Course app
Babbel
Short structured lessons with grammar notes and review sessions. Structured course app with short lessons, grammar notes, review sessions and speech-recognition practice.
The cheapest published subscription works out to $8.95/mo (12 months, $107.40); the monthly plan is $17.99; a lifetime plan is $299.99 one-time.
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Published plans
Every consumer plan on Babbel's own pricing page or app-store listing on the read date, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term; promotions are noted, never used for the figure.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 monthsMarked 'Save 50%'. The struck-through $215.40 is a reference price the page defines as the total cost of a recurring 1-month subscription over the same period, not a regular annual price. Apple's US listing shows a matching in-app purchase, All Languages - 12-month plan $107.99. | Annual | $107.40 | $8.95/mo | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| 3-month plan (iOS in-app purchase)In-app purchase price from Apple's US App Store listing; the per-language SKU was read for Spanish. | Every 3 months | $45.99 | $15.33/mo | one language | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| 1-month plan (iOS in-app purchase)babbel.com/prices shows only the 12-month and Lifetime plans; the other durations sit behind a 'Show all plans' control and their prices are not present in the served page, so this figure comes from Apple's US App Store in-app purchase list. | Monthly | $17.99 | $17.99/mo | one language | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| LifetimeA banner on the same page offered Lifetime at a promotional $199 today: 'Labor Day Sale! Get Lifetime for $199'. | Lifetime | $299.99 | one-time | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
See current prices on Babbel's site
What Babbel publishes about itself
| Fact | As published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CEFR levels stated | A1 to C1 (Course ceilings vary by language: the catalog includes A1-only course coverage and Spanish courses reaching C1.) | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| What it is | Course app. Structured course app with short lessons, grammar notes, review sessions and speech-recognition practice. | none |
| Languages offered | 14: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Free tier | Free account; the first lesson of every course is free, and up to 80 free lessons depending on the language. | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Offline mode | Not stated | none |
| Speech recognition | Yes | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Live tutoring | Not stated | none |
| Placement test | Not stated | none |
| Refund or trial | Not stated | none |
| Company | Babbel GmbH (Lesson Nine GmbH), Germany, founded 2007 | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
Languages you can learn on Babbel
14 languages as listed by Babbel.
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
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Affiliate programme and how this page links out
Babbel runs an affiliate programme through Impact (Babbel Partner Program); the North and South America program is run through Perform[cb], published as "up to 75€ commission for every sale of a Babbel App subscription". This site has not joined it: the links on this page are plain, untracked links to Babbel, and they would stay in the same place, in the same order, if that changed. Source: programme page, read 2026-09-06.
Sources
- https://www.babbel.com/prices (read 2026-09-06)
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id829587759 (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.babbel.com/the-babbel-method (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.babbel.com/ (read 2026-09-06)
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babbel.mobile.android.en (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.babbel.com/about-us (read 2026-09-06)
- https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/205600508-Available-languages (read 2026-09-06)
- https://uk.babbel.com/babbel-partner-program (read 2026-09-06)