blas.blas.Best Scottish Gaelic Learning App
Most apps treat Scottish Gaelic as a footnote to Irish. blas. was built with sourced Gàidhlig content, a dedicated grammar engine, and lenition drilling. The Gàidhlig features ship at parity with Irish and Welsh.
Start learning GàidhligAn honest look at what each Scottish Gaelic learning tool does well, and where it falls short.
| Feature | blas. | Duolingo | SpeakGaelic | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenition drilling | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Grammar engine | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Spaced repetition | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Vocabulary depth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reading passages | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Video lessons | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Conversation practice | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Offline mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course is the most popular but offers no formal grammar or mutation drilling. SpeakGaelic (BBC Alba and MG ALBA, developed with Sabhal Mòr Ostaig) is a free CEFR-graded course with video, classroom resources, and a progression dashboard, but no spaced repetition or mutation drilling. Drops focuses on visual vocabulary. blas. ships Gàidhlig at feature parity with Irish and Welsh. Last verified May 2026.
Gàidhlig has features that generic apps don't handle. blas. was built specifically for them.
Drilled across nouns, verbs, and adjectives with the triggers explained, not memorised case by case.
Nominative, genitive, vocative, and dative drilled with the patterns that actually cause learners to stall.
Gàidhlig text is sourced or curated, never AI-generated. English explanations help, the Gàidhlig itself is real.
The course uses the same curriculum structure, drill types, and reading model as Irish and Welsh.
Core Gàidhlig vocabulary with audio and spaced repetition
Every verb conjugated across tenses, persons, and moods
Graded passages with comprehension questions
The mutation system drilled until it becomes reflex
Cited grammar lessons covering the whole Gàidhlig system
Structured units from absolute beginner upward
The Gàidhlig course is live in the blas. app for iOS and Android. Free to start.
Start learning GàidhligYes. The Gàidhlig course is live and starts at A1, from absolute beginner.
blas. is built around grammar explanations, reading practice, and spaced repetition rather than streak-first matching.
Sentences and vocabulary are cross-checked against published dictionaries and corpora.