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I have used Duolingo for many months and today added Babbel. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth of understanding I gained after only 15 minutes. With Babbel I'm learning the language, not only gaining vocabulary.
@@miljantrajkovic1862 You did! I watched the older one first, commented and then saw there was a newer video. I'm so excited about learning so much more in depth that I wanted to share it with as many people as possible! :)
I'm at 278 days with Duolingo Portuguese. I feel my vocabulary is growing at a steady pace and I'm very comfortable with verb conjugations. I don't mind the strange sentences that Duolingo uses. I think the intent is to not allow you to anticipate the words in a sentence but you have to focus on the actual words in the clue. The one area that I am lacking is time spent listening to the sentences rather than reading them. I have been able to read a Brazilian newspaper for a long time but I still cannot hear what people are saying (even the most basic sentences). Overall, I like Duolingo.
Tens que tentar ver novelas brasileiras ou acompanhar algum youtuber/streamer brasileiro para treinar a audição e assim adaptares-te a ouvir o dialeto brasileiro também (in advance, in case anything read weird to you, I'm portuguese, so I'm using the European dialect :P)
Babbel all the way baby! I’ve been using both for years and Babbel is BY FAR better if you really want to learn a language and become near fluent. Duolingo is good if you want to know a bit of a language here and there, but if you want to become closer to fluent go with Babbel, it’s worth it!
To anyone considering using Babbel to continue learning a language you’ve studied in the past, make sure Babbel offers a level of study in your target language that.will help you achieve your goals. I enthusiastically purchased a 1 year Babbel Russian Subscription, then discovered they only offer Newcomer and Beginner lessons in that language. Very disappointing! I reached out to customer service and Babbel is sending a full refund.
Not so fast. Despite I hate Duolingo doesn't help much with grammar, I also don't like to spend too much effort on grammar yet end up forgetting all of it without enough practices. Duolingo seems inherently focusing on repetition and practices, a.k.a. immersion. That gamification and app design all seem trying to keep you back to it as frequently as possible and that's important. My take away is Duolingo should be good for beginner and advancing to level B may benefit more from Babbel.
I'm really enjoying using Super Duolingo to learn Portuguese. It does get repetitive, but it definitely has hooked me up. I found your comment on grammar in Babbel interesting. It's probably worth giving it a try once my learning habits are a bit more settled... Combining both sounds like a great idea though 👍🏾
Worth mentioning, if you are neurodivergent. Duolingo really nails it's dopamine triggers. I have ADHD and focusing is very hard for me in most aspects of my life. I don't have that issue with Duolingo.
I’m autistic and adhd and duo keeps me entertained mostly but can get boring but then I switch to babbel but that doesn’t keep my attention as long and I find I get bored plus lack of repetition mean I lose track of what I’m doing and forget it easy - thank god for review 🤪
The problem with Babbel is that they don't offer any of the languages I want to learn (Arabic and Bengali). Actually, only app I've used that has Bengali is Mondly, and I'm using Duolingo for Arabic right now. I appreciate that Duolingo hammers in vocabulary because I can read and write Arabic pretty well but I don't understand it, but I really wish they had grammar instruction. I wish Babbel would create an Arabic course. Also, I don't really mind that the Duolingo sentences are weird, it makes them more memorable lol.
Thanks for the comparison. I have been using Duolingo for a while and you hit all the right spots. I will probably register with Babbel now but keep Duolingo as a fun one on the side. I have been learning Italian for a while and the traveled to Italy. Many phrases learned was not of great use. I never had to tell anyone that sharks eat fish!
thanks for this comprehensive comparison. I think there's an extra dimension you might consider which is the age of the learner. As a person in my 70's a gaming environment is likely to grate on me no matter how effective the app is at teaching whilst a more structured approach is likely to be a better fit to the way I like to engage.
