A Swedish noun comes with a gender word, en or ett, and a plural form, so a good Swedish vocabulary app needs to hold more than a single English meaning. This page compares how each app saves a Swedish word, how it brings the word back and what stays free. For courses, tutors and shows, see our Swedish app comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Swedish. You learn from Swedish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Swedish 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.
- Swedish lessons are written at your level, about things you like.
- Ask Poppy about a sentence while you read.
- Saved words come back in new lessons through Regenerative Review™, and you can send them to Anki too.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't turn your own Swedish books or articles into lessons. However, you can paste a text or send Poppy a photo, and she'll explain it.
- 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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Drops
Drops suits learners who want a ready-made list of Swedish words and short games to practice them. Auto-play audio is a Premium feature.
- Swedish has its own course, with a picture and audio for each word.
- Favorites, Quiz and Word Collection keep the words you have met.
Mobile
Clozemaster
Clozemaster suits learners who want to meet each Swedish word inside a sentence, with translation and audio modes. Its sentences come from Tatoeba.
- A Swedish course for English speakers has you fill the missing word in a sentence.
- Sentences you have seen come back at spaced intervals.
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LingQ
LingQ suits learners who bring their own Swedish texts and audio.
- A Swedish course and library, where you tap a word to save it.
- Saved words come back with spaced repetition, next to the text and audio you found them in.
- Flashcards
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Other Apps We Looked At (4)
- LyskaLook up a Swedish word by typing, camera or voice, pin it to a study card and review the cards with spaced repetition. Entries show example sentences, word forms and pronunciation audio. Lookup and study cards are free, and Pro adds the full vocabulary and story library for $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year on iPhone.
- WorbiType a Swedish word or pick words from a photo, and the dictionary fills in an English meaning you can edit, an example and word forms, including en or ett and the plural for nouns. Cards are reviewed with FSRS. It runs on Android, and the US iPhone App Store has no listing for it yet.
- SvRemiStudy ready-made Swedish flashcards in Memory and Listen modes, rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy, and FSRS schedules the next review. Each word has an example with an English translation and native audio, the developer says. Remove Ads is a $3.99 purchase.
- AnkiWrite your own cards with a Swedish word, its en or ett, the plural and a sentence, and Anki schedules the reviews. You add the Swedish words and meanings yourself, or import a deck someone shared. To set up your decks, read [Is Anki good for language learning?](/blog/is-anki-good-for-language-learning)
| App | Word source | Review | Sentence and audio | en or ett and plural | English help | Free boundary | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Lessons Poppy writes | Saved words return in new lessons | Words appear in new sentences | Unconfirmed | Partly | Lessons by other learners are free to read; unlimited custom lessons need Pro | iPhone, iPad, Android |
| Drops | Topics made by Drops | Favorites, Quiz, Word Collection | Pictures and audio | Unconfirmed | Yes | 5 minutes every 10 hours | iPhone, iPad |
| Clozemaster | Sentences with a gap | Review of sentences you saw | Translation and audio modes | Unconfirmed | Yes | Free to start; Pro adds more | iPhone, iPad |
| LingQ | Text and audio you import | Spaced repetition | Matching text and audio | Unconfirmed | Partly | 20 saved words, 5 imported lessons | iPhone, iPad |
| Lyska | Word lookups | Spaced repetition on study cards | Example sentences, pronunciation audio | Word forms shown | Yes | Lookup and cards free; Pro paid | iPhone, Android |
| Worbi | Typed words and photos | FSRS | Dictionary examples | Yes, for nouns | Yes | Free to use; Premium optional | Android |
| SvRemi | Ready-made flashcards | FSRS | Example and native audio | Unconfirmed | Yes | Free download; Remove Ads $3.99 | iPhone |
| Anki | Cards you make | SM-2 or FSRS | Only if the card has them | Fields you add | Your own cards | Desktop and AnkiWeb free; AnkiMobile $24.99 once | iPhone, Android, computer |
If you mostly meet Swedish words in books, radio and videos, our Swedish comprehensible input app comparison covers those apps.
Which Swedish vocabulary app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Swedish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or choose Drops if you want pictures and audio with each word. Choose Clozemaster if you want to see words in sentences.
Which apps show en or ett for a Swedish noun?
Worbi lists en or ett and the plural for nouns in its dictionary entries. In Anki you add them to a card yourself.
Can I turn a dictionary lookup into a review card?
Lyska pins a looked-up word to a study card, and Worbi adds a word you typed or photographed to its FSRS review. LingQ does the same for a word you tap in a text.
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: Swedish course
- Drops: what's free
- Drops: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Clozemaster: course languages
- Clozemaster: FAQ
- Clozemaster: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- LingQ: Swedish course
- LingQ: what's free
- LingQ: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Lyska: official page
- Lyska: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Lyska: Android listing
- SvRemi: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Worbi: about
- Worbi: Android listing
- AnkiMobile: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Anki manual: scheduling and cards
- Bubblegum
- Clozemaster
