Ling
Course app: a focus on Asian and less-taught languages.
Prices checked 20 Oct 2026; Ling's on 17 Oct 2026 · How we check
Is Ling worth it?
Yes, if you want a course in a less-taught language, especially an Asian one; it teaches 80.
What it costs. A year costs $89.99 ($7.50 a month); month to month is $16.99.
What's free. Free tier with limited lessons and limited dialogue practice, with ads.
Skip it if you want a free course you can finish: the free tier limits lessons and shows ads.
What learners rate it. 4.6 out of 5 from 16,125 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 4.7 from 40,230 on Google Play, checked 11 Oct 2026.
What unhappy reviewers mention. Of the 113 one- and two-star reviews among the 500 most recent in Apple's US App Store, 42 mention the price, billing or the subscription; 16 bugs, crashes or the app not loading; and 7 the use of AI. Read 15 Oct 2026; a review can mention several.
$89.99 a year $7.50 a month, billed yearly
In our comparison: strongest on the number of languages and trial and refund terms, weakest on the free tier.
- Annual plan
- $89.99 a year ($7.50/mo)
- Monthly plan
- $16.99
- Lifetime plan
- —
- Free tier
- Free to keep using
Free tier with limited lessons and limited dialogue practice, with ads - Languages
- 80
- Speech recognition
- Yes
- Live tutoring
- Live online tutors, booked separately through Ling Live.
- Offline mode
- —
- Placement test
- —
- CEFR levels
- —
- Refund or trial
- 7-day free trial on the 12-month plan; 30-day money-back refund for yearly and lifetime subscriptions bought via Ling web (app-store purchases follow Apple's or Google's refund policy)
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
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How a Ling lesson works
- What you do
- Short game-style lessons with dialogues and a chatbot.
- What comes back
- Automatic: exercises are marked, and speech recognition scores how you say words. No person checks your work.
- Not included
- Stated CEFR levels.
How a lesson works in a course app
Plans and prices
Every consumer plan on Ling's own pricing page or app-store listing, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term. Each price is what the seller was charging on the day we checked it. When a plan was on sale, its regular price is shown under the sale price; a crossed-out figure that is only a comparison, such as a year at the monthly rate, is in the plan's note.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 MonthsProThe 7-day free trial comes with this plan. | Annual | $89.99regular $149.99 | $7.50/mo | all languages |
| 6 MonthsPro | Every 6 months | $64.99 | $10.83/mo | all languages |
| 1 MonthPro | Monthly | $16.99 | $16.99/mo | all languages |
What will Ling cost you?
Total billed over 12 months
$113.89 less on annual billingOne yearly payment of $89.99.
What each plan covers. Monthly: all languages. Yearly: all languages.
Before subscribing, compare trial, cancellation and refund terms, including how purchases through an app store differ.
How to cancel Ling, and how refunds work
What Ling says about itself
| Feature | What Ling says |
|---|---|
| CEFR levels | — |
| What it is | Structured course app with gamified lessons, native-speaker audio, flashcards and dialogue practice, focused on Asian and Eastern European languages. |
| Languages offered | 80: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hokkien, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Malaysian, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yoruba |
| Free tier | Free tier with limited lessons and limited dialogue practice, with ads |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web |
| Offline mode | — |
| Speech recognition | Yes |
| Live tutoring | Live online tutors, booked separately through Ling Live. |
| Placement test | — |
| Refund or trial | 7-day free trial on the 12-month plan; 30-day money-back refund for yearly and lifetime subscriptions bought via Ling web (app-store purchases follow Apple's or Google's refund policy) |
| Company | Simya Solutions Ltd., Thailand, founded 2017 |
How Ling compares
Ling is strongest on the number of languages and trial and refund terms, weakest on the free tier. Each criterion is scored out of 5 from what each app says about itself and from independent reviews, to compare apps that do the same job; it is not a review of the app. How we score.
| Feature | Score (of 5) | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching depth | 3.5 | Course app with a focus on Asian and less-taught languages |
| Speaking practice | 3.5 | Live tutoring sold beside the app (Ling Live Online Tutor) |
| Language coverage | 5 | 80 languages |
| Free tier | 2.5 | A free account with limits |
| Price per month | 3.5 | $89.99 a year $7.50 a month, billed yearly |
| Trial and refund | 4 | A 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Offline use | 4 | — |
| Staying power and bugs | 3 | Mixed reports on staying power |
Languages you can learn on Ling
80 languages as listed by Ling.
How far its courses go
- Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean: level not stated; more than 200 lessons.
- Chinese Simplified: level not stated. Simplified characters; tone practice.
Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hokkien, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Malaysian, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yoruba
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References
- Ling: prices (checked 20 Oct 2026)
- Apple App Store: Ling listing (checked 15 Oct 2026)
- Ling: FAQ (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Ling: about (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Ling: home page
- Ling blog: frequently asked questions (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- All Language Resources, the reviewer used the app (31 Aug 2026)
- Linguist Mag, the reviewer used the app