RS and Duolingo: Buying a product vs BEING the product If you love languages and language learning, make sure to sign up to The Guild (free) at the bottom of this page. I don’t represent or earn from either of these companies.īoth of them have strengths and weaknesses in different areas but I definitely have a personal preference between the two which I’ll explain in a moment.

Duolingo is a thematic and grammar-intensive learning path where you’re taken through a gamified progression primarily made up of fill-in-the-blank exercises.

Rosetta Stone aims to be a full immersion experience, where all skills are trained through listening and image-matching exercises, and their advanced TruAccent™ speech-recognition technology.

While I’ve written at length in the past about Rosetta Stone’s method, I’ve actually said little about Duolingo (keep reading and I’ll explain why).īoth platforms have had huge success in their own ways and many imitator products have spawned off them over the last few years.įirst of all, let me summarize how they differ (based on their own claims): I was honestly inclined not to write this post today (because it really is like comparing apples to oranges!) but since so many people ask about it, I thought I’d take some time to put the matter to rest. Is Duolingo better than Rosetta Stone? (or vice-versa?)

Duolingo and Rosetta Stone are often compared side-by-side as language learning platforms and course options.

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