Best app to learn Ilocano: the 3 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Ilocano, Ling ($149.99 a year) scores highest on our method overall. Ling teaches Ilocano free for good, with limits.
Prices checked 13 Oct 2026; Tandem's on 6 Sept 2026, Ling's on 6 Oct 2026 · How we check
Our picks
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Our pick for Ilocano
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 Ilocano; 3 of them have a free tier.
They are 1 course app, 1 vocabulary app and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, Tandem pairs you free with Ilocano speakers.
What a year of Ilocano costs
Every app that teaches Ilocano 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 Ilocano
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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) | |
| Vocabulary and flashcard apps | |||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 Ilocano. Short game-style lessons with dialogues and a chatbot.
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
uTalk
uTalk (from $24.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Ilocano. Picture games for words and phrases by topic, with native-speaker audio.
You want to chat with Ilocano speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Ilocano 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 Ilocano?
It depends on how you want to learn. Ling if you want a course with lessons in order; uTalk if you want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day. 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 Ilocano?
Yes. Ling teaches Ilocano free for good, with limits on the free plan.
Does Duolingo teach Ilocano?
No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Ilocano. Ling and uTalk do.