Mondly Swedish App
The Best Alternative to Duolingo
Systems: Android and iOS Apps, Online Version (PC and Mac)
Suitable for: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Learners, Students, Travel
Content: Swedish vocabulary trainer (5000 words), playful exercises, grammar
Prices: Free (initial lessons), USD 9.99 (1 month and 1 language), USD 47.99 (12 months and access to all 41 languages)
Discount offer: USD 99 (Lifetime Access to all 41 Languages)
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The Mondly App lets you learn the Swedish language in a playful way with a series of interactive exercises.
This Swedish learning program contains:
- Swedish vocabulary trainer with 5000 words
- 50 topics and categories to choose from
- 2100 Swedish lessons, including grammar
- Conversation trainer for common situations (speech recognition)
- There is even a virtual reality version of this learning app
Mondly has around 45 million users worldwide. This language course has the advantage of having 41 source languages and 41 target languages.
Summary: Mondly is very similar to the Babbel and Duolingo apps and even better in terms of quality. The cost-benefit ratio for the lifetime access to all 41 languages is unbeatable.
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Mondly Swedish App and Online Course
Swedish Basic Course
From 17 Minute Languages
Systems: Online Access (PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS)
Suitable for: Beginners and Advanced Learners, Students, Professionals
Content: 1300 words (basic course), 5200 words (complete course), grammar, verb conjugations, exercises
Prices: USD 29,95 (Basic Course), USD 97 (Complete Course)
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The Swedish Basic Course contains a vocabulary trainer for the basic Swedish vocabulary (1300 words) with native-speaker audio, as well as grammar explanations and various exercises.
The vocabulary trainer works with a long-term memory method, in which the new vocabulary is checked at increasing intervals.
You can choose between text input, multiple choice or simply confirming whether you knew a word or not.
The exercises include text comprehension questions, filling in word gaps or just vocabulary lists where one side is covered.
The basic course corresponds to the official language levels A1 and A2 (explanation of CEFR language levels).
The Complete Course contains:
- Basic course for beginners (basic vocabulary with 1300 words)
- Intermediate course (1800 more words)
- Advanced course for experts (2100 words)
- Additional specialized vocabulary
- Covers the official CEFR language levels A1 to C2
There are 17 different languages you can use to learn Swedish with this app.
Summary: Much cheaper and even better than the famous Rosetta Stone. There is a free demo version available and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Link: Swedish Basic Course and Complete Course
Rosetta Stone: Swedish
Most Famous Language Learning App
Systems: PC, Mac, Android, iOS Apps
Suitable for: Beginners, intermediate, experts, professionals, business
Content: Swedish lessons with native speaker audio and speech recognition
Prices:
USD 36 (3 months)
USD 145 (12 months)
USD 299 (Lifetime access)
USD 349 (Lifetime access for 24 languages)
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How does Swedish learning with Rosetta Stone work?
Rosetta Stone has a different approach to language learning than many other online courses or language apps such as Duolingo, Memrise and others.
The idea behind Rosetta Stone is to learn a language like you did as a child - by using pictures in combination with listening, speaking, and reading.
Each Rosetta Stone lesson includes the following exercises:
- Pronounce the words or phrases correctly (speech recognition)
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When reading or hearing a word, click on the correct picture
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When looking at a picture, click on the correct word
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Type in a spoken word correctly, etc.
A possible disadvantage of Rosetta Stone is that there are no grammar explanations or translations of the Swedish vocabulary.
Instead, you are supposed to learn the grammar and the meaning of words from the context or recognize the meaning from the pictures.
Rosetta Stone Apps and Online Version:
The Rosetta Stone Swedish learning software can be used online with a subscription for 3 or 12 months or with a Lifetime Access.
In addition to the online version, there are now also Rosetta Stone apps for iPhones and Android smartphones.
Summary: Time-tested method, but the lack of grammar explanations and translations may make Rosetta Stone not suitable for everyone.
Link: Rosetta Stone App and Online Course
Babbel Swedish App
Better than Rosetta Stone
Systems: Android and iOS Apps, Online-Version (PC and Mac)
Suitable for: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced, Students, Business Swedish
Content: Vocabulary trainer with native speaker audio and speech recognition, grammar, exercises
Prices: Free (initial lessons), USD 12.95 (1 month), USD 84 (12 months)
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The Babbel Swedish Learning App is quite similar to Rosetta Stone.
Babbel also focuses on combining pictures, listening, reading, writing and speaking. For this, Babbel has native speaker audio of all the words and speech recognition just like Rosetta Stone.
The Babbel App also offers improvements over Rosetta Stone:
- Classical explanation of grammar (Rosetta Stone has none)
- You are shown translations of words (unlike in Rosetta Stone)
- Traditional vocabulary trainer is included in the Babbel App
- The pricing of the Babbel app is much lower
Babbel is one of the oldest language learning apps and has over 10 million subscribed users world-wide.
Summary: Babbel includes most of the advantages of Rosetta Stone and even eliminates its disadvantages. Highly recommended!
