The teaching concepts employed by both resources are actually very similar. It’s very affordable, but for some, it might not be enough to outweigh the advantage FluentU has with available languages. Yabla, on the other hand, seems to offer more than FluentU in many ways and is less than half the price. It’s the reason Catherine has been hesitant to recommend it to her students in the past, and it’s why she has only ever signed up for one month at a time. Catherine and I both agree that FluentU just doesn’t quite seem worth the price. A separate subscription is required for each language in Yabla.įor learners like Catherine who like to be able to study multiple languages at a time or have a strong desire to learn Japanese, this is a big win for FluentU. Yabla offers content in six languages: Chinese, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English. A subscription to FluentU grants access to all languages. This is the only category in which FluentU beats Yabla without a doubt.įluentU offers content in nine languages: Chinese, Spanish, French, German, English, Japanese, Italian, Korean, and Russian. Some of the audio in exercises is robotic.You can access all of FluentU’s languages with one subscription.The video library is extensive and easy to navigate.First, let’s take a closer look at Yabla and FluentU. There are also some other exciting options we discovered during the process, and we’ll share our favorites. While we both acknowledge that the price and user experience on Yabla are superior, the better language options on FluentU kept Catherine from granting it all the glory. In the end, I crowned Yabla the winner, and Catherine declared a tie. Quick Opinions: The VerdictĬatherine and I saw eye to eye on nearly every aspect of the comparison between Yabla and FluentU, but we still came away with very slightly different conclusions. They formed the basis for this written review and Catherine’s video review. As someone who thoroughly enjoys watching videos and finding authentic content, I’m hopeful that I’ll find some useful tools to use and recommend in the future.”Īfter testing Yabla, FluentU, and The Others extensively, we met up to compare our findings. “This review is my first real dive into the world of video-based language-learning platforms. I was actually quite surprised to discover some of the other platforms on the market and am looking forward to future developments.” I began using it to study French in 2017 and found it quite effective. “I was already quite familiar with FluentU. While I’m a newcomer to all of the apps on this list, she’s already experienced with FluentU, making her perspective particularly useful. Two heads are better than one, and language-lover videographer Catherine let me borrow hers for this review. Some offer additional practice opportunities, some are free, and all have different types of content on hand. The unifying feature among all of these resources is that they use interactive subtitles, which are basically subtitles you can click on and translate on-demand. In addition to those two, we also tried out 3ears, Language Learning with Netflix, LingoPie, and CaptionPop.
New companies are jumping on the video-teaching train all the time, and this review will aim to sort through several options, including two heavyweights in the arena: Yabla and FluentU. As a teaching medium, video has some serious advantages over text and audio: it’s entertaining, easy to interact with, and can make the digital learning experience more relatable and lifelike.Īnd given the amount of video content that’s produced every day around the world in just about any language, the potential for language learning is high.
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