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Press Releases
Drops further Enhances the Language Learning Experience with Grammar Gameplay
New grammar gameplay from Drops makes it easier for language learners to quickly improve their grammar skills in English, Spanish, Portuguese and German. Currently including over 55 languages to learn, Drops will continue to add grammar gameplay for additional supported languages throughout 2026.
Drops expands its language learning offering with 6 new languages
Drops (a Kahoot! company) adds Egyptian Arabic, Welsh, Swiss German, Basque, Greenlandic, and Chti to its language learning offering.
New survey: 3 in 4 learners in the U.S. plan to learn a new language in 2025
A Drops survey reveals Spanish, Korean, and Japanese as the top languages U.S. learners aim to study in 2025, driven more by cultural passion than career goals.
Drops (a Kahoot! Company) Launches new Catalan Language Course
Drops (a Kahoot! Company) Launches new Catalan Language Course
2026 Awards & Praise
One of top 10 language apps
New languages launch
El Correo: 'Drops' introduce el euskera en su aplicación para el aprendizaje de idiomas
El Diario Vasco: Drops plataformak euskara gehitu du bere eskaintzara
Cinco Días: Así es Drops, una plataforma para aprender idiomas... incluyendo el groenlandés
2025 Awards & Praise
Thinking about endangered languages at risk of extinction
- OFL NEWS: Thinking about endangered languages
Product reviews
- MakeUseOf: duolingo-vs-drops-language-learning
2024 Awards & Praise
Best Language Learning Apps for 2024
Product Reviews
2023 Awards & Praise
Digital Journal: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global Demand and Growth by 2030
Iinoutviajes: Los españoles estudian cada vez más idiomas asiáticos como el coreano y el japonés
Hoyaragon: Los españoles estudian cada vez más coreano y japonés, que ganan terreno al inglés - HOY ARAGÓN
Digitaljournal: Language Learning Games Software Market International Business Analysis, Development Outlook and Regional Strategies 2029
New Languages and Features: Romanian
- Romania-insider: Language learning app Drops adds Romanian to its offer
Best Language Learning Apps of 2023
Techradar: Best language learning apps of 2023
Learnlanguagesfromhome: 7 Best Apps to Learn Serbian in 2023 - Learn Languages From Home
Romania-insider: Best Language Learning Apps for 2023
Langoly: 9 Best Apps to Learn Cantonese: Learn Quickly from Anywhere!
Portugalist: 10 of the Best Apps For Learning European Portuguese
AppAdvice: Drops gamifies language learning.
AppAdvice: Best Free Mobile Language Learning Apps
Starexponent: These are the best apps for learning a new language
Frederik Cordes Of Drops On The 5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App, SaaS or Software Business
- Medium: Frederik Cordes Of Drops On The 5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App, SaaS or…
Product Reviews
- Lavozdeltajo: Los españoles estudian cada vez más coreano y japonés
2021 Awards & Praise
Workplace Talk
Travel Again! Travel Talk Feature
- ZDNet: Best language learning app 2021: Top 7 apps compared
- Travel Pulse: The Travel Benefits To Learning Another Language
2020 Awards & Praise
Drops Joins the Kahoot! Family
- Venture Beat: Kahoot has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 million
- Tech Crunch: Kahoot drops $50M on Drops to add language learning to its gamified education stable
- Cheddar: Learning Platform Kahoot! Snags Language App Drops for $50 Million
New Languages and Features: Study with Amber
- Fast Company: K-pop idol Amber Liu wants you to learn Korean with her via language learning app Drops
- South China Morning Post: K-pop’s Amber Liu of f(x) on feeling like a fish out of water, working out more and finally learning to take care of herself
- Stylecaster: Amber Liu Reveals How f(x)’s ‘Extremely Experimental’ Sound Is Inspiring Her Solo Music
- Koreaboo: Amber Liu Launches Her Own Korean Language Course In Collaboration With Drops
- Kpop Hit: Amber Liu Launches Her Own Korean Language Course In Collaboration With Drops
New Languages and Features: Droplets
- EU-Startups: Google’s Best App 2018, Drops, launches ‘Droplets’ to teach kids and teens foreign languages
- Cool Mom Picks: A homeschool mom’s tips on homeschooling your kids during school closures. You can do this!
- She Scribes: Learn a new language quickly and easily with Drops and Droplets
- CNet: K-12 online classes and activities to continue education at home during coronavirus
- Common Sense Media: Apps That Help Kids Learn a New Language
- Parentology: The Best Foreign Language Apps for 2020
- Common Sense Media: Droplets: Drops for kids
Company & Executive Profiles
- Forbes: Are You A Polyglot? Here’s How To Connect Through Language
- Venturebeat: Language learning game Drops hits 25 million users
- Entrepreneur: Here's How EdTech Companies Are Creatively Revolutionizing Special Education
- Market Share: How Parents Are The New Customers In Education: Remote Possibilities
- Trust Shoring: How to build a successful e-learning product in 2020?
