Does Rosetta Stone Teach Indonesian?
No. Rosetta Stone Sapphire's App Store listing names 25 languages, from Spanish and German to Vietnamese and Tagalog, and Indonesian isn't among them. Its website's course links skip Indonesian too. Rosetta Stone has you speaking from your first lesson, and it adds flashcard sets on more than 500 topics.
Which Indonesian Apps Offer What Rosetta Stone Offers?
| What Rosetta Stone Offers | Indonesian Apps That Offer It |
|---|---|
| Lessons on real-life situations | Bubblegum, Babbel, Mango Languages |
| Speaking from the first lesson | Babbel, Pimsleur |
| Help with your pronunciation | Mango Languages (voice comparison), Pimsleur |
| Practice conversations with AI | Bubblegum (live voice chat with Poppy), Babbel (Babbel Speak) |
| Flashcards | Bubblegum (Anki export), Pimsleur |
Indonesian Lessons About Your Life
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Indonesian. You learn from Indonesian you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each Indonesian lesson about something you've told her you care about, so the words you learn come from your own plans.
Ask for a lesson about haggling at a market today and one about Jakarta street food next week, and both come at your level. The trade-off is that no person hears your Indonesian and corrects it. For a tutor, our best apps to learn Indonesian lists italki and Preply.
- Ask Poppy for a lesson on any topic, from moving to Jakarta to a surf trip in Bali, and she writes it at your level.
- Have a spoken conversation with Poppy in live voice chat.
- Tap a word you don't know to see what it means, or ask Poppy about the whole sentence.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in later lessons, and you can export them to Anki as flashcards.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- 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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Indonesian Courses Built on Conversations
Babbel
Babbel's Indonesian lessons start with real situations, like shopping at a market in Jakarta or asking for directions. You practice saying the phrases out loud from the first lesson. It suits learners who liked Rosetta Stone's everyday scenes and want grammar explained when it comes up.
- Lessons take 10 to 15 minutes, and Babbel's language experts plan the order.
- Indonesian speakers recorded the audio for every lesson.
- Its review system brings words back right before you'd forget them.
- Flashcards
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Mango Languages
Mango Languages builds each Indonesian lesson around a conversation, so you learn phrases as people really say them. You can hear a line again at normal speed, or click a word to hear it on its own. It suits learners who liked TruAccent and want to keep working on how they sound.
- Each conversation comes with Grammar Notes and Culture Notes about what the speakers said.
- Its voice comparison tool lets you check your accent against an Indonesian speaker.
- If your public library has Mango, you can use it with your library card at no extra cost.
- Flashcards
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Learn Indonesian by Listening
Pimsleur
Pimsleur teaches Indonesian through audio conversations you answer out loud, and it brings words back at set times so they stay in your memory. It suits learners who'd rather hear and speak Indonesian than read it at first.
- 30 audio lessons of 30 minutes each, made for complete beginners.
- You can learn hands-free while you drive or take a walk.
- Digital flash cards help you review.
- Quick Match Games help the words stick between lessons.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Indonesian app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Indonesian, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Babbel if you'd like a course where experts plan every lesson in order, with speaking practice from day one.
Is there an Indonesian course in the Rosetta Stone app?
No. On October 15, 2026, neither Rosetta Stone's App Store listing nor its website listed Indonesian among its 25 languages.
Is Indonesian the same as Malay?
They're close, and many words are shared, but spelling and everyday words differ. Babbel, Mango Languages, Pimsleur, and Bubblegum all teach Indonesian as its own language. If you need Malay, see our best apps to learn Malay.
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
- Rosetta Stone Sapphire: App Store listing (25 languages, TruAccent, Chat Missions, flashcard sets)
- Rosetta Stone: Home page (language course links; no Indonesian)
- Babbel: Learn Indonesian online (everyday dialogue, native-speaker audio, review, 10–15 minute lessons)
- Babbel: App Store listing (14 languages including Indonesian, Babbel Speak)
- Mango Languages: Learn Indonesian (conversations, Grammar and Culture Notes, voice comparison tool)
- Mango Languages: Libraries (free access through many public libraries)
- Pimsleur: Learn Indonesian (30 lessons of 30 minutes, hands-free, Quick Match Games)
- Wikipedia: Indonesian language (its relationship to Malay)
- Bubblegum
Checked on October 15, 2026 against each app's own pages.
