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Lingle vs Mr. Takahashi: Learn Japanese!
Compare what each tool does, what it costs, and how it fits your workflow.
Designed for
Language learning that listens, remembers, and adapts.
Your 24/7 Japanese tutor for real conversations
Primary task
Language learning
Japanese lessons
Pricing
Free Trial · Trial; then from $20/mo
Freemium · Free + from $24.99/mo
Pricing details
Free + from $20/mo
Free + from $24.99/mo
Billing cycle
Monthly
Monthly
API access
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web
iOS
Integrations
Not documented
Make
Source rating
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Catalog views
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Estimated monthly traffic
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Catalog imported
31 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026
Listed strengths
- Always-available tutoring
- Sessions have specific agenda
- Remembers and resumes educational progress
- Learning paced according to user
- Lessons include explanations, exercises, corrections
- 24/7 availability
- Suitable for beginners
- Refining fluency
- Interactive dialogues
- Pronunciation improvement
Listed limitations
- 30-minutes fixed lesson duration
- No open-ended chat feature
- Lacks text-based learning
- No live human assistance
- Limited to eight languages
- Only teaches Japanese
- In-app purchases required
- Improvement limited to app interactions
- Doesn't support learning other languages
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later