Language Guides

When visiting another country, it is good form to speak at least a few words in its language – and be it only "Hello", "Thanks", and "Goodbye". The Playstore holds tons of apps to help you, so listing them all here is close to impossible. As usually, I'll present a decent selection.

Language Guides based on German

2019-10-18

Spanisch lernen für den Urlaub (4.3@58) Ǥ 7
Reisesprachführer (4.3@3) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2015-07-31 Der Reisesprachführer für die ganze Welt
Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.2@334) Ǥ 4
Spotlight - Englisch lernen (4.2@42) Ǥ 7 / ECOS - Spanisch lernen (3.3@35) Ǥ 7 / ADESSO - Italienisch lernen (4.1@33) Ǥ 7 / Business Spotlight - Englisch lernen (4.2@9) Ǥ 7
Lernen Englisch Kostenlos (3.8@5) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-14
Englisch Lernen und Sprechen (3.5@40) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-09 / Englisch Lernen und Sprechen (4.2@5; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16
Französisch Lernen & Sprechen (3.5@34) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-21 / Französisch Lernen & Sprechen (4@3; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16
Spanisch Lernen Kostenlos: Sprachkurs und Vokabeln (3@6) 2
Spanisch Lernen & Sprechen (2.9@9) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-06 / Spanisch Lernen & Sprechen (0@0; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16

Russian Language Guides

2019-10-18

Learn Hebrew Free (4.7@4,333) 7
Learn Russian Phrases | Russian Translator (4.6@13,165) Ǥ 8
Learn Russian Free (4.6@4,143) 7
Learn Hebrew - 50 languages (4.6@614) Ǥ 14 learn using your native language
Russian 101 Audio Course (4.6@75) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-08-21 Github
SpeakEasy Russian LT ~ Phrases (4.5@914) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-07 / SpeakEasy Russian ~ Phrasebook (4.8@275; ~EUR 3.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-07
Learn Russian Phrasebook (4.3@1,290) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Promo (Korean variant of the app) 2/2014
Speak Hebrew - 5000 Phrases & Sentences (4.3@653) Ǥ 10
Learn Hebrew (4.3@41) 3
Learn Russian via Videos (4.3@17) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2016-04-14
Lernen Russisch Sprachführer (4@1) Ǥ 7
Russian in a Month Free (3.9@556) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Russian in a Month: Express Spoken course (4.3@200; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 5
Russian Verbs Pro (Demo) (3.9@364) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-12 / Russian Verbs Pro (4.4@265; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Russisch Lernen & Sprechen (3.4@48) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-06 / Russisch Lernen & Sprechen (4@4; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-01-09
Learn Russian Free WordPower (3.3@194) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-18 / Learn Russian WordPower (3.5@24; ~EUR 5.00) 8 LastUpdate: 2015-05-06
Russisch lernen für Anfänger (3.3@24) 2
Russisch für Anfänger : Beispiele, Sprachausgabe (3@1; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-30
Russisch Bitte Offline Übungen (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-20

Hebrew Language Guides

2019-10-18

Learn Hebrew. Speak Hebrew (4.7@17,967) Ǥ 13
Learn Hebrew Free (4.7@4,333) 7
FREE Hebrew by Nemo (4.6@8,200) Ǥ 4
Learn Hebrew Vocabulary Free (4.6@5,919) Ǥ 13
Learn Hebrew - 50 languages (4.6@614) Ǥ 14 learn using your native language
Speak Hebrew - 5000 Phrases & Sentences (4.3@653) Ǥ 10
Hebrew in a Month: ????Listening course of language (4.2@206; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 5
Basic Ancient Hebrew (3.7@256) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-18
HEBRÄISCH Sprachführer |PROLOG (3.7@3; ~EUR 5.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-14

Learn together

2019-10-12

These apps are about „group learning”: find partners native to your target language, and/or other learners of it, to practice and enhance your language skills!

