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Duolingo ABC
Free phonics and early-reading app. Separate from Duolingo language lessons.
Duolingo ABC teaches early reading through short phonics lessons, handwriting, sight words, and stories. Duolingo says it is 100% free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Best for
A child who is learning to read, from preschool into the early grades, when you want something free and ad-free.
- Grades
- K–2
- Subjects
- Reading, Writing
- Price
- Free
- Teaches or answers
- Teaches
Pricing
Verified from public pages
The Duolingo ABC site, the Play listing, and the App Store listing all say the app is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Teaches, or gives the answer?
Lessons walk through letter sounds, decoding, and simple writing. It does not do a child’s homework for them.
Kid safety and privacy
Verified from public pages
Duolingo’s privacy policy says ABC does not collect personal information from children. A parent sets it up with a nickname and an approximate age. Speech for speaking exercises stays on the device and uses Apple’s speech recognition; Duolingo says that audio is not shared with them. ABC is a different app from the main Duolingo account.
What we could not verify
- Grade range is inconsistent across Duolingo’s own listings. Google Play says preschool through 1st grade. The App Store says preschool through 2nd grade and also “Made for Ages 0–5.” The marketing site does not pick one band.
- This is a structured literacy app, not a generative chatbot.
Sources
Public pages reviewed 2026-10-15. This is not a paid ranking.