eJOY alternative: how does Lingosive compare with the eJOY extension?

In short

Pick eJOY if you want IPA, PDF and Coursera support, or structured English lessons with AI conversation. Pick Lingosive if you want free dual subtitles on Prime Video, Disney+ or HBO Max, learn a language other than English, or want to hear words in real film and TV scenes. You can also use both.

What eJOY offers

eJOY is a Vietnam-based English-learning company, established in 2019. One account covers three products: the eJOY AI Dictionary browser extension, the eJOY English App and eJOY Web, where you review vocabulary on a computer.

The extension does more than subtitles. It shows dual subtitles with IPA, looks up a word or phrase with one click, translates PDFs and summarizes videos and web pages with AI. It can also generate subtitles for YouTube videos that have none. The extension page says dual subtitles are “available on almost sites: YouTube, Netflix. Coursera, LinkedIn,...” and lets you request other video platforms. On October 30, 2026, its Chrome Web Store listing showed a Featured badge, 700,000 users and a 4.1 rating, and named Chrome, Cốc Cốc, Microsoft Edge and Brave as supported browsers.

eJOY has four plans. The free Basic plan covers bilingual videos on YouTube and Netflix. Pro Dict extends dual subtitles to “all platforms” and adds AI tools, Pro Voca adds saving in any format, Pro Games for review and a phone widget, and Pro Plus adds courses and AI conversation. The FAQ below lists what each one includes.

Where Lingosive differs

Lingosive adds dual subtitles on five sites: YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max, in Chrome, Edge, Brave or another Chromium browser on a computer. The top line is the subtitle track you pick in the learning language, and every word in it is clickable. The bottom line is a machine translation into your own language, mostly from Google Translate, not the service's second subtitle track. So it works even when a show has no subtitles in your language, but the machine translation can occasionally be wrong. Step-by-step setup is on pages like dual subtitles on Prime Video.

Hover over a word for a quick translation, or click it to open the word card: other meanings, pronunciation and up to five lines from the same episode that use the word. Press Learn to save it to your list. Saved words sync to the web learning center and the iPhone and Android app, where FSRS flashcards bring them back. Lingosive AI explains what a word means in that sentence, in your language. Word in Film searches a word or short phrase and plays short scenes where it's said, from film and TV clips, talk shows and other videos.

You can learn any of 13 languages, not only English. On Netflix and YouTube, A, S and D jump to the previous line, repeat the line or skip to the next one, and V pauses after each line; on Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max the line keys are Q, W and E. The extension doesn't work inside phone or TV apps, and the Lingosive app can't play Netflix or add your own YouTube links; it has its own YouTube video library, books and flashcards instead. To compare more extensions side by side, see best dual subtitles extensions compared or Lingosive vs Language Reactor.

Plans and prices

There are no prices here on purpose. eJOY sells plans from 3 months to 2 years on its website. The web prices we saw were in US dollars, with a limited-time offer banner; we couldn't check what visitors in Vietnam see, and the App Store lists different amounts. Check the eJOY plans page on the day you buy.

Two rules on that page are worth knowing first. Each account “can be logged in on up to 3 devices.” You can cancel at any time, but refunds “will only be issued within 14 days or 2 days after you subscribed to eJOY via the Apple App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android), respectively,” and eJOY suggests trying the free version first.

In Lingosive, dual subtitles and word translation are free and work without an account. A free account saves up to 100 words and phrases and includes 10 Lingosive AI explanations and 3 Word in Film searches a day. Premium removes the 100-word limit and the daily limits, and comes monthly, yearly or as a lifetime plan; see Lingosive plans.

We checked eJOY's details on October 30, 2026 on ejoy-english.com, its plans FAQ, its Chrome Web Store listing and its App Store and Google Play pages. Lingosive is an independent tool and isn't affiliated with Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+ or HBO Max.