- Indicative: Drops: Connecting with Customers Globally
- Eli Schwartz: 75 Million Organic Impressions in 9 months: Drops a Case Study of Product Led SEO
Product Reviews
- Independent: 10 best language learning apps for exploring the world from home
- AppFuel: Drops
- LTL Mandarin School: Drops App Review (2020) – A Game Changing Approach to Language Learning
- Fox17: Tired of Duolingo? Here are 5 more apps to help you learn a new language
- Conde Nast: 6 Best Language-Learning Apps to Try in 2020
- Foss Bytes: 7 Best Language Learning Apps For Android, iOS In 2020
- Digital Journal: Digital based language courses boom during lockdown
2019 Awards & Praise
Awards
- FastCompany: The World’s Most Innovative Companies. Honorees by Sector: Education
- EdTech Digest: The EdTech Awards: 2019 - Finalists and Winners (Best Language Learning Solution)
- Google: 2019 Material Design Award Winners
- Webby Awards: 2019 Nominee
New Languages and Features: Ainu
- Travelengua: Learning Ainu: Endangered Language in Northern Japan
- Tofugu: New Japanese Learning Resources: Fall 2019
New Languages and Features: Travel Talk
New Languages and Features: ASL
- Forbes: Drops, A Leading Language Learning Platform, Now Includes ASL
- Fast Company: Now you can learn American Sign Language through a language-learning app
- CNet: Learn sign language in 5 minutes per day with this app
- Hearing Like Me: How to Learn Sign Language
New Languages and Features: Greek
New Languages and Features: Samoan
- ABC Radio Australia: How language learning apps are helping second generation kids connect with their parent's mother tongue
- RNZ New Zealand: Language app includes Gagana Samoa
New Languages and Features: Maori
- Stuff: Linguistic app Drops introduces te reo Māori to world audience
- Vice: Multinational Language App Aas Added Te Reo Māori
- New Zealand Herald: Google’s Best App of 2018 offers free Te Reo lessons
- Idealog: Meet Drops, the new international app that bridges te reo Māori with the world
- FutureFive: Te reo Māori goes global via language app called Drops
- NZ Herald: Four clever apps for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
- Idealog: In light of Māori Language Week, here's three apps helping revive te reo Māori
Partnerships: Global Eagle
- HMG Aerospace: Global Eagle partners with language learning app, Drops
- Aircraft Interiors International: Global Eagle partners with Drops language app
Company and Executive Profiles
- CNBC: How Google’s “best app of 2018” was built off of a failed project
- Newsian (Korea): Foreign Training App Drops, Meet Management
- KTLA: Teaching the World How to Remember With USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis
- CBS Local: Drops App Helps You Learn A New Language On Your Phone
- What Got You There: Daniel Farkas the CEO of DROPS – Meta learning, mental models and building a great company
Product Reviews
- LTL Mandarin School: Drops App Review (2020) – A Game Changing Approach to Language Learning
- Today: 6 new tech gifts to give anyone on your list
- LTL Mandarin School: Drops App Review (2020) – A Game Changing Approach to Language Learning
- Travel & Leisure: The Best Language Learning Apps to Download Before Your Next Trip
- CNET: Drops language app vs. Duolingo: How to choose the best language learning app for you
- Oprah: Fire Up One of These Language Learning Apps Before Your Next Trip
- Technowize: Life Changing Apps That Make Life and Work Better
- ZDNet: Drops app: Learn a language during your five-minute break
- Lindsay Does Languages: DROPS Language Learning App - 3 Minute Review
- Society19: How To Improve Your Language Learning Experience Through Apps On The Andriod
- ZDNet (Korea): Memorize vocabulary, enjoy Drops games
- Phone Arena: The best language learning apps and how to use them (2019 edition)
- International Daily News: Best Language Learning Apps That Really Work
- Daily Mom: Grab The Best Father's Day Gifts For Your Husband
- Dating Advice: Drops: How a Language Learning App Can Help Daters Become Fluent in Another Language & Attract Dates
- AppFuel: Drops
- Fox17: Tired of Duolingo? Here are 5 more apps to help you learn a new language
- Conde Nast: 6 Best Language-Learning Apps to Try in 2020
- Foss Bytes: 7 Best Language Learning Apps For Android, iOS In 2020
- Digital Journal: Digital based language courses boom during lockdown
2018 Awards & Praise
Awards: Google Best App of 2018
- Google Play: Best App of 2018
- Mashable: The best Apps of 2018, according to Google
- TheNextWeb: PUBG, Drops, and The Walking Dead to Google Play’s ‘Best of 2018’ list
New Languages and Features: Hawaiian
- TechCrunch: Language Learning app Drops adds Native Hawaiian, more than doubles downloads
- VentureBeat: Drops teaches vanishing Hawaiian language on iOS and Android
- FastCompany: The Hawaiian language is endangered. This app wants to help it survive
- Forbes: Language-Learning App Will Be The First To Offer Hawaiian, An Endangered Language
- Komando.com: App is Helping Preserve Hawaiian Language
Company and Executive Profiles
Product Reviews
- Eurolinguiste: Language Learning in 5-Minute Drops
- Jenn Im: July Favorites 2018
- Really Good UX: Drops’ Effortless Visual Language Lessons
Past Awards & Praise
Product Reviews
- Bloomberg: Five Language Learning Apps Tested and Reviewed
- Lifehacker: Drops Teaches You Foreign Language Vocabulary in Just 5 Minutes a Day
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