ASL - Sign Language.learn ASL!

Review by eFreeware

Learning a sign language is different from picking up a spoken one. A sign is not heard the way a word is, so you need to see it, copy it and check yourself against something reliable. That is the gap a good learning app has to close, and it is the job ASL - Sign Language sets out to do. The app comes from developer Educational quizzes and is free to download.

The pitch is straightforward: lessons and tutorials that walk you through American Sign Language, supported by video, images and graphics so the hand shapes and gestures are visible rather than described. Quizzes and exercises come alongside the teaching, and progress tracking gives you a sense of how far you have come. The developer also notes that a recent update added new signs.

The app sits in the Education category rather than the game one, which fits what it is trying to do. It has been downloaded more than 100,000 times and holds a 4.7 average from 5,569 ratings, a figure that suggests people who stick with it tend to be satisfied. It arrived on March 20, 2023, and was updated on August 10, 2026.

Who the lessons are built for

The app is designed for two groups at once. Complete beginners can start from the beginning without any prior knowledge, and people who already know some signs can use the material to sharpen what they have. That range matters, because a lot of learning tools pick one audience and leave the other stranded.

The stated purpose is communication with the Deaf community. That gives the app a practical edge over general language study: the signs exist to be used with people, not collected as trivia. The developer also mentions personal and professional reasons for learning, which covers a wide field, from someone with Deaf relatives or colleagues to someone studying the language formally.

Self-paced study is the organizing idea. The app fits around whatever time you have. That flexibility is the main draw for people whose weeks are already full.

How the lessons and videos work

The core of the app is a set of lessons and tutorials. Each one is meant to teach a portion of the language, and the developer describes the approach as interactive rather than passive. You work through the material at your own speed, which means you can repeat a lesson as often as you need before moving on.

Video is the medium that matters most here. Sign language is visual, and the app uses high-quality video along with images and graphics to show how signs are formed. Seeing a sign performed is very different from reading a written description of it, and this is the part of the app I would expect to carry the most weight for a beginner.

The app suits short sessions as well as longer ones. A few minutes with one tutorial is a legitimate way to use it.

Quizzes, exercises and tracking progress

Teaching alone is not enough for a language, and the app pairs its lessons with quizzes and exercises. These are there to test what you have absorbed, which is a useful check on whether a sign has actually stuck or merely looked familiar while you watched it.

Progress tracking runs alongside the practice, which keeps an app like this from turning into an endless browse rather than a course.

The combination is what I would look at first when deciding whether the app fits. Lessons give you the material, quizzes give you feedback, and tracking gives you a reason to keep going. It is a familiar structure for a learning app, and it is the right one for this subject.

What it costs and what that buys

The app is free to download and shows no ads. It does offer in-app purchases. The sensible approach is to treat the free download as your look at the app and decide from there.

The absence of advertising is worth noting on its own. Learning material benefits from an uninterrupted screen, particularly when the content is video. The content is rated for Everyone, so there is nothing in the rating that would keep a younger learner away.

If you are comparing costs against a class or a tutor, the free download is the figure to weigh. I would go in expecting to decide about spending after seeing how the lessons are put together, since the app itself is the only way to judge that.

Where this fits against other ways to learn

The alternatives to an app like this are a formal class, a private tutor or a dedicated textbook with video support. Each has something the app cannot match: a class gives you a teacher who can correct your hand shapes in person, and a tutor gives you conversation with someone fluent. Those are real advantages for a visual language.

What the app offers instead is access. It is free to download and it works at whatever hour suits you. For someone testing whether they want to learn ASL at all, that is a low-risk starting point.

The other comparison is with general language-learning apps that treat sign language as one option among many. This one is built specifically for ASL, with video and graphics made for signs rather than for vocabulary drills. That focus is likely to serve a beginner better than a broad app where signing is a side feature.

A free starting point for learning ASL

ASL - Sign Language is a focused, free way to begin learning American Sign Language. The lessons, video, quizzes and progress tracking cover the essentials of self-study, and the developer's recent addition of new signs suggests the material is being extended rather than left alone.

It suits beginners who want to see signs performed and check themselves as they go, and it suits people with some existing knowledge who want structured practice. Anyone learning for personal or professional reasons will find the format flexible enough to fit around other commitments.

The one thing to keep in mind is that in-app purchases exist alongside the free download. Start with the free version, work through a few lessons and a quiz, and you will know soon enough whether the teaching style matches how you learn.

What's new in version 1.14.28

New signs added.