Table of Contents
- Learn the Basics
- Learn Conversation
- Learn Through Recall
- Learn With Audio
- Learn With Immersion
- Learn With Native Speakers
- Learn Intermediate and Advanced Spanish
If you Google "apps to learn Spanish," you'll get somewhere around 470 million results!
The good news is that the competition between language learning apps keeps prices nice and affordable. Still, which of these Spanish learning tools are actually worth the money?
That depends on:
- What you want to learn
- How you want to learn
- How much you want to pay
To help you figure that out, we've rounded up some of the most popular choices. We've categorised them by how and what they teach, and have included all their prices. Let's see which one is best for you!
Learn the Basics
The most gamified app on this list is the most well-known: Duolingo. This is a favourite self-study option for absolute beginners. With simple lessons and rewards, many find the courses addictive and fun. While it's not the highest quality option, Duolingo's pull is its free option, letting you start studying Spanish without paying a penny.
Lingodeer is a lesser-known but similarly structured app. With many exercises and audio recordings, there is a heavy focus from the beginning on accurate pronunciation. This will benefit your entire language-learning journey. The cheapest price per month is $12.50.
Learn Conversation
Babbel is one of the most popular apps for learning Spanish. From the beginning, it helps you learn basic conversational skills. The lessons are short, so easy for anyone to fit into their daily routine. The app can even help you correct your pronunciation with speech recognition technology. After a free trial, the cheapest monthly plan is $6.95.
Learn Through Recall
Memrise, as the name suggests, has a heavy focus on recall. This technique is crucial to language learning, and runs through all of their exercises. The courses use various types of media, from images to audio, to teach and aid your recall. Plus, they have a fantastic feature that allows you to compare your pronunciation with native speakers'. Longer-term plans can cost just $5 a month.
Learn With Audio
Pimsleur is all about speaking and listening. If you're looking to focus more on conversational skills than reading, writing, or grammar, it's a very useful tool. The audio lessons are convenient as you can listen and learn while doing other things. But it still tests your recall to make the learning stick. Rather than paying per month, you can buy up to five levels to use as and when you wish. Each level costs about $100, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Following similar principles, Language Transfer uses exclusively audio materials to teach your Spanish. Though it's a consideration that the tools aren't created by a native speaker, they're completely free to use!
Learn With Immersion
The Rosetta Stone app is very well known, being one of the first modern learning language tools.
The app is designed to be fully immersive. That means it lacks the plentiful translation and tips of other apps, letting you figure it out on your own. It also lacks popular modern features like gamification. But if you prefer a traditional approach to language learning, you may enjoy its format. After a free trial, the cheapest monthly cost is $9.99.
Learn With Native Speakers
HelloTalk is a language exchange app. The online community lets you chat with Spanish speakers from around the world to improve each other's skills. You get to practice your Spanish while they practice their English. Of course, this means there is no structure, exercises, or professional corrections. And you'll only be learning Spanish for half of your conversation. But the speaking experience is great practice for the real world. And you can use it for free!
The iTalki app lets you have one-on-one lessons with Spanish teachers, so you can spend the whole time focused on your Spanish learning. You can pay per lesson, with tutors charging varying rates. What we love about iTalki is the app's exercise section. This public forum lets you submit written Spanish for native users to correct or respond to.
If you're happy to step out of the app sphere, we highly recommend our partner Languatalk. Their platform lets you choose from hundreds of native Spanish tutors, many of whom even have experience preparing students for official Spanish exams. Costs vary as each tutor sets their own prices, but it's well worth it!
Learn Intermediate and Advanced Spanish
While all of these apps can get you through the beginner stages, Progress with Lawless Spanish is where you'll turn next. Though not an app (yet), our lessons, exercises, and kwizzes work perfectly on mobile devices!
Once you've reached A1 level Spanish and you're ready to tackle intermediate language skills, you need tools that support long-term learning. Progress with Lawless Spanish's resources are designed by native Spanish teachers that know how to turn beginner learners into advanced speakers. Our focus on recall and reconsolidation lets you practice everything you learn until it's stuck for good.
And did you know Kwiziq is completely free!? Of course, we have Premium plans for those needing more resources. But to access all our free materials, just create your free account today!
