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Preply

Tutor marketplace: marketplace of private tutors who set their own rates, paid through a plan of lessons that renews.

Prices checked 6 Sept 2026 · How we check

Is Preply worth it?

Yes, if you want a private tutor and want to see each tutor's price before you book.

What it costs. Set by each tutor: $3 to $50 a lesson on Preply's English tutor listing (checked 6 Sept 2026). At Preply's own averages, from $10 a 50-minute lesson in Arabic to $22 in Italian, one lesson a week is about $520 to $1,144 a year. Prices by language are under Plans and prices.

What's free. No free tier; paid trial lesson.

Skip it if you want to study alone in an app: every lesson is with a tutor, paid in a plan that renews every 28 days.

What learners rate it. 4.8 out of 5 from 44,896 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 4.7 from 64,488 on Google Play, checked 11 Oct 2026.

What unhappy reviewers mention. Of the 176 one- and two-star reviews among the 500 most recent in Apple's US App Store, 106 mention the price, billing or the subscription; 36 customer support; and 9 bugs, crashes or the app not loading. Read 15 Oct 2026; a review can mention several.

$3 to $50 a lesson on its English tutors listing; each tutor sets a rate

In our comparison: strongest on speaking practice and the number of languages, weakest on the free tier.

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Annual plan
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Monthly plan
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Lifetime plan
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Free tier

None
Languages
90
Speech recognition
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Live tutoring
Every lesson is live and one to one.
Offline mode
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Placement test
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CEFR levels
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Refund or trial
Paid trial lesson; up to 2 free trial replacements per account (a new trial with a different tutor at no charge) if the trial did not meet expectations; a tutor who did not join is handled separately, with no limit
Platforms
iOS, Android, Web

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How a Preply lesson works

What you do
A live 50-minute video lesson with the tutor you choose.
What comes back
A person: your tutor corrects you as you speak, live.
Not included
Lessons to study alone between classes.

How a lesson works in a tutor marketplace

On a tutor marketplace you choose a teacher by price and reviews, book a time, and have a live video lesson. Drawn to explain the kind of app, not taken from any app's screens.

Speaking and feedback

Live conversation with a tutor. Choose someone who offers the feedback and lesson style you want.

Before you choose

Skip it if you only want unscheduled free practice: continued lessons use a paid subscription.

Grammar
Ask the tutor how they explain grammar and adapt the lesson to your weak spots. There is no single curriculum across tutors.
Review
Ask your tutor to set review between lessons.
Course depth
Level fit depends on the individual tutor. Check their teaching languages, experience and lesson plan.

Plans and prices

Every consumer plan on Preply'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
Price per lesson (English tutors)The range Preply's English tutor search shows; "$50+" means some tutors charge more. Each tutor's card states a price per 50-minute lesson; other languages' averages are under Prices by language below. Per lesson $3 to $50 per lesson one tutor, one lesson

Prices by language

What Preply's own page for each language says its tutors charge (checked 12 Oct 2026 and 11 Oct 2026 and 6 Sept 2026). Each tutor sets a rate, so these are Preply's figures, not a price for any one tutor. Languages Preply gives no figure for are left out.

LanguageWhat Preply says lessons costOne lesson a week, for a year
Arabic $10 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $2 About $520 at that average
Chinese $13 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $676 at that average
English $3 to $50 or more for a 50-minute lesson Depends on the tutor you choose
French $21 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $1,092 at that average
Italian $22 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $4 About $1,144 at that average
Japanese $19 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $988 at that average
Portuguese $17 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $884 at that average
Spanish $17 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $884 at that average
Turkish $16 on average for a 50-minute lesson, from $3 About $832 at that average

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

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What Preply says about itself

What Preply says about itself
Feature What Preply says
CEFR levels —
What it is Marketplace of human tutors booked per lesson, with lesson packages sold as a recurring subscription.
Languages offered 90: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Crimean Tatar, Danish, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sinhala, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamazight, Telugu, Tibetan, Urdu, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba
Free tier None
Platforms iOS, Android, Web
Offline mode —
Speech recognition —
Live tutoring Every lesson is live and one to one.
Placement test —
Refund or trial Paid trial lesson; up to 2 free trial replacements per account (a new trial with a different tutor at no charge) if the trial did not meet expectations; a tutor who did not join is handled separately, with no limit
Company Preply Inc., United States, founded 2012

How Preply compares

Preply is strongest on speaking practice and the number of languages, weakest on the free tier. 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.

Preply features and ratings
Feature Score (of 5) Why
Teaching depth 2 Marketplace of private tutors who set their own rates, paid through a plan of lessons that renews
Speaking practice 5 Live lessons with a tutor are the product
Language coverage 5 90 languages
Free tier 1 No free tier
Price per month 3 $3 to $50 a lesson; the tutor sets the rate
Trial and refund 2.5 A trial lesson that is replaced or refunded if it disappoints
Offline use 1 —
Staying power and bugs 3 Mixed reports on staying power

Languages you can learn on Preply

Preply states 90 languages; the 51 below are the ones it enumerates on its pages.

Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Crimean Tatar, Danish, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sinhala, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamazight, Telugu, Tibetan, Urdu, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba

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References

Reviews by people who used it.

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