Top 10 Best Language Learning Apps in the Philippines 2020 (DuoLingo, Babbel, and More)

Duolingo is one of the most popular language learning apps in the market. It is easy to use and has a simple, user-friendly interface - ideal for kids, too. It offers to teach 30+ languages!

It has a different set of lessons with various interactive activities like translating and word matching. One of its strong points is presenting the areas for improvement so you can focus on those before proceeding to the next lesson.

You can set your goals with this app, depending on how much you want to learn. It has a progress tracker to record your milestones. It shows fun and cute images for learning vocabulary and a color indicator if you are right or wrong. If you are wrong, it will show the correct answer.

Duolingo's free trial includes full access to lessons, but with ads. When you subscribe or buy in-app purchases, you can have full ad-free offline access to lessons with unlimited tries and more detailed progress tracking.

Babbel is a subscription-based language learning app that offers 14 languages to learn. It is curriculum-based with pre-recorded content without live interaction. It has a clean and simple interface.

It is perfect for beginners - useful for those who want to learn vocabulary, improve language and grammar skills, and sentence structure by reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It lets you jump to different levels for advanced lessons. It also has interactive quizzes such as fill in the blanks, flashcards, and multiple choices.

Babbel is not free, except for every first lesson of every language course. You have to pay for each language you want to learn.

Memrise is a language learning app that provides teaching by thousands of videos from native speakers and fun and effective games to develop your language skills. It lets you set up your learning schedule by setting the exact time and day, which acts as your notification alarm. You can skip it if you want to learn anytime without a fixed schedule.

You have to log in to your official account before accessing Memrise. After logging in, it will ask you to pick one language you want to learn and choose either beginner or advanced. It will let you learn to start from letters to words, words to phrases, and so on.

It also teaches grammar and sentence structure. You can use these features for free. However, you need to pay for the subscription for you to unlock the full course and offline mode.

Mondly VR uses a combination of course materials virtual reality and chatbot. It simulates real conversations with entertaining virtual characters that make learning more exciting and fun. After speaking, you will get feedback, suggestion, and correction about your pronunciation, which will enhance your communication skill. 

It consists of realistic dialogues from real-life scenarios, depending on your choice. It offers five scenes, such as making friends on the train to Berlin, ordering dinner in a restaurant in Tokyo, checking into a hotel in Paris, chatting with a hotel manager in Rome, and taking a taxi ride in Hong Kong. 

Mondly VR has a crystal-clear audio feature in which all recorded voices of the virtual characters are from native speakers. State-of-the-art speech recognition technology is the reason behind the fast feedbacks about your pronunciation. If you don't like using VR, you can use the other Mondly app where it teaches 33 languages.

Busuu focuses on teaching languages by speaking and listening. Its speech recognition tool helps the users to learn the language and practice speaking it. It has easy to use interface as well.

It is available not only on mobile but also on personal computers that make the app much easier to use because of its keyboard commands. It offers bite-sized lessons with a minimum of 10 minutes for easy and fast learning - ideal for busy but eager learners.

Free users can practice vocabulary with interactive and entertaining flashcards for only one language and try the first lesson for that language. Premium users can use any languages available on the platform. More learning materials are available such as grammar exercises, quizzes, and feedback. You can also download lessons and study them offline.

HelloTalk allows you to converse with native speakers around the world - an effective way to learn a language. It has a balanced interface, so the app does not give off a heavy feeling to the users. It has a lot of useful buttons, especially when you are using the chatbox. 

This app will let you find your learning partner. Once you find a partner that has the same skill level as you, then you can start a conversation. You and your partner might need some corrections while conversing. The long-press feature will automatically correct the sentence.

The free features allow you to send voice messages, as well as audio and video calls and improve your grammar skills with your chosen language. With the paid version, you may use the unlimited word translations using three languages at the same time. It also lets you search for learning partners by location and gender.

Beelinguapp focuses on reading comprehension with different languages. When using the app, it will recommend some content to start. If you want to find something that you're interested in, there is a filter feature for easy searching.

The learning contents have various genres, so there is a wide range of selection depending on personal preference. It also has an audiobook feature that lets you learn by listening.

Using Beelinguapp for free allows you to access some articles and children's stories. However, some texts are locked, and there are ads. Using the premium version grants full access to every feature and without locked text content.

HiNative is a community-based app that allows you to ask and answer questions about languages. It is a friendly and helpful community with a positive environment. Worrying about how reliable the users are will not be a problem because it has a ranking system, which evaluates users in terms of high-quality and legitimate content.

You can also ask questions by uploading audio, and native speakers will give constructive criticism and corrections. It has a search function, so if you're shy about asking, you can look for identical or related questions.

The app automatically translates questions to the speaker's native language making it more organized.

BCA First Words is a bundled app of languages: Spanish, English, and French. If you don't want the bundle, you can purchase each language learning app separately for ₱297.00. The app is fun to use and perfect for children as it has beautiful images that come in vibrant colors.

This app is perfect for kids aging from 1 to 4 years old. It has an interactive learning method. Kids will be encouraged to use this app because they will think of it as a game. It's fun and educational at the same time because of the high-quality flashcards.

Gus on the Go: English concept is about a friendly owl named Gus. He travels all around the world and explores different languages. It comes with other adorable characters that kids will love. After every lesson, you can unlock exciting and fun games.

It has an interactive learning method for learning English, both visual and auditory, including numbers, colors, shapes, and more. It has nearly 90 English words to learn and 10 fun and educational games. It also has built-in audio with native English speakers for auditory learners.

What makes this an excellent app for kids is that it does not teach only languages. Kids will also learn about animal and transportation sounds as they go through lessons. Gus on the Go offers many language tutorials, but each sold separately.