Ling App review
Updated September 30, 2026 · AcademyCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 30, 2026
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Our verdict
Ling App suits learners who want a single app covering 80 languages with speech practice, a free tier and a 7 days trial, and who will pay annually rather than monthly. The trade-off is the monthly figure of $16.99 and the absence of a family subscription.
Key facts
- Best for
- Learners who want a broad language app with speech practice and can pay annually.
- Price from
- $16.99 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Price per month
- $16.99 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Price per year
- $89.99 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Free tier
- Yes (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Free trial length
- 7 days (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Money-back period
- 7 days (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Languages
- Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Malaysian, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Taiwanese Hokkien, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yoruba (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Number of languages
- 80 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Speech recognition
- Yes (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Family subscription
- No (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Simya Solutions Ltd. (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Headquarters
- Thailand (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Founded
- 2008 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Learning method
- Mobile app
- Official website
- ling-app.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- Annual billing at $89.99 is the cheaper published rate, ranking 7 of 18 on yearly price
- Speech recognition is included in the plan rather than sold as an add on
- A free tier, a 7 days trial and a 7 days money back window all sit on the same subscription
- 80 languages in one app, with names from Arabic and Japanese through to Vietnamese and Urdu
Cons
- There is no family subscription, so each learner in a household subscribes and pays separately
- Support runs on email and help centre only, with no phone line or live chat among the published channels
- The monthly plan at $16.99 sits well above the free entry points at phase6 (€0) and Bunpro ($0)
- The money back window of 7 days ranks 27 of 29, among the shortest on the list
Who it suits
- Learners who want pronunciation work inside a general app, since speech recognition is part of the plan
- Anyone planning to pay annually, because the annual rate of $89.99 is the lower of the published figures
- Independent learners who want to try before committing, with a free tier, a 7 days trial and a 7 days money back window
Who should look elsewhere
- phase6, which starts at €0, for anyone who would rather not pay $16.99 a month
- Bunpro, which starts at $0, for readers who want to test free options before paying anything
- Reading Eggs, which starts at £6.99, when a smaller monthly bill than $16.99 matters most
Plans and prices
Entry pricing on Ling App starts at $16.99. The monthly Ling App plan is $16.99 and the annual Ling App plan is $89.99. Set both figures side by side before you start: the annual rate is the lower one published, so paying month to month costs more across a year of the same access. Readers weighing entry against renewal should treat the annual figure as the ongoing commitment and the monthly rate as the flexible option.
How it compares on our data
Ranked on the measures in this group, Ling App sits high on yearly price and mid table on most of the rest. It ranks 7 of 18 on annual price, 17 of 25 on the monthly figure and 25 of 35 on entry price. The free trial ranks 8 of 21 and the money back period ranks 27 of 29. Read the annual rank next to the monthly rank before deciding how long to commit.
Core features
Ling App covers 80 languages in the app, and speech recognition is included, so pronunciation work is part of the plan rather than an add on. There is a free tier, a free trial of 7 days and a money back period of 7 days. There is no family subscription, which is the main structural gap for households learning together.
What you get free
The free tier is open, so Ling App can be used before any payment, and a free trial of 7 days extends the same access. A money back period of 7 days covers the window after subscribing, which matches the length of the trial. Between them, the free tier is the longer term option and the trial is the shorter one, so a reader who plans to stay with an app for a while should settle into the free tier early and decide later.
The company behind it
Ling App is operated by Simya Solutions Ltd., dates back to 2008 and is based in Thailand. Support runs on email and help centre, so a question goes by email or through the help centre rather than down a phone line. Buyers who want a phone line or live chat will not find one among the published channels.
How Ling App compares
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Ling App cost?+
Entry pricing on Ling App starts at $16.99. The monthly Ling App plan is $16.99 and the annual Ling App plan is $89.99, and the annual rate works out below the monthly one. Readers who keep an app for a full year will feel the annual figure less each month than the monthly plan.
Is there a free version of Ling App?+
Yes, Ling App has a free tier, and a free trial of 7 days sits alongside it. The trial window is short, so anyone planning to practice for months should start with the free tier and treat the trial as a short taste rather than the main arrangement.
How long is the free trial and is there a money back period?+
The free trial runs 7 days and the money back period is also 7 days, so both windows are the same length. That makes the refund route as short as the trial, which is light cover for anyone nervous about a long annual commitment.
How many languages does Ling App cover?+
Ling App covers 80 languages, with names that range from widely studied ones such as Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Vietnamese to less common picks such as Sorbian, Maori and Uzbek. Breadth is the main draw here, since a learner can add another language later without changing platform.
Does Ling App run in an app?+
Ling App is delivered as app, so everything runs in the app rather than in live classes. Speech recognition is included, which is the part that matters for pronunciation work. Support runs through email and help centre rather than a tutor.
Can several people share one Ling App subscription?+
There is no family subscription on Ling App, so everyone in a household signs up and pays separately. Several learners on a single bill would need separate accounts, which points a family towards apps that bundle profiles into one plan. For a solo learner this does not matter, and the yearly figure of $89.99 is the only commitment asked.
Who runs Ling App and where is it based?+
Ling App is operated by Simya Solutions Ltd., dates back to 2008 and is based in Thailand. Support runs on email and help centre, so reaching the company means email or the help centre. Buyers who need a named contact on paper have that legal entity to deal with.
How does Ling App compare with cheaper entry points?+
phase6 starts at €0 and Bunpro at $0, while Reading Eggs begins at £6.99. The Ling App monthly plan is $16.99, so a lower or free entry point sits alongside it for anyone testing the water, and the Ling App free tier gives another way in.
Sources
- ling-app.com checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Free tier, Free trial length, Learning method
“Ling includes 2 free units for all new users”
- ling-app.com/about checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Founded, Headquarters
“2008 The Beginning”
- ling-app.com/faqs checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Family subscription, Speech recognition
“Ling doesn't allow sharing subscriptions”
- ling-app.com/pricing checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Languages, Number of languages, Legal entity, Money-back period, Price from, Price per month, Price per year, Support channels
“Learn 80 languages on Ling”
Compiled from 4 source pages, checked September 30, 2026. We did not open an account.
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