Duolingo ABC delivers a kid-friendly, ad-free literacy journey with hundreds of bite-sized reading lessons that blend phonics, sight words, and engaging stories. With offline access and strong regional rankings in Education (CZ, SK, CA), it stands out as a trusted choice for parents seeking a safe, effective early-reading app for ages 3-8. 10,000,000+ total downloads and 410K downloads in the last 30 days underscore its ongoing appeal.
Pros & Cons
Ad-free, kid-safe experience
Offline learning capability for on-the-go use
700+ hands-on reading lessons and bite-sized content
Multi-sensory activities like tracing and drag-and-drop
Lacks some alphabet-focused features (alphabet/letters/spelling) that some competitors emphasize
Focus is on phonics and reading rather than broader early-literacy themes offered elsewhere
About Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC
Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC is an education app developed by Duolingo.
Download Statistics
Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC has been downloaded 17 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 410 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 education apps.
User Ratings
Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC is rated 4.03 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 17 thousand ratings.
App Information
Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC is FREE to download. The APK download size is 150.97 MB. The latest version available is 1.25.1. The last update was on August 14, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC requires Android 5.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2022.
Description
From the creators behind Duolingo, the world’s #1 education app, comes Duolingo ABC! Duolingo ABC is the fun, hands-on way for your child to learn to read and write in English! From preschool to first grade, engage your child with delightful stories for kids and bite-sized lessons teaching the alphabet, phonics, sight words, vocabulary, and more.
The Duolingo ABC kids reading app offers over 700 hands-on reading lessons designed to help kids learn and love to read. We make learning to read both fun and effective with lessons and educational games for kids that include multi-sensory activities, such as tracing, drag-and-drop prompts and more. Our educational learning app offers personalized lessons so your child can learn at their own pace.
Develop reading comprehension skills with educational lessons specially designed to support your child’s lifelong love of learning! Whether your child is in pre-K, preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade, Duolingo ABC has delightful stories for kids filled with engaging pictures meant to inspire and support your child along their educational journey.
Help your child learn to read new sight words with our toddler books and kids stories that let you highlight each word spoken. This helps build your child’s multi-sensory learning skills and can help them learn to read independently.
Duolingo ABC makes your child’s education a fun and engaging experience. Our learning app combines educational lessons with fun reading games perfect for kids and toddlers alike! Our rewards work in tandem with bite-sized reading lessons and fun school games for kids, keeping them motivated to learn while building their confidence.
Discover ad free kids educational games filled with exploration and curiosity on Duolingo ABC. Now your kids can have fun while they sound out words, practice reading and writing in English, and build reading comprehension and literacy skills for a lifetime!
DUOLINGO ABC FEATURES:
Kids Learn to Read - Reading games: Our kids reading app provides hands on learning they will love - New lessons are added often, so your child never runs out of educational content - Reading and phonics for kids: Bite-sized lessons help kids learn phonics, sight words & vocabulary - Every reading lesson is built to feel like a game, so kids can learn to read while having fun
Learning Activities For Kids - Enjoy fun educational games like letter tracing and gamified stories, suitable for even the youngest learners - Toddler, kindergarten or first grade, all kids can enjoy the Duolingo ABC learning app while having fun - From toddler books to 1st grade learning games, Duolingo ABC has lessons for every child - Designed by literacy & early-education experts to develop kids’ skills in phonics, sight words, reading & more
Kid-Safe & Ad-Free - Our educational learning app prioritizes a kid-friendly experience - Rest easy, parents. There are no ads or in-app purchases to worry about - Content is focused on preschool, kindergarten and first grade level lessons, so you can be safe knowing it is always age-appropriate
Offline Learning - Your child’s educational journey has no limits with Duolingo ABC’s offline learning capabilities - On a plane? At a restaurant? Duolingo ABC can be used anytime, anywhere - Enjoy playing and learning offline - so kids can learn wherever you go
Duolingo ABC is an educational learning app that offers immersive lessons to teach preschool to first grade kids to learn and love to read. Download today and spark your child’s love for learning.
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Recent changes: Duolingo ABC is now on Android! Send us your feedback at literacy-feedback@duolingo.com.
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Comments on Learn to Read - Duolingo ABC for Android
★★★★★Kacie Brinner· May 10, 2026
I downloaded this to have an educational game for my 3yo, and it came recommended on Reddit. My now almost 4yo is legit reading sight words, knows all her letter phonics and some blended letter sounds (ph, sh, which the app calls "letter teams"), and she plays less than an hour of it in a whole week. She loves the game. The short stories are cute and inclusive. We also read a ton in our house, but I credit this with the fact that she's almost independently reading.
★★★★★Pradeep Mukherjee· Jun 18, 2026
This app is very good now my kids are very fluent to read English spellings of any word I love this learning to read Duolingo and I think we all should download this learning to read Duolingo forever kids love this app thanks you so much 🥰🥰😘
★★★★★Joyce Asante· May 31, 2026
Duolingo being a special app made for everyone who can't speak any other languages, but apart from the English. Besides, not only English can be speak in other countries like China, Spain etc. let's say china for instance u cannot speak English at their country, because 10% of the Chinese can speak English. On the other hand, spain is a country that almost 95%speaks Spanish, even though u want to learn how to speak the Spanish koraaa no it will be puzzled for u to learn their language buh with duo
★☆☆☆☆N. K. Jain· May 14, 2026
My small sister can not understand English and there were no option to change language, so I can not like this app because this is useless for my sister
★★☆☆☆Desi Dabba· Jun 4, 2026
It won't teach my child anything 😔 it is so slow to teach so yeah it also is real fun to see the child do but yeah I would recommend Duolingo
★★☆☆☆J F· May 31, 2026
Big picture it's good, in the details It's got significant design flaws. I'm certain that a teacher looked at the macros of this app and its philosophy and Gabe a thumbs up. But the mechanics undermine quality learning. Some of the spelling practice allows kids to spell words out of order, and letters magnetize to the right spot. It rewards blind guessing and jot learning.
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Trust & Safety: App requests common connectivity and notification permissions (ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, INTERNET, POST_NOTIFICATIONS, WAKE_LOCK) plus CLOUD messaging (RECEIVE). It emphasizes a kid-safe, ad-free experience with no in-app purchases, and offers offline learning to minimize data usage and ensure a safe, focused learning environment for young children.
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