Best Apps for Learning Portuguese

One of the oldest language learning apps, Babbel has five Portuguese courses running from newcomer through intermediate levels, plus five issue-specific paths. This app will help you hone your Brazilian Portuguese skills.

Babbel brings learning Portuguese for beginners up to intermediate learners to a whole new level of interactivity. 

Platform: iOS, Android, Website

Pricing: Free with in-app purchases ($13.95 for a one-month plan, $29.85 every quarter, $50.70 every six months, or $83.40 for a yearly subscription).

Lingopie is the Netflix of language learning. It has a pretty big selection of shows and podcasts in Portuguese language that keep you engaged while you learn. Lingopie can help you improve your language skills no matter what level you are. From beginners to advanced, you can find something you’ll like.

With plenty of Italian TV shows to choose from, we can fulfil your need to binge your way to Portuguese fluency, episode by episode.  There are also several features within Lingopie that make the shows accessible to different levels. In fact, these features are one of the reasons I enjoy using Lingopie to practice.

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Devices: iOS and Android

Mondly’s sleek interface shouldn’t distract you: this is a really comprehensive app with all the topics you’re supposed to study to learn Portuguese efficiently. From pets to body parts and from romance to fun, it’s all there. The app lets you choose between European and Brazilian Portuguese.

Lessons are structured around quizzes, which is extremely convenient if you’re learning on the go. By the way, there’s a global leaderboard so you can bring out your competitive streak!

Platform: iOS, Android, Website

Pricing: Free with in-app purchases ($9.99/month or an unbeatable $47.99/year).

While it’s great that they offer a free way for anyone to start learning Portuguese, the truth is that serious learners are probably better off spending their time elsewhere. You can learn Portuguese in just 5 minutes a day with their game-like lessons. 

The exercises in Duolingo are fun and convenient, but the app suffers from robotic audio recordings and unrealistic sentences that won’t serve you in the real world. You also won’t get any grammar explanations with the app version. 

Platform: iOS, Android, Website

Pricing: Free with in-app purchases ($6.99 for a monthly subscription, $49.99 for a six-month one, and $69.99 for year-long access).

Memrise is another insanely popular app. While the content is organized into courses, and can actually cover a wide variety of material, it’s most useful for building vocabulary. It’s essentially a gamified flashcard system that uses spaced repetition to make help you commit new words to long-term memory.

There are tons of different courses to choose from, both official Memrise courses and those created by users. Because of this, the quality and content can vary quite a bit from course to course. There is a premium version, but most users will find more than enough value in the free version of Memrise.

Platform: iOS, Android, Website

Pricing: Free with in-app purchases ($13.95 for a one-month plan, $29.85 every quarter, $50.70 every six months, or $83.40 for a yearly subscription).

MosaLingua has developed a method for memorizing words, so it should make a perfect match for those of you struggling with vocab. And despite emphasizing Brazilian Portuguese, it does have teachers from Portugal in its team.

With an assortment of flashcards, grammar lessons, audio clips to teach you pronunciation, dialogues, and even a certificate of its own, MosaLingua is the very definition of best value for money.

Platform: iOS, Android

Pricing: You can have access to MosaLingua Premium for $59.90/year, after a 15-day trial