Rosetta Stone vs Babbel Review (Which Language App Wins?)
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Rosetta Stone vs Babbel Review (Which Language App Wins?). In this video, John from the Test Prep Insight team covers his updated comparison of the language apps from Babbel vs Rosetta Stone. These are two popular programs for learning Spanish, German, and Italian. Rosetta Stone and Babbel also offer language courses for French, Russian, and Portuguese. John talks about what the Babbel and Rosetta Stone lessons are like. For example, the Rosetta Stone lessons are better for visual learners since they use a ton of graphics and visuals. The Babbel lessons, on the other hand, mix in more grammar content and offer a greater variety of practice drills across reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Ultimately, if you are trying to become fluent in a new language, John thinks Babbel is the way to go. He thinks Babbel is one of the best language learning apps on the market. Thanks for watching this Babbel app review and Rosetta Stone app review video.
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▬ VIDEO CHAPTERS ▬
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - How The Babbel & Rosetta Stone Apps Work
4:00 - Cost Comparison
5:30 - Why Babbel Is Better Than Rosetta Stone
8:40 - Reasons To Choose Rosetta Stone Over Babbel
10:42 - Verdict: Which Language App Is Better?
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Great review 👍
I’m retired, but for my mental health and some extra spending 💰, took a cashier job at Home Depot - I love it. But, what would really make me the cats 🐈 meow would be to blow away the Hispanics who come through my checkout. I want to be the blue-eyed gringo who speaks fluent Spanish. Thanks for the video. Out of the two contenders, I think I’ll be going with Babble as well.
You probably shouldn’t blow people away Hispanic or not! 😂
Aquaman that would be so cool! I love your perspective!!
How’s it going? Are you close to speaking fluently or at least understanding conversations? I’m thinking of buying babbel as well.
Thanks for the info!! This helped a lot
No problem! Glad we could help a little bit
Great review. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great review! Thank you for your insights.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the break down.
Very helpful! I was comparing both of these apps, and now know which to go with for me. Thanks
Very helpful review!
Thanks for the review!
No worries!
Thanks for doing the research for us, very helpful!
No problem :)
Your review is incredibly helpful!
Nice! Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot! 🙂
Thanks for the detailed review. Very helpful
Glad it helped!
Babbel just feels more like more expensive version of Duolingo or memrise which I can use for free so I passed on it. I can't speak of the past but I got Rosetta Stone's lifetime code off Amazon during the holiday sales so it was much cheaper. There is now writing exercises, reading exercise and some that focus on grammar (having to pay attention to the gender, topic markers, etc...depending on language) and listening and speaking. Also babbel is lacking in languages despite the price which is another reason why I passed. I feel like I learned a lot even though at times I am repeating words over and over but I am getting better at pronunciations and remembering the words. I am more a visual learn so that's probably why I like it more. Though there is a way to see translations (not sure for all languages; but the ones I am learning such as French, Korean and Japanese, etc...do have them if you click on this little part about the picture. I think the point is to make it less obvious so you try thinking in your target language first and figure it out and more of an aid if you are still struggling. Like dictionaries. There are there to help you if needed but not something you should also heavily rely on. The more I see and hear the language the more I get familiar with it which actually helps.
Thank you for putting together this comparison video. I am planning to learn Spanish for a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands next year.
Whoa very cool! Enjoy that trip!
Very helpful, thank you
Glad to hear it!
Thank you! Very useful, I've just subscribed to Babble and so far I'm loving it.
Very cool! Glad you're liking it :)
Thank you for your review. I like your personal opinion mixed in with the benefits and overviews on both.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
Great comparison
Thanks for watching!
Great insight, John! We enjoy family history and looking to learn a new language to further our research and connect with relatives in other countries.
That's awesome! Glad we could help :)
This comparison is truly so helpful when looking at the two courses! I would go with Rosetta Stone for the visuals and learnings lessons aligned with it!
First time watching. Very informative. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this detailed review, I can appreciate both of these apps, have had RS for years and now added Babbel in.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for helping to explain the difference.
No prob :)
I appreciate this detailed video highlighting details about both Rosetta Stone and Babbel.
Glad it was helpful!
Honestly great video. Thanks for the info on Rosetta Stone. I wasn’t too sure about how well it works and this was pretty informative. Thank you very much.
No problem!!
Thank you! Plan on spending sometime in MX so need to brush up on Spanish - this gave me some solid direction!
Glad we could help :)
Bought the Babbel Lifetime subscription on their July sale because of your review. I do like Rosetta stone, I also might get it since it has more languages.
