Honest comparison

How LingoUnify stacks up

Pick any app you've used. We'll show you side-by-side what each does — and where LingoUnify pulls ahead.

LingoUnify wins 16 · Duolingo wins 3 · 5 tied
LingoUnify
Free tier
Useful free tier — word bank, flashcards, radio, and lifetime AI/voice trial quotas
Free with ads and hearts; courses remain free
Native mobile app
No — web and mobile-friendly site for now; native iOS/Android app on the roadmap
Yes — polished iOS and Android apps
Offline mode
No — needs an internet connection
Limited offline lessons on Super only
AI-personalized content
Yes — generates lessons from your interests at your level
Max adds AI explanations/conversation, not custom generated lessons
Structured beginner course
Partial — AI builds your path from your level and interests, no rigid skill tree
Yes — the famous skill tree
Spaced-repetition flashcards
Yes — interval-based review scheduling for custom decks
Review exists, but scheduling is proprietary and lesson-bound
Import your own content
Yes — paste URLs, articles, books, subtitles
No
Inline dictionary
Yes — tap any word for instant translation + definition
Tap-to-reveal in lessons only
AI example sentences
Yes — generated on demand, contextually accurate
No
Languages offered
80 languages and 90 regional varieties
40+ course languages, with many course combinations
Regional dialects
Yes — Dominican, Mexican, Argentine Spanish; Brazilian/European Portuguese; etc.
No
Streak system
Yes — daily streak tracking
Yes — the famous one
Friends & social
Yes — friends, activity feed, shared streaks
Yes — leagues, friends
AI conversation practice
Yes — realtime voice + text with adaptive difficulty
Max includes AI conversation/roleplay in selected courses
Live human tutoring
No — AI tutor handles practice; live human tutoring is not on the platform
No
Live radio listening
Yes — 30,000+ stations across 100+ countries; captions are in limited beta
No
Word games & puzzles
Yes — Linguistix daily puzzle, more games coming
Yes — gamified core loop
Read anything with help
Yes — tap-to-translate any text or URL
No
Pronunciation & TTS
Yes — neural voices in every supported language
Yes — synthetic voices
Custom flashcard decks
Yes — build manually or auto-generate from saved words
No
Saved reading library
Yes — save AI texts, uploads, and reading progress in your library
No
Ad-free experience
Yes — no ads, ever, on any tier
Free has ads
Export your data
Yes — full export anytime (words, decks, progress)
No
Price for what you get
One affordable plan covers everything
Free with ads; Super and Max pricing varies

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