⚔️ Head-to-Head · Hours Wasted, Documented

Duolingo vs Google Translate

“Which one wastes more of your one finite, irreplaceable life? We ran the numbers. We made the numbers up. The result is somehow still accurate.”

Duolingo

Duolingo

Education
★★★★☆4.2
802.3M
Lifetime Hours Wasted

Learn just enough Spanish to feel guilty in two languages instead of one.

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Google Translate

Google Translate

Tools
★★★★☆4.3
2.3M
Lifetime Hours Wasted

Confidently turns 'I'm allergic to peanuts' into a marriage proposal.

📊 The Damage Report
ФункціяDuolingoGoogle Translate
🕳️ Hours Wasted / Day3.9 hrs
More hours = clear winner of nothing.
2.3 hrs
🔥 Lifetime Damage802.3M hrs2.3M hrs
Наш рейтинг4.24.3
App Store4.3
Google Play4.74.3
ЦінаБезкоштовноБезкоштовно
Завантаження500M+
More victims downloaded.
1B+
Розмір270 MB
Внутрішні покупки 💸
Потрібен інтернет
Вікове обмеженняEveryoneEveryone
РозробникDuolingoGoogle LLC
⚖️ The Verdict

By our entirely fabricated metrics, Duolingo wins the race to the bottom of your free time. Google Translate is the “responsible” choice, in the way that a slightly smaller slice of cake is responsible. There are no winners here. Only documented hours.

Pick Your Poison

Оберіть Duolingo, якщо...

Duolingo is ideal for casual beginners looking to build basic vocabulary and establish a daily learning habit, but insufficient for those seeking conversational fluency or deep grammatical understanding. Serious learners should use it as a supplementary drill tool rather than their primary education source, while free users must tolerate increasingly restrictive energy limits.

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Оберіть Google Translate, якщо...

Google Translate remains the most comprehensive free translation tool available, especially for travelers and multilingual communicators who need offline access and camera translation. However, power users and language learners may want to wait for Google to stabilize recent updates or consider alternatives if they rely heavily on features like romanization or seamless conversation mode.

Завантажити Duolingo

Завантажити Google Translate

⚠️ Fine Print Nobody Reads

Every stat above is affectionately invented. The apps are real, the regret is real, the numbers are vibes. Requires: stable Wi-Fi, poor impulse control, and a willingness to question your life choices at 2 AM.