Apps and websites for learning Arabic

Tools for learning Arabic on your own: apps, websites, dictionaries and reference tools, each checked against its official site or app-store listing. Each shows its level, the language it explains in, whether it is free, and the devices it runs on.

This section lists Modern Standard and Quranic Arabic only, as the whole site does: anything that also teaches colloquial dialects is left out. Prices are not given — only whether something is free or paid — because they change; the official site has them.

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Duolingo

Duolingo, Inc.

App and website

Teaches Modern Standard Arabic as used in everyday conversation, in short game-like lessons, free on phone and web.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free Visit site

Memrise

Memrise Limited

App and website

Over 400 topic-based lessons built on everyday phrases, with short videos of native speakers.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: All levels
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free, with paid options Visit site

Mondly

ATi Studios SRL (part of Pearson)

App and website

Teaches Modern Standard Arabic in short daily lessons, with speech recognition, a verb conjugator and a virtual conversation partner.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Explained in: Many languages
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free, with paid options Visit site

Quranic and Classical Arabic2

Quranic

BusyPeople LLC

App

Teaches the vocabulary and basic grammar of the Quran in short spaced-repetition lessons built on the stories of the prophets; works offline.

  • Arabic taught: Quranic Arabic
  • Level: Beginner to intermediate
  • Explained in: English, French, German, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android
Free, with paid options Visit site

Understand Quran Academy

Understand Al Quran Academy (Hyderabad)

App and website

Teaches the most frequent words of the Quran through the daily prayer and the short surahs; its first course is nine hours in 19 sessions.

  • Arabic taught: Quranic Arabic
  • Level: Beginner
  • Explained in: English, Urdu, French, German
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free, with paid options Visit site

Dictionaries and tools1

Anki

Ankitects Pty Ltd and open-source contributors

App and website

A spaced-repetition flashcard program that shows each card just before you would forget it; learners build their own vocabulary decks with audio and images.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: All levels
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free, with paid options Visit site

Graded reading1

Inklingo — Arabic stories

LoreBrain

App and website

Free graded Arabic stories sorted by CEFR level from A0 to B2, with audio narration, vocabulary help and a quiz per story.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: Absolute beginner to B2
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: iPhone, Android, Web browser
Free, with paid options Visit site

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