Which Language App

Busuu

Course app: corrections from native speakers and CEFR-labelled levels.

Prices checked 6 Oct 2026 · How we check

Is Busuu worth it?

Our pick: Best for a trip.

Yes, if you want a structured course with named levels and corrections from native speakers.

What it costs. A year costs $72.99 ($6.08 a month).

What's free. Free account with the complete course in each language, community feedback and basic progress tracking.

Skip it if you want live conversation with a person; Busuu has no live lessons.

What learners rate it. 4.7 out of 5 from 101,167 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 4.7 from 1.2 million on Google Play, checked 12 Oct 2026.

What unhappy reviewers mention. Of the 39 one- and two-star reviews among the 500 most recent in Apple's US App Store, 12 mention ads; 10 the price, billing or the subscription; and 7 the use of AI. Read 15 Oct 2026; a review can mention several.

$72.99 a year $6.08 a month, billed yearly · Premium

In our comparison: strongest on teaching depth and price, weakest on the number of languages.

Try Busuu free
All plans and prices
Annual plan
$72.99 a year ($6.08/mo)
Monthly plan
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Lifetime plan
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Free tier
Free to keep using
Free account with the complete course in each language, community feedback and basic progress tracking; Premium adds review tools, offline mode and no ads.
Languages
14
Speech recognition
Yes
Live tutoring
No · Live Lessons are exclusive to Busuu for Business, outside the consumer subscription
Offline mode
Yes
Placement test
Yes · Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish
CEFR levels
A1 to C1 (by course: Spanish and English A1 to C1; French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Dutch, Polish and Turkish A1 to B2; Korean A1 to A2)
Refund or trial
14-day money-back guarantee on the initial Premium payment; no renewal refunds. Apple and mobile-operator purchases require a refund from that provider.
Platforms
iOS, Android, Web

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How a Busuu lesson works

What you do
Short lessons with dialogues, grammar tips and exercises; you can send spoken or written answers for the community, native speakers included, to correct.
What comes back
Exercises are marked automatically, and other learners, native speakers included, correct the answers you send in.
Not included
A live teacher.

How a lesson works in a course app

In a course app you read or hear a short dialogue, fill in the missing word, and a grammar note explains why. Drawn to explain the kind of app, not taken from any app's screens.

Speaking and feedback

Other learners can correct submitted speech or writing. That is different from booking a live tutor.

Before you choose

Choose a tutor instead if you need a scheduled conversation with a teacher. Community corrections serve a different job.

Grammar
Lessons follow a course; separate grammar review belongs to paid plans.
Review
Paid plans add vocabulary and grammar review; feature availability varies by language.
Course depth
Spanish runs from A1 to C1. Busuu's course pages label the Complete French and German courses A1 to B2, though its help page lists both to C1; Italian and Japanese go to B2, Korean to A2.

Plans and prices

Every consumer plan on Busuu's own pricing page or app-store listing, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term. Each price is what the seller was charging on the day we checked it. When a plan was on sale, its regular price is shown under the sale price; a crossed-out figure that is only a comparison, such as a year at the monthly rate, is in the plan's note.

Plan Billing Price Per month Covers
Premium, 12 monthsPremiumA sale price; the crossed-out $149.88 is twelve months at the monthly rate. Annual $72.99 $6.08/mo all languages
Premium Plus, 12 monthsPremium PlusA sale price, against a crossed-out $178.80. Adds AI conversations, pronunciation practice and extra content to Premium. Annual $87.90 $7.33/mo all languages
1 monthPremiumBusuu's site doesn't show its monthly price. Apple's US App Store lists a "Monthly Premium Plan" at $23.49. Monthly — — all languages

No price change recorded for Busuu; its prices were last confirmed 6 Oct 2026. Every price change we have recorded.

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How to cancel Busuu, and how refunds work

What Busuu says about itself

What Busuu says about itself
Feature What Busuu says
CEFR levels A1 to C1 (by course: Spanish and English A1 to C1; French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Dutch, Polish and Turkish A1 to B2; Korean A1 to A2)
What it is Structured course app with lessons, grammar and vocabulary review, plus written and spoken corrections from other users in its community.
Languages offered 14: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Free tier Free account with the complete course in each language, community feedback and basic progress tracking; Premium adds review tools, offline mode and no ads.
Platforms iOS, Android, Web
Offline mode Yes
Speech recognition Yes
Live tutoring No · Live Lessons are exclusive to Busuu for Business, outside the consumer subscription
Placement test Yes · Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish
Refund or trial 14-day money-back guarantee on the initial Premium payment; no renewal refunds. Apple and mobile-operator purchases require a refund from that provider.
Company Busuu Limited, United Kingdom

How Busuu compares

Busuu is strongest on teaching depth and price, weakest on the number of languages. Each criterion is scored out of 5 from what each app says about itself and from independent reviews, to compare apps that do the same job; it is not a review of the app. How we score.

Busuu features and ratings
Feature Score (of 5) Why
Teaching depth 4 Course app with corrections from native speakers and CEFR-labelled levels
Speaking practice 3.5 Speech recognition scores your pronunciation
Language coverage 2.5 14 languages
Free tier 3.5 A free account with limits
Price per month 4 $72.99 a year $6.08 a month, billed yearly · Premium
Trial and refund 3.5 A 14-day money-back guarantee
Offline use 4 Works offline
Staying power and bugs 4 Reviewers report people keep using it and few bugs

Use the CEFR level guide to interpret the range above and compare published course levels.

Languages you can learn on Busuu

14 languages as listed by Busuu.

How far its courses go

As Busuu describes each course. A course's level is what its lessons cover, not a level you are promised.

Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

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