Best Language Learning Apps For Kids (The Top 3 Programs!)

How long are the Rosetta stones lessons vs memrise lesons?

I found your video when I Googled best language program for a 9 year old. My grandson wants to learn Spanish and Japanese. I was leaning towards Rosetta Stone and your video solidified my choice. Thanks for an easy to understand video. Also, saying which one you would use for your own child let me know this was a real look at apps.

Thank you

Can you please share the link for the stories app? I don’t see it in the App Store. Thanks.

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My wife's mother language is Portuguese, and she speaks mainly Portuguese with our child, while I speak to him in Danish, and at home he hears my wife and I speak to each other in English... so his strongest language is Danish, as we live in Denmark, and my wife surrounds him with Portuguese apps and TV programs. His favorite apps are Poikilingo Kids and Papumba.

Very helpful! Exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you!

Thank you very much for a great review!

This is super helpful, thank you so much! I plan to use Gus on the go for my 4-year- old daughter and Rosetta Stone for my almost 9-year-old and myself! Great explanation and thank you for not making me wade through all of these apps that a lot of them are junkie or not the best quality, especially when you're taking on something as ambitious as learning a language

Great review!!
If Ivwasvto learn a languagir it would be mandarin.

I’m not a parent but I hope to be some day. Always appreciate you insights on apps to help reach goals of bilingualism

This was very helpful!

I appreciate you comparing and contrasting these language learning programs. I like the idea of using Gus on the Go for my kindergarten homeschooled grandson. While I think Memrise would be better suited for older students to further help them develop a lexicon. I also like the idea of using Rosetta Stone for my 8-year-old grandson who is homeschooled. Thanks for doing the research for us.

I used Rosetta Stone as a kid, and I think it might be a great fit for my kiddos. Thanks for the in-depth reviews and comparisons.

Wow, this was quite a interesting watch. Kudos to taking on the challenge and effort for this video. Never thought too hard about how different a methodology you would have to use to teach kids a language. Keeping them engaged and entertained, whilst making them think is key.

Great comparison! The thing is with these programs, it's really hard to get kids hooked on these things. It's easier to take something they already love and use that to get them to learn a different language. Most people I know who have fluent English (or particularly good Japanese or Spanish) were almost raised on TV in the relevant language. It only took a little bit of luck - not having Hebrew subtitles available, or having been exposed to TV before you could read (which is very counterintuitive for a parent to allow, and with good reason).

This is a great idea for a video. I wish i had been taught a 2nd language as a child.

Great feedback. Been hearing a lot about Rosetta Stone in the homeschool realm. I guess it really is up there and they also offer a lot of languages which makes it awesome.

Well researched Best Language Learning Apps for Kids review.

Great video. Super helpful!

What about Duolingo

Thank you for the advice. I’m teaching my kids English now

I don’t have kids but want my niece and nephew to learn Spanish

We are wanting to teach our Son Spanish!

Great info, thank you. Thinking Rosetta Stone, wish they had a family plan of some sort so my son and I could both do it (without shelling out $400 up front lol). Guess I could get it for him then when it goes on sale again in a month or 2 grab it for myself. We are both learning Spanish.

Great video! Shared it with cousins who have kids, they found it very useful.

Actually, my kids are older now. My youngest has taken classes in Spanish and French, my oldest when she was in high school took a class in Chinese!

What a great video! Thanks for this!!

Eduardo enjoys all of TPI's videos, but this video might be the best. Great info for parents. Without a doubt the best time to learn a new language is as a child. Gus On The Go sounds like an excellent option. Good job TPI.

I feel like I need to start with Gus on the Gofor myself 😅

I feel like I need to start with Gus on the Bus for myself 😅

Great video!
I started learning English as a kid using cartoons but would have loved an App such as these back then.
I think starting that early (6/7 yo) made it easier to retain and become fluent later on. (We only started English in school at 10 years old back then but the curriculum has changed since)
These Apps could be very helpful for young kids.

You can also supplement by watching kids TV shows in the target language. Lots of shows for little kids (pre-school to 2nd grade) are built to teach kids basic language skills and even a bit about the culture so they're a great way to expose young kids to the language.

Rosetta is still my winner! This was very different, but I enjoyed!

Great video. I couldn't find the first mention on Google Play. Where would I find it?

I don't have a child but I'm teaching my cousin spanish!

Really awesome video and great comparison! Was comparing apps since my child wants me to teach him Spanish and this video popped up. Thank you!

Thanks for the great review!

Excited to have my kids try these out! They like DuoLingo but it’s inappropriate at times. Thanks for the review!

Great job 👍

This is a very thorough and interesting video. I appreciate how much detail you include, providing information I would never know about!

super helpful video, thank you. that gus on the go app looks fun for smaller children

Thank you! Will pass this along to my sister to use for her kids

yeeeeah! This is exactly the info I needed. Thanks, John.

Very helpful comparison. I definitely like the Rosetta Stone pictures better than the cartoons from Gus. We try to limit screen time for our children, and I really don’t like most cartoons, much preferring realistic pictures.
So far for children ages 6-9, we have used an audio-only approach combined with the book/guide for the mother/teacher, it’s the Gouin series method called “Speaking French with Miss Mason and François” now put out by Cherrydale press, originally used 100+ years ago in Charlotte Mason’s classrooms. This has native speaker pronunciation audio in series of sentences that go together. My child and I both have been able to remember so much of it because of the series approach. But I’m always on the lookout it for additional tools, if they’re excellent!

The reasoning for audio-only at this 6-9 age range is because my child is learning to read English. Once that is fully mastered, we will add French reading as well. But for now, the spelling rules are wildly different and we need to focus on English phonics!

Great info, never thought about how inherently kid friendly rosetta is