Thanks for your thorough reviews. I’ll be doing a lot of volunteer work and my learning Spanish will help me better serve those I work with.
No problem! Amazing reason to learn!
Thank you for the informative video! I appreciate the honest take on both of these platforms, as I've been looking at both and am really unsure about which to use. This video gave me more clarity! (I'm leaning towards Babbel.)
Nice!! Glad we could help. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video! I think Babbel would be best for my learning style and the time I have to dedicate to learning a new language. Thanks again!
Very helpful
Glad you think so!
The timing of this video is incredible! I was in the middle of researching the differences between Babbel and Ros Stone, and this came up almost immediately 😂
haha perfect! happy to help :)
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Thanks
Nice job on the details. I was trying to recommend something for my mother-in-law since she mentioned wanting to learn Spanish. I WAS torn between the two, but now I'm fine with even trying Babbel for myself.
Very cool! Glad we could help!
Thanks for the review. I’m going with Babel to learn Italian
Very informative comparison of these two titans in language learning. I've gotten far too comfortable using interpretation services at work and welcome the challenge of building sufficient vocabulary to converse with clients independently. This video really helps me to better understand the two classic options.
Nice, glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I am an ER nurse and often have Spanish speaking patients. I have to call a language line in order to communicate with them even for simple questions. I would love to be able to speak fluently to those patients without needing the help of the language line. It would really make my patient care more efficient.
Answer!!! Hey man love the videos, this channel is going to blow up! I’m learning the language of MCAT, lol… you understand that’s a new language
it really is a language of it's own haha. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this video. I recently started working with a lot od spanish speaking workers and wanted to find a better way to communicate. Your video was one of the first that came up, and helped me decide on Babbel. Now which plan to get.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great information, just make sure to smile more! :)
haha you got it :)
Excellent review. Now I know which one I need😊
Great to hear!
Great comparison! Learning new languages is an amazing way to build connections with other people.
It really is. Thanks for watching!
😊
Looking to learn a new language this year, not sure what program is best for me. Your video was very informative . Gave me something to think about
Nice! Glad we could help!
Hard to go for one or the other when both have very good and different reasons to choose. Thanks for the info.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Excellent Rosetta Stone vs Babbel Review 2023
I want to become more proficient in Spanish as I live in South Florida! Great Review of both programs!
Awesome! Thank you!
My daughter (13) and I are going to be learning a new language together in our homeschool. Thank you so much for this great comparison video, it was super helpful!
Glad it was helpful! And good luck to you and your daughter
Same! Searching for our homeschool. Which program did you guys end up going with!?
Thanks for that review! I am going to learn a new language to encourage my 10 yo to learn it too. Thanks to your review, we are about to begin 🎉
Glad it was helpful! Good luck :)
Growing up, my dad always talked about wanting to learn Spanish through Rosetta Stone as it was probably the most popular online program for language learning at the time. Therefore, I always assumed it was the best or most established program for Spanish. The more I learn about different language programs, thanks to you John, I believe that Babble would be more catered towards my way of learning. My goal is to feel confident in Spanish by the end of 2023, and I really hope I can receive your help by winning your next giveaway for a Babble subscription! Thanks for another great video! Have an amazing weekend!
Yeah Rosetta Stone has been around forever...Thanks for watching!
Suerte.
Learning a new language to connect with my fam!
Awesome :)
Great video and tough choice. In the end, the immersion aspect of Rosetta is more important to me. I have books on grammar and don't want to think in English when learning a language.
Good call! And good luck :)
@@TestPrepInsight thanks!
I have always wanted to learn Spanish and be fluent enough to do missionary work among Hispanics. I have several friends from Mexico and Puerto Rico, and I would love to carry on full conversations with them in Espanol. The language is so beautiful, and so are my friends. This has been a lifelong desire, and I have taken a couple of courses, but I can’t afford to continue with classes in college, so I’m hoping to pursue fluency with a language app like Babbel. 🥰
Nice! Good luck!
Great review. Been trying to choose which one will be better to learn Spanish in honor of my high school Spanish teacher Senior Orona, RIP.
That's great, good luck :)
Do we need to take the membership to use these apps ?
Starting to learn Italian to visit my family next year.
Very cool :)
My company is expanding to South America firstly into Brazil. So I want and need to learn Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks for this review which is steering me to Babbel.
Nice, good luck!!
I've always wanted to be fluent in more than one language, and lately have been thinking of doing school abroad. I am most interested in learning french since I started a bit in high school and really like french culture. i hope that within the next few years I can improve my french skills and feel confident to travel to france and potentially study there for a while!
