A Polish word changes its ending depending on how it is used in a sentence, so a word you saved alone may look different when you meet it again. Look for apps that keep the sentence you found the word in, or make your own cards with the sentence on them. These apps differ in where your words come from and how they bring a word back. For all the ways to learn Polish, see our Polish apps comparison, and for reading and listening, see our Polish comprehensible input comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Polish. You learn from Polish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Polish 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 that you can review words in new contexts without having to use flashcards.
- Save the Polish words you want from each lesson.
- Ask Poppy why a word has the ending it has in a sentence.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, and you can export them to Anki.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Words come back in new lessons, not on a flashcard schedule, so use Anki if you want cards.
- 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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LingQ
LingQ lets you read and listen to Polish and save every new word you tap. It keeps the lesson a word came from, so you can see the sentence again.
- Polish podcasts and other audio with matching text, including Polish with John.
- Import videos and other content and turn them into Polish lessons.
- Flashcards
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Drops
Drops teaches Polish words through short, illustrated games. Its topics are made by Drops, and the pictures carry the meaning.
- More than 2,000 Polish words, each with a picture.
- Short games teach the words, and topics unlock one after another.
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uTalk
uTalk sorts Polish words and phrases into topics, and games drill them. You can slow a recording down.
- More than 60 topics of Polish words and phrases.
- Record yourself copying a Polish recording, then compare the two.
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Memrise
Memrise gives you Polish word lists with scheduled review, and each word has a meaning and examples you can open.
- A Polish course with more than 200 lessons on topics such as travel, work, and food.
- More than 75 videos of native speakers.
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Clozemaster
Clozemaster hides one word in a Polish sentence, and you pick or type it. The sentence returns later, so you see the word's ending in context.
- Fill in the missing Polish word in real sentences, so you see the ending a word takes.
- It also has listening, reading, and grammar challenges.
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Other Apps We Looked At (2)
- AnkiFlashcards you make or download. Type the Polish sentence on the card, add audio if you want it, and Anki schedules the reviews. Computers are free, and the iPhone app is a one-time purchase.
- QuizletMake a set of Polish words, or use one shared by another learner, and study it with flashcards and quiz modes.
Each number is how many languages the app's US iPhone App Store listing shows. uTalk's number is the base languages its publisher lists, and Bubblegum's is the languages you can use its menus in. Lessons and explanations may be offered in fewer.
| App | Where Words Come From | How Words Come Back | Languages You Can Use It In | Full List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Lessons Poppy writes | In new lessons | 76 | Full list
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| LingQ | Lessons you read and import | Scheduled review | 17 | Full list |
| Drops | Its own word lists | Games and quizzes | 16 | Full list |
| uTalk | Its own topics | Recall games | 140+ | Full list |
| Memrise | Its own word lists | Scheduled review | 22 | Full list |
| Clozemaster | Sentence collection | Scheduled review | 39 | Full list |
| Anki | Cards you make or download | Scheduled review | — | Anki |
| Quizlet | Sets you make or share | Flashcards and quiz modes | — | Quizlet |
Which Polish vocabulary app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Polish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. For ready-made words, add Drops, whose free plan gives you 5 minutes every 10 hours, or uTalk, whose starter words are free.
Should I make my own Polish flashcards?
In Anki or Quizlet, copy the whole Polish sentence and the word exactly as it appeared, ending included, so the card shows the form you will meet when you read.
Can I add my own Polish sentences?
Yes, in several of them. Anki and Quizlet take text you type, paste or import, and Clozemaster and LingQ also let you bring your own material. LingQ's free plan allows 5 imported lessons. Our Polish apps comparison lists courses you can take sentences from.
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
- Drops: Polish
- Drops: free versus Premium
- Drops: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- uTalk: Polish
- uTalk: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Clozemaster: Polish to English
- Clozemaster: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- LingQ: Polish
- LingQ: free versus Premium
- LingQ: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Memrise: Polish course
- Memrise: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Anki
- Quizlet: iPhone App Store listing
- Bubblegum
