Best free app to learn Spanish: what exactly is free on each one
HolaOH-lah“hello” in Spanish
Duolingo is a useful starting point for free Spanish lessons, with a full course supported by ads.
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Most Spanish for nothing
Duolingo
Course app
FreeEvery course, with ads and daily limits.
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.
Paid upgrade: Super 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.
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
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Best with a library card
Mango Languages
Course app
FreeFree through many public libraries; otherwise a free trial and the first lesson of any language.
Why it's here. Conversation-based lessons help you rehearse useful exchanges. A participating library card can give you the whole course without a subscription bill.
Paid upgrade: About $120 a year ($10 a month, billed yearly · Individual)
Skip it if you want your pronunciation scored: Mango lets you record a phrase and compare it with a native speaker by ear, but nothing scores it.
73 languages · offline lessons
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Best free vocabulary practice
Clozemaster
Vocabulary and flashcards
FreeUp to 30 sentences a day; Pro adds unlimited play and advanced features.
Why it's here. Fill-in-the-blank sentences make you recall words in context instead of recognising them on a flashcard. It is useful extra practice once you already know the basics.
Paid upgrade: $79.99 a year ($6.67 a month, billed yearly)
Skip it if you are starting from zero: it is sentence practice, not a course.
71 languages · offline lessons
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Best free way to talk to people
Tandem
Language exchange
FreeFree account with many features; Tandem Pro unlocks the rest.
Why it's here. Talk and write to native speakers while helping them with your language. It is a free way to find conversation partners, though it works best when you are willing to help each other.
Paid upgrade: $39.99 a year ($3.33 a month, billed yearly · Tandem Pro Intro)
Skip it if you want lessons: it finds you conversation partners, it does not teach.
300 languages
47 of the 63 apps that list Spanish have a free tier.
Mango can give you a complete course through a participating library. A free first lesson on a paid app is only a sample, so check what happens when you finish it.
Free Spanish apps, and what exactly is free
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
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| SpanishDictCourse app | A free Spanish course of short video lessons, beside the dictionary and verb tables you already look things up in | $59.99 a year$5 a month, billed yearly | $12.99 | — | Free to keep using Free with an account and ads: the Learn Spanish course, the dictionary, conjugations, grammar guide and vocabulary quizzes, with translations of up to 500 characters at a time. Premium removes the ads and adds speaking questions and a writing checker. | Yes · Premium only. | — | Yes · The dictionary and conjugation tables work offline; Premium adds offline vocabulary quizzes on iPhone and iPad. | — | A 7-day free trial of Premium, which turns into the plan you chose unless you cancel first. Bought on SpanishDict's website, a full refund can be asked for within 30 days of buying; purchases through Apple or Google are not covered. | |
| 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 | Up to B2 | 1 week free trial on Super | |
| BusuuCourse app | Corrections from native speakers | $72.99 a year$6.08 a month, billed yearly | — | — | Free to keep using Free account with the complete course in each language, community feedback and basic progress tracking; Premium adds review tools, offline mode and no ads. | Yes | No · Live Lessons are exclusive to Busuu for Business, outside the consumer subscription | Yes | A1 to C1Complete Spanish | 14-day money-back guarantee on the initial Premium payment; no renewal refunds. Apple and mobile-operator purchases require a refund from that provider. | |
| PromovaCourse app | Short lessons with AI speaking practice | $83.99 a year$7 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free to keep using Courses are free if you watch an ad before each lesson; AI role-play is limited. | Yes | No | — | A1 to C1Spanish | A free trial for new subscribers. Refunds for website and Google Play purchases are asked for by email; App Store purchases go through Apple. | |
| LingCourse app | Asian and less-taught languages | $89.99 a year$7.50 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) | |
| 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 · You record yourself and compare with a native speaker by ear (Voice Comparison); nothing scores it. | No | Yes | A1 to B1Spanish (Latin American) | Free trial on Individual and Family plans; cancel before it ends and you are not charged | |
| Rocket LanguagesCourse app | Paying once per level, not a subscription | $149.95Rocket Spanish Level 1 | — | $449.85 | Free trial A free trial; the page does not say what it includes or for how long. | Yes | No | Yes · audio lessons download in the app; voice recognition needs a connection | A1 to B2 | A free trial; 60-day money-back guarantee on purchases. | |
