LingQ vs News in Slow Spanish

LingQ is a language-learning service built around reading and listening to real-world content, with new words learned in context. It offers 52 languages, a placement test, personalized review and offline lessons. Its browser importer can turn content from YouTube, Netflix, TikTok, Spotify, Apple TV, Disney+ and Amazon Prime into lessons. LingQ is available on the web, Android and iOS, with a browser extension for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge. The free membership allows 20 saved words and phrases, five lessons made from imported content and one audio playlist. Premium membership provides unlimited saved words and imported lessons, full sentence translations and offline access. Premium is listed at $215.76 per year, billed upfront for the selected duration and recurring until canceled; Premium Plus is $269.99 per year on the same billing basis. Paid membership is also noted from $8.99/mo (annual). Users can change or cancel plans at any time, and trial or subscription auto-renewal can be canceled.

News in Slow Spanish is a Spanish audio-learning service built around weekly news for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners. It adds more than a dozen original stories across levels each week. Learning resources include beginner and grammar courses, an idiomatic expressions catalog, interactive transcripts, lessons, quizzes, pronunciation practice and vocabulary flashcards. Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops. Lessons provide a free portion of audio and transcript, and the Linguistica app offers complete news stories with audio and transcript for free. Audio Only subscriptions include audio and Rooms but not transcripts, lessons or quizzes. Full Access adds transcripts, contextual translations, lessons and quizzes. Monthly prices start at $6.90 a month for a single-edition Audio Only plan; Bundle Audio Only costs $7.90 a month. Single-edition Full Access costs $22.90 a month and Bundle Full Access costs $25.90 a month. First-time subscribers can select a seven-day Full Access trial. The service is available on Android, iOS and web, with offline access and interactive practice.