Top 11 best apps to learn German

Why invest all its savings in language courses when free mobile applications can make us excellent German speakers?

Learning a new language is an enriching process that requires a certain dose of seriousness. No matter what reason you want to learn German, be it for a possible journey to Berlin or Munich , passing through Hamburg or Düsseldorf , or then for your personal culture, means much more efficient and less expensive than traditional language classes exist.

If you’re comfortable with smartphones and tablets, free apps will help you learn Beethoven’s language.

Operating on both Android and iOS devices, here is our ranking of the 11 best apps to learn German from home and at your own pace!

1. Babbel

Babbel was created in 2007, and the application allows to learn German as well as about 15 other online languages and has become one of the leaders in this field!

Practical for an off-Rhin internship, the platform also offers paid and advanced levels that will make each learner an end user of the Goethe language. To do this, Babbel has a playful interface (but less fun than Duolingo).

In addition, Babbel is earning well-known year by year, and offers two training modules for learning: vocabulary and tools . Both the learners with a basic level and the more advanced in German, Babbel is dedicated to making each one a perfect bilingual.

Here the learning system is based on interactive activities articulated around oral and written exercises, and a very simple method that reminds the translator of old: a word in French and his translation into German.

Only flat: Although very complete, this Babbel app is paying. We'll have to pay a few. 5 € per month if you take the subscription to the year or 7.5 € per month if you take the 6-month subscription.

2. Busuu

Busuu has also imposed itself in the landscape of language learning applications. Indeed, weighing only a few megabytes, This application offers courses as well as at school, which will provide you with vocabulary and grammar concepts, dialogues in the format of stories to read or audio documents that will facilitate the understanding of the phonetics of words.

As was the case for its German version, here also 150 themes are addressed in 3,000 unique phrases to read and listen. Whether it’s about everyday life or more professional and serious subjects, Busuu is the ideal accompaniment tool for Duolingo, even if learners at the intermediate level can use it to perfect their knowledge.

First free of charge, the application becomes paid. On the other hand, the application is fairly economical since you will only have to count 34,99 € year round, for the premium version!

For the premium plus version, you will have to pay about 6,50 € per month. But no worries, it is common that the application offers attractive offers...

3. Memrise

Memrise is an app that will help you learn German in all ease. Indeed, Memrise is a learning tool based on the use of vocabulary cards that you will need to memorize gradually by repeating them according to certain time intervals.

These maps are created and enriched by the user community. If you had planned to drop the hearts in the Berlin clubs soon, you will double your chances by taking some local words into your vocabulary, and Memrise turns out to be the ideal tool for that.

A basic version is free. For advanced use, three monthly subscriptions ( $8.99 ), quarterly ( $18.99 ) and annual ( $45.99 ) are planned.

4. MosaLingua

MosaLingua is a mastodon of German learning applications, as in other foreign languages. Indeed, this small multi-platform application provides courses according to a method that has proven its evidence at the scientific level , the rehearsal spaced. The purpose of the application is to help you memorize words using vocabulary exercises.

To do this, MosaLingua uses some 3,000 cards with words as well as key phrases, which will be repeated unexpectedly through your evolution in levels, to help you memorize the maximum possible words.

For this application, you will have to pay 9,99 € per month , or opt for the formula 12 months to 59,99 € (or €4.99 per month) !

5. Mondly

In a few years, Mondly has become one of the real reference applications to learn a new language! Designed in 2013, the application is already complete for 33 languages.

Mondly’s real advantage is that she perfectly combines Babbel’s learning method with Duolingo’s, while presenting her own features! Here, you will learn your skills in written understanding as oral, vocabulary and grammar.

In addition, you can choose the setting in which you want to learn German. Going on vacation, learning for work or simply improving your skills, you have a choice! The real plus of the application lies in its intuitive chatbot, which will guide you throughout your learning process.

Price level, you will have the choice between a subscription 9,99 € for a month, and 47,99 € For a year. The application also offers many offers throughout the year. Otherwise, you can also choose the "subscription for life" version. 60 € , to never have to spend any more money.

6. Duolingo

When it comes to learning a new language from zero, Duolingo often represents the best option, which combines efficiency, precision and speed. To date undeniable from the first place of the podium of language learning applications, Duolingo also embarks in his bagging the German, trying it is adopting it.

Only true flat about Duolingo, this app is only available on smartphones and tablets, on the two main ecosystems that are Android and iOS. The learning formula is like Italian or Spanish, based on small fun games, which, as the missions evolve, will learn German concepts.

Since there is no magic in the field of learning, the secret lies in the work. Organization, creation of hours allocated to learning, devotion and above all possession of a nearby dictionary are the master words of learning German via Duolingo.

In the space of a few weeks or months, it is easy to leave the level of beginner to the level of speaker “seeking the word”. Well structured, learning is gradually changing over the missions that are assigned to you within the application. The level of difficulty increasing crescendo.

Fully free (no integrated purchases), Duolingo also has a backup tool that will make learning easier on various supports. Indeed, you can start an exercise on your tablet to complete it on the smartphone.

7. 6 000 words

Less flamboyant than Duolingo or Babbel, Learning German with 6,000 words is a very well-designed thematic application, which offers around a well-structured interface, learning as its name suggests 6,000 German words.

The objective here is not to make you the future German Chancellor, but to transmit you concepts of German, so that you can recognize objects and call them by their name (in German) on your next trips to Germany.

The application is relatively light and free but contains integrated procurement.

8. Bravolol

Once it is not customary, Bravolol still offers us an update of its flagship application, allowing us to learn German. Indeed, "Learning German by Bravolol" includes more than 800 expressions and German terms for travellers and beginners.

Thanks to its virtual repeater, the application will make you familiar with listening and using German daily. To do this, the application has a glossary of expressions commonly used in German, authentic pronunciation courses, and a voice recorder allows you to exercise pronunciation.

Different aspects of everyday life are addressed, from food to movement, to a revision of the fundamentals, namely the most anodin phrases and words, the date, the time...

At the price level, the basic application is free but contains integrated purchases if you want to push learning to its maximum.

9. Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone app has been designed to provide a quick and effective alternative to your learning and to master the particularities of German depending on your time and availability.

Whether you’re just a German beginner or want to boost your knowledge and gain a higher level, the Rosetta Stone app is a great solution to discover the Germanic language.

Thanks to the app, you will quickly learn to hold a current conversation, to chat with native speakers and you can even chat with other online learners.

Price level, you will have the choice between a subscription for 3 months to 11,99 € per month, or then for 1 year to 9, 99 € per month. The application also offers many offers throughout the year. Otherwise, you can also choose the "subscription for life" version. 199 € , to never have to spend any more money.

10. Anki

Just like Memrise, Anki works as memorizing cards. The advantage is that it allows you to create your lists yourself with the words you want to learn or revise in German (and in other languages).

Thus, it becomes very easy to extract specialized vocabulary from his readings and revise them via Anki. But that’s not all, the app has an impressive number of ready-to-use lists to learn German.

This application is offered at a price 27,99€ which seems clearly justified.

11. Tandem

This is a much different application from all you know so far! Here you learn the languages you already master, then the ones you want to learn. Then, you indicate some of your interests, topics of discussion that you like to discuss on a daily basis.

Finally, Tandem will offer you profiles of people who want to learn your language, and who master the one you want to know. The advantage here is that you can chat with people from all over the world, and thus exchange on your cultural differences.

Fully free Tandem is a real opportunity to learn a language while meeting (virtually) new people. So you will be both a pupil and a teacher, all in a stylish and relaxed atmosphere.