cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62570526

I’m looking for an alternative to duolingo, the main appeal for me of duolingo is the gamification of the app as this helps me to stay consistent (so just normal flashcards would not be suitable).

Thanks in advance

  • hylicbiker
    3·
    12 hours ago

    Babbel, Mondly, Lingonaut.

    Babbel is well established, traditional language learning programs, HQ’d in Germany.

    Mondly was developed in Romania, acquired by Pearson (UK) but i believe still HQ’d in Romania.

    Lingonaut is purely UK but is open source project and values are very much in line with EU as they’re GDPR compliant.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 minutes ago

      Any of these good for someone who finds the gamification of duolingo annoying as hell and even counter-productive in some cases?

      They care more than I do about preserving my streaks or what league I’m in and I wish it would stop wasting my time with meaningless popups about that shit or laughably trying to get me to spend money to avoid their “bad outcome”. I’m trying to learn a language, not get meaningless rewards. And I already paid you fucks, stop trying to act like paying for shit that makes passing a challenge easier is even beneficial towards that goal (from my pov, it’s the opposite). Like how fucking stupid is p2w for an educational “game” where playing it is supposed to teach you something?

    • tfmMA
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure that the other two are also GDPR compliant.