Turkish vocabulary apps differ in where the words come from. Some give you a ready-made list, some give you sentences with a missing word, some save words from what you read, and some leave the cards to you. This page compares seven apps on that point and on what each does with a word after you meet it. For courses and tutors, see our best apps to learn Turkish.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Turkish. You learn from Turkish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Turkish 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 can review words in new contexts without having to use flashcards.
Turkish lessons come with read-aloud audio, and a word you save stays tied to the sentence where you met it. Paste a Turkish passage into the chat and Poppy will explain it.
- The Turkish dictionary has about 29,000 entries with English meanings.
- The Turkish grammar notes cover 317 topics in English.
- Words you save from a Turkish lesson come back in new lessons.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Learn every letter and its sound in the free Turkish Alphabet course.
- Regenerative Review™
- Teaches the Turkish Alphabet
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LingQ
LingQ suits learners who read. Your saved words go into a review schedule, and the app tracks which words you know and which you are still learning.
- Tap a Turkish word in a text and save it as a LingQ.
- Choose from a Turkish library of text and audio, or import your own.
- Flashcards
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Clozemaster
Clozemaster teaches a word by the sentence around it, which helps with Turkish endings that change the word. The audio uses device or browser text-to-speech, not recordings of people.
- You fill in the missing Turkish word in a sentence that comes with its English translation.
- Sentences you studied come back on a spaced schedule.
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Drops
Drops picks the words for you and shows each with a picture and audio. Premium removes the time limit.
- Turkish words come with pictures, in short games.
- Words and phrases are grouped by topic.
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uTalk
uTalk gives you topics, and each topic has games that get harder. You can download a topic to practice offline.
- Turkish words and phrases come with recordings of native speakers.
- Record your own voice and compare it with the recording.
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Other Apps We Looked At (2)
- AnkiMake cards for the Turkish words you want, with a sentence or audio if you add them. Review follows SM-2 or FSRS scheduling. Type the dotted and dotless i exactly, since ı and i are different letters. Anki on a computer is free, and AnkiMobile on iPhone costs $24.99 in the US App Store.
- QuizletMake a set of Turkish words and meanings, or use a set another learner shared, then study it as flashcards.
| App | Where words come from | How you save them | How they come back | Free part |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Lessons Poppy writes for you | Save a word in a lesson | In new lessons | Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free to read |
| LingQ | Turkish library or your own texts | Tap a word | Review schedule | 20 saved words, 5 imported lessons |
| Clozemaster | Sentence collections | Choose a collection | Spaced schedule | Free sign-up, essential play |
| Drops | Topic word lists with pictures | Choose a topic | Games | 5 minutes every 10 hours |
| uTalk | Topic words and phrases | Choose a topic | Games that get harder | Starter words |
| Anki | Cards you make | Write a card or import a deck | SM-2 or FSRS | Computer and web free, iPhone paid |
| Quizlet | Sets you make or share | Make or pick a set | Flashcards, Learn and Test modes | Free to download, Plus is paid |
Which Turkish vocabulary app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Turkish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. If you want pictures, start with Drops, which gives you the first words by topic and costs nothing to try.
Do I need flashcards to remember Turkish words?
Not always. Clozemaster and Bubblegum show a word again inside a sentence or a lesson. Anki and Quizlet give you cards, and the card holds only what was put on it. For the setup of cards, see Anki alternatives.
Why does a Turkish word look different in every sentence?
Turkish adds endings to a word, so a dictionary form such as the headword and the form in a sentence can differ. Seeing a word in several sentences, as in Clozemaster or Bubblegum lessons, shows you the endings it takes.
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
- Bubblegum: Turkish and English language pair
- Drops: Turkish course
- Drops: free and Premium
- uTalk: Turkish course
- Clozemaster: expand your Turkish vocabulary
- Clozemaster: frequently asked questions
- LingQ: Turkish
- LingQ: free and Premium
- Anki: manual
- AnkiMobile: iPhone App Store listing
- Quizlet: studying with flashcards
- Bubblegum
- uTalk
