Self-study program |
Number of languages taught | Interface languages |
Media | Business Model | Website |
Lingofi |
38 | 1 |
Web application | Subscription | https://lingofi.io |
Reise Know-How |
200 | 7 |
Books | |
Qlango |
45 | 38 |
Online, mobile app | Freemium |
Tandem |
300+ |
1 (English) |
App |
Freemium |
Lingly |
16 |
16 |
Web |
Freemium |
L'Harmattan |
167 | 1 (French) |
Books | |
Cudoo |
164 | 3 |
| Subscription |
uTalk |
140+ | 27 |
Online, mobile app | Subscription |
Eurotalk |
132 | 119 |
Application | |
Transparent Language Online |
130 | 6 |
Online, mobile app | Monthly or yearly subscription, or free to library patrons if library pays |
Peace Corps |
101 | 1 (English) |
Web | Free |
Pronunciator |
87 | 50 |
| Free to library patrons if library pays |
Assimil |
76 | 12 |
Books, USB drive | |
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, downloads, sell optional books |
Colloquial by Routledge |
56 | 1 (English) |
Physical media | Sell books, CDs |
Central Institute of Indian Languages |
47 | 1 (English) |
Physical media | sell books |
Duolingo |
43 | 25 |
Application, 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 |
LingoDeer |
20 |
16 (English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Polish, Italian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic) |
Application, Web |
Subscription |
LingQ |
50 | 17 |
Application, 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, 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 |
14[9] | 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 | |
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, mobile app | Freemium |
Speakly |
8 | 11 |
Online, 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 |
Language Reactor |
40 | 28 |
Browser extension, website | Freemium |