Tandem Language Exchange: Speak & learn languages (4.3@88,706) Ǥ 22
Speaky - Language Exchange (4.2@77,153) Ǥ 25 connect w/ other learners; connect with „pen pals“ native to your target language; learn together
HiNative - Q&A App for Language Learning (4.2@27,411) Ǥ 16
Best Tandem App - Learn a Language Now! (4.2@10) Ǥ 11 multiple languages
HelloTalk — Chat, Speak & Learn Foreign Languages (4@103,503) Ǥ 36
idyoma - language exchange chat (3.7@44) Ǥ 10 learn „near-by“ languages (based on those you know and those you want); learn by practicing with others
Hellolingo - Chat to learn English (3.6@4,391) Ǥ 13
Ditsay-Language Exchange: Learn Languages (3.6@20) Ǥ 23
Chat to learn English (3.4@5,006) Ǥ 7
FluentLand: Learn English Free (3.4@168) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
Learn Language Exchange Meet With New People YoMe (2.9@20) Ǥ 19

Other Language Guides

2019-10-18

Tourist language learn & speak (5@24) 4 LastUpdate: 2013-07-26 Video Review 6/2012
Duolingo: Learn Languages Free (4.7@8,214,062) Ǥ 21 Vorstellung 1/2014 | 3/2014; Review 1/2014
Learn 50 languages (4.7@57,879) Ǥ 15 Video Review 12/2013
Mango Languages: Personalized Language Learning (4.7@8,201) Ǥ 9 70+ languages
Rosetta Stone: Learn Languages (4.6@206,993) Ǥ 15 Intro 4/2013; Wikipedia
Learn 33 Languages Free - Mondly (4.6@183,897) Ǥ 20 30+ languages
Conversation Translator (4.6@134,546) Ǥ 9
Beelinguapp: Learn Languages Music & Audiobooks (4.6@37,877) Ǥ 9 Intro 7/2019; presents stories in two languages to follow along with karaoke style
Innovative: Learn 34 Languages (4.6@19,961) Ǥ 9
Learn English, Korean, Chinese, French ... - Awabe (4.6@5,069) 7
English Spanish German French (4.6@1,651) Ǥ 16
Spanish Class Demo (4.6@1,370) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01 / Spanish Class (4.2@573; ~EUR 3.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01
French Class Demo (4.6@825) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01 / French Class (4.3@188; ~EUR 3.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01
Langu Live Language Learning (4.6@49) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-18
Babbel – Learn Languages (4.5@418,973) Ǥ 14 / Babbel – Learn German (4.6@47,561) Ǥ 14 / Babbel – Learn Spanish (4.6@67,100) Ǥ 13 / Babbel – Learn French (4.6@52,777) Ǥ 13 / Babbel – Learn Italian (4.6@30,288) Ǥ 12 Vorstellung 3/2012
Busuu: Learn Languages - Spanish, English & More (4.4@292,022) Ǥ 16 Test 10/2012
Italian Class Demo (4.4@425) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01 / Italian Class (4.4@106; ~EUR 3.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01
German Class Demo (4.3@429) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01 / German Class (4.4@113; ~EUR 3.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-01
Learn Italian Phrasebook (4.3@209) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-10-30 also apps for other languages
Vocabulary Trainer walk´n´talk (4.3@9) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-06-13 / Vocabulary Trainer walk´n´talk (3.6@14; ~EUR 1.75) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-13
Phrasebook PRO Lite (4.2@552) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Phrasebook PRO (16 languages) (4.5@644; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 4/2014; Review 4/2014
10,000 sentences (4.2@176) 2 Github; 20+ languages; bi-directional (e.g. „English for French speakers“ and „French for English speakers“)
LangLearner Lessons Free (4.2@115) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-08
Courses123 - language learning (4.1@2,811) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2014-10-15 Video Demo 6/2014
Global interpreter [10 Lang] (4.1@2,657) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [CJK] (4.1@544) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [EUR] (3.7@122) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [SEA] (4.1@202) Ǥ 13
Travel Interpreter Select (4.1@2,418) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Travel Interpreter Phrasebook (3.9@493; ~EUR 8.00) Ǥ 5 Test 7/2012
RightNow English Conversation (4@5,132) Ǥ 13 also apps for other languages
Language Coach (3.9@161; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 5

Further Readings:

Category References and Translations
Category Vocabulary & Flash Cards
5 Apps to Help You Learn a New Language (5/2019)
Die besten 5 Android-Apps zum Französisch | Spanisch | Italienisch | Schwedisch lernen (5/2014)
Top 10 Free Language Learning Android Apps (1/2014 - 12/2018)

2019-10-19

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Language Guides

Language Guides based on German

Russian Language Guides

Hebrew Language Guides

Learn together

Other Language Guides