LingoBinge vs Lingopie
Lingopie gives you a curated, licensed library of shows; LingoBinge layers learning onto the Netflix catalogue you already have. If you want everything in one owned library and do not mind paying from day one, Lingopie fits. If you want to learn from the shows you already watch, with a real free tier and transparent billing, LingoBinge is the better fit.
- Free to use
- Trial only, then paid
- Pricing model
- Paid, with a trial
- Works on Netflix
- Yes, on your own account, with limits
- Best for
- Learners who want a curated, licensed catalogue across many languages in one place.
| Feature | LingoBinge | Lingopie |
|---|---|---|
| Content | Your own Netflix catalogue | Lingopie's licensed library |
| Free tier | Completely free | 7-day trial, card required |
| Price | Free today; paid Pro planned later | ~$12 to 15/mo |
| Spaced review (FSRS) | Built in, free | Built in (paid plan) |
| Billing | Transparent, cancel anytime | Complaints about trial charges |
Where Lingopie is strong
- Owns a curated, licensed library of shows across many languages, which is hard to replicate.
- Built-in click-to-translate and review on its own player.
- Broad language coverage.
Best for: Learners who want a curated, licensed catalogue across many languages in one place.
Where LingoBinge wins
LingoBinge works on the Netflix you already pay for with nothing to subscribe to on top, and the core loop is free rather than trial-gated.
Common questions about Lingopie
We answer these from what we can verify. Pricing and features change, so anything dated here should be checked against Lingopie's own site.
Is Lingopie free?
No, not permanently. Lingopie has no permanent free plan. It offers a free trial that requires a credit card, and after that it is a paid subscription. We are not quoting a monthly figure here, because the last one we recorded was a stale reading we could not re-verify, and a wrong price is worse than no price: read the current plans on lingopie.com. One structural point does hold whatever the number is, and Lingopie states it themselves, which is that the subscription does not include the streaming service you watch on. If what you want is something free to keep, LingoBinge is free, and asbplayer is free and open source.
Does Lingopie work with Netflix?
Partly, and this answer used to be wrong here. Lingopie began as its own player with its own licensed library, and we described it that way for too long. It now also ships a browser extension, which its own blog says works on select titles on your favourite streaming services, and which the Chrome Web Store recorded at 50,000 users when we checked on 12 August 2026. Lingopie states the extension costs nothing extra but needs a Lingopie subscription, and that a Lingopie subscription does not include the streaming subscription itself. So the honest comparison is no longer library versus your own Netflix: it is that both tools can work on titles you already pay for, and Lingopie asks for a subscription on top while LingoBinge does not. Check their current title and language coverage on lingopie.com, because select titles is their wording and we have not verified its limits ourselves.
Why is Lingopie not working?
We have not reproduced any Lingopie fault and will not guess at one, so their own support is the place to raise it. Two things are worth knowing about the shape of the product. Lingopie runs both its own player and a browser extension, so the first useful question is which of the two is failing, because they fail for different reasons. If it is the extension, the generic advice for this whole category applies: streaming sites are single-page apps, so an extension that was not injected on the episode you opened often comes back after a full page reload rather than a click through the app.
Can I move from Lingopie to LingoBinge?
There is nothing to migrate. LingoBinge cannot import your Lingopie history or saved words, so your list starts empty. The real thing you give up is the library: Lingopie's catalogue is licensed to them, so leaving means going back to your own Netflix subscription for content. What you gain is that nothing is locked in, since LingoBinge exports everything you save as an Anki .apkg or CSV. Check coverage before you cancel anything, because LingoBinge grades Indonesian today and the other languages are waitlist-gated.
Frequently asked questions
- Lingopie vs Language Reactor: which is better?
- Lingopie gives you a curated licensed library; Language Reactor adds dual subtitles to Netflix and YouTube you already use. LingoBinge is a third option that grades subtitles to your level on your own Netflix and keeps saving and review free.
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