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Louddy vs Duolingo
Duolingo is a hugely popular course app built around short, game-like lessons. Louddy is a speaking tutor: you talk out loud with an AI and it talks back. If your goal is conversation, Louddy is the speaking practice; a course app can sit alongside it.
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| Criteria | Louddy | Duolingo |
|---|---|---|
| Main format | Spoken conversations and speaking drills | Structured course of short lessons (see duolingo.com) |
| You practise by | Talking out loud with an AI tutor | Check their current app |
| Tutor personality | 12 moods, including Savage | Check their current app |
| Price & trial | Subscription; yearly plan with free trial | See duolingo.com for current plans |
The short version
- Choose Louddy if you can read and recognise words but freeze when you have to speak.
- Choose a course app like Duolingo if you want a broad, structured curriculum across reading, listening and writing.
- Plenty of learners use both: a course for vocabulary and structure, Louddy for talking out loud every day.
What Louddy is built for
Louddy does one thing on purpose: it gets you speaking. Every session is out loud.
- Real-time voice conversations with Lou, an AI tutor that answers out loud
- Corrections spoken out loud while you practise, plus say-it-right checks in lessons
- 12 tutor moods, from Normal and Strict to Grandma, Pirate and Savage
- Roleplays for everyday situations: cafés, directions, small talk, interviews
- Pick your level, from brand new to conversational
Where Duolingo fits
Duolingo is designed as a full course with short lessons and lots of motivation mechanics. Features and pricing change regularly, so check Duolingo's own site for what is included today, including any speaking or AI conversation features on their current plans.
How to decide in 5 minutes
- Say three sentences about your day in the language you are learning, out loud, right now.
- If that was easy, a course app will keep you progressing.
- If you froze, you need speaking reps. That is what Lou is for.
Official site: www.duolingo.com
Try Louddy
Take the two-minute quiz and hear what speaking practice with Lou feels like.