Switching from Duolingo
Tired of Duolingo?
Tired of the owl guilting you for breaking your streak? Learn the 1,000 words that matter, then you're done.
Side by side
| Lalo | Duolingo | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | €49 once | €156/yr |
| Scope | 1,000 words · finite | Infinite |
| Algorithm | FSRS (open) | Proprietary (opaque) |
| Works offline (free tier) | Yes | No |
| Account required to start | No | Yes |
| Punishes missed days | No | Yes |
Why people leave Duolingo
The streak anxiety. A missed day on vacation, and the app emotionally blackmails you.
Years of tapping bubbles and you still can't order coffee. Progress is theater.
€12.99/month to escape ads — on content you could finish in weeks elsewhere.
You won't start over
Our 5-minute placement test tests vocabulary across the common, medium, and advanced frequency tiers. Words you already know get marked automatically — you jump straight to the gaps. And you can mark any word as known at any point during learning.