--- title: "Carna vs Duolingo โ€” AI English Tutor Compared" description: "Carna vs Duolingo: a levelled A1 to C2 English path with eight skills scored, beside Duolingo's free, gamified app. Where Carna falls short, the table says so." canonical: https://carna.ai/en/compare/duolingo/ lang: en dateModified: 2026-10-30T00:06:08+03:00 --- COMPARE ยท LANGUAGE-LEARNING APPS # Carna vs Duolingo Duolingo is the gamified app that gets you started; Carna runs A1 to C2 and scores eight skills. [Join the early-access list](https://carna.app/individual-waitlist) [Book a demo](https://carna.ai/en/schools/#demo) Where Carna falls short, its column says so The short answer The rows of the table below that decide between Duolingo and Carna. | Question | Duolingo | Carna | | --- | --- | --- | | Use Duolingo when you want to dabble in several languages and start free. | | | | Free tier, no credit card Duolingo: All courses are freeCarna: The app will open with a free plan | Yes | No | | Use Carna when English is the one language you mean to take far, with eight skills scored on one path from A1 to C2. | | | | All eight skills | No | Yes | | Full A1 to C2 curriculum | No | Yes | Checked May 2026; free plan and price on 27 September 2026 IN SHORT ## Duolingo and Carna, in short. ### What is Duolingo good for? Duolingo is built for a daily habit: short, game-like lessons with streaks, in many languages. Every course is free, with pronunciation feedback and a path that adapts as you go. - **Free**: All courses - **Paid, from**: Super from $9.99 a month (US App Store) Checked on 27 September 2026 on [duolingo.com/super](https://www.duolingo.com/super). ### How is Carna different from Duolingo? Carna teaches English only, on one path from A1 to C2, and scores eight skills from 0 to 100 along it. Where Duolingo's column has no conversation practice or writing evaluation, the Carna app, which is in early access, has live speaking practice with Mia, its AI tutor, and writing scored by AI on four criteria. Duolingo is open to anyone for free today; the Carna app is in early access, and it will open with a free plan. โ€” SIDE BY SIDE ## Feature by feature. The same questions, asked of Duolingo and of Carna. Carna and Duolingo, feature by feature, checked May 2026 | Feature | Duolingo | Carna | | --- | --- | --- | | What you learn | | | | All eight skills | No | Yes | | Full A1 to C2 curriculum | No | Yes | | Real conversation practice | No | Yes. Live speaking practice with Mia, the AI tutor | | Pronunciation feedback | Yes | Yes. Scored from your own voice, one of eight skills | | Essay & writing evaluation | No | Yes. Writing scored by AI on four criteria | | Adaptive learning path | Yes | Yes. Each day's plan picked from your answers | | IELTS / TOEFL exam prep | No | Partly. An IELTS band on a practice grading, not a course | | How you get it | | | | Free tier, no credit card | Yes. All courses are free | No. The app will open with a free plan | Checked May 2026; free plan and price on 27 September 2026 The Duolingo column reflects the plans and features Duolingo publishes. Products change quickly: check Duolingo's own site for the latest, and read how this comparison was built in the questions below. Running in schools today ## A level on every step. A course app runs you through its sequence; Carna's runs from A1 to C2 and says where each step sits. In Carna for Schools, which runs today, every module a student is assigned wears its CEFR level and the list runs soonest due first, so the climb is visible one module at a time. [Book a demo](https://carna.ai/en/schools/#demo) [See Carna for Schools](https://carna.ai/en/schools/) A student's Learn screen in Carna for Schools: the assigned modules, each with its CEFR level and the skills it works on, sorted by due date. Carna School London is a sample school; the names, courses, levels and scores are demo data. FAQ ## Common questions. Straight answers about Duolingo and Carna, including how this comparison was built and what the individual tutor cannot do yet. ### Does Carna do everything Duolingo does? No, and the table says where. Duolingo is free to start and teaches many languages; Carna teaches English only, and its app, in early access now, will open with a free plan. What Carna does is take one language far: a levelled path from A1 to C2 with eight skills scored along it and, in the Carna app, each day's plan picked from your answers. ### Can I sign up for Carna the way I can for Duolingo? Not yet. Duolingo is open to anyone; the Carna app is in early access, so the early-access list is the way in, and joining it is free. The app will open with a free plan, and schools and teams run on Carna today. ### Will Carna take me past the intermediate plateau Duolingo leaves me at? Carna's material runs from A1 to C2 in eight stages, so there are levels past B1 to work on, and the same eight skills are scored at every one of them. The individual tutor is not open yet: the early-access list is how you hear when it is. ### How did you check the Duolingo column? The Duolingo column reflects the plans and features Duolingo publishes, as we checked them in May 2026. Its free plan and prices were checked again on 27 September 2026, on duolingo.com/super. Carna's column is held to the same standard as the Duolingo column, so where it falls short, it says so. "Partly" means a feature exists with a limit, and the limit is named under the row. 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[Join the early-access list](https://carna.app/individual-waitlist) [Book a demo](https://carna.ai/en/schools/#demo)