I’m on android and I’m wondering if there’s any way to skip the ads without getting premium? I don’t need the premium features necessarily but I hate the ads interrupting my practice. Anyone have any reliable leads? Thank you.

    • @[email protected]
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      1510 months ago

      What the heck, I had no idea that Revanced had the ability to patch apps other than Youtube! Thank you for saying so.

    • @canOP
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      Oh wow, thank you. Do I need to download an older version of the app? It’s telling me Duolingo is not installed.

      Edit: tried downloading from apkmirror

      Do I need to be rooted or can I find another download source?

          • 22rw
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            210 months ago

            Just created a duolingo account myself to check, the patch is indeed broken :/

            did you find any alternative?

            • @canOP
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              210 months ago

              Haven’t tried it yet but it’s starting to look like I should open a French school.

              • 22rw
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                210 months ago

                haha well good luck then, should be the most secure option out there :D

      • @[email protected]
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        310 months ago

        You need to grab the Duolingo APK from a source like APKpure or APKMirror and patch this file.
        This is because the installed Duolingo app consists of multiple (split-)APKs.

        • @canOP
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          The download from apk mirror appears split as well? Maybe I downloaded the wrong one.

          Edit there were two version. The patch is broken atm anyway.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      Is yours working? Just tried it and apparently the patch prevents you from logging in. If it does, which version are you using?

      • 22rw
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        310 months ago

        no version i tried worked so far, it seems the patch is broken for every version.

        Hopefully someone will update the patch in the future

    • Grr_Im_a_Bear
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      Thanks for this. Not sure how to save posts so I’m commenting instead.

  • GHOSCHT
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    You can create a Duolingo class which you can then join yourself. This gets you unlimited hearts and no further ads on the mobile version (at least from my experience). Creating a class has no prerequisites so just try it out. If you still want to be able to view the public leaderboard there’s a setting for that in the classroom settings, but it’s disabled by default.

    Edit: I’m not sure if there are any other ads besides the premium and family ones, I’m running PiHole so your mileage may vary. I’m only talking about those 2 which PiHole cannot block.

    • @canOP
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      710 months ago

      Oh, this is an actual option? I thought the other commenter was joking.

      • @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        yeah, I can confirm it works. I set it up around 2 years ago and I still don’t have ads and have unlimited hearts

    • @canOP
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      110 months ago

      Someday, but I need a device to run that on.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        You can run it on literally anything including a virtual machine, android tv box, old laptop from the trash…

        • @canOP
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          210 months ago

          My current laptop might as well be from the trash lol. I do have old android devices but that seems inefficient especially with battery concerns. I do have an old android tv box I never got working. Maybe that’s something I’ll look into. Thanks.

  • @[email protected]
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    1010 months ago

    Using a DNS that blocks ad domains works for blocking third party apps. The duolingo video ad still shows up though.

    DNS is a OS setting.

    Closing an reopening the app works too as a workaround. Progress is saved on completion, before the ad.

  • radix
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    910 months ago

    Seconding the DNS suggestion. Specifically I set my DNS to dns.adguard-dns.com and that does the trick for mobile games and such.

      • radix
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        110 months ago

        Ohh, got it. Yeah, I don’t know of a way to get rid of that. I’d guess Revanced, but I haven’t used it myself.

    • @canOP
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      110 months ago

      Are there downsides to using these?

      • Dalë
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        None that I can think.

        They’re no slower from what I see on daily use and both are privacy focused.