Best language learning apps

A solid A1 to B2 path with a usable free tier.

The most course-like app; a good spine for A1 to B1, light on real listening.

The easiest free habit for week one; plan what comes after it.

Good for B1 and up who will really watch; not a course.

The cheapest way to speak the language every week, if you choose the tutor well.

Huge amounts of real native content with text and audio; a tool, not a course.

Best for speaking from day one on a commute; thin on vocabulary.

A huge choice of tutors at every price; pick carefully.

Native-speaker clips for beginners; a supplement, not a course.

Real video with clickable subtitles and quizzes; paid after the trial.

The best free memory tool at any level; bring your own material.

Thousands of fill-the-gap sentences, free, good for volume from A2.

A classic daily dialogue method for patient self-learners; cheap to own.

Parallel-text audiobooks with narration; easy reading-plus-listening practice.

Fast, pretty vocabulary games for beginners; no grammar, no sentences.

Save words from videos and articles and review them; free to start.

Speak-from-lesson-one phrases for beginners and travellers; paid after a free lesson.

The quickest way to hear how one word is really pronounced.

High-volume listen-and-repeat sentence training; best beside a course.

Free text and voice exchange with native speakers; not a course.

Free audio course that teaches you to build sentences by thinking, not memorising.

Duolingo-style games for beginners; built for rarer languages, fine for the basics.

Real classes on a timetable; costly per minute of speaking.

Duolingo's format with real grammar explanations; beginners only.

Efficient frequency-ordered vocabulary for adults; repetitive by design.

Check your library first: free there, and a solid beginner course.

Audio-only, no homework; a quick way to start building sentences.

A pleasant beginner phrase app with speech practice; thin past A2.

Talk-first AI practice with on-the-spot corrections; paid after the trial.

A huge library of short lessons for beginners; a free account lets you sample it.

Daily AI speaking practice with instant corrections; not a real conversation.

An all-in-one beginner app with AI speaking practice; the core is free.

Quick flashcards for a class word list; not a way to learn a language on its own.

Read any text, click to translate, and review the words as flashcards.

A one-time-purchase audio course for beginners; try the free lessons first.

Immersion-style basics; slow, and light on explanation.

Lots of out-loud speaking practice with an AI tutor; paid after a 7-day trial.

Frequency-ordered vocabulary with speaking drills; there is a lifetime plan.

Record sentences, get a human coach's pronunciation notes; free to start.

Ten free minutes of AI conversation a day; Premium removes the limit.

Free conversation partners, screened at sign-up; unstructured by nature.

One-to-one tutors in a built-in video classroom; choose the teacher carefully.