Lingvano

Lingvano is a sign-language learning service with courses in American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL), and Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS). It offers Android and iOS apps and a web platform. Lessons focus on useful everyday words and phrases, and the company says native signers, including Deaf teachers, create and teach them. Learners can follow a learning path with exercises, conversations, flashcards, achievements, and fingerspelling sign recognition. A smart trainer covers vocabulary, fingerspelling, and numbers, adjusting to learning progress. Several lessons are available at no cost without payment details; a paid subscription is needed for all lessons and premium features. Lingvano also offers business plans starting at 10 accesses, with a workplace skills unit, admin dashboard, analytics, and progress reports. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Vienna, Austria. Its app privacy policy says the mirror feature uses the camera to show a learner’s movements live without saving recordings.

Lingvano combines everyday sign-language lessons with several ways to practice and review. A few lessons are free, while full access requires a subscription.

Lingvano suits people who want to study ASL, BSL, or ÖGS through lessons and practice activities on mobile or web. Its business offering is aimed at teams and organizations seeking workplace sign-language learning.

Overview

Lingvano is a sign-language course for learners who want a guided route into ASL, BSL, or Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS). Its course structure and repeated practice suit people aiming for steady progress; occasional sign lookups call for a dictionary-style tool instead. The free lessons offer a low-commitment start, while the complete course sits behind Premium.

Key features

Lingvano’s learning path runs through hundreds of lessons centered on everyday words and phrases. The company says native signers, including Deaf teachers, craft and teach them. That gives the course a useful grounding in people who use the languages, and the structured sequence is better suited to ongoing study than isolated reference searches.

Practice spans fingerspelling recognition, conversations, varied exercises, flashcards, and achievements. A smart trainer adjusts vocabulary, fingerspelling, and number review to learning progress, giving learners several ways to return to material. The camera-based mirror feature displays movements live and does not save recordings. Lingvano does not include speech practice, so it is not the choice for learners seeking spoken-language drills alongside signing.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and includes a few lessons without requiring payment details. It is enough to sample the course, but not to continue through the full library.

Premium monthly and Premium yearly each include all lessons and premium features. Both use custom pricing: the exact charge depends on the course, location, currency, and taxes. Choose monthly access if you want a shorter commitment; yearly billing suits learners who expect to study over a longer stretch, though its price is also custom. No trial length or renewal terms are stated.

For organizations, business plans start at 10 accesses and include a workplace skills unit, admin dashboard, analytics, and progress reports. The offer is aimed at teams through organizations of 50,000 across sectors including schools, healthcare, offices, retail, government, and nonprofits. It is a more relevant route for workplace learning than an individual Premium subscription, while the minimum of 10 accesses makes it unsuitable for a single learner.

Platforms

Lingvano is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Mobile apps make it accessible for study on a phone, while web access gives learners another way to follow the course. It offers three sign languages and no speech practice.

Who it's for

Lingvano is a strong fit for beginners and continuing learners who want a structured course, regular review, and instruction in ASL, BSL, or ÖGS. Its business plan also suits organizations that want workplace sign-language training with administrative progress tools. Learners who need a free, complete course, speech drills, or only a quick sign reference should consider other formats.

Pros and cons

• Three sign languages: ASL, BSL, and ÖGS give learners a choice tied to their language goals.
• Varied review: The adaptive trainer, recognition practice, conversations, and flashcards offer more than lesson progression alone.
• Usable free entry: A few lessons are available without payment details, though the rest of the course requires Premium.
• Premium pricing is custom: Learners cannot compare the monthly and yearly cost from a fixed published figure, and the charge varies by course and location.
• No speech practice: The course focuses on signing, leaving learners who also want spoken-language exercises to add another tool.
• Business minimum: Plans begin at 10 accesses, which rules them out for individual buyers.

Alternatives

ASL Bloom is worth considering for ASL learners who want three complete modules free and a clearly priced paid step: its Premium three-month plan costs $48, paid once. It also offers a free trial, while Lingvano covers three sign languages and offers a broader set of practice tools.

MeLISegno is an alternative for learners looking for a free sign-language app on Android, iOS, or macOS. Pause LSF is another free-plan option on those platforms.

PocketSign may suit ASL learners who want a free daily lesson, video dictionary, and alphabet practice, with unlimited lessons available for $5.99 a month. Auslearn offers its first three units free and Premium for $3.99 a month, making it another option to compare for a low-cost start.

LibrasLab offers free modules with a few signs per day and a Premium plan at R$9,800 a year. Play With ASL keeps two packs free forever and includes all game modes, which may suit learners who prefer game-based practice. Sign ASL is a free option with more than 40,000 video signs and unlimited access, better suited to reference lookups than a guided course.

For a broader comparison, see Sign Language Apps and Language learning apps.

Verdict

Choose Lingvano if you want structured lessons in ASL, BSL, or ÖGS, with multiple ways to practice and a free sample before subscribing. Its strongest case is the combination of a guided learning path and adaptive review. Look elsewhere if a fixed Premium price, speech practice, or a fully free course is essential.