I've been learning German on Duolingo and it had been working great untill I got further in to section 2. It started to delve more into sentence structure without giving any guidance. I tried learning it through reasearch but it's super tricky so I think I'll try Babble and hope they teach the grammar I need.
thank you for this review!! I usually use Duolingo for language learning but will check out Babbel now! I want to learn French as its a second language where I live and started learning it in high school
Thank you for the video comparing Babbel and Duolingo! I haven't tried Babbel myself, but since moving to Peru where my girlfriend doesn't speak English, I went to Maximo Nivel language learning school for three months, and I’ve also been studying Spanish on Duolingo daily for over 600 days now! I can now speak Spanish, and I agree that Duolingo is a great language learning application.
My son sent me a link to Duolingo at the same time as I was receiving ads on social for Babbel. I travel a lot and my hardest decision to this point had been which language to learn. I was very pleased to find this video and the summary suggesting how to use them in tandem was super helpful as I was kind of thinking the same, but wondering if it would take away from one or the other. Your suggestion that they complemented each other, or worked well for time management, really made sense! Thank you!
This was a great video. I want to use both apps to learn spanish and then japanese or chinese. Spanish is valuable to me because i grew up in miami Florida with a lot of spanish speakers and i felt lost a lot. I also thing it gives me a tool to connect with a lot of immigrants that have a language barriers.
I’m learning Arabic because I’m fascinated by the Middle East culture after visiting Dubai this month. I would like to be able to immerse in the culture and be able to converse twitch the locals the next time I visit!
Thanks! Pretty much just verified exactly what I was thinking. I’m gonna do both. I’ve been in duo for a week and I think it’s doing a great job drawing me in on the daily and then I usually want more so I feel like I’ll be driven in to Babbel after I warm up and get my dopamine hit in duo.
I want to learn German because my grandma was German and I wanted to go to Germany with her, but she ended up passing away a little while back. I still intend to go to Germany though, just after I’ve completely learned the language rather than just the basics.
Hey John,I have watched some of your videos and I am using Super Duolingo to learn German and Spanish. My wife's co-worker is using Babbel to learn French and he likes it and suggested I give it a try. I research things before I buy so here I am. Thank You for the video it was super helpful.
Duolingo doesn't teach sentence structure!? Not true at all. I'm almost done with Duolingo Section 4 German (approx A2 level) and basically every single lesson is making me form German sentences, either by freestyle writing the translation or choosing each word in the correct order to form the entire sentence. Other apps seem to only teach vocabulary or memorize a phrase. Duolingo makes you form the entire the sentence, word by word. I have learned more about German sentence structure through Duolingo than any other.
Thanks for the video. I'm deciding whether I want to get Babbel to improve my German or stay with Duolingo, and after watching I am leaning towards trying Babbel
Thanks for all the info!! I've used Duolingo for almost a year now but I was looking for something to add to that to make it more comprehensive, and I think Babble will be it!
Greek is a great language.. I learned it with Linguaphone. Sadly they are no longer in the language learning business. You'll need to have access to Greek on your keyboard. Good luck.
I am a 3rd grade teacher. This year I have 4 English language learners, one of which isn't proficient in English. Spanish is the only language spoken at home and she is really struggling. I sat with her mother last night at parent teacher conference as she cried due to being overwhelmed. I did have an interpreter, but it takes some of the connection out of a conversations. I need to learn Spanish. I'm using free Duolingo right now, but I need to learn the language more quickly. I can't afford (teacher's salaries suck in Utah) to buy a subscription and would really like to use Babbel. Thanks for considering me for your contest!
The training after failing a course in duolingo doesnt go back to where made mistakes but is tedious and goes many lessons back about stuff u already nailed all the time
duolingo really likes to make you naturally learn the vocab. when i tried the dutch lesson, after i got to unit 2 session 1 i just kept seeing the same words like het and de and i just learned how to use them naturally. also you can click the words to see what they translate to
I’ve used Duolingo for nearly a year now and, while I find the ads tiresome, I love that I can do a lesson in three or four minutes every day. I don’t think I could have kept my streak going this long if every lesson lasted 15 minutes. I may also try Babbel, however, because I don’t feel I get good grammar instruction with Duolingo. I wind up googling for grammar basics.