That would be a great. Thanks for watching!
🎉 pour le référencement. Rosetta stone has more activities outside the lesson and is more visual. Noted
Nice review. I think I just might sign up for a 3 month subscription for both and figure out which is best for me.
Probably the safest bet. Good luck!
I’m learning Italian because I am fluent in French, and while in France, I love Italy. So I thought it would be really cool to get to B2 in Italian too!
Love that reason. Thanks for watching!
My grandkids moved to Germany. They are pretty fluent after 2 years, I just want to be able to speak to them in their current language
Babbel is a great app for learning German (as it's a German company and that was its original course). Good luck!
Could you review the StoryLearning course by Olly Richards? It's hard to find a review that breaks the course down like yours.
Sure! we'll add it to the list to review...we've got a few apps in the pipeline to try out at the moment :)
@@TestPrepInsight Thank you!
i want to learn Italian for a trip i'm planning to Florence and Rome :)
I think the only thing really holding me up in the decision is the greater choice of languages on Rosetta Stone vs Babbel.
Good luck!
Yes, Rosetta Stone even differentiates some dialects, like learning Spanish in Latin American style or in the style spoken in Spain and Europe. This can be very significant culturally if you are planning to visit or live in either area. They also have different dialect options for English (British vs American) and Chinese. There may be more, but those are the three that I'm aware of.
Spaced recall is very important, that is why I prefer the review from Rosetta Stone. There is a delay giving space and time before the review. This makes recall a little harder. However this is what we need to have true long term learning. Let’s take the fallacy of “visual learner” off the table. That is not what makes Rosetta Stone effective. It is having to use brain power to figure out meaning. We do not learn through translation. The founder of Duolingo will tell you that. Just read his April 2023 article in the New Yorker. These are some of the reasons I lean Rosetta Stone.
Answer: I have many reasons for learning new languages, but one of the important ones is that you gain a way of thinking. I speak german and turkish fulently. In some situations I think in one language, in other situations in the other one.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I love Eduardo's unbridled enthusiasm. It reminds me of an old man trying to send soup back at a deli. As a noted hipsterdoodus, this makes me happy.
hahahaha
I need to make a suggestion: if you are going to provide a “Babbel vs. Rosetta Stone” review, you need to start with asking “what language do you want to learn?” The answer to that question may make the selection for you, so you don’t have to sit through the remaining 12 minutes of the video. Fortunately I thought about that question a few minutes in and checked their websites, where I quickly discovered Babbel doesn’t offer Tagalog, while Rosetta Stone does. So it’s Rosetta Stone for me.
(Now if they would just offer Bisayan…)
Rosetta Stone also offers different dialect choices within some languages; like for Spanish you can choose from Latin American or Spain/Europe. I've never used Babbel, so I'm not sure if it offers this as well.
I find Spanish a fascinating language and I want to talk on it
Eduardo really appreciates this thorough Rosetta Stone v. Babbel 2023 review. Both language learning apps look like solid options, but Eduardo likes the shorter and more diverse Babbel lessons. Your written content on both programs is also excellent. Eduardo want to learn Ukrainian to further help in their current struggle. Thanks John for another great video!
No problem!
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My son who is 8 has been doing Rosetta stone for homeschooling for 2 years. Switching to babbel thanks to this review.
Happy we could help!
I think I would go with Babble as well. I like the varied drills they offer and the spaced repetition is key for learning. Monotonous grind is not my cup of language learning fun. Plus, it sound like the finnicky speech software of Rosetta Stone would make me lose it.
Yep, totally agree
I say if you have the budget but both software so you leverage from both
yes, these two especially make for a good combo
It seems like babble is just easier. Rosetta is challenging and completely immersive. No way babble is better. Immersion is key
I like this breakdown. Babble seems to really be a better learning option for me. I wish it had Yoruba.
Thanks for watching!
any recommendations on learning medical Spanish?
Babbel and others have some specialty courses, but they are fairly introductory. I think Mango languages has a course as well on medical
Would you recommend using more than one language app to supplement each other? Like using both to cover the deficiencies of either.
yes, that is a great strategy that we highly recommend. Babbel and Rosetta complement each other well!
True about Rosetta Stone not having an easy translation. I didn’t like the picture and choose picture style.
It's not for everyone. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video comparison. I’m still torn. HAHA
haha it can be a really hard call. maybe try both for a bit and see which one you like better!
I am learning a new language to speak to my stepmother who is from Honduras.
Very cool! Good luck!
Salaam (peace) As someone who has learned French through Berlitz, I would naturally gravitate to Rosetta Stone. Now that I am living in Indonesia, I hope they (Rosetta Stone) offer that language. In Sha Allah
They do. Good luck!
