In our today's world, learning a new language has become so accessible thanks to language learning app like Duolingo and Busuu. Both of these platformer has gained much popularity for users who are seeking to learn a new language. I've also been using both apps for my Spanish language learning and I'll share my experience on both apps.
Choosing between these two apps have got me and other users on crossroads, therefore in this post I will give a detailed comparison between Busuu and Duolingo, I'll shed more light on the features of both apps, their effectiveness, and user experience.
Approach in Learning
| Duolingo | Busuu |
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| Offers a gamified approach towards learning. Learning on Duolingo feels like playing a game while learning a language. It uses a mix of listening, translation and speaking exercises. Duolingo is designed to be fun and engaging, though I feel it lacks depth in Grammer explanations | Busuu has a more structured approach towards learning a language. It's lessons are comprehensive and it covers grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. One fun thing I love about Duolingo is that it offers a community interaction where you get to communicate with native speakers and get corrected for your exercises, this offers a more natural approach, because you know it's real life language (spanish for me) that you're learning. |
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| Duolingo gamified lessons | There are also fun stories to practice with |
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| Busuu language comprehension exercise | Busuu community of friends and native speakers |
Course content
| Duolingo | Busuu |
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| Duolingo offers these list of popular languages Spanish, french, Japanese, Korean, German, Hindi, Italian, Chinese and more, over 40 languages. Duolingo divides its lessons into topics, and as you complete each exercise you progress though levels Just like in a game. But sometimes the content can be repetitive | Busuu is very similar in this aspect, it also provides multiple languages courses, though fewer than Duolingo but it has more focus on practical conversation skills. There you see real humans pronouncing the words and speaking out for you and using real life scenarios. |
Duolingo course content like a game
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| Busuu natural learning style | It is relevant for everyday and in real life |
Community interaction
| Duolingo | Busuu |
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| Though Duolingo has a wide user base, it's community interaction is merely limited to streaks and leaderboards. | Unlike Duolingo, busuu has a community of native speakers who provide personalized feedback on exercises. |
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| This was my exercise on busuu | I got corrected by real native speakers |
Both apps offers freemium model which means you can be learning the language absolutely free. However to unlock more features you can choose to go for the premium subscription, by paying monthly or yearly.
In conclusion, I would say I prefer Busuu because it helps me to engage my brain and think what the answer to the quiz will be, also it's lessons are great and gets you engaged, but on Duolingo I can literally guess what the answer will be, it's so simple to use. But you might have a different preference so I invite you to explore both apps on your own and see which one suits you best.
See you next time 🤗 🌟
