Stories, audio, and videos can all help you learn Lithuanian when you can follow what they mean. That is the idea behind comprehensible input: learning from Lithuanian you can mostly understand. Easy Lithuanian can be hard to find, and a learner on Reddit says Lithuanian “doesn’t have as many learning tools as some other languages.”
These apps and free resources give you Lithuanian at your level, or help you follow the Lithuanian you pick yourself. For courses, speaking practice, and tutors, see our Lithuanian app comparison.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
Learn Lithuanian with a path made just for you. Start with your level, what you like, and why you want to learn. Your path grows as you learn, with new lessons that fit you. Bubblegum also has news and stories, so you can read and listen to a mix of Lithuanian about music, food, family, or daily life.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson for your level and goals. If a sentence is hard to follow, just ask her to explain the words or the grammar.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum can't help you read Lithuanian you found yourself. For a video or a web page you already picked, the tools in Read and Watch Lithuanian You Choose are the better fit.
- Read and listen to lessons, news, and stories about things you like.
- New lessons fit your level, interests, and goals.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, so you review them by reading instead of using flashcards.
- Ask Poppy for help as you read.
- Lesson audio uses AI voices, not recordings of Lithuanian speakers.
- You cannot bring in your own books, articles, or videos.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, 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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Read and Listen to Stories for Learners
Duostories
Duostories is a volunteer project that brings Duolingo's short stories to more languages, with Duolingo's permission. Its Lithuanian stories are about everyday moments, such as a date, a new coat, and a trip to the station. People on Reddit suggest it as a small but fun place to start.
- 12 free Lithuanian stories with audio.
- Answer short questions as you read each story.
- A listening mode plays a story and skips the questions.
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Fluent Fiction
Fluent Fiction is a podcast and app of short stories for learners, and you can also find its Lithuanian stories in podcast apps. It suits learners who know some Lithuanian and like to learn by listening.
- Short Lithuanian stories set in places such as Trakai and the Curonian Spit.
- Each story is told again sentence by sentence, with English in between.
- Each episode comes with a word list and a transcript.
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Read the News in Easy Lithuanian
LRT
LRT is Lithuania's public broadcaster. LRT Paprastai, its easy news section, is written for people who find ordinary news hard to read, and it names people who are just learning Lithuanian too. A post on r/LithuanianLearning says it helps you build vocabulary beyond A2 textbooks.
- LRT Paprastai posts short news stories in easy Lithuanian on most days.
- The stories use short, simple sentences.
- Watch LRT's TV and listen to its radio, live or later, in the LRT.lt app.
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15min Lengvai
15min Lengvai is the easy news section of 15min. People on Reddit share it alongside LRT Paprastai as easy reading about current events.
- Short news stories written in easy Lithuanian by 15min, a Lithuanian news site.
- Read about Lithuania, the world, health, and entertainment.
- New stories come out most weekdays.
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Watch Shows and Films in Lithuanian
LRT Epika
LRT Epika is the free film and series service of LRT, Lithuania's public broadcaster. People on Reddit suggest it for children's shows that are well dubbed into Lithuanian, and for films.
- Free, legal films and series in Lithuanian.
- Its catalog is updated every day.
- Watch in a browser, on a phone or tablet, or on many smart TVs.
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Read and Watch Lithuanian You Choose
These tools help you learn from Lithuanian videos and web pages you pick yourself. They suit learners who already know what they want to read or watch.
Language Reactor
Language Reactor adds learning tools to the Lithuanian videos you watch. Learners on r/LithuanianLearning use it with Lithuanian YouTube podcasts, such as Lithuanian with Paulius, to add subtitles in their own language. It is free to install, with paid extras.
- See Lithuanian subtitles beside a translation on YouTube and Netflix.
- Look up words in a pop-up dictionary.
- Pause and replay one line when it goes too fast.
Browser extension
Readlang
Readlang helps you read Lithuanian on the web, such as the easy news above. A learner on Reddit suggests it, along with Language Reactor, once you can read more Lithuanian.
- Tap a word or short phrase on a Lithuanian web page to see what it means.
- Read texts from its Lithuanian library, or upload your own.
- Review words with flashcards.
- Flashcards
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Free Podcasts, Videos, and Books
Lithuanian with Paulius is a free podcast for learners, with more than 130 episodes since 2024 on YouTube and in podcast apps. Most episodes are for beginners, and some are for intermediate and advanced learners. Every YouTube episode has Lithuanian subtitles. A Cup of Lithuanian is a newer podcast by Lithuanian teachers for learners at A2 and up, with a new episode every two weeks. Lithuanian Out Loud stopped making episodes in 2021, but learners on Reddit still suggest its archive of more than 300 episodes to beginners.
