the language mark what to fix.
- Flashcards
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Anki
In Anki, a deck is a group of cards, so you can keep one deck for each language and study one at a time.
- Give each deck its own settings, such as how many new cards to show and how long to wait before cards come back.
- Put decks inside other decks to sort them into a tree.
- Flashcards
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How Many Languages Each App Covers
| App | Languages It Teaches | Menu Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 60 | 74 |
| Pimsleur | 50+ | 3 |
| Rosetta Stone | 25 | 6 |
| Babbel | 14 | 9 |
| Lingvist | 16 | 20 |
| Clozemaster | 50+ | 37 |
| Mondly | 41 | 32 |
| FunEasyLearn | 34 | 52 |
| LingQ | 53 | 17 |
| Anki | Any | 25 |
Other Apps We Looked At (1)
- DuolingoCourses in more than 40 languages, all free.
Common Questions
Which app should a beginner choose for two languages?
If you are serious about learning a language, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Pimsleur if you'd like one plan for audio courses in more than 50 languages, or with Mondly if you'd like to learn from a language other than English.
Can I learn one new language through another?
Yes. Clozemaster, Mondly, and FunEasyLearn all do this. In Bubblegum, Poppy explains things in whichever of Bubblegum's 74 menu languages you choose, and the language pairs page shows which pairs also have their grammar guides and dictionary in that language.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Bubblegum: Every language you can learn
- Bubblegum: Language pairs
- Pimsleur: Home page (All Access, all 50+ courses; Premium, one language)
- Pimsleur: App Store listing (cultural topics, 3 menu languages)
- Rosetta Stone Sapphire: App Store listing (all 25 languages, Sapphire Studio, 6 menu languages)
- Babbel: App Store listing (14 languages, All Languages plan, 9 menu languages)
- Lingvist: Home page (one subscription, 50+ language courses)
- Lingvist: App Store listing (16 languages, 20 menu languages)
- Clozemaster: Home page (170+ language pairings)
- Clozemaster: App Store listing (A2 to C1, leaderboard, 37 menu languages)
- Mondly: App Store listing (41 languages, 1,320 combinations, 32 menu languages)
- FunEasyLearn: App Store listing (34 languages from 61 mother tongues, 52 menu languages)
- LingQ: 53 languages
- LingQ: App Store listing (Learn Multiple Languages, 17 menu languages)
- Anki Manual: Getting Started (decks)
- AnkiMobile: App Store listing (25 menu languages)
- Duolingo: App Store listing
- Bubblegum
- Rosetta Stone Sapphire
- Babbel
- Mondly
- FunEasyLearn
- LingQ
- Anki
Checked on October 15, 2026 against each app's own pages.
