Best app to learn Bulgarian: the 11 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Bulgarian, Language Reactor ($39.95 a year) scores highest on our method overall, and italki ($8 to $25 an hour) is our pick among those with independent reviews. Language Reactor, Ling, Clozemaster, Mondly and 2 more teach Bulgarian free for good, with limits, and Glossika has a free trial.
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Our picks
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Our pick for Bulgarian
italki
Tutor marketplace
$8 to $25 an hourBulgarian teachers' rates; each teacher sets one
Why it's here. Choose a teacher for the language and conversation you need, then pay lesson by lesson. You get a real person to practise with without committing to an app subscription.
Free: No free tier; discounted trial lesson with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
Skip it if you want one fixed price or an app to study alone: each teacher sets their own rate.
104 languages
11 of the 52 apps we cover list Bulgarian; 10 of them have a free tier.
They are 2 course apps, 1 audio course, 2 vocabulary apps, 2 apps for real video, text or audio, 2 AI conversation apps, 1 tutor marketplace and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, italki lists Bulgarian tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Bulgarian speakers.
What a year of Bulgarian costs
Every app that teaches Bulgarian and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages. Not on it, because it sells no yearly plan in dollars: italki.
The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 months
- uTalkone language, from; up to $39.99 by language $24.99
- Language Reactorall its languages · free tier $39.95 · $71.40 if you pay monthly
- Tandemall its languages · free tier $39.99
- Mondlyone language · free tier $47.99 · $119.88 if you pay monthly
- Jumpspeakall its languages $79
- Clozemasterall its languages · free tier $79.99 · $155.88 if you pay monthly
- LingQall its languages · free tier $119.99 · $179.88 if you pay monthly
- Talkpalall its languages · free tier $119.99 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
- Lingall its languages · free tier $149.99 · $203.88 if you pay monthly
- Glossikaone language about $199 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
Every app that teaches Bulgarian
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| Course apps | |||||||||||
| LingCourse app | Asian and less-taught languages | $149.99 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $16.99 | — | Free to keep using Free tier with limited lessons and limited dialogue practice, with ads | Yes | Live online tutors, booked separately through Ling Live. | — | — | 7-day free trial on the 12-month plan; 30-day money-back refund for yearly and lifetime subscriptions bought via Ling web (app-store purchases follow Apple's or Google's refund policy) | |
| MondlyCourse app | A cheap yearly plan across many languages | $47.99 a year$4 a month, billed yearly | $9.99one language | — | Free to keep using Free version with Daily Lessons, the Hello category and a chatbot lesson. | — | — | — | A1 to B2by course | 7-day free trial | |
| Audio courses | |||||||||||
| GlossikaAudio course | Sentence drills by ear | About $199 a year$16.58 a month, billed yearly | $19.99one language | — | Free trial 7-day full access with no credit card, plus a permanent Freemium tier covering nine minoritized languages | No | No | Yes | A1 to C1by course | 7-day free trial with no credit card; monthly payments are non-refundable, annual plans refundable pro rata within 60 days of purchase | |
| Vocabulary and flashcard apps | |||||||||||
| ClozemasterVocabulary and flashcards | Free vocabulary practice in context | $79.99 a year$6.67 a month, billed yearly | $12.99 | — | Free to keep using Free account with up to 30 sentences a day; Pro adds unlimited play and advanced features | — | — | Yes · on Pro, in the mobile app | — | 30-day money back guarantee on the Yearly plan; no refunds on Monthly plans | |
| uTalkVocabulary and flashcards | Phrases in 160 languages | From $24.99 a year$24.99 to $39.99 a year for one language, depending on the language | From $3.99depending on the language | — | Free sample Starter Words, a free 26-word pack in every language, plus an online demo at demo.utalk.com | No | No | Yes | A1 to A2by course | 28-day money-back guarantee | |
| Learning from real video, text and audio | |||||||||||
| Language ReactorImmersion (video, reading) | Learning from Netflix and YouTube with two sets of subtitles | $39.95 a year$3.33 a month, billed yearly | $5.95 | — | Free to keep using The extension and website are free: dual subtitles (Netflix's own), pop-up dictionary, playback controls, YouTube and podcast catalogue, basic AI helper and chat with Aria; saving words is limited to PhrasePump. Pro adds machine translation, speech recognition on Netflix and saving everywhere. | Yes · You can speak to the Aria chat; Pro's 'speech recognition' also makes subtitles from Netflix audio. No pronunciation scoring is described. | — | — | — | A Pro free trial ends by returning you to free mode, with no charge; Pro is an auto-renewing subscription you can cancel after paying. No refund policy is published. | |
