Readle
Immersion (video, reading): short news stories graded to your level, with native audio and a translation for any word you tap.
Prices checked 14 Oct 2026 · How we check
Is Readle worth it?
Yes, if you can read a little already and want short, current stories at your level, with audio, in one of its seven languages.
What it costs. A year costs $69.99 ($5.83 a month); month to month is $14.99; lifetime access is $249.99 once. Lifetime costs the same as 3.6 years of the yearly plan.
What's free. A rotating selection of free stories; reading all the stories needs a paid plan. A 7-day free trial opens the whole app.
Skip it if you are starting from zero and want lessons that teach you to speak: Readle is reading and listening, with a quiz after each story.
What learners rate it. 4.7 out of 5 from 1,493 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 4.7 from 12,798 on Google Play, checked 14 Oct 2026.
$69.99 a year $5.83 a month, billed yearly
In our comparison: strongest on trial and refund terms and price, weakest on speaking practice.
- Annual plan
- $69.99 a year ($5.83/mo)
- Monthly plan
- $14.99
- Lifetime plan
- $249.99 once, all languages
- Free tier
- Free to keep using
A rotating selection of free stories; reading all the stories needs a paid plan. A 7-day free trial opens the whole app. - Languages
- 7
- Speech recognition
- —
- Live tutoring
- —
- Offline mode
- —
- Placement test
- No
- CEFR levels
- —
- Refund or trial
- A 7-day free trial. Bought on Readle's website: a refund if you ask within 14 days of your first subscription payment, and 30 days' money back on Lifetime. App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google.
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
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How a Readle lesson works
- What you do
- Read a short news story or text at your level, tap any word for its translation and hear each sentence read by a native speaker, then answer a short quiz; the words you save come back as flashcards.
- What comes back
- Automatic: exercises are marked right or wrong. No person checks your work.
- Not included
- A live teacher or stated CEFR levels.
How a lesson works in an immersion app
Plans and prices
Every consumer plan on Readle's own pricing page or app-store listing, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term. Where the seller shows a crossed-out price beside the one it charges, the figure is the one it charges, and the plan's note gives the crossed-out price.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YearlyPremiumApple US in-app purchase. The Apple list also has 'Langster Yearly: Daily Stories $69.99' and 'Learn Languages: Premium $69.99' (term not given). The web app's plan picker offers a yearly plan with the first 7 days free, but shows its price only after sign-up (not read). | Annual | $69.99 | $5.83/mo | all languages |
| MonthlyPremiumApple US in-app purchase; readle-app.com publishes no monthly price. The Apple list also has 'Langster Monthly: Daily Reads $12.99' (the app's former name) and 'Learn Languages: Premium $12.99' (term not given). | Monthly | $14.99 | $14.99/mo | all languages |
| QuarterlyPremiumApple US in-app purchase; readle-app.com publishes no quarterly price. | Every 3 months | $44.99 | $15/mo | all languages |
| Free storiesFreeA rotating selection of free stories; the full library needs a paid plan. The terms also say the basic service is free. | Other | $0 | — | all languages |
| LifetimePremiumApple's US App Store price, paid once. Readle's website sells Lifetime for $199.99 as a limited-time offer, against a crossed-out $499.99, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. | Lifetime | $249.99 | one-time | all languages |
What will Readle cost you?
Total billed over 12 months
$109.89 less on annual billingOne yearly payment of $69.99.
What each plan covers. Monthly: all languages. Yearly: all languages.
How lifetime and yearly plans compare across apps
Before subscribing, compare trial, cancellation and refund terms, including how purchases through an app store differ.
What Readle says about itself
| Feature | What Readle says |
|---|---|
| CEFR levels | — |
| What it is | Immersion (video, reading). Each Readle lesson is a short news story or text graded to your level, which you read with a tap-to-translate on any word and native audio for every sentence, followed by a comprehension quiz and grammar tips, with the words you save coming back as spaced-repetition flashcards. |
| Languages offered | 7: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish |
| Free tier | A rotating selection of free stories; reading all the stories needs a paid plan. A 7-day free trial opens the whole app. |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web |
| Offline mode | — |
| Speech recognition | — |
| Live tutoring | — |
| Placement test | No |
| Refund or trial | A 7-day free trial. Bought on Readle's website: a refund if you ask within 14 days of your first subscription payment, and 30 days' money back on Lifetime. App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google. |
| Company | A-Type Technologies GmbH, Switzerland |
How Readle compares
Readle is strongest on trial and refund terms and price, weakest on speaking practice. 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 | 2 | Short news stories graded to your level, with native audio and a translation for any word you tap |
| Speaking practice | 1 | — |
| Language coverage | 2 | 7 languages |
| Free tier | 3 | A free account with limits |
| Price per month | 4 | $69.99 a year $5.83 a month, billed yearly |
| Trial and refund | 5 | A 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Offline use | – | — |
| Staying power and bugs | – | Not available |
Languages you can learn on Readle
7 languages as listed by Readle.
How far its courses go
- Japanese: JLPT N5 to N2. Japanese with furigana shown over kanji.
- Chinese (Simplified): level not stated. Simplified Chinese characters.
Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
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References
- Apple's US App Store: Readle (checked 14 Oct 2026)
- Readle's home page (checked 14 Oct 2026)
- Readle's web app: choosing a language and level
- Readle: refund policy (checked 14 Oct 2026)
- Readle: legal notice
- Readle: affiliate programme (checked 14 Oct 2026)