I’m very happy Icelandic is now included in LingQ, and I’m not sure what the benefits of getting premium would be. I’m Willing to pay if it means I have more resources to improve. can anyone explain?
With the free version, you can only create 20 Lingqs whereas the Premium version is unlimited. Also a Premium subscription allows you to import your own content to study.
You should also think about the languages you are planning to study on Lingq. Some people have a monthly subscription because they wish to study several languages at once whereas I have a lifetime subscription for one language only (Korean in my case).
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If I remember correctly, when I had a free account, the automatic translations of the words stopped appearing. Maybe I don´t remember it correctly though.
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I’m surprised there isn’t a comparison table from free to Premium.
In any case, if you embrace the method you need a Premium account because you’re gonna create a ton of LingQs and import lots of content. And it’s worth it. Imho.
You can see the difference between FREE and PREMIUM on the upgrade page:
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The difference between the free version and the premium version is that the premium version is usable. The free version only allows you to create 20 lingqs or so per day. Considering that the whole philosophy behind Lngq is the idea of mass immersion, it is quite simply impossible to use Lingq as intended in the free version.
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@mattmoon1 - To put this limit in perspective, December was a busy month for me and I averaged 167 lingqs per day. You go through 20 FAST.
Now, you could just read the content on here without paying, but it would be hard to figure out what to read. I’ve been reading novels that I imported (a premium feature), but when I go to dig through the library, the only way I know which lessons will be effective is by looking at the word-count metrics. If I wasn’t able to use unlimited tracking of words, those metrics would be off and would always depict material as too hard.
Beyond that, the service works, and I feel like they deserve money for it. I even bought a year subscription for a friend who loves Korean. The only thing stronger than a recommendation is a recommendation that you’re willing to pay to give. It took me a LONG time to get used to using the platform, but now I couldn’t imagine progressing without it.
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