Island of Ko Phi Phi, Thailand (Copyright)
Thai or Siamese, is spoken by over 20 million people as a native language and by about 40 million as a second language in Thailand.
The official Standard Thai or Central Thai is the dialect spoken in central Thailand around the capital city of Bangkok.
The south and north of Thailand has other dialects as well, although most people also understand Standard Thai.
The Thai language has its own alphabet and script. It is relatively similar to the Hindi script or Sanskrit.
Suitable for: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Learners, Students, Travel
Content: Thai vocabulary trainer (5000 words), playful exercises, grammar
Prices: Free (initial lessons), $12.99
(1 month and 1 language), $59.99
(12 months and all 41 languages)
Discount offer: $99 (Lifetime Access to all 41 Languages)
Overall Value: 
The Mondly App lets you learn the Thai language in a playful way with a series of interactive exercises.
This Thai learning program contains:
Summary: Mondly is very similar to the Babbel and Duolingo apps and even better in terms of quality. The cost-benefit ratio for the lifetime access to all 41 languages is unbeatable.
Link: Mondly Thai App and Online Course
Suitable for: Beginners and Advanced Learners, Students, Professionals
Content: 1300 words (basic course), 5200 words (complete course), complete grammar, verb conjugations, exercises
Prices: $59.95 (Basic Course), $127 (Complete Course)
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The Thai Basic Course contains a vocabulary trainer for the basic Thai vocabulary (1300 words) with native-speaker audio, as well as grammar explanations and various exercises.
The vocabulary trainer works with a long-term memory method, in which the new vocabulary is checked at increasing intervals.
You can choose between text input, multiple choice or simply confirming whether you knew a word or not.
The exercises include text comprehension questions, filling in word gaps or just vocabulary lists where one side is covered.
The basic course corresponds to the official language levels A1 and A2 (explanation of CEFR language levels).
The Complete Course contains:
Summary: Much cheaper and even better than the famous Rosetta Stone. There is a free demo version available and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Link: Thai Basic Course and Complete Course
Content: Thai vocabulary trainer (2000 words), lessons and exercises
Prices:
USD 12 (1 month all 160 languages)
USD 60 (12 months all 160 languages)
Discount offer: USD 199
(Lifetime Access to all 160 Languages)
Overall Value: 
The uTalk app teaches about 2000 Thai words and focuses primarily on playful exercises. There are several exercises to choose from:
The interface of the app is well made and is similar to other apps like Babbel, Duolingo or Mondly.
Summary: Getting access to 160 languages is impressive and the scope (2000 words with native speaker audio and exercises) is also solid.
Link: uTalk Thai Language Course App
Content: Thai lessons with native speaker audio
Prices: $14.99 (1 month), $79
(12 months), $149 (unlimited)
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The Ling language learning app offers lessons for 60 languages and is quite similar to Duolingo or Babbel, which do not offer Thai courses.
Ling uses "gamified learning", which means learning the Thai language in a playful way. There are mini-games, levels, experience points, as well as tests and exercises at the end of each lesson.
The vocabulary covers about 1000 Thai words and phrases, all with native speaker audio and pictures. Grammar is not included.
This app offers a test to determine your proficiency level in Thai.
Summary: Good ideas that make learning Thai more fun.
Link: Ling Thai Language Course App
Suitable for: Intermediate and Advanced Learners
Content: Thai lessons and exercises
Prices: $17 (1 month and 1 language), $31 (1 month and all 64 languages)
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The Glossika app is for people who already have some basic proficiency in Thai or already know a similar language.
The app has an entry test to determine your Thai proficiency level. You can start from A1 to B2 (beginners and intermediate).
Glossika works with whole sentences instead of single Thai words. You can choose which topics you want to learn.
This app has intentionally no "gamification". The only exercises are reading, listening, typing the sentences and speaking into the microphone.
There are also no grammar explanations. You are supposed to understand Thai grammar from the context, like in Rosetta Stone.
You can try the complete app with all 64 languages for 7 days for free (without providing payment information).
Summary: Effective exercises for advanced learners, but somewhat higher price and not much variety.
