Best app to learn Icelandic: the 12 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Icelandic, Mango Languages (about $120 a year) scores highest on our method overall. Clozemaster, Talkpal, Memrise, Drops and 1 more teach Icelandic free for good, with limits, and Pimsleur and Glossika have free trials. Mango Languages is free through many public libraries.
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Our picks
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Our pick for Icelandic
Mango Languages
Course app
About $120 a year$10 a month, billed yearly · Individual
Why it's here. Conversation-based lessons help you rehearse useful exchanges. A participating library card can give you the whole course without a subscription bill.
Free: Free through many public libraries; otherwise a free trial and the first lesson of any language.
Skip it if you want your pronunciation scored: Mango lets you record a phrase and compare it with a native speaker by ear, but nothing scores it.
73 languages · offline lessons
12 of the 52 apps we cover list Icelandic; 9 of them have a free tier.
They are 1 course app, 2 audio courses, 4 vocabulary apps, 1 app for real video, text or audio, 1 AI conversation app, 2 tutor marketplaces and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, italki and Preply list Icelandic tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Icelandic speakers.
What a year of Icelandic costs
Every app that teaches Icelandic and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages. Not on it, because they sell no yearly plan in dollars: italki and Preply.
The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 months
- uTalkone language, from; up to $39.99 by language $24.99
- Tandemall its languages · free tier $39.99
- Memriseall its languages · free tier $61.99 · $299.88 if you pay monthly
- Dropsall its languages · free tier $69.99 · $132 if you pay monthly
- 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
- Talkpalall its languages · free tier $119.99 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
- Mango Languagesall its languages about $120 · $167.88 if you pay monthly
- Pimsleurone language $149.95 · $239.40 if you pay monthly
- Glossikaone language about $199 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
Every app that teaches Icelandic
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| PimsleurAudio course | Audio lessons for a commute | $149.95 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $19.95one language | $798 | No | Yes | — | Yes | — | 7-day free trial on subscriptions; 30 Day money back guarantee on purchases | |
| 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 | |
| MemriseVocabulary and flashcards | Native-speaker clips and review | $61.99 a year$5.17 a month, billed yearly | $24.99 | $329.99 | Free to keep using Limited free version of the app; the paid plan unlocks the rest. | Yes | — | No · The current experience needs cloud-based tools | — | 30-day money-back guarantee; monthly plans have a 14-day refund window. Apple purchases require a refund from Apple. | |
| DropsVocabulary and flashcards | Five-minute vocabulary sessions | $69.99 a year$5.83 a month, billed yearly | $11 | $150 | Free to keep using Free access capped at 5 minutes of play every 10 hours, with topics unlocked one at a time through gameplay | — | — | Yes | — | 7-day free trial on the Yearly plan; affiliate terms reference a 14-day refund period | |
| 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. | |
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| TalkpalAI conversation practice | AI conversation practice in many languages | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free to keep using The Basic plan: 10 minutes of chat a day, with progress tracking and pronunciation checks. | Yes | No | No | — | A 14-day free trial for new users. Bought from Talkpal directly: a full refund if you ask within 30 days of a charge; not for app store purchases. | |
| Tutors and live classes | |||||||||||
| italkiTutor marketplace | Tutors priced per lesson | Set by each teacheritalki's Icelandic 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 | |
| PreplyTutor marketplace | Weekly lessons with one tutor | Set by each tutorPreply's Icelandic page gives no typical price | — | — | No | — | Every lesson is live and one to one. | — | — | Paid trial lesson; up to 2 free trial replacements per account (a new trial with a different tutor at no charge) if the trial did not meet expectations; a tutor who did not join is handled separately, with no limit | |
| 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
Mango Languages
Mango Languages (about $120 a year) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Icelandic. Hear a conversation, break it into phrases and repeat them, with notes on grammar and culture.
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Pimsleur
Pimsleur ($149.95 a year) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Icelandic. A 30-minute audio lesson: you hear a prompt, answer aloud, then hear the right answer. Also teaching Icelandic this way: Glossika (about $199 a year).
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
Clozemaster
Clozemaster ($79.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Icelandic. Fill in the missing word in real sentences, in quick rounds. Also teaching Icelandic this way: uTalk (from $24.99 a year), Memrise ($61.99 a year) and Drops ($69.99 a year).
You want to read, watch or listen to real Icelandic
LingQ
LingQ ($119.99 a year) is the highest-scored app for real video, text or audio that teaches Icelandic. Read and listen to a text or podcast, tapping unknown words to save and review them.
You want to practise conversation with an AI
Talkpal
Talkpal ($119.99 a year) is the highest-scored AI conversation app that teaches Icelandic. Pick a scenario or a character, then talk or type with an AI tutor that answers you and checks your pronunciation.
You want an Icelandic speaker to correct you
italki and Preply
italki and Preply list Icelandic tutors, who set their own price for a lesson.
You want to chat with Icelandic speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Icelandic 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 Icelandic?
It depends on how you want to learn. Mango Languages if you want a course with lessons in order; Pimsleur 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 Icelandic. Mango Languages scores highest of the 12 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Icelandic?
Yes. Clozemaster, Talkpal, Memrise, Drops and LingQ teach Icelandic free for good, with limits on the free plan. Pimsleur and Glossika have free trials before you pay.
Does Duolingo teach Icelandic?
No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Icelandic. Mango Languages, Pimsleur, Clozemaster and 6 more do.