The best app to learn Spanish depends on what you need: Speak to talk from the first lesson, Dreaming Spanish to understand real speech, Babbel for grammar explained plainly, Duolingo for a free start, and Slova for Spanish built around your own life and interests.
TL;DRStart free with Duolingo. To speak from lesson one, pick Speak. To understand real Spanish, pick Dreaming Spanish. For Spanish built around your goals and interests, from a job in Madrid to football or cooking, pick Slova. For grammar, Babbel. For the car, Pimsleur or the free Language Transfer. Prices run from free to about 20 dollars a month.
Spanish is the language almost every app teaches first and teaches best, so finding an app is easy. Picking two that fit how you learn, and ignoring the other eighteen, is the hard part. It is also one of the quicker languages for English speakers: the US Foreign Service Institute lists it at 30 weeks of full-time classroom study for professional working level [1]. What that means for you depends on what you do each day, and our guide to how long Spanish takes turns it into a plan.
We compared 20 apps in September and October 2026, from free audio courses to AI tutors you talk to, and rechecked every price and free plan in October 2026. This is not a ranking from worst to best. Every app below has a "best for" line, so find the one that sounds like you.
Comparison table
✓Yes◐Partly✕No
| App | Best for | Speaking | Real listening | Grammar explained | Words come back |
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| Speak | Speaking from lesson one | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐saved phrases |
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| Dreaming Spanish | Understanding real speech | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
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| Slova | Spanish around your life and interests | ✓ | ◐Audio Lab on your topic | ✓ | ✓one Lexicon |
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| Babbel | Grammar explained plainly | ◐Speak beta | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Duolingo | A free daily start | ◐paid Video Call | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ |
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| Pimsleur | Learning in the car | ✓ | ◐ | ✕ | ✓ |
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| Language Transfer | A free way to see how Spanish works | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ | ✕ |
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| Busuu | Corrections from native speakers | ◐Premium Plus | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Praktika | A friendly AI tutor | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | ✕ |
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| Lingopie | Learning from Spanish TV | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
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| SpanishDict | Dictionary and lessons in one app | ✕ | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| ISSEN | Long talks at intermediate level | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ |
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How we tested
We checked every app between September and October 2026 against the same three tasks. For each one we went through its lesson flow and official help pages, read its store listing and recent store reviews, and rechecked every price and free limit in October 2026.
- Introduce yourself. Say who you are and where you are from, out loud, in the first ten minutes.
- Get something wrong on purpose. Ask for a coffee with the wrong verb and see what the app says, how fast, and whether it gives a reason.
- Follow real Spanish. Understand one minute of native-speed speech, with and without help.
Then we scored each app on five things. Each one gets 2 (strong), 1 (partly) or 0 (missing), which is what the marks in the table above show.
- Speaking. How much of a session you spend saying Spanish out loud.
- Real listening. Whether you hear natural Spanish, not only slow app voices.
- Grammar explained. Whether ser and estar, the two past tenses and the subjunctive are explained in plain words.
- Words that come back. Whether new words return for review or vanish after the lesson.
- Value. What a month costs against what you get, and where the free plan stops.
We also noted which Spanish you get, from Spain or Latin America, because it changes what you hear and say. More on that in the Spain or Latin America section below.
The best apps to learn Spanish
1
Speak
Best for speaking Spanish from lesson one
Speak is a speaking-first course, and Spanish is one of the six languages it teaches English speakers. Its method has three steps: learn the phrases native speakers use, repeat them in new situations until they come easily, then use them in a back-and-forth conversation with the Speak Tutor, with feedback on your phrasing. Our Speak review goes through the lessons.
A session is out loud from the first minute, so it suits an evening at home more than a crowded train. Premium Plus adds unlimited personalised lessons and a custom review built from your mistakes, which is where the price jumps.
GoodGets you saying full Spanish sentences in the first session, with feedback.
Watch outGrammar comes through phrases, not rules, and there is no free plan after the 7-day trial.
- About 18 dollars a month, or 84 a year; Plus about 40 and 165 [2]
- 6 languages for English speakers
- iPhone, Android, web
- 7-day free trial
2
Dreaming Spanish
Best for understanding real Spanish by listening
Dreaming Spanish is a video library made for learners. Every video is entirely in Spanish and sorted into seven levels, from Superbeginner, where teachers draw and gesture so you can follow without translation, up to videos just below native speed. Its teachers come from Argentina, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela, so you hear several accents from week one.
It does not teach grammar, ask you to speak or quiz you. It counts the hours of Spanish you understand, and its roadmap is built on hours, not lessons. The free plan lets you sort by difficulty, search, track progress and keep a watch list. Premium opens the 7,200+ exclusive videos, adds three new ones a day, and allows offline downloads and background listening [3].
GoodThe easiest way to collect hours of real listening, with accents from six countries.
Watch outNo speaking, no grammar and no review, so pair it with a speaking app.
- Free, or 7.99 dollars a month on the web (9.99 in the iPhone app)
- Spanish and French
- Web, iPhone, Android
3
Slova
Best for learning Spanish through your own life and interests
Slova starts with one sentence about why you want Spanish, and the answer can be a goal or something you love. A goal might be a job with clients in Mexico, a move to Madrid, a partner's family in Bogotá or a trip with your kids. An interest might be football, salsa, cooking or a series you want to watch without subtitles. You can say both. Slova asks a few questions about that topic and builds a path of units and lessons around it, and the path keeps changing as your goals, interests and level change.
Under the path sits a real curriculum from A0 to C2, built by language learners and computer scientists, with visual lessons. Every lesson comes in two forms you can switch between: interactive slides with pictures, audio and quick checks at your own pace, or out loud with our AI tutors, who listen to your answer and correct it with a reason. Say estoy buscando por un piso to a landlord in a role-play and the tutor stays in character, then explains that buscar already means "look for", so it is estoy buscando un piso. Finish the last unit and the path extends itself, so there is no end of course.
You also make your own practice. Describe a place, say a Madrid flat, and Slova draws it and labels every object in Spanish: el salón, la nevera, el armario empotrado. Ask for a short podcast or story at your level and Audio Lab writes it, with a transcript that follows the audio. You can also generate vocabulary and verbs on