| 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. | Yes · Mondly's App Store description names voice recognition and speaking practice; it does not say how it marks what you say. | — | — | A1 to B2 | 7-day free trial | |
| LingoDeerCourse app | Grammar-led lessons, with alphabet units for Japanese and Korean | $95.99 a year$8 a month, billed yearly | $14.99 | — | Free to keep using A free version with limited lessons; a membership unlocks every course and feature. | — | — | Yes | A1 to B1Spanish (Latin America) | A 7-day money-back guarantee on yearly and longer plans bought on LingoDeer's website, one request per person; no refund for part of a period or a renewal you forgot. | |
| BabbelCourse app | A structured course with grammar explained | $107.40 a year$8.95 a month, billed yearly | $17.99 | $299.99 | Free sample Free account; the first lesson of every course is free, and up to 80 free lessons depending on the language. | Yes | No · Babbel Live is no longer available to individual consumers | Yes · Downloaded lessons, vocabulary review and podcasts in the mobile app | Up to C1European Spanish | Bought from Babbel in the US: no refund promised if you cancel early. Outside the US: 14 days to change your mind, less what you have used. App store purchases: the store's rules. | |
| Rosetta StoneCourse app | Immersion without translation | $159 a year$13.25 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free sample Free sample lessons on its site and a one-time 7-day free trial in the app; no lasting free plan. | Yes | Coaching sessions with a Rosetta Stone certified tutor. | Yes | — | A one-time 7-day free trial in the app. Bought from Rosetta Stone: a 14-day money-back guarantee, refunded by its Memberships team by email or phone. App Store purchases go through Apple; a retailer's follow that retailer's policy. | |
| OuinoCourse app | A full course with grammar explained in English and verb drills, owned for good on your computer, phone and tablet | $83.88 for 12 months$6.99 a month, paid once, doesn't renew | — | $95.76Spanish only; all 5 languages, $191.52 | Free sample A free demo in the browser: one sample lesson from each part of the course, such as definite articles, colours, a key verb and a conversation. | No · You record yourself and compare with a native speaker. | No · No lessons with a teacher; lifetime buyers can ask Ouino's team for advice when they feel stuck. | Yes | — | Try the free demo first. Lifetime access comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee and the 3-, 6- and 12-month passes with 30 days: if you're not satisfied, Ouino refunds your purchase. | |
| Transparent Language OnlineCourse app | Words and everyday phrases in about 100 languages, free if your library subscribes | $149.95 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly | $24.95one language | — | Free trial Free with a card at participating public libraries, which give the whole course in every language; otherwise a 14-day free trial. | Yes · EveryVoice compares what you say with the native speaker's recording. | Transparent Connect: six 30-minute one-to-one sessions with a tutor over two months, sold apart from the subscription, in 11 languages. | Yes · Lessons downloaded in the mobile app work offline, and Hands-Free Autoplay plays them for listening and speaking practice. | — | A 14-day free trial. Cancel any time: Transparent Language gives a full refund for the current subscription period if you ask before the next billing date; earlier periods are not refunded. | |
| KwiziqCourse app | French or Spanish grammar past the basics, found and fixed gap by gap | $200.99 a year$16.75 a month, billed yearly | $31.49 | — | Free to keep using 10 kwizzes a month for good, with the level test, a study plan, a basic Brainmap, one notebook and some challenges. Premium makes kwizzes unlimited and adds the full Brainmap, more notebooks and the weekly writing and dictation challenges. | — | No | — | A1 to C1 | A 7-day money-back guarantee for new paying subscribers. A renewal you forgot to cancel is refunded if you ask within 7 days and have not used the account since it renewed. | |
| AssimilCourse app | A dialogue a day with native audio and notes, the method of the Assimil books, paid once | $44.99Spanish course | — | $44.99 | Free sample The first 7 lessons of each course, free in the app; the rest of the course is bought once. | — | No · A self-study course: no lessons with a person are described. | Yes | A1 to B2 | The first 7 lessons of each course are free to try. A course bought in the app is paid through the App Store or Google Play, so a refund is asked of the store; Assimil's terms of use for the app give no refund terms of their own. | |
| Endless SpanishCourse app | A young child's first Spanish words, in puzzles, bought once | Priced in the appfree to try first | — | $11.99 | Free sample Six words, each with its word puzzle and sentence puzzle, to try before buying a word pack. | No · Your child solves word and sentence puzzles and hears the words; nothing listens to your child speak. | No | — | — | Six words are free to try before you buy a word pack. Word packs are bought in the App Store or Google Play, so refunds follow Apple's or Google's rules. | |