I gave up on Rosetta Stone, I’ll try Babble
Nice, let us know what you think!
My family he been doing Duolingo for over a year now. I bought the super Duolingo thinking my kids would do it more. Ends up, one of my kids is grasping it. But my other kid isn’t. I think he is dyslexia and he has adhd too. So that’s what led me to your bodies. Thanks for comparing the different programs. After watching a few of your vids, I’m prob gonna go with Babbel.
Glad we could help. Thanks for watching!
Acho sou aquele que tem que realmente sentar e estudar, comprei o Babbel por 3 anos e poucas vezes realmente parei e fiz, fiquei decepcionado pelo Rosetta não ser a melhor opção, aqui no Brazil, valor deles é absurdamente diferente a assinatura vitalícia do Babbel chega a ser 3x maior, o que deixa o Rosetta muito sedutor.
I used babble and I wasn't very happy with it because the software is not designed for people that have learning disabilities for example. Rosetta Stone is a little more friendlier with people that have learning visualization is good for people that have learning disabilities that also have short term memory they need some type of assistance to remember what they've seen. I found Babel to be completely the opposite I found it very difficult to work with I found them rushing too much and I also found it not very enjoyable versus Rosetta Stone is much more enjoyable to use for example. They're not too many programs out there factors probably none of them that deal people that short-term memory and people that have learning disabilities not that Rosetta Stone as the best one but I find it helpful and I'm still yet to find something better. You know people can learn Russian for example like through vocabulary or they can learn it through grammar I'm on the path of trying to learn through as much vocabulary and then I can get into the grammar later.
⁉️ Q: Why are you learning a new language? A: To teach and learn with my kids and speak to my husband in Espanol, hopefully he will step his game up since he already is fluent, and for travel!!
The images are great for retaining the words within their context. It's nice when they combine all aspects.
Very true. Thanks for watching!
I'm trying to learn since my kids have been taking online classes for school! I need to know what they're saying LOL
haha good call!!
It was disappointing to hear that Rosetta Stone's speech recognition still doesn't work. I experienced the same issue in 2017. Even using a headset with a microphone didn't help much. When customer support said their speech recognition was a known problem, I quit using Rosetta Stone and went to Babbel.
yeah hasn't changed much at all :(
It started as a distraction tool/coping mechanism for my CPTSD. I chose Arabic to honor some of the Iraqi translators that served with and supported us in Iraq and then were fatally punished for doing so. I’m not that far in, but if I can pull off fluency then I’d like to help any Arabic speaking refugees I can.
very cool reason :)
cool reason :)
My mother taught me Spanish but she was deaf so her enunciation was not the best. I now have a son and I want to teach him so I want this to correct what I’ve learn and teach him the right way . My mother is gone now but I want to pass this to my son because before she left she was trying to teach him
That's an awesome reason to learn and teach your son :)
Babbel has 13 languages (no Japanese) while R.S. has 25.
Very true. Babbel needs to add more Asian languages
When I was a teen using Rosetta Stone, I got stuck trying to say a word or phrase and couldn’t get past it. Like the program stopped because it wouldn’t accept what I was saying. Is there a way to skip that now? I feel like it had to have been an error because I probably tried 50 times before I stopped and never touched it again.
It can be really sensitive at times. Thanks for watching and sharing!
That would get frustrating fast. I wouldn’t like that.
The verdict is get BOTH!!!!
Yup, it's pretty much the truth. thanks for watching!
You forgot the most important thing how many languages does each app offer Rosetta has way more and is cheaper compared to Babbel. I do like the learning plan of Babbel as you get a bit more out of it and can learn a bit quicker, but they lack the languages I want to learn l. I personally would use both for a targeted language.
Yep, good call. Thanks for watching and sharing!
Want to learn Hebrew as I took a job with a company based there and unlike most European languages, its not possible to struggle through as none of the words look even close compared to their English spelling.
Very true! Good luck!!
I see that it's a monthly payment, but what if I want to study study non-stop? Can I get more out of it? Not bc I'm trying to be cheap, but bc I'm trying to really get it going asap
Maybe think about the lifetime packages?
Rosettenstein teaches you the languages more the way like you learned a language as a child, which I really like about, bc about the grammatical rules and stuff, apps not really helpful (at least the apps I saw) soo… anyways I looking for grammar in internet where you can find about any languages and read it and get into it, but practicing the languages likes writing and learning vocabulary like back in the school brings nothing at least for me..
Thanks for watching and sharing