Best app to learn Gaelic: the 8 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Gaelic, Duolingo (free) scores highest on our method overall. Duolingo, Clozemaster and LingQ teach Gaelic free for good, with limits, and Glossika has a free trial. Mango Languages is free through many public libraries.
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Our picks
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Our pick for Gaelic
Duolingo
Course app
FreeSuper removes the ads and limits: $9.99 to $119.99 in Apple's US App Store, depending on the plan, after a 1-week free trial.
Why it's here. Short, game-like lessons make it easy to practise a little every day. You can follow the whole course free, with ads and limits.
Free: Every course, with ads and daily limits.
Skip it if you want a person to talk to: Duolingo has no tutors, and Max's Video Call is an AI character.
40 languages · offline lessons
8 of the 52 apps we cover list Gaelic; 7 of them have a free tier.
They are 2 course apps, 1 audio course, 2 vocabulary apps, 1 app for real video, text or audio, 1 tutor marketplace and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, italki lists Gaelic tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Gaelic speakers.
What a year of Gaelic costs
Every app that teaches Gaelic and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages. Not on it, because it sells no yearly plan in dollars: italki.
The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 monthsA price range; the app doesn't say which plan costs what
- Duolingoevery course free; Super's plan lengths not given $0 · Super $9.99 to $119.99 in the App Store
- uTalkone language, from; up to $39.99 by language $24.99
- Tandemall its languages · free tier $39.99
- Clozemasterall its languages · free tier $79.99 · $155.88 if you pay monthly
- LingQall its languages · free tier $119.99 · $179.88 if you pay monthly
- Mango Languagesall its languages about $120 · $167.88 if you pay monthly
- Glossikaone language about $199 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
Every app that teaches Gaelic
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| Course apps | |||||||||||
| DuolingoCourse appSuper in the US App Store: $9.99 to $119.99, depending on the plan. | A free daily habit | Freepaid tier priced in-app | — | — | Free to keep using Full free tier with ads and limits; Super removes the ads and limits, and Max adds AI practice (Video Call and Roleplay). | Yes | No | Yes · Limited lessons available offline; progress syncs when connected | A1 to B2 | 1 week free trial on Super | |
| Mango LanguagesCourse app | Free through many public libraries | About $120 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $13.99 | — | Free sample Free trial on both personal plans; the first lesson of any language is free; 10 endangered and indigenous language courses are free; free full access through participating public libraries | No | No | Yes | A1 to B1by course | Free trial on Individual and Family plans; cancel before it ends and you are not charged | |
| Audio courses | |||||||||||
| GlossikaAudio course | Sentence drills by ear | About $199 a year$16.58 a month, billed yearly | $19.99one language | — | Free trial 7-day full access with no credit card, plus a permanent Freemium tier covering nine minoritized languages | No | No | Yes | A1 to C1by course | 7-day free trial with no credit card; monthly payments are non-refundable, annual plans refundable pro rata within 60 days of purchase | |
| Vocabulary and flashcard apps | |||||||||||
| ClozemasterVocabulary and flashcards | Free vocabulary practice in context | $79.99 a year$6.67 a month, billed yearly | $12.99 | — | Free to keep using Free account with up to 30 sentences a day; Pro adds unlimited play and advanced features | — | — | Yes · on Pro, in the mobile app | — | 30-day money back guarantee on the Yearly plan; no refunds on Monthly plans | |
| uTalkVocabulary and flashcards | Phrases in 160 languages | From $24.99 a year$24.99 to $39.99 a year for one language, depending on the language | From $3.99depending on the language | — | Free sample Starter Words, a free 26-word pack in every language, plus an online demo at demo.utalk.com | No | No | Yes | A1 to A2by course | 28-day money-back guarantee | |
| Learning from real video, text and audio | |||||||||||
| LingQImmersion (video, reading) | Reading and listening to real content | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $14.99 | — | Free to keep using Free account capped at 20 saved words and phrases, 5 lessons created from imported content, and 1 audio playlist | — | — | Yes | — | Full refund during the first 30 days of an initial Premium subscription; no partial-month or unused-month refunds afterward. | |
| Tutors and live classes | |||||||||||
| italkiTutor marketplace | Tutors priced per lesson | Set by each teacheritalki's Gaelic page gives no typical price | — | — | No | — | Every lesson is live and one to one; italki also sells group classes. | — | — | Discounted trial lesson with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: up to two credit refunds on trial lessons if the teacher did not show up or did not meet expectations, requested within 48 hours | |
| Language exchange | |||||||||||
| TandemLanguage exchange | Language exchange with native speakers | $39.99 a year$3.33 a month, billed yearly | — | — | Free to keep using Free account with many features; Tandem Pro unlocks the rest | No | No | — | — | Google Play purchases refundable within 14 days of a 1-month subscription or 30 days of a 3-month or 12-month subscription; iOS refunds requested from iTunes within 14 days | |
Which to choose
You want a course with lessons in order
Duolingo
Duolingo (free) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Gaelic. A few minutes of game-like exercises (translate, match, listen, speak), with English throughout. Also teaching Gaelic this way: Mango Languages (about $120 a year).
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Glossika
Glossika (about $199 a year) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Gaelic. Listen to whole sentences and repeat them aloud, with spaced review and little explanation.
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
Clozemaster
Clozemaster ($79.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Gaelic. Fill in the missing word in real sentences, in quick rounds. Also teaching Gaelic this way: uTalk (from $24.99 a year).
You want to read, watch or listen to real Gaelic
LingQ
LingQ ($119.99 a year) is the highest-scored app for real video, text or audio that teaches Gaelic. Read and listen to a text or podcast, tapping unknown words to save and review them.
You want a Gaelic speaker to correct you
italki
italki lists Gaelic tutors, who set their own price for a lesson.
You want to chat with Gaelic speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Gaelic speakers who want to learn your language, for text, voice and video chats. There are no lessons, and a free account is enough to start.
Questions people ask
What is the best app to learn Gaelic?
It depends on how you want to learn. Duolingo if you want a course with lessons in order; Glossika if you want to learn by ear, away from a screen; Clozemaster if you want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day; LingQ if you want to read, watch or listen to real Gaelic. Duolingo scores highest of the 8 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Gaelic?
Yes. Duolingo, Clozemaster and LingQ teach Gaelic free for good, with limits on the free plan. Glossika has a free trial before you pay.
Does Duolingo teach Gaelic?
Yes. Duolingo has a Gaelic course, free with ads. The other 7 apps here teach Gaelic too.