I remember a couple of months ago a discussion on here about Duolingo, which I've used before and never really loved.

Was wondering if anyone has tried Busuu?

Same concept and method, has site and app, but just a little different and in my opinion a bit better.

It has a lot less languages than Duolingo, I think there are 12, and it's a little bit more expensive as well. But the content just seems better, and I think it does a much better job in the way it gets you to review words you don't know well.

With languages like Spanish that are spoken in a lot of different places it explains the regional variations and differences as well, which is nice

It's definitely worth a look if you are interested in learning one of the languages it offers.

@slamdunk406 curious if you have it and have any thoughts?

Another thing that I think is quite nice is that it allows you to take A1, A2, B1, B2 exams and get a certificate from McGraw-Hill. I don't know whether that certificate is actually worth anything much in proving your language skills but it gives a sense of satisfaction if nothing else!

I have a few invitations for 30 days free 'premium' if anyone is interested.

I'd never heard of Busuu, so I can't say anything about it one way or the other. I've tried Duolingo for Japanese and it wasn't great, although that was when it was a brand new language on the platform and I was more advanced than anything they had to offer. But the main thing I wanted to mention is that sometimes local libraries (at least in the US) provide access to outside services like this for free. So it's worth looking into if you have a local library card. My library offers Duolingo (I'm assuming it's Duolingo Plus since the base level is free, but I haven't looked into it) and Mango Languages. I'm going to try out Mango, but I probably won't have much time to dedicate to it for the foreseeable future.

I'm going to try out Mango

I've never heard of Mango. Let us know what you think of it.

I haven't tried Busu or Duolingo. I do all my language study for Chinese and Japanese on YouTube and via grammar books. Mostly YouTube, though.

The advantage of apps like Busu or Duolingo is they can give you a structure to follow and I can see how that can be comforting for some. For me peronally, I like the freedom of choosing how I'll study and what I'll study. I also like having a rolodex of teachers and channels that I can choose from.

So, I think YouTube is a fantastic way to learn a language. It's all free and high quality in content. Plus, you also can do remote immersion much better via YouTube. I feel like a major issue with a lot of these language learning apps is they don't really do much to simulate remote immersion and just diving into the language. YouTube allows you to dive in, which I think is the most important thing you can do.