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| 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 · You say each sentence aloud and are prompted to record yourself after it; nothing scores it. | No | Yes | A1 to C1Spanish (Mexico) | 7-day free trial with no credit card; monthly payments are non-refundable, annual plans refundable pro rata within 60 days of purchase | |
| Language TransferAudio course | A free audio course that explains as it goes | Free | — | — | Free to keep using Every course free, with no adverts and no sign-up; it runs on donations. | No · You answer aloud before the student on the recording does; nothing listens to you or scores you. | No | Yes | — | Free; nothing to buy. | |
| Coffee Break SpanishAudio course | Spanish by ear in 15 to 20-minute lessons, free as a podcast, from beginner to advanced | FreeOne season's online course: $269 once | — | $269 | Free to keep using The podcast, free for good: the audio lessons of all four seasons, about 15 to 20 minutes each (Season 4's are previews of a longer paid lesson). A season's paid course adds a bonus audio lesson and notes for each lesson, and video lessons in Seasons 1 to 3. | — | No | Yes | — | The podcast is free to try any season. No refund once a course has been downloaded: its policy says all sales are then final; within 7 days it will consider swapping a course for another level if it is too easy or too hard. | |
| Michel Thomas MethodAudio course | Speaking from the first hour, with no writing or homework | $11.99Start course | — | $273 | Free sample A free lesson and a free booklet for every course (sign-up needed, no card); the app that plays the courses is free. | — | No | Yes | — | A refund or exchange within 14 days of buying, if you have not finished the course; the Start course is not refunded if you then buy Foundation. | |
| 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 | $24.99 or $29.99 a yearfor one Spanish course, or $3.99 or $4.99 month to month; uTalk's page shows the lower or the higher price from visit to visit | $3.99 or $4.99for Spanish | — | 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 A2Spanish | 28-day money-back guarantee | |
| SpeaklyVocabulary and flashcards | The most-used words first, practised in sentences you say | $47.99 a year$4 a month, billed yearly | $15.99 | — | Free trial Speakly says some features are free without saying which; a 7-day free trial opens the paid plans. | Yes | LIVE© course: eight 45-minute sessions a month with your own tutor, the app included, sold apart from the app plans. | No | — | A 7-day free trial. Bought on Speakly's website: 14 days to withdraw if you live in the EU, the EEA or the UK, and the Lifetime page promises a full refund if you email within 14 days. App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google. | |
| Fluent ForeverVocabulary and flashcards | Pronunciation first, then flashcards you build yourself | $95.88 a year$7.99 a month, billed yearly | $11.99 | — | Free to keep using Free with no time limit and no card: the language-learning videos and basic learning content, with no ads. Unlimited flashcards and reviews, all the pronunciation lessons, sentences, every language and the AI pronunciation feedback need Premium. | Yes · A Premium feature. | Online Coaching: one-to-one sessions with a coach on Google Meet, 20 minutes once or twice a week or 10 minutes every weekday, sold apart from the app. | No | — | The free version has no time limit. A subscription bought on Fluent Forever's website can be cancelled at any time and stays open to the end of the term, with no refund promised; App Store and Google Play purchases follow Apple's or Google's rules. Online Coaching is refundable for 24 hours after the first purchase, and renewals are not. | |
| MemriseVocabulary and flashcards | Native-speaker clips and review | $61.99 a year$5.17 a month, billed yearly | $24.99 | $329.99 | Free to keep using Limited free version of the app; the paid plan unlocks the rest. | Yes | — | No · The current experience needs cloud-based tools | — | 30-day money-back guarantee; monthly plans have a 14-day refund window. Apple purchases require a refund from Apple. | |
| LingvistVocabulary and flashcards | Fast vocabulary with a placement test | $79.99 a year$6.67 a month, billed yearly | $9.99 | — | Free trial Free level placement before subscribing, and a 14-day free trial on the annual plan; the monthly plan has no trial | Yes | No | — | — | 14-day free trial on the annual plan; cancel before it ends and you are not charged | |
| DropsVocabulary and flashcards | Five-minute vocabulary sessions | $69.99 a year$5.83 a month, billed yearly | $11 | $150 | Free to keep using Free access capped at 5 minutes of play every 10 hours, with topics unlocked one at a time through gameplay | — | — | Yes | — | 7-day free trial on the Yearly plan; affiliate terms reference a 14-day refund period | |
| MosaLinguaVocabulary and flashcards | The most useful words first, on a review schedule | $71.88 a year$5.99 a month, billed yearly | $9.99 | — | Free trial Free download and a free trial; the full set of features needs a Premium subscription. | — | — | Yes | — | A free trial first, then a 30-day money-back guarantee on website and Android purchases; not on App Store purchases. | |