Lithuanian without subtitles uses LRT Paprastai stories for A2 reading and listening practice on YouTube. For radio, LRT's Radioteka has shows and stories for children and teens, and someone on Reddit suggests them to a learner between A2 and B1.
Children's TV is another easy start. LRT has a children's section in its Mediateka, with shows such as Gustavo enciklopedija, about nature, animals, history, and space. Several people on Reddit suggest Gustavo enciklopedija to learners, and some also suggest Kakė Makė, a children's show with many picture books.
For reading, Interlinear Books has free Lithuanian short stories, novels, and poems with an English translation under each line. The translations, and the audio on some texts, are made with AI. The Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute offers Mokomės skaityti lietuviškai, two free collections of Lithuanian folk tales and literature with questions after each text: one for adults and one for children and teens.
Learn Lithuanian in Your Language
These counts cover menu-language choices, including script variants. Other apps’ counts and full lists come from their iPhone listings, except Language Reactor (Chrome Web Store) and Readlang (its help forum). 15min Lengvai is a website in Lithuanian. Word meanings, lesson explanations, and other platforms may differ.
| App | Supported Display Languages | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Full list
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| Duostories | 1 | Full list |
| Fluent Fiction | 1 | Full list |
| LRT | 2 | Full list |
| LRT Epika | 2 | Full list |
| Language Reactor | 27 | Full list |
| Readlang | 1 | Full list |
Other Apps We Looked At (7)
- ŽinokGraded Lithuanian reading with tap-to-translate, plus podcasts, news, and vlogs picked for levels A1 to B2. It is new and growing.
- Language PlayerReal videos with subtitles in two languages, where you tap a word to look it up. It covers more than 110 languages, including Lithuanian.
- ŽMONĖS CinemaA film service where every film has Lithuanian subtitles or Lithuanian dubbing, for viewers in Lithuania or away for a short time.
- Noo SpeakFree news summaries in Lithuanian every weekday, on topics you choose and in one of three lengths.
- Lithuanian Reader: KeelAILithuanian texts with a dictionary close at hand, and a place to save the words you look up. It is new and growing.
- Lithuanian - Listening SpeakingVideo lessons built from real Lithuanian videos, where you tap any word to see what it means. It is new and growing.
- Spoken Lithuanian and Lithuanian Made SimpleYouTube channels of short Lithuanian lessons for beginners, which learners on Reddit often suggest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does written Lithuanian show where the stress goes?
Not usually. Stress marks appear in dictionaries and where they help avoid confusion, but everyday writing leaves them out. Paste a text into Kirčiuoklis, a free tool from Vytautas Magnus University, to see where the stress falls.
How many people speak Lithuanian?
About 3 million people speak Lithuanian. It is the state language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union.
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 you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- r/LithuanianLearning: Lithuanian Learning Apps & Resources That Have Helped Me (fewer learning tools than other languages)
- r/lithuania: Learning Lithuanian - Next Steps (Duostories, and its AI voices)
- r/lithuania: Free Lithuanian language websites and online courses (Duostories)
- r/lithuania: Learning Lithuanian/ Podcasts (Lithuanian with Paulius and Fluent Fiction)
- r/LithuanianLearning: News in simplified Lithuanian / 15min Lengvai (LRT Paprastai and 15min Lengvai)
- r/LithuanianLearning: Kid shows from Lithuania? (children's shows dubbed into Lithuanian on LRT Epika, and Kakė Makė)
- r/LithuanianLearning: YouTube / podcast series for b1-b2 (Lithuanian with Paulius with Language Reactor)
- r/LithuanianLearning: Best app to learn? (Language Reactor, Readlang, and Lithuanian Out Loud)
- Lithuanian with Paulius on Apple Podcasts
- A Cup of Lithuanian on YouTube (a podcast for A2+ learners, every two weeks)
- Lithuanian Out Loud (no new episodes)
- Lithuanian without subtitles on YouTube (A2 practice with LRT Paprastai)
- r/lithuania: Reading and listening resources for learning Lithuanian (LRT Radioteka)
- LRT Mediateka: Gustavo enciklopedija
- r/lithuania: Movies/shows for learning lithuanian (Gustavo enciklopedija)
- Interlinear Books: Lithuanian reading for language learners
- Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute: Mokomės skaityti lietuviškai, for adults learning Lithuanian
- Omniglot: Lithuanian language, alphabet and pronunciation (stress marks in everyday writing)
- Kalbu (Vytautas Magnus University): Kirčiuoklis
- Indiana University Language Portal: Lithuanian
- Bubblegum
- Duostories
- Fluent Fiction
- LRT
- 15min Lengvai
- LRT Epika
- Language Reactor
- Readlang
Checked on October 8, 2026 against each app's own pages.