Link: Babbel Swedish App and Online Course
Strokes Learning Software
Language Course for Download or on CD
Systems: PC and Mac
Suitable for: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Learners, Professionals
Content: Vocabulary trainer with native-speaker audio and speech recognition, exercises, grammar
Prices:
USD 49 (Swedish 1 for Beginners)
USD 89 (Swedish 1 + 2)
USD 143 (Swedish 1 + 2 + Business)
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The Strokes Learning Software consists of three parts:
- Swedish 1: Beginners Course (A1, A2, B1)
- Swedish 2: Intermediate Course (A2, B1, B2)
- Swedish 3: Business Swedish (B1, B2, C1)
These three Swedish courses each have 100 lessons, grammar explanations, a vocabulary trainer and a dictionary with 4500 spoken words.
A particularly good feature of this learning software is the pronunciation and conversation trainer with speech recognition.
The Strokes language course is available for download or on CD/DVD and has several languages to choose from in which the Swedish course is taught.
Summary: Solid, traditional language course without playful exercises. The pronunciation trainer with speech recognition is very helpful.
LingQ Swedish App
Innovative Approach to Learn Swedish
Systems: Android and iOS Apps, Online-Version (PC and Mac)
Suitable for: Beginners, intermediate, advanced learners, students, professionals
Content: Video and text lessons, browser extension to import any Swedish texts, vocabulary trainer
Price: USD 10 (1 month subscription)
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The LingQ Swedish App is basically a translation program that is combined with a personalized vocabulary trainer.
In addition to the lessons and texts that are included in this app, any Swedish text can be imported. LingQ has its own browser extension for Firefox, Safari and Chrome to import texts (including ebooks).
You can click on any word in the texts to see a translation and this adds the word to your personal vocabulary trainer.
LingQ also has many videos and podcasts, the content of which appears as a text next to the video or podcast — so that any word there can be clicked on and saved as well.
Unfortunately, there are no grammar lessons, meaning that this app will not suffice on its own to learn Swedish.
Summary: Very interesting way to learn Swedish vocabulary on any subject. However, you need other apps for Swedish grammar and conjugations.
Duolingo Swedish App
Well-Known Language Learning App
Systems: Android App, iOS App, PC and Mac
Content: Exercises with native-speaker audio
Prices: Free (with ads), USD 12.99 (1 month), USD 60 (12 months)
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The Duolingo App offers beginner language courses for 36 languages, including Swedish. Duolingo covers mostly the basics as well as some intermediate level Swedish vocabulary.
The major drawback of Duolingo (just like Rosetta Stone) is that there are no grammar explanations.
The vocabulary learning with Duolingo is "gamified", which means it is structured like a game with levels, experience points, achievements, etc.
The interface is relatively similar to the apps from Mondly and Babbel.
Summary: The vocabulary trainer and the exercises of the program are okay. However, it is not possible to learn Swedish grammar with this app.
Memrise Swedish App
App with User-Generated Lessons
Systems: Android App, iPhone App, Online-Version (PC and Mac)
Content: Swedish lessons and vocabulary trainer with native speaker audio, grammar
Prices: USD 8,99 (1 month), USD 60 (12 months), USD 110 (unlimited)
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With the Memrise App you can learn over 90 languages.
This includes even very small languages - however, in such cases the language courses are often limited to just a few lessons.
One special feature of the Memrise learning app is the large number of lessons created by users (native speakers).
The quality of these lessons varies greatly though. For example, only the basic forms of verbs are usually taught, without the conjugations. Some languages also do not have an audio recording of the words at all.
Another good idea of the Memrise app are the user-generated tips and mnemonics for each word to help you memorize them.
Summary: User-generated lessons are a good idea. In practice, the quality of the lessons leaves a lot be desired.
Drops Swedish App
Alternative to Babbel and Duolingo
Systems: Android App, iPhone App, Online-Version (PC and Mac)
Content: Swedish lessons and exercises with native-speaker audio
Prices: USD 13.30 (1 month), USD 72 (12 months), USD 164 (unlimited)
Overall Value: 
The Language Drops App is most notable for having 47 target languages and 40 source languages, similar to Mondly.
You can learn about 3000 Swedish words and phrases with this app. However, there are hardly any exercises, except for introducing a new word and matching the word to a picture.
You can choose from which topics you want to learn new words and at what skill level you want to learn (whether you know the language somewhat).
If you want to try the app for free for two weeks you have to provide your payment information and then cancel it.
The "deal" you get when you sign up for the free trial is more than 3 times as expensive as when you click "Get Premium" on the website (USD 38 per month instead of USD 13.30 per month).
Summary: No variety, no grammar and only 3000 words. Does not justify the higher price, even though you get access to all languages.
Pimsleur Swedish Course
Most Expensive Software to Learn Swedish
Systems: PC and Mac (incl. Mobile App)
Suitabe for: Beginners, advanced, students, travel vocabulary
Content: Swedish vocabulary, lessons with native-speaker audio and speech recognition
Price: USD 120 (basic course)
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The Pimsleur App is very similar to Rosetta Stone in that it does not give grammar explanations, verb conjugation tables, etc.
Instead, the Pimsleur method is supposed to let you learn the Swedish language intuitively, just like your native language - by combining pictures, reading and speaking (speech recognition).
Pimsleur offers only a beginner course for Swedish. It contains 30 daily lessons of 30 minutes each and various interactive exercises.
This Swedish learning course for PCs and Macs also includes a mobile app for Android and iOS systems.
Summary: The most expensive Swedish course, even though it is unlikely that learning with it is much better than with the cheaper apps.
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