Best app to learn Czech: the 15 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Czech, Duolingo (free) scores highest on our method overall. Duolingo, Language Reactor, Ling, Clozemaster and 4 more teach Czech free for good, with limits, and Pimsleur, Univerbal and Glossika have free trials. Mango Languages is free through many public libraries.
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Our picks
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Our pick for Czech
Duolingo
Course app
FreeSuper removes the ads and limits: $9.99 to $119.99 in Apple's US App Store, depending on the plan, after a 1-week free trial.
Why it's here. Short, game-like lessons make it easy to practise a little every day. You can follow the whole course free, with ads and limits.
Free: Every course, with ads and daily limits.
Skip it if you want a person to talk to: Duolingo has no tutors, and Max's Video Call is an AI character.
40 languages · offline lessons
15 of the 52 apps we cover list Czech; 13 of them have a free tier.
They are 4 course apps, 2 audio courses, 2 vocabulary apps, 2 apps for real video, text or audio, 3 AI conversation apps, 1 tutor marketplace and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, italki lists Czech tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Czech speakers.
What a year of Czech costs
Every app that teaches Czech 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 monthsA price range; the app doesn't say which plan costs what
- Duolingoevery course free; Super's plan lengths not given $0 · Super $9.99 to $119.99 in the App Store
- 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
- 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
- Univerbalall its languages $119.99 · $239.88 if you pay monthly
- Mango Languagesall its languages about $120 · $167.88 if you pay monthly
- Pimsleurone language $149.95 · $239.40 if you pay monthly
- Languaall its languages · free tier $149.99 · $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 Czech
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| DuolingoCourse appSuper in the US App Store: $9.99 to $119.99, depending on the plan. | A free daily habit | Freepaid tier priced in-app | — | — | Free to keep using Full free tier with ads and limits; Super removes the ads and limits, and Max adds AI practice (Video Call and Roleplay). | Yes | No | Yes · Limited lessons available offline; progress syncs when connected | A1 to B2 | 1 week free trial on Super | |
| Mango LanguagesCourse app | Free through many public libraries | About $120 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $13.99 | — | Free sample Free trial on both personal plans; the first lesson of any language is free; 10 endangered and indigenous language courses are free; free full access through participating public libraries | No | No | Yes | A1 to B1by course | Free trial on Individual and Family plans; cancel before it ends and you are not charged | |
| 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 | |||||||||||
| PimsleurAudio course | Audio lessons for a commute | $149.95 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $19.95one language | $798 | No | Yes | — | Yes | — | 7-day free trial on subscriptions; 30 Day money back guarantee on purchases | |
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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. | |
| LanguaAI conversation practice | Natural-sounding AI conversation practice | $149.99 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free to keep using A free version with low limits: 3 minutes of calls a day and about 20 chat messages a week. | Yes | Human tutors on LanguaTalk, booked separately from Langua; each tutor sets a price per lesson. | — | — | A Pro trial (5 days on a monthly plan, 7 on a yearly one; card needed), and a 30-day money-back guarantee on web and Google Play subscriptions; App Store ones follow Apple's rules. | |
| UniverbalAI conversation practice | Conversations about your own situations, each message corrected | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free trial Signing up is free and every new account gets 3 days to try Univerbal; after that Univerbal doesn't say what stays free. Unlimited conversations need a Univerbal Pass. | Yes | No | — | — | A 7-day free trial on every pass, after 3 free days on a new account. Refunds follow Apple's or Google's rules; Univerbal says it will usually send a refund request to the store. | |
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| italkiTutor marketplace | Tutors priced per lesson | Set by each teacheritalki's Czech page gives no typical price | — | — | 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
Duolingo
Duolingo (free) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Czech. A few minutes of game-like exercises (translate, match, listen, speak), with English throughout. Also teaching Czech this way: Mango Languages (about $120 a year), Ling ($149.99 a year) and Mondly ($47.99 a year).
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Pimsleur
Pimsleur ($149.95 a year) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Czech. A 30-minute audio lesson: you hear a prompt, answer aloud, then hear the right answer. Also teaching Czech this way: Glossika (about $199 a year).
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
Clozemaster
Clozemaster ($79.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Czech. Fill in the missing word in real sentences, in quick rounds. Also teaching Czech this way: uTalk (from $24.99 a year).
You want to read, watch or listen to real Czech
Language Reactor
Language Reactor ($39.95 a year) is the highest-scored app for real video, text or audio that teaches Czech. 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 Czech this way: LingQ ($119.99 a year).
You want to practise conversation with an AI
Langua
Langua ($149.99 a year) is the highest-scored AI conversation app that teaches Czech. Speak or chat with an AI character in the language you learn; it corrects you as you go, and the words you save become flashcards and stories. Also teaching Czech this way: Talkpal ($119.99 a year) and Univerbal ($119.99 a year).
You want a Czech speaker to correct you
italki
italki lists Czech tutors, who set their own price for a lesson.
You want to chat with Czech speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Czech 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 Czech?
It depends on how you want to learn. Duolingo if you want a course with lessons in order; Pimsleur 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 Czech. Duolingo scores highest of the 15 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Czech?
Yes. Duolingo, Language Reactor, Ling, Clozemaster, Langua, Mondly, Talkpal and LingQ teach Czech free for good, with limits on the free plan. Pimsleur, Univerbal and Glossika have free trials before you pay.
Does Duolingo teach Czech?
Yes. Duolingo has a Czech course, free with ads. The other 14 apps here teach Czech too.