Mondly
Language Learning Romania
Pearson-owned language app with short lessons in 41 languages Alternative to Duolingo.
Details
Mondly teaches 41 languages from short daily lessons, with weekly quizzes, monthly challenges, vocabulary builders and conversations with a chatbot, on iOS, Android and the web, and with virtual-reality and children’s versions alongside. Its coverage is the closest of any European app to Duolingo’s.
The free app gives a limited taste; the App Store listing says a subscription is needed for all courses and features. The deepest material is for English learners, including video lessons for advanced students and tests certified by Pearson, which has owned Mondly since 2022.
About Mondly
Mondly is made by ATI Studios A.P.P.S. S.R.L., a Romanian company based in Brașov (trade register J8/1440/2013). It launched the Mondly app in 2014, and its terms of use name the Brașov company as the contracting party, with the laws of England and Wales applying to disputes.
Pearson plc, the London-listed education group, announced on 29 April 2022 that it had acquired Mondly, and the app now trades as Mondly by Pearson inside Pearson’s English Language Learning division. Pearson files with the US SEC as a foreign issuer rather than a domestic one, so the chain ends at a UK company. Co-founder Alex Iliescu was CEO at the time of the sale.
