Best app to learn Hokkien: the 3 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Hokkien, Ling ($149.99 a year) scores highest on our method overall. Ling teaches Hokkien free for good, with limits. Glossika's Taiwanese Taigi course is free for good, in its free tier for minoritized languages.
Prices checked 6 Oct 2026; Tandem's on 6 Sept 2026 · How we check
Our picks
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Our pick for Hokkien
Ling
Course app
$149.99 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly
Why it's here. Course app with a focus on Asian and less-taught languages. Live tutoring sold beside the app (Ling Live Online Tutor).
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.
80 languages
3 of the 52 apps we cover list Hokkien; 3 of them have a free tier.
They are 1 course app, 1 audio course and 1 language exchange.
Some apps list Hokkien as “Taiwanese Taigi”; this page counts them together.
To practise with a person, Tandem pairs you free with Hokkien speakers.
What a year of Hokkien costs
Every app that teaches Hokkien and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages.
The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 months
Every app that teaches Hokkien
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| Course apps | |||||||||||
| LingCourse app | Asian and less-taught languages | $149.99 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $16.99 | — | Free to keep using Free tier with limited lessons and limited dialogue practice, with ads | Yes | Live online tutors, booked separately through Ling Live. | — | — | 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) | |
| Audio courses | |||||||||||
| GlossikaAudio course | Sentence drills by ear | Freethe Taiwanese Taigi course is free for good; other languages paid | — | — | 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 | |
| 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
Ling
Ling ($149.99 a year) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Hokkien. Short game-style lessons with dialogues and a chatbot.
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Glossika
Glossika (free) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Hokkien. Listen to whole sentences and repeat them aloud, with spaced review and little explanation.
You want to chat with Hokkien speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Hokkien 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 Hokkien?
It depends on how you want to learn. Ling if you want a course with lessons in order; Glossika if you want to learn by ear, away from a screen. Ling scores highest of the 3 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Hokkien?
Yes. Ling teaches Hokkien free for good, with limits on the free plan. Glossika's Taiwanese Taigi course is free for good, in its free tier for minoritized languages.
Does Duolingo teach Hokkien?
No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Hokkien. Ling and Glossika do.