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

2019-08-07

Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.5@325) Ǥ 4
Kostenlos Englischkurs (4.4@23) Ǥ 7
Spanisch lernen für den Urlaub (4.3@57) Ǥ 9
Reisesprachführer (4.3@3) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2015-07-31 Der Reisesprachführer für die ganze Welt
Spotlight - Englisch lernen (4.2@40) Ǥ 7 / ECOS - Spanisch lernen (3.3@35) Ǥ 7 / ADESSO - Italienisch lernen (4@32) Ǥ 7 / Business Spotlight - Englisch lernen (4.1@8) 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@4) 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

2019-08-07

Learn Hebrew Free (4.6@3,989) 7
Learn Russian Free (4.6@3,801) 7
Russian 101 Audio Course (4.6@70) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-08-21 Github
Learn Hebrew - 50 languages (4.5@601) Ǥ 14 learn using your native language
Learn Russian Phrases | Russian Translator (4.4@13,153) Ǥ 9
SpeakEasy Russian LT ~ Phrases (4.4@913) 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
Speak Hebrew - 5000 Phrases & Sentences (4.4@625) Ǥ 10
Learn Hebrew (4.3@41) 3
Learn Russian via Videos (4.2@16) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2016-04-14
Speak Russian Free (4.1@2,639) $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-10-02
Learn Russian Phrasebook (4@1,296) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-01-30 Video Promo (Korean variant of the app) 2/2014
Lernen Russisch Sprachführer (4@1) Ǥ 7
Russian Verbs Pro (Demo) (3.9@357) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-12 / Russian Verbs Pro (4.5@262; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Russian in a Month Free (3.7@553) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Russian in a Month (3.9@199; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 5
Russisch lernen für Anfänger (3.7@19) 2
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 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 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Hebrew Language Guides

2019-08-07

Learn Hebrew. Speak Hebrew (4.7@17,393) Ǥ 16
Learn Hebrew Vocabulary Free (4.6@5,744) Ǥ 13
Learn Hebrew Free (4.6@3,989) 7
FREE Hebrew by Nemo (4.5@7,986) Ǥ 4
Learn Hebrew - 50 languages (4.5@601) Ǥ 14 learn using your native language
Speak Hebrew - 5000 Phrases & Sentences (4.4@625) Ǥ 10
Basic Ancient Hebrew (4.3@248) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-18
Hebrew in a Month Free (3.9@1,055) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-01 / Hebrew in a Month (4@207; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 5
HEBRÄISCH Sprachführer |PROLOG (3.7@3; ~EUR 5.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-14

Learn together

2019-08-17

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@88,612) Ǥ 22
Speaky - Language Exchange (4.3@77,108) Ǥ 23 connect w/ other learners; connect with „pen pals“ native to your target language; learn together
HiNative - Q&A App for Language Learning (4.2@28,582) Ǥ 16
Best Tandem App - Learn a Language Now! (4.2@10) Ǥ 11 multiple languages
HelloTalk — Chat, Speak & Learn Foreign Languages (4.1@100,814) Ǥ 36
Ditsay-Language Exchange: Learn Languages (4.1@14) Ǥ 23
Hellolingo - Chat to learn English (4@4,599) Ǥ 13
Chat to learn English (3.9@4,844) Ǥ 7
FluentLand: Learn English Free (3.9@184) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
idyoma - language exchange chat (3.7@47) Ǥ 10 learn „near-by“ languages (based on those you know and those you want); learn by practicing with others
Learn Language Exchange Meet With New People YoMe (3.3@13) Ǥ 19

Other Language Guides

2019-08-07

Tourist language learn & speak (5@24) 4 LastUpdate: 2013-07-26 Video Review 6/2012
Beelinguapp: Learn Languages Music & Audiobooks (4.8@35,593) Ǥ 10 Intro 7/2019; presents stories in two languages to follow along with karaoke style
Duolingo: Learn Languages Free (4.7@7,838,139) Ǥ 21 Vorstellung 1/2014 | 3/2014; Review 1/2014
Learn 33 Languages Free - Mondly (4.7@156,470) Ǥ 25 30+ languages
Học tất cả ngoại ngữ - Awabe (4.6@4,882) Ǥ 11
English Spanish German French (4.6@1,616) Ǥ 16
Langu Live Language Learning (4.6@49) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-18
Rosetta Stone: Learn Languages (4.5@200,253) Ǥ 19 Intro 4/2013; Wikipedia
Innovative: Learn 34 Languages (4.5@18,911) Ǥ 11
Babbel – Learn Languages (4.4@391,030) Ǥ 17 / Babbel – Learn German (4.5@46,325) Ǥ 17 / Babbel – Learn Spanish (4.4@64,377) Ǥ 16 / Babbel – Learn French (4.4@51,512) Ǥ 16 / Babbel – Learn Italian (4.4@29,800) Ǥ 15 Vorstellung 3/2012
Conversation Translator (4.4@130,423) Ǥ 9
Learn 50 languages (4.4@57,107) Ǥ 14 Video Review 12/2013
10,000 sentences (4.4@170) Ǥ 4 Github; 20+ languages; bi-directional (e.g. „English for French speakers“ and „French for English speakers“)
Busuu: Learn Languages - Spanish, English & More (4.3@278,536) Ǥ 16 Test 10/2012
Italian Class Demo (4.3@420) 2 / Italian Class (4.4@105; ~EUR 3.50) 2
Learn Italian Phrasebook (4.3@210) Ǥ 8 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
Mango Languages: Personalized Language Learning (4.2@7,543) Ǥ 9 70+ languages
Spanish Class Demo (4.2@1,359) 2 / Spanish Class (4.3@566; ~EUR 3.50) 2
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@2,618) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [CJK] (4@543) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [EUR] (3.9@121) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [SEA] (4.1@201) Ǥ 13
French Class Demo (4.1@826) 2 / French Class (4.3@187; ~EUR 3.50) 2
Phrasebook PRO Lite (4.1@542) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Phrasebook PRO (16 languages) (4.6@632; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 4/2014; Review 4/2014
German Class Demo (4.1@430) 2 / German Class (4.5@114; ~EUR 3.50) 2
RightNow English Conversation (4@5,102) Ǥ 13 also apps for other languages
Travel Interpreter Select (3.9@2,397) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Travel Interpreter Phrasebook (4.1@493; ~EUR 8.00) Ǥ 5 Test 7/2012
Language Coach (3.9@160; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10

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)

2019-08-17

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Language Guides

Language Guides based on German

Russian Language Guides

Hebrew Language Guides

Learn together

Other Language Guides