Switching from Memrise
Tired of Memrise?
Memrise used to be the smart one. Since the rewrite, the edge is gone. Lalo keeps it sharp: 1,000 words, FSRS, done.
Side by side
| Lalo | Memrise | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | €49 once | €108/yr |
| Scope | 1,000 words · finite | Infinite |
| Algorithm | FSRS (open) | Proprietary (post-acquisition drift) |
| Works offline (free tier) | Yes | No |
| Account required to start | No | Yes |
| Punishes missed days | No | No |
Why people leave Memrise
The community-content era is over. What's left is a narrower app at a higher price.
The chatbot "MemBot" is fine, but it's the headline feature — not a scheduler that actually works.
You can't export your own progress. If you leave, you start over somewhere else.
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.