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Lingora
by Lingora
What Lingora is
Lingora is a language-learning service for studying through a website, web app, or mobile app. Its courses cover 21 languages, with 500 lessons per course that build from zero to lower beginner. Lessons use real sentences as their focus; the demo provides word meanings, transliteration, and pronunciation audio. Practice options include vocabulary games and quizzes, a step-by-step script trainer, grammar quizzes, tone quizzes for tonal languages, and an adaptive AI tutor. Offline lessons, speech practice, and personalized review are also listed. Lingora offers free access with limited or conditional availability of features and content, and the free version contains ads; a free trial is available. Paid examples include Cantonese A1 Premium at $4.99 a month, All Courses Premium at $12.99 a month, Cantonese A1 Pro at $14.99 a year, and Southern Vietnamese A1 Lifetime at 49.99 USD one-time. Lingora is based in Hamburg, Germany, and its terms limit use to personal, non-commercial purposes.
Who it suits
Lingora suits learners who want beginner-level study across a range of languages, with mobile or web access and practice tools. Its terms specify personal, non-commercial use.
What it does well
- Courses cover 21 languages.
- Each course includes 500 lessons.
- Offline lessons and speech practice are listed.
- Personalized review and an adaptive AI tutor are available.
What to know first
- Free access is limited or conditional and includes ads.
- The listed free plan contains advertising.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Course Premium | Premium access for an individual language course | On request |
| Course Pro | Pro access for an individual language course | On request |
| All Courses Pro | Pro access to all courses | On request |
| Lingora Lifetime | Lifetime access | On request |
| Free Services | Limited or conditional access to learning features and content · contains ads | Free |
| All Courses Premium (Monthly) | Monthly · All courses | $12.99 a month |
| Cantonese A1 Pro (Yearly) | Yearly · Cantonese A1 course | $14.99 a year |
| Cantonese A1 Premium (Monthly) | Monthly · Cantonese A1 course | $4.99 a month |
The first 8 of 9 plans, as lingora.org lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Lingora combines beginner courses with several practice formats, including speech practice and an adaptive AI tutor. The free version is limited or conditional and ad-supported; listed paid options include monthly, yearly, and one-time plans.
Facts from Lingora's own pages
- Courses
- The site describes 21 languages and 500 lessons per course, building skills from zero to lower beginner. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Data deletion
- Users can deactivate an account for backend removal after 30 days or delete it immediately from within the mobile app. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Free access
- Lingora offers free services with limited or conditional access to learning features and content; its free version contains advertising. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, Germany · lingora.org, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy says the AI tutor sends relevant chat history and recently studied words and sentences to Anthropic’s API to generate responses. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The terms grant a license to use the services for personal and non-commercial purposes. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Languages offered
- 21 · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Lesson format
- Each lesson centers on a real sentence, with word meanings, transliteration, and pronunciation audio available in the demo. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yes · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Offline lessons
- Yes · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Personalized review
- Yes · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Platform availability
- The maker describes a web app and mobile apps; the App Store listing specifies iPhone and iPad compatibility and lists Mac compatibility for macOS 12.0 or later on Apple M1 or later. · apps.apple.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Practice features
- The site lists vocabulary games and quizzes, a step-by-step script trainer, grammar quizzes, tone quizzes for tonal languages, and an adaptive AI tutor. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Lingora says it does not sell personal data, and that the website sets no cookies and uses no local storage. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Lingora provides language-learning services through its website, web app, and mobile applications. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Lingora says Google Firebase provides encryption in transit and at rest and perimeter security, with additional access controls, logged administrative actions, and least-privilege roles. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Speech practice
- Yes · lingora.org, 20 Sept 2026
- Speech recognition
- The Speech Trainer sends voice recordings to Microsoft Azure for speech recognition, and Lingora says neither it nor Azure retains the audio after recognition. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The terms direct users to [email protected], the website contact form, or another support channel provided by Lingora to report errors. · lingora.org, 12 Oct 2026
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