Learn Vietnamese you’ll actually use.

Most apps skip the Southern accent, teach isolated words, and feel built for kids. Podglot is the opposite: high-frequency vocabulary in real sentences, listening and speaking, a grammar crash course, and an AI tutor — in short sessions that fit a commute.

Free on iOS and Android. No credit card.

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Built for English-speaking adults — including heritage learners who understand more than they can say.

Podglot home screen with daily lesson, streak, and vocabulary

High-frequency vocabulary

Stop wasting months on words you’ll never say.

Podglot ranks thousands of Vietnamese words by how often they actually show up — so you learn tiết kiệm and chữa trị before trivia. Search in English or Vietnamese, skip the diacritics, and pick up at your level.

Frequency-ranked Vietnamese vocabulary list in the Podglot app
Vietnamese word shown in a full sentence with English translation

Words in real sentences

Memorizing a word isn’t the same as using it.

Every study word comes with adult sentences — work, family, money, school — not “the apple is red.” Hide the English when you’re ready. Save the ones you still miss.

Multiple-choice quiz using a real-life Vietnamese sentence

Listening & speaking

You can read it. You still freeze when someone talks.

Listening mode plays full sentences so your ear catches up. Speaking practice asks you to say them out loud. Both Northern and Southern audio — which most apps skip.

Listening mode playing a Vietnamese sentence with translation toggle
Speaking practice with a microphone prompt to say a Vietnamese sentence

Grammar for adults

Vocabulary without grammar is a pile of words.

A short crash course on how Vietnamese sentences are built, polite I and you, numbers with nouns, and talking about time. Resume in minutes. No textbook slog.

Grammar crash course with lesson progress in the Podglot app

AI tutor

Nobody to practice with at 10pm? Chat anyway.

The AI tutor talks with you in Vietnamese whenever you have a few minutes. Ask how to say something, get a correction, or just keep a conversation going.

Chat with the Podglot AI tutor in Vietnamese

Stay consistent

You don’t need another app you abandon in a week.

Short daily lessons, a streak, and a leaderboard keep you honest — without turning Vietnamese into a cartoon game.

Daily leaderboard showing learner rankings in Podglot

Download the free app and start a lesson tonight.

No credit card. Short sessions. Built for English-speaking adults.

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How it works

A lesson tonight. Real Vietnamese by next month.

No curriculum committee. No cartoon mascot. Open the app and do the next thing.

  1. 1

    Download and start a lesson

    Open the app and tap Start Lesson. You’ll get a short set of high-frequency words — enough for a commute, not a two-hour study block.

  2. 2

    See the word in a sentence, then prove you know it

    Read it in context, hide the English, and quiz yourself. Active recall beats scrolling a word list and hoping it sticks.

  3. 3

    Listen, speak, or chat when you’re ready

    Train your ear, say the sentence out loud, run a grammar module, or talk to the AI tutor. Come back tomorrow. That’s the whole loop.

What people are saying?

first time my asian parents have been proud of me

jk lol but genuinely I’ve been using this app for the past week or so & I already feel it’s helped me improve significantly in my viet. there’s enough features to feel robust without feeling overwhelming, and I especially love the way lessons are formatted in the app. they’re short, convenient and feel satisfying to complete while still requiring active recall. it’s hard to believe how much it offers while being entirely free. i feel there are very few resources for learning viet, especially the southern accent, which is why i really wanted to leave a review to support this app :) i tried to leave a review a few days ago, but it didn't work :') so hopefully this one goes through. yay for small creators!

Helloisurneyiure

App Store

This app is super helpful. The audio quality is much better than duolingo and other vietnamese apps I tried. Has southern accent too!

Cô Bé Điên Khùng

App Store

Lots of content to practice conversation and includes the southern and northern dialect options which most apps dont have.

Georgey Nguyen

App Store

Flashcards are nice and especially like writing feature.

Georgey Nguyen

App Store

Good so far. I like the listening. Would be great to see some more listening using the pimsleur technique too.

edeyb134

Google Play

For absolute beginners? Definitely the app Podglot. It’s a flashcards app that automatically suggests new words, uses spaced repetition, and provides context so you are learning more than 1 word.

Fabulous-Explorer281

Reddit

I've been using both. If I find it hard to memorize the words, I use anki. I like to screenshot the podglot examples and put it onto anki. If it's simple enough for me to memorize, I just practice with podglot. I'm a heritage learner so while I can understand most things, I tend to forget what words to say when talking.

mimipoop1

Reddit

Thank you for the great app!! I’m enjoying it so much.

Robispupik

Community Chat

I just want to say I love this app so far. Good tool for normalizing daily viet grammar.

trealz23

Community Chat

Thanks for listening and adding the feature to remove accent typing. This is much better to use now. I'll do my part to leave 5 stars.

taifala888

Community Chat

Thank you! The new update with the listening mode is great and now makes shadowing very easy.

spn

Community Chat

Yeah, I've used it today as well, it has me using a lot more of my Vietnamese and practicing reading full sentences. Is a great option to start.

rohan

Support

FAQ

Straight answers before you download

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Still have questions? Email us at support@podglot.com

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