Link: Glossika Thai Language Course App
Content: Thai lessons and vocabulary trainer with native speaker audio, grammar
Prices: $22 (1 month), $70 (12 months), $255 (unlimited)
Overall Value: 
With the Memrise App you can learn over 90 languages.
This includes even very small languages - however, in such cases the language courses are often limited to just a few lessons.
One special feature of the Memrise learning app is the large number of lessons created by users (native speakers).
The quality of these lessons varies greatly though. For example, only the basic forms of verbs are usually taught, without the conjugations. Some languages also do not have an audio recording of the words at all.
Another good idea of the Memrise app are the user-generated tips and mnemonics for each word to help you memorize them.
Summary: User-generated lessons are a good idea. In practice, the quality of the lessons leaves a lot be desired.
Content: Thai lessons and exercises with voice output and speech recognition
Prices: $9.99 (1 month), $100 (12 months), $200 (unlimited), $400 (163 languages)
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The Bluebird App offers 146 source languages and 163 target languages and dialects, including Thai.
The Thai language course in this app includes the following:
The Bluebird App does not have grammar lessons. Instead, you are supposed to understand the grammar "implicitly" from the examples, same as in Rosetta Stone.
Summary: The video lessons and the interface require some getting used to, but the exercises are quite varied. Especially for smaller languages, this app is an acceptable alternative.
Content: Thai lessons and exercises with native speaker audio
Prices: $13 (1 month), $72 (12 months), $164 (unlimited)
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The Language Drops App is most notable for having 47 target languages and 40 source languages, similar to Mondly.
You can learn about 3000 Thai words and phrases with this app. However, there are hardly any exercises, except for introducing a new word and matching the word to a picture.
You can choose from which topics you want to learn new words and at what skill level you want to learn (whether you know the language somewhat).
If you want to try the app for free for two weeks you have to provide your payment information and then cancel it.
The "deal" you get when you sign up for the free trial is more than 3 times as expensive as when you click "Get Premium" on the website ($38 per month instead of $13 per month).
Summary: No variety, no grammar and only 3000 words. Does not justify the higher price, even though you get access to all languages.
Content: Thai lessons and exercises
Prices: $19.99 (1 month), $40 (3 months), $60 (6 months)
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The Lingo Play App offers language courses for 70 languages. It offers "gamified learning", which means learning vocabulary in a playful way.
Each Thai lesson offers the following exercises:
There is also a multiplayer mode and competitions where you can test your Thai skills against other people.
Summary: Overpriced Thai course that does offer some good exercises, but is not better than other similar apps.
Content: Vocabulary trainer for Thai learning
Prices: $9.99 (1000 words), $59 (1000 words in 50 languages)
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The Simya App for Android and iOS is purely a vocabulary trainer for 50 languages, including Thai.
The free version contains 300 words and has very frequent "ad breaks". The paid version (without ads) also contains only 1000 words and phrases.
All the words have native speaker audio and you can use the app offline too.
Thai grammar and verb conjugations are not included in this app.
Summary: Not really worth it, as there are much better alternatives like Mondly, Rosetta Stone or even Duolingo.
Suitabe for: Beginners, advanced, students, travel vocabulary
Content: Thai lessons with native-speaker audio and speech recognition
Price: $120 (basic course)
Overall Value:
The Pimsleur App is very similar to Rosetta Stone in that it does not give grammar explanations, verb conjugation tables, etc.
Instead, the Pimsleur method is supposed to let you learn the Thai language intuitively, just like your native language - by combining pictures, reading and speaking (speech recognition).
This Thai learning course for PCs and Macs also includes a mobile app for Android and iOS systems.
Pimsleur offers only initial Thai lessons for beginners and has no intermediate or advanced lessons.
Summary: The most expensive Thai beginners course, even though it is unlikely that learning with it is much better than with the cheaper apps.
Colanguage: Find Skype teachers
Overall Value:
At Colanguage you can arrange face-to-face language lessons online via Skype with language teachers around the world (from $5-10 per hour).
In addition to using apps, it is definitely a good idea to also practice with native speakers in order to learn Thai properly.
Tandem: Find a language exchange partner
Overall Value:
Instead of hiring teachers, you can also find people who are interested in a free language exchange online via Skype.
It is completely free of charge, but you have to act as a language teacher for the other person half of the time.
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