| LingoHutVocabulary and flashcards | Everyday words and phrases with audio in 50 languages, free and with no sign-up | Free | — | — | Free to keep using Every lesson free, with ads and no sign-up: about 125 lessons of phrases with audio in each language, with flashcards and games. | No · Its FAQ describes a recording feature that uses your microphone; no page says anything scores or answers what you say. | No | — | — | Free; nothing to buy. | |
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| Language ReactorImmersion (video, audio, 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. | |
| BeelinguappImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Reading and listening side by side with a translation | $49.90 a year$4.16 a month, billed yearly | $7.99 | — | Free to keep using Unlocked stories, news and songs with the glossary and flashcards, with ads; changing language needs Premium after the first 30 minutes. | Yes | No | Yes | — | Refunds on request by email within 14 days of a first purchase of a paid plan bought from Beelinguapp (not renewals); App Store and Google Play purchases are refunded by Apple or Google. | |
| LingQImmersion (video, audio, 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. | |
| ReadlangImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Reading articles, books and web pages you choose, with a translation one click away | $48 a year$4 a month, billed yearly | $6 | — | Free to keep using A free account with unlimited single-word translations, 10 phrase translations and 10 AI explanations a day, and flashcards; Premium removes the daily limits. | — | — | — | — | No free trial of Premium is described; the free plan stays free. Premium renews each month or year until you cancel in your account settings; you keep it to the end of the period you paid for, and partial periods are not generally refunded. In the EU and EEA you have 14 days to withdraw, but if you start using Premium in that time, the right can end once the service has been provided. | |
| ReadleImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Graded news stories with native audio | $69.99 a year$5.83 a month, billed yearly | $14.99 | $249.99 | 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. | — | — | — | — | 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. | |
| YablaImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Listening practice with real videos and subtitles you can slow down | $99.95 a year$8.33 a month, billed yearly | $12.95 | — | Free sample No free plan, but some videos (with their games) and the written lessons are free without an account; a 7-day free trial for new users. | Yes · The Speak game rates each word you repeat (good / passable). The Chinese site lists a Pinyin Chart and Tone Pair exercises instead of Speak. | Yabla Live (Spanish only): unlimited small-group classes in Silver, plus 2 (Gold) or 4 (Platinum) private one-on-one classes a month | — | A1 to C1 | A 7-day free trial. Yabla's terms refund a subscription cancelled in its first 7 days, once a year; its FAQ says 14 days if you did not start with a trial. | |
| JiveworldImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Understanding Spanish or English as people really speak it, once you know the basics | $119 a year$9.92 a month, billed yearly | $15.95 | — | Free sample One story and its Soundbites, free, to try the method. | — | No · Self-study listening; no live lessons are offered on its pages. | Yes | — | One story is free to try. Jiveworld refunds any charge if you ask by email within seven days of it. | |
| News in SlowImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Following real news read slowly, with the transcript beside it | $22.90 a monthfor Spanish alone, month to month; Audio Only $6.90 a month | $22.90for Spanish | — | Free sample The first part of every episode's audio and transcript, on the website, and two complete news stories a week per language in the free Linguistica app. | — | No · Spanish and French subscribers get Rooms, live conversation practice and workshops in the subscription; its pages don't say who leads them. The Italian and German pages don't list Rooms. | — | — | A 7-day free trial of Full Access for first-time subscribers, with an email two days before it ends. Its refund policy offers no refund on an individual subscription: you cancel the renewal and keep access to the end of the month paid for. · Trial terms from the subscription page: "7 day free trial … Cancel anytime during the free trial and you won’t be charged. We'll remind you by email 2 days before your trial ends … Only first-time subscribers are eligible for the free trial." | |
