Planning a trip to Seoul and want to order food without pointing at a menu? Memrise builds its lessons around videos of native speakers, and Korean is one of the courses, alongside Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese.
Free to install, with ads and in-app purchases
Memrise is free to download, though the app shows ads and sells in-app purchases. Check the in-app screens before counting on a specific feature, since some lessons or tools may require payment. The content rating is Everyone.
Native-speaker videos, AI Buddies and tutors
The developer says lessons are based on real videos of native speakers in everyday settings, with a focus on vocabulary, listening and speaking. It also lists AI Buddies and AI tutors, bots meant for practising sentence building, grammar and conjugation. The developer mentions over 145 languages besides the headline ones such as Spanish, French, Korean, German, Italian and Japanese. Less common options include Latin, Esperanto, Welsh and Yoruba.
The developer says it has helped more than 80 million learners.
Version 2026.10.19.0 and device requirements
The current build is version 2026.10.19.0, updated on October 19, 2026. The app first appeared on May 19, 2013, so it has a long release history. It needs Android 8.0 or later.
Memrise pros and cons
Pros
- Lessons use native-speaker videos rather than only synthetic voices
- AI Buddies and tutors are included for speaking practice
- Courses cover well over 100 languages, including Latin and Welsh
- Rated 4.4 on Google Play from about 1.6 million ratings
- Updated on October 19, 2026
Cons
- Contains ads
- Includes in-app purchases, and it is unclear which content is locked
- Requires Android 8.0 or later
- Update history is not published in the listing
Is Memrise safe?
Install Memrise from Google Play, where the publisher Memrise maintains the app. Its website is memrise.com. The app costs nothing but carries ads and in-app purchases. Before installing, look over the permissions that Google Play shows on the app page.
How to install Memrise
- Press the Google Play button on this page.
- Check the listing in the Play Store and press Install.
- Open Memrise when the install finishes. Updates arrive through Google Play.
