Self-study program |
Number of languages taught | Interface languages |
Media | Business Model |
Reise Know-How |
200 | 7 |
books | |
Qlango |
45 | 38 |
online and mobile app | freemium |
Tandem |
300+ |
1 (English) |
app |
Free |
Lingly |
16 |
16 |
web |
freemium |
L'Harmattan |
167 | 1 (French) |
books | |
Cudoo |
164 | 3 |
| subscription |
uTalk |
140+ | 27 |
online and mobile app | subscription |
Eurotalk |
132 | 119 |
application | |
Transparent Language Online |
130 | 6 |
online and mobile app | monthly or yearly subscription, or free via a participating library |
Peace Corps |
101 | 1 (English) |
web | free |
Pronunciator |
87 | 50 |
| free to library patrons if library pays |
Assimil |
76 | 12 |
books, usb | |
Mango Languages |
71 | 17 |
application | free to library patrons if library pays, or monthly subscription |
Glossika |
64 | 6 |
web, books | freemium |
Clozemaster |
60 | 33 |
| freemium |
Teach Yourself |
58 | 1 (English) |
books, CDs | |
50Languages |
56 | 56 |
web | free audio, apps and downloads, sell optional books |
Colloquial by Routledge |
56 | 1 (English) |
physical media | sell books and CDs |
Central Institute of Indian Languages |
47 | 1 (English) |
physical media | sell books |
Duolingo |
43 | 25 |
application or web | freemium with all learning features free |
Foreign Service Institute |
42 | 1 (English) |
web | free |
Pimsleur Language Programs (company) |
40 | 50 |
audio | |
BBC Online |
40 | 1 (English) |
web | free |
Readlang.com |
104 | 1 (English) |
web (webpages; book/audio upload) | freemium |
LingQ |
50 | 17 |
application or web | freemium |
FirstVoices |
82 | 1 (English) |
| free |
Rosetta Stone |
25 | 1 (English) |
software | one-time/subscription [8] |
Mondly |
41 | 30 |
application | freemium |
Memrise |
35 (official courses) Hundreds (user-created courses) | 15 |
application | freemium |
VocApp |
31 | 59 |
application | freemium |
Drops |
31 | 31 |
application | freemium |
Gloss by Defense Language Institute |
29 | 1 (English) |
web | free |
Berlitz Corporation |
23 | 1 (English) |
online classes, offline classes, books and PE (physical media) | varies |
Ba Ba Dum |
22 |
22 |
online |
free |
Quizlet |
18 | 8 (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish) |
online | freemium |
Living Language (publisher) |
18 | 7 (Arabic, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish) |
physical media | |
Langenscheidt |
17 | 2 (English, German) |
physical media | |
For Dummies |
17 | 2 (English, German) |
physical media | |
Linguaphone |
16 | 2 (English, German) |
physical media | |
Babbel |
13 | 9 (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian) |
application | subscription |
Busuu |
14 | 15 |
application | freemium |
Bilingual Books, Inc. |
12 | 2 (English, German) |
physical media | |
LingoDeer |
16 |
13 (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Italian, Thai, Turkish) |
application or web |
subscription |
Michel Thomas Method |
12 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Idiot's Guide |
10 | 2 (English, Spanish) |
physical media | |
Behind the Wheel by Macmillan Publishers |
9 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Lingvist |
8 | 8 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Estonian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian) |
online and mobile app | freemium |
Speakly |
8 | 11 |
online and mobile app | freemium |
Language Transfer |
8 | 2 (English for French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, and Spanish, and Spanish for English) |
online | free |
Dexway |
8 | 12 |
| subscription |
Schaum's Outlines |
6 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Lonely Planet |
6 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages |
6 | 1 (English) |
| free |
Alison |
6 | 1 (English) |
| free |
Paul Noble Method by Collins |
5 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Made Simple by Broadway Books |
7 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Hugo by Dorling Kindersley |
5 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Drive Time by Random House |
5 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Nextlingua |
4 | 4 (English, Spanish, French, Russian) |
| free |
Durium by Durium Records |
4 | 1 (Italian) |
physical media | |
Teach Yourself Business by McGraw-Hill Education |
4 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Smigin |
4 | 3 (English, Portuguese, Turkish) |
| subscription |
Langster |
4 |
7 (English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish) |
application |
freemium |
Readle |
1 (German) |
6 (English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish) |
application |
freemium |
Nonsense |
5 |
5 (English, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese) |
application |
freemium |
Cortina Method by Rafael Díez de la Cortina y Olaeta |
10 | 1 (English) |
physical media | |
Language TV Club |
4 |
5 (Spanish, French, German, Italian, English) |
online |
subscription |
Think in Italian |
1 (Italian) |
1 (English) |
web |
freemium |
Lingotopia (miraheze wiki) |
10 |
12 |
web |
free |
Dasbot (der/die/das quiz) |
1 (German) |
1 (English) |
application |
free |
Fluent Buddy |
12 |
1 (English) |
mobile app |
freemium |
Ling |
67 |
67 |
mobile app, web |
freemium |