| Dreaming SpanishImmersion (video, audio, reading) | Learning by watching, from day one | FreePremium is priced by region | — | — | Free to keep using Library access Free videos at every level, with search, difficulty sorting and progress tracking; Premium adds the larger library. | No | No | Yes | — | Free plan with no time limit; Premium is monthly, with no yearly or family plan. | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| LangotalkAI conversation practice | An AI tutor that remembers your mistakes and builds lessons on them | $79.99 a year$6.67 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | $149.99 | Free trial A free account to start your first conversation; Langotalk doesn't say what stays free after that. The yearly plan comes with a 7-day free trial. | Yes | No | — | — | A 7-day free trial with the yearly plan only. Bought on Langotalk's website: a full refund within 14 days of purchase, on any plan, by email (its home page's answers say 3 months; the refund policy says 14 days). App Store and Google Play purchases are refunded by Apple or Google. | |
| SpeakAI conversation practice | Speaking practice with AI | $83.99 a year$7 a month, billed yearly | $17.99 | — | Free trial 7-day free trial; no permanently free tier is published | Yes | No | — | — | 7-day free trial; refunds for App Store and Google Play purchases go through Apple or Google, and website purchases through Speak support | |
| 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. | |
| PraktikaAI conversation practice | Talking with an AI avatar tutor | $9.99 a monthPraktika Premium, 1 month | $9.99 | — | Free to keep using Free to download and use: 3 AI avatars, limited speaking practice, basic feedback. | Yes | No | — | — | A refund if you ask within 48 hours of a charge, Praktika's help centre says; its terms otherwise make fees non-refundable. | |
| 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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| 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 | |
| HelloTalkLanguage exchange | Chatting with native speakers | $79.99 a year$6.67 a month, billed yearly | $12.99 | — | Free to keep using Free account with ads and daily limits (for example ten translations a day); occasional randomly offered 3-day VIP trials | — | No | Yes | — | Occasional randomly offered 3-day free VIP trial; refunds handled by Apple or Google for in-app purchases | |
Which to choose
You want the most Spanish for nothing
Duolingo
Duolingo's free tier is the full course with ads and daily limits, while paid tiers change limits and add features. Compare the course for your language: the level coverage can differ between language pairs.
SpanishDict, the dictionary and verb tables many Spanish learners already look things up in, is also free with an account and ads: its Learn Spanish course runs 48 levels of short video lessons, from introducing yourself to advanced grammar, beside a grammar guide and vocabulary quizzes. Premium ($59.99 a year) removes the ads and adds speaking questions and a writing checker.
You have a library card
Mango Languages
Mango Languages states that the first lesson of any language is free and that public libraries provide full access free with a library card. It also states a placement test and offline mode. If your library has it, this is a full paid course for nothing; check your library's website for Mango before paying anyone.
You want free vocabulary practice with no ads
Clozemaster, then Drops in short bursts
Clozemaster's free account plays up to 30 sentences a day, enough for a short daily round; Pro removes the limit and adds offline play. Drops gives five minutes of play every ten hours free, which is enough for a daily vocabulary habit and not enough for anything else. LingQ's free account is capped at 20 saved words, so it is a preview rather than a free tier.
You want to try a paid course before paying
Babbel’s free lessons or Rosetta Stone’s samples
Babbel states that the first lesson of every course is free and up to 80 lessons depending on the language. Rosetta Stone has a one-time 7-day free trial in its app rather than an ongoing free plan. Use the free lessons and the trial to compare the two before paying. For a course you can keep using free, Busuu includes its core course and community feedback; review tools and extra speaking features require a paid plan. Read how Busuu's lessons work before choosing.
You want to talk to real people for free
HelloTalk or Tandem
HelloTalk and Tandem are language-exchange apps: you help someone with your language, they help you with Spanish. Both have free accounts with limits (HelloTalk caps free translation at ten uses a day; Tandem reviews applications before admitting members) and paid tiers that lift them. They are not courses, and they are the only free way in this table to practise with a person.
Questions people ask
Is Duolingo completely free for Spanish?
Its free tier is the full Spanish course with ads and daily limits. Paid tiers (Super, Max) remove ads and add features; Super costs $9.99 to $119.99 in Apple's US App Store, depending on the plan. The app shows Family and Max prices at checkout.
Is there a free Spanish app without ads?
Clozemaster's free account, 30 sentences a day, comes with no mention of ads on its plans page; Mango Languages is free through many public libraries. Duolingo's free tier carries ads.
Can I learn Spanish for free with a library card?
Mango Languages states that public libraries provide it free to card holders, and that ten endangered and indigenous language courses are free for everyone. Availability depends on your library.