SignSchool
Course app: a free ASL course on the web, with a sign dictionary and review games in its apps.
Prices checked 15 Oct 2026 · How we check
Is SignSchool worth it?
Yes, if you want to learn ASL without paying anything, and can study on a computer.
What it costs. Every course is free.
What's free. Everything: the lessons on its website, the dictionary and the review games, with a free account.
Skip it if you want to learn on your phone: SignSchool's lessons are on its website, and its apps hold the dictionary and the games.
What learners rate it. 4.5 out of 5 from 146 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 3.6 from 864 on Google Play, checked 15 Oct 2026.
Free
In our comparison: strongest on the free tier and teaching depth, weakest on signing practice.
- Annual plan
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- Monthly plan
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- Lifetime plan
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- Free tier
- Free to keep using
Everything: the lessons on its website, the dictionary and the review games, with a free account. - Languages
- 1
- Speech recognition
- No · A signed language: nothing listens to your voice, and the webcam is a mirror, not a check.
- Live tutoring
- —
- Offline mode
- —
- Placement test
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- CEFR levels
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- Refund or trial
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- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
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How a SignSchool lesson works
- What you do
- On the website, watch a video lecture, sign along with the teacher in your own webcam view (nothing is recorded or checked), then do the interactive exercises and a review.
- What comes back
- Automatic: exercises are marked right or wrong. No person checks your work.
- Not included
- A live teacher or stated CEFR levels.
How a lesson works in a sign language course
Plans and prices
Every consumer plan on SignSchool's own pricing page or app-store listing, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term. Where the seller shows a crossed-out price beside the one it charges, the figure is the one it charges, and the plan's note gives the crossed-out price.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeEvery lesson on its website, the dictionary and the games, with a free account. | Other | $0 | — | one language |
What SignSchool says about itself
| Feature | What SignSchool says |
|---|---|
| CEFR levels | — |
| What it is | Course app. A free American Sign Language course on its website: modular video lessons with interactive exercises, quick lectures and reviews, and a webcam view to sign alongside the teacher (nothing is recorded or checked). Its phone apps hold the dictionary of thousands of signs from a diverse group of signers, searchable by sign, topic or handshape, review games by category, a fingerspelling game and a sign of the day. |
| Languages offered | 1: American Sign Language |
| Free tier | Everything: the lessons on its website, the dictionary and the review games, with a free account. |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web |
| Offline mode | — |
| Speech recognition | No · A signed language: nothing listens to your voice, and the webcam is a mirror, not a check. |
| Live tutoring | — |
| Placement test | — |
| Refund or trial | — |
| Company | SignSchool Technologies LLC, United States |
How SignSchool compares
SignSchool is strongest on the free tier and teaching depth, weakest on signing practice. 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 | 4 | A free ASL course on the web, with a sign dictionary and review games in its apps |
| Speaking practice | 1 | No signing practice with a person |
| Language coverage | 1 | 1 language |
| Free tier | 5 | The whole product is free, with ads or limits |
| Price per month | – | Paid plans priced only inside the app |
| Trial and refund | 2 | — |
| Offline use | – | — |
| Staying power and bugs | – | Not available |
Languages you can learn on SignSchool
1 language as listed by SignSchool.
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References
- SignSchool: questions and answers (checked 15 Oct 2026)
- SignSchool: about us
- SignSchool's home page (checked 15 Oct 2026)