"Lingvist was founded by people who helped discover the Higgs boson at CERN as well as the people who built the core technology at Skype"<p>Neither of which are skills that have anything to do with language. Not a single word about scientific testing of this audacious claim that you can learn a language in 200 hours.<p>At least Duolingo actually tested people against a regular college course and came out on top, so you have that to go on as a user.<p>They do specify what learn means - learn 3000 words. Is that recall? Recognition? Use in sentence? Actually understand in a sentence? In 200 hours?<p>I call bullshit.<p>If you look at the features page (how it works) you'll see that they claim to be the first electronic spaced repetition system ever in the entire world ever.<p>What about SuperMemo, Anki, Duolingo, Memrise, and hundreds of other SRS services and software?<p>Save your money, build an Anki deck or get in on Duolingo. Talk with a native speaker. Work your ass of. This is no silver bullet.