Switching from Drops
Tired of Drops?
Drops capped you at 5 minutes a day on the free tier. Lalo doesn't cap you, and there's a finish line.
Side by side
| Lalo | Drops | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | €49 once | €96/yr |
| Scope | 1,000 words · finite | Infinite |
| Algorithm | FSRS (open) | Visual flashcards (no SRS algorithm disclosed) |
| Works offline (free tier) | Yes | No |
| Account required to start | No | Yes |
| Punishes missed days | No | Yes |
Why people leave Drops
The 5-minute-a-day free limit trains the habit of stopping, not learning.
Beautiful pictures, shallow vocab. You won't read a menu with just pictograms.
Sub ends, vocabulary access ends. You don't own what you learned.
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.