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

2019-04-22

Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.5@319) Ǥ 4
Polnisch Lernen A1 (4.5@19) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-22
Kostenlos Englischkurs (4.4@23) Ǥ 7
Spanisch lernen für den Urlaub (4.3@56) Ǥ 9
Reisesprachführer (4.3@3) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2015-07-31 Der Reisesprachführer für die ganze Welt
Lernen Englisch Kostenlos (3.8@5) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-14
high5 - Englisch für Kinder (3.5@54) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-13
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 & Sprechen (2.9@8) 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

2019-04-22

Russian 101 Audio Course (4.6@66) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-08-21 Github
Learn Russian via Videos (4.5@15) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2016-04-14
Learn Russian Phrases | Russian Translator (4.4@13,047) Ǥ 9
SpeakEasy Russian LT ~ Phrases (4.4@913) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-07 / SpeakEasy Russian ~ Phrasebook (4.8@273; ~EUR 3.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-07
Speak Russian Free (4.1@2,639) $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-10-02 / Speak Russian (4.3@291; ~EUR 1.00) $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-02-12
Learn Russian Phrasebook (4@1,293) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-01-30 Video Promo (Korean variant of the app) 2/2014
Russian Verbs Pro (Demo) (3.9@358) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-12 / Russian Verbs Pro (4.5@257; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Russian in a Month Free (3.7@555) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-01 / Russian in a Month (3.9@198; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-09-14
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@193) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Russisch Bitte Offline Übungen (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Hebrew Language Guides

2019-04-22

Learn Hebrew. Speak Hebrew (4.7@16,533) Ǥ 16
Learn Hebrew Vocabulary Free (4.6@5,617) Ǥ 13
FREE Hebrew by Nemo (4.5@7,902) Ǥ 4
Learn Hebrew - 50 languages (4.5@581) Ǥ 14
Learn Hebrew - 5000 Phrases (4.4@596) Ǥ 10
Basic Ancient Hebrew (4.3@240) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-18
Learn Hebrew Language (3.9@1,396) 15 LastUpdate: 2017-02-24
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@206; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-24
HEBRÄISCH Sprachführer |PROLOG (3.7@3; ~EUR 5.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-14

Learn together

2019-04-08

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!

HiNative - Q&A App for Language Learning (4.4@27,452) Ǥ 15
Tandem Language Exchange: Speak & learn languages (4.3@75,754) Ǥ 21
Speaky - Language Exchange (4.3@66,814) Ǥ 18 connect w/ other learners; connect with „pen pals“ native to your target language; learn together
idyoma - language exchange chat (4.1@40) 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 (4@4,487) Ǥ 13
Chat to learn English (3.9@4,497) Ǥ 7
FluentLand: Learn English Free (3.9@182) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-08-10

Other Language Guides

2019-04-22

Tourist language learn & speak (5@24) 4 LastUpdate: 2013-07-26 Video Review 6/2012
Beelinguapp: Learn a New Language with Audio Books (4.8@32,505) Ǥ 9 presents stories in two languages to follow along with karaoke style
Duolingo: Learn Languages Free (4.7@7,467,535) Ǥ 21 Vorstellung 6/2013 | 1/2014 | 3/2014; Review 1/2014
Learn 33 Languages Free - Mondly (4.7@133,586) Ǥ 25 30+ languages
Tiếng Anh Mỹ giao tiếp - Awabe (4.7@1,373) Ǥ 10 more apps on other languages
Học tất cả ngoại ngữ - Awabe (4.6@4,819) Ǥ 11
English Spanish German French (4.6@1,588) Ǥ 16
Langu Live Language Learning (4.6@48) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-18
Rosetta Stone: Learn Languages (4.5@195,226) Ǥ 19 Intro 4/2013; Wikipedia
Innovative: Learn 34 Languages (4.5@17,666) Ǥ 10
Babbel – Learn Languages (4.4@371,757) Ǥ 16 / Babbel – Learn German (4.5@45,989) Ǥ 16 / Babbel – Learn Spanish (4.4@62,783) Ǥ 15 / Babbel – Learn French (4.4@51,175) Ǥ 15 / Babbel – Learn Italian (4.4@29,161) Ǥ 14 Vorstellung 3/2012; Review 2/2014
Conversation Translator (4.4@127,434) Ǥ 8
Learn 50 languages (4.4@57,308) Ǥ 14 Test 10/2012; Video Review 12/2013
10,000 sentences (4.4@167) 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@260,028) Ǥ 16 Test 10/2012
Italian Class Demo (4.3@424) 2 / Italian Class (4.4@103; ~EUR 3.50) 2
Learn Italian Phrasebook (4.3@209) Ǥ 8 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
Spanish Class Demo (4.2@1,346) 2 / Spanish Class (4.3@572; ~EUR 3.50) 2
Phrasebook PRO Lite (4.2@551) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Phrasebook PRO (16 languages) (4.6@635; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 4/2014; Review 4/2014
LangLearner Lessons Free (4.2@115) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-08
Mango Languages: Personalized Language Learning (4.1@6,412) Ǥ 9 70+ languages
Courses123 - language learning (4.1@2,811) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2014-10-15 Video Demo 6/2014
Global interpreter [10 Lang] (4.1@2,643) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [CJK] (3.9@548) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [EUR] (3.9@123) Ǥ 13 / Global interpreter [SEA] (4.1@204) Ǥ 13
French Class Demo (4.1@824) 2 / French Class (4.3@187; ~EUR 3.50) 2
German Class Demo (4.1@430) 2 / German Class (4.5@113; ~EUR 3.50) 2
RightNow English Conversation (4@5,129) Ǥ 13 also apps for other languages
Travel Interpreter Select (3.9@2,422) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Travel Interpreter Phrasebook (4.1@492; ~EUR 8.00) Ǥ 5 Testbericht 6/2011; Vorstellung 7/2011; Test 7/2012
Language Coach (3.9@160; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10

More Language Guides:

Some developers have specialized on those, so there you should be able to find additional guides. Examples include (but are not restricted to):

Fasoft LTD: many combinations, around 4 stars
LangLearner LLC: dictionaries & Flash Cards for different languages, rated around 4 stars
Bhuio.com: several languages, rated around 4 stars
Innovative Language Learning, LLC: several languages, rated around 4 stars
LangTutor: Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian; rating 3-4 stars

Further Readings:

Category References and Translations
Category Vocabulary & Flash Cards
Die besten 5 Android-Apps zum Französisch | Spanisch | Italienisch | Schwedisch lernen (5/2014)
Top 10 Free Language Learning Android Apps (1/2014)
Babbel vs Busuu. Which is the best language learning app? (11/2013)
Sprachen-Apps im Vergleich (6/2013)
Speaking in Tongues: 3 Language-Learning Apps (10/2012)

2019-04-23

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Language Guides

Language Guides based on German

Russian Language Guides

Hebrew Language Guides

Learn together

Other Language Guides