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Quick answer: It depends on whether your child is starting Dutch or already goes to a Dutch school. For a child who already follows Dutch at school, Squla offers practice in school subjects. For a beginner who needs varied material, look at Dinolingo. For a motivated older child, Duolingo is free. If your main goal is getting your child to say Dutch out loud, that's what we built Voiczy for.
A note before you read: we make Voiczy, one of the apps below, so we aren't neutral. To keep this fair, the apps are listed alphabetically, not by preference. We checked each app's store listing and website in November 2026, with store prices from Germany. This is a comparison of what they offer, not a long-term test of every app with children, and prices and features can change.
Many families looking for a Dutch app have just moved to the Netherlands or Belgium, so we looked at:
Dinolingo teaches 50 languages, including Dutch, to children aged 2 to 14 through videos, songs, stories, games and printable worksheets. One family subscription covers all the languages.
Duolingo's main app has a Dutch course from English, with short lessons and some speaking exercises. It's free to use, and a paid plan removes ads.
Picture-based vocabulary for children aged 2 to 7, in 13 categories such as farm, numbers and body. One category is free, and the others are in-app purchases or part of a €14.99 Pro edition.
A well-known Dutch learning platform with quizzes and games in all school subjects, from toddlers up to the last year of primary school. It's rated by nearly 30,000 people in the Dutch App Store and was updated in October 2026.
This is our app. Children aged 3 to 14 hear a word, see a picture and say it out loud, then practise talking with Leo, an AI tutor. It also includes bilingual audio story books and basic maths in Dutch. At the time of writing, the Dutch path has 271 words with audio, the same as our other languages.
You can see what Dutch looks like on Voiczy.
An app can give your child daily practice, but it can't replace the playground. Children pick up most of their Dutch from other children, so sports clubs, play dates and music lessons are worth as much as any app. If your child goes quiet in Dutch for a while, that's usually a normal stage, not a problem.
Our parent's guide to teaching Dutch covers this by age, and it explains how Dutch school works.
Focus on words they'll use on day one: asking to go to the toilet, saying they need help, naming food and joining a game. Speaking a little matters more than knowing a lot of vocabulary.
Duolingo is free, and it suits older children best. For younger children, Learn Dutch With Amy and Voiczy both have free parts, but neither is fully free.
We don't think so, and we make one of these apps. An app builds words, confidence and habits. Fluency comes from real conversations, and for most children in the Netherlands that means school and friends.
You can also compare the wider range of language apps for kids.
