- Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur are pure rote memorization, while Babbel teaches grammar and Busuu creates objectives and challenges to achieve.
- Busuu has the element of social networking where you can have a friends list, and learn from people who are native speakers of the language(s) you’re learning.
- Placement test starts a user at the right place instead of making them repeat known content.
- Trading corrections between native speakers learning different languages is genius.
- Short clips with visual and audio help with comprehension.
- Plus it has the common fill in the blank and word ordering type of questions.
- The social aspect and the ability to have native speakers grade your work (and basically teach you everything Busuu doesn’t).