@@KingloTRGyeah that’s what I was about to say. Doing 5 minutes a day just to maintain a streak isn’t actually learning. It’s gaming. I do use Duolingo but only as one of the tools in the toolbox, and I couldn’t care less about the streak. I spend about 15 minutes per day in duo, then 15 minutes in Babbel, then 15 minutes in drops. I love drops for vocab.
i was wondering which of these was better-i'm trying to learn japanese, and while duolingo has helped me a lot with learning the alphabets, it does poorly with teaching me more than that; the words i know are ones i taught myself as i was looking into learning japanese in the first place. i'll definitely be looking into babbel 👀
I’ve been trying to learn Japanese too but I didn’t realize something about duo until a coworker was talking to me about learning it and told me about the grammar after that I realized that duo never taught me the grammar just the words so I might switch to babble
I've been using Duolingo for a couple of years now but generally just haphazardly. Its been good to use due to the gamification that keeps me consistent with using the app. I've ramped up recently so want to look at other apps to use to complement my learning. So many to choose from and is very confusing to make a decision.
I’ve just got a 14 day streak on Duolingo. I’ve had the app since 2017 and decided this year to go all gas no breaks. It’s true no matter which app none will make you fluent alone. I’ve recently added Memrise which is just vocabulary work but it has multiple people on video saying the words so you can hear them in different dialects.
John is Hot 🔥🔥❤🔥 . I got Babbel today with a 70% of my year's subscription If you started with Duolingo, Keep going with Babbel! I did my first lesson on intermediate. Finished Duolingo Portuguese Last year.
Interesting. As I was watching, I came to the same conclusion! I've tried Duolingo a couple times, but could never really get hooked. It seems like with Babbel it would be more intuitive to really learn, but then yeah, use Duolingo to sort of quickly review my vocabulary.
I want to learn so many languages, but right now, the languages I want to learn the most are Danish and Finnish. No big reason why, except that I got interested in them through cinema or meeting native speakers, but in the end, future possibilities with the language (like being able to consume media directly or maybe even work or live with the language, would be great pros!)
I picked babbel but some family members who use duolingo were saying not to copy the accent for some reason but for me i try my best to mimic the words as best i can.
I started Duilingo German, and gave up through boredom. I finished Babbel German, it’s okay, a decent introduction. I used Duolingo French for 8 months. They changed how it works, it became slow and tedious, so I stopped using it. Plus the voice characters are bizarre, the sentences are strange, there’s a lot of grammatical errors, and they use American English, which I struggled to understand as it is so different from British English. I now use LingQ and podcasts for German and French, and I am making far more rapid progress than I ever did before. Duolingo is dreadful, Babbel is decent, but using short stories and podcasts is a much more effective method for learning languages. So I don’t recommend either, but if you need a short intro, then use Babbel. 0:01
@@fezsoe The snobby uptight man? The suicidal woman? The excitable child? The condescending woman? The man who barks out sentences at high speed? Vikram is normal.
Very informative video. I've been on the fence on which one to try. And I like your idea on using both. May just is the free version while paying for Babbel.
It sounds cliche but I am wanting to learn Russian because I have adopted sisters and want to try and help find their biological parents. (currently I am learning using Duolingo - Free but it doesn't explain the grammar very much at all)
I’m trying to learn German for whatever reason and Duolingo doesn’t explain when to use forms of “the” in a sentence (die, der, das). They kind of just make you figure it out on your own.
Thank you such for all your review videos! Today is New Year's Day.. 🎉 One of my goals for this year is to speak perfect German by the end of 2024. That's important to me because I moved to Germany. A lifetime membership with a language app would help me enormously in achieving my goal, so I would like to participate in the raffle. Thanks again & all the best for 2024! ❤
I think that DuoLingo has more ways to spend lots of time while not learning much. I do use the game and competition bits, but I take learning seriously. Every exercise is (for me) also a speaking exercise. Call it a hack if you like, but do it and expect compliments to roll in.
babbel sounds great BUT 15 per month PER LANGUAGE.. nah hard pass. i will stick with duolingo. it comes down to the cost for me.. reason i am learning language.. to get a job.. because i need an income.. which means.. i dont have the finances available to put into 15 bucks PER language per month.. pffffff
I am wanting to learn Spanish and then French. I would like to learn these languages so that when I open my business and travel I can communicate effectively.
