Sketchlingo compared with 6 other apps
Sketchlingo is a drawing game you play with other people. One player draws a word in the language you are learning, everyone else races to type it. Below is an honest look at how that differs from six apps people already use — and who each one suits.
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Sketchlingo vs Duolingo
Duolingo suits you if you want a daily solo habit and a set path through a language, on your own schedule.
Sketchlingo vs skribbl.io
skribbl.io suits you if you want a party game and the words are just something to draw.
Sketchlingo vs Babbel
Babbel suits you if you want someone else to decide what comes next — a path from first words to holding a conversation.
Sketchlingo vs Memrise
Memrise suits you if you want to sit down alone, drill, and keep reviewing the same words over weeks.
Sketchlingo vs Busuu
Busuu suits you if you want a course to follow plus feedback on your own writing and speaking from people who speak the language.
Sketchlingo vs Quizlet
Quizlet suits you if you want to build a set and study it on your own, in any subject.
What Sketchlingo is, in plain facts
- You play with other people in a live room. One player draws, everyone else types.
- 7 languages: Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Italian, English, Georgian.
- 124 words in every language. One word list, translated seven ways.
- Free with no account. Open the link, pick a name, play.
- Guesses are typed against a timer. A turn is 80 seconds by default. Fast guesses score up to 500 points.
- Every round ends with the word and its English meaning.
- Words nobody guessed come back in later rounds until everyone gets them.
- Georgian rooms accept typed romanizations, so you do not need a Georgian keyboard.
- Quick games hold 4 players. Your own room holds 2 to 24, over 1 to 10 rounds.
- Pro is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. It adds your own room and up to 200 of your own words. Everyone you invite plays free.
How we write these pages
We describe every other product plainly and leave out anything we cannot check. We do not list their prices or claim they are missing features. Every number on these pages is about Sketchlingo and comes from the game itself.
Most of these are not really competitors. A course app and a word game do different jobs, and nothing stops you using both. These pages are here to help you work out which one you are actually missing.
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Pick one of the 7 languages, press play, and you are in a game. No account, no install.