Switching from Babbel
Tired of Babbel?
Paying €168/year for 15-minute lessons you never finish? Lalo is €49 once, and the finish line is 1,000 words.
Side by side
| Lalo | Babbel | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | €49 once | €168/yr |
| Scope | 1,000 words · finite | Infinite |
| Algorithm | FSRS (open) | Unclear (marketed as "cognitive science") |
| Works offline (free tier) | Yes | No |
| Account required to start | No | Yes |
| Punishes missed days | No | No |
Why people leave Babbel
You paid upfront for a year and still feel like you're 5% in six months later.
Cancelling mid-year? Prorated refunds are a polite way of saying you get nothing back.
The "real-world dialogues" read like corporate training videos from 2008.
You won't start over
Our 5-minute placement test tests vocabulary across the common, medium, and advanced frequency tiers. Words you already know get marked automatically — you jump straight to the gaps. And you can mark any word as known at any point during learning.