Conversation Exchange
Language exchange: find native speakers who want to learn your language, then meet up in your town, write as pen pals or chat, free on its website.
Prices checked 17 Oct 2026 · How we check
Is Conversation Exchange worth it?
Yes, if you want to practise with native speakers for free, face to face where you live or by message and call, and are happy to help them with your language.
What it costs. Free to use. The NOADS and Unlimited memberships are priced only for members who are signed in.
What's free. Searching for partners, messaging them and chatting, free for good, with ads and a limit on messages. A paid membership removes both.
Skip it if you want lessons, or an app on your phone: Conversation Exchange is a website that finds you partners and teaches nothing, and it is for adults only.
Free memberships priced once you sign in
In our comparison: strongest on the free tier and the number of languages, weakest on teaching depth.
- Annual plan
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- Monthly plan
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- Lifetime plan
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- Free tier
- Free to keep using
Searching for partners, messaging them and chatting, free for good, with ads and a limit on messages. A paid membership removes both; a .edu email address gets the Unlimited membership free. - Languages
- 225
- Speech recognition
- No · Your partner hears you; nothing on the site scores your speech.
- Live tutoring
- No
- Offline mode
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- Placement test
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- CEFR levels
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- Refund or trial
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- Platforms
- Web
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How a Conversation Exchange lesson works
- What you do
- No lessons: you meet a partner in person, write to each other or chat by text, voice or video, and spend half the time in each language.
- What comes back
- A person: your partner can correct your messages, if they choose to.
- Not included
- A course or lessons.
How a lesson works in a language exchange
Plans and prices
Every consumer plan on Conversation Exchange'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeWith ads and a limit on messages; the membership page does not say how many messages. | Other | $0 | — | all languages |
| NOADS membershipMembershipIts price and length are shown only to registered members who are signed in. | Other | — | — | removes the ads and the messaging limits, on desktop and mobile |
| Unlimited membershipMembershipIts price is shown only to registered members who are signed in; accounts with a .edu email address get it at no cost. | Other | — | — | for members who plan to stay a while; free for accounts with an email address ending in .edu |
What Conversation Exchange says about itself
| Feature | What Conversation Exchange says |
|---|---|
| CEFR levels | — |
| What it is | Language exchange on a website: you search its members for native speakers of the language you learn who want to learn yours, then meet up in person in your town, write to each other as pen pals, or chat by text, voice or video in its own ChitChat or an app you choose. It has no lessons of its own. |
| Languages offered | 225 |
| Free tier | Searching for partners, messaging them and chatting, free for good, with ads and a limit on messages. A paid membership removes both; a .edu email address gets the Unlimited membership free. |
| Platforms | Web · A website, on a computer or a phone's browser; there is no Conversation Exchange app in Apple's US App Store. Calls run in its own ChitChat or an app you agree on, such as WhatsApp or FaceTime. |
| Offline mode | — |
| Speech recognition | No · Your partner hears you; nothing on the site scores your speech. |
| Live tutoring | No |
| Placement test | — |
| Refund or trial | — |
| Company | ConversationExchange.com, founded 2005 |
How Conversation Exchange compares
Conversation Exchange is strongest on the free tier and the number of languages, weakest on teaching depth. 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.
| Feature | Score (of 5) | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching depth | 1 | Find native speakers who want to learn your language, then meet up in your town, write as pen pals or chat, free on its website |
| Speaking practice | 4 | Real native speakers to talk and write to |
| Language coverage | 5 | 225 languages |
| Free tier | 5 | Free for good, with ads and limits |
| Price per month | – | Memberships priced only once you sign in |
| Trial and refund | 2 | — |
| Offline use | – | — |
| Staying power and bugs | – | Not available |
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References
- Conversation Exchange: terms of service (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Conversation Exchange: memberships (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Conversation Exchange: partner search (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Conversation Exchange: FAQ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Conversation Exchange: home page (checked 16 Oct 2026)