| LingQImmersion (video, reading) | Reading and listening to real content | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $14.99 | — | Free to keep using Free account capped at 20 saved words and phrases, 5 lessons created from imported content, and 1 audio playlist | — | — | Yes | — | Full refund during the first 30 days of an initial Premium subscription; no partial-month or unused-month refunds afterward. | |
| AI conversation practice | |||||||||||
| JumpspeakAI conversation practice | Speaking aloud with AI from the first lesson | $79 a year$6.58 a month, billed yearly | — | $269 | Free sample Free users can sample some lessons at each level, switch languages and have a limited number of AI Tutor conversations. | Yes | Live Tutoring through Rype (one-on-one sessions with human tutors), sold separately from Premium | No | — | Premium bought on Jumpspeak's website: a 100-day money-back guarantee (30 days for Premium AI and family plans). App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google. | |
| TalkpalAI conversation practice | AI conversation practice in many languages | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free to keep using The Basic plan: 10 minutes of chat a day, with progress tracking and pronunciation checks. | Yes | No | No | — | A 14-day free trial for new users. Bought from Talkpal directly: a full refund if you ask within 30 days of a charge; not for app store purchases. | |
| Tutors and live classes | |||||||||||
| italkiTutor marketplace | Tutors priced per lesson | $8 to $25 an hourBulgarian teachers' rates; each teacher sets one | — | — | No | — | Every lesson is live and one to one; italki also sells group classes. | — | — | Discounted trial lesson with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: up to two credit refunds on trial lessons if the teacher did not show up or did not meet expectations, requested within 48 hours | |
| Language exchange | |||||||||||
| TandemLanguage exchange | Language exchange with native speakers | $39.99 a year$3.33 a month, billed yearly | — | — | Free to keep using Free account with many features; Tandem Pro unlocks the rest | No | No | — | — | Google Play purchases refundable within 14 days of a 1-month subscription or 30 days of a 3-month or 12-month subscription; iOS refunds requested from iTunes within 14 days | |
Which to choose
You want a course with lessons in order
Ling
Ling ($149.99 a year) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Bulgarian. Short game-style lessons with dialogues and a chatbot. Also teaching Bulgarian this way: Mondly ($47.99 a year).
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Glossika
Glossika (about $199 a year) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Bulgarian. Listen to whole sentences and repeat them aloud, with spaced review and little explanation.
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
Clozemaster
Clozemaster ($79.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Bulgarian. Fill in the missing word in real sentences, in quick rounds. Also teaching Bulgarian this way: uTalk (from $24.99 a year).
You want to read, watch or listen to real Bulgarian
Language Reactor
Language Reactor ($39.95 a year) is the highest-scored app for real video, text or audio that teaches Bulgarian. Watch a Netflix or YouTube video with subtitles in both languages: hover over a word for its meaning, replay a line, save words to review. Also teaching Bulgarian this way: LingQ ($119.99 a year).
You want to practise conversation with an AI
Jumpspeak
Jumpspeak ($79 a year) is the highest-scored AI conversation app that teaches Bulgarian. A short real-life conversation you speak aloud with an AI chatbot, with feedback on what you said as you go. Also teaching Bulgarian this way: Talkpal ($119.99 a year).
You want a Bulgarian speaker to correct you
italki
italki lists Bulgarian tutors, who set their own price for a lesson. italki says its Bulgarian teachers charge $8 to $25 an hour.
You want to chat with Bulgarian speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Bulgarian speakers who want to learn your language, for text, voice and video chats. There are no lessons, and a free account is enough to start.
Questions people ask
What is the best app to learn Bulgarian?
It depends on how you want to learn. Ling if you want a course with lessons in order; Glossika if you want to learn by ear, away from a screen; Clozemaster if you want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day; Language Reactor if you want to read, watch or listen to real Bulgarian. Language Reactor scores highest of the 11 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Bulgarian?
Yes. Language Reactor, Ling, Clozemaster, Mondly, Talkpal and LingQ teach Bulgarian free for good, with limits on the free plan. Glossika has a free trial before you pay.
Does Duolingo teach Bulgarian?
No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Bulgarian. Language Reactor, Ling, Clozemaster and 6 more do.
How much does a Bulgarian tutor cost?
Each tutor sets their own price. On italki, which gives a range for each language, Bulgarian lessons run $8 to $25 an hour, and its first trial lesson with a teacher is discounted.