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Every expert you admire was once a beginner who refused to quit.
Every expert you admire was once a beginner who refused to quit.
The benchmark for habit-forming learning apps, covering languages, maths, music and chess — but not coding or AI.
The best Duolingo alternative depends on why you are leaving. For another language app, Babbel and Busuu teach more grammar and conversation. For Duolingo-style learning applied to coding and AI, Teyro keeps the same streaks, leagues and quests with no ads. For maths and logic, Brilliant is the closest match.
Pick Teyro if: you love the Duolingo loop and want it for coding or AI.
Get Teyro freeFree to start · No ads · iPhone, Android and web
Ordered by how well each fits the most common reason people leave — not by who pays us (nobody does).
Same streaks, leagues, daily quests and hearts, pointed at coding and AI skills. No ads, free to start.
Structured lessons built around conversations, with clearer grammar explanations than Duolingo.
Native speakers correct your written and spoken exercises.
Interactive problem solving that goes deeper than Duolingo Math.
Mobile-first coding lessons with a built-in editor.
Sometimes staying is right. Stay with Duolingo if you are learning a language, maths or music — Teyro does not teach those; or if your friends and streak are already on Duolingo and it is working.
We read 80 recent App Store reviews of Duolingo. These themes came up most in the 15 one- and two-star reviews.
Small sample from Apple's public reviews (US, UK, India, Nigeria, Canada, Australia), collected Sep 28, 2026. Unhappy reviewers are not typical users — treat this as a list of risks to check, not a verdict.
Every comparison page on this site ends with this list, so you can decide with the full picture.
Duolingo does not teach coding. Teyro is built on the same model — short daily lessons, streaks, leagues, daily quests and hearts — but its courses are coding and AI. Mimo and Sololearn are other mobile coding apps with game-like lessons.
Yes. Many learners keep a language streak on Duolingo and a coding streak on Teyro. Both take a few minutes a day, and Teyro lets you pick a daily goal from about 5 to 20 minutes.
No. Teyro has no ads. You can start free, and many courses are free end to end.
