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24 alternatives to Rype Mandarin

Affordable daily language lessons with handpicked teachers.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rype Mandarin launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Rype▲135

    Private language lessons with a professional teacher

    2016 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Private daily language lessons for busy people

    2017 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Learn the language that will make you the most money.

    2017 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Daily 1-on-1 Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Lessons (& more)

    2018 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Daily 1-on-1 Russian, Spanish, French lessons. Anytime.

    2018 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn a new language by speaking it

    2019 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    Speak the most popular languages with just one membership.

    2018 · rypeapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Duolingo▲309

    Learn languages completely free.

    2013 · duolingo.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, it’s been 8 years since I posted on here about the launch of my Japanese dictionary app Nihongo [0] and I’m finally back with a new app: Nihongo Lessons! Think of Nihongo Lessons as the textbook to Nihongo’s dictionary. It’s an app for learning Japanese, specifically made for learners who are serious about becoming fluent, and want a guided set of content that will help them efficiently acquire vocabulary and grammar. The project came about when Adam Shapiro of Japanese Level Up (Jalup) [1] announced last April that he was shutting Jalup down. As a fan of Adam’s work I was bummed to…

    2022 · lessons.nihongo-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn a new language while you live your life

    2021 · fluent.co · its alternatives →

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    YAP▲141

    YAP teaches you to speak a language, not tap it.

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Keysake▲253

    Learn English as you type Chinese

    Sep 2026 · keysake.ai · its alternatives →

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    Yenga▲133

    Don't study a language, speak it!

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Speak Any Language With Confidence From Day 1

    2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    YiChi▲94

    Learn to speak fluent Chinese Mandarin

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Language immersion 24/7, at a fraction of the price

    2022 · jumpspeak.com · its alternatives →

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    The simple, effective way to grow your Chinese vocabulary

    2019 · dailychinese.app · its alternatives →

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    Facilitate your language learning with tons of dictionaries

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learnee▲94

    Learn a new language without even trying

    2021 · learnee.geo.io · its alternatives →

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    Reggie▲78

    Speech focused language tutor with a live translator

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Immerse yourself in foreign language content

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Naspe▲9

    Get paid for sharing your language skills.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Lingle▲32

    In my opinion the best way to learn a language (outside of moving to a different country) is to get a personal tutor and have consistent 1 on 1 lessons. I used Preply or iTalki for this back in the day but had issues with flexibility and pricing. I've been trying to simulate the experiences that I had on those platforms with a voice agent. You can try a demo for free here (or watch a video of me using it on the landing page): https://lingle.ai/tryout/lingle-showcase Right now the agent can plan a lesson with visuals and a conversation focus, guides the user through the…

    Apr 2026 · lingle.ai · its alternatives →

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