Feel like it's time to learn a new language? But you've only got the hours on the run, the commute, the briefest of lunch breaks? That's where we say we're more than a little impressed with free learning app Duolingo.

Just open, select your language (the list is comprehensive offering everything from Turkish, Danish and Swedish to Spanish) and then continue.

Choose between goals, five, ten, fifteen or twenty minutes a day (that's the 'Insane' option). The app will guide you through the rest, whether you're a beginner in which case it's straight to GO, or if you're already experienced in which case you will have an aptitude test in which you'll be asked to translate certain phrases. At the beginners stage fun multiple choice questions provide much entertainment.

All in all an app that really makes it easy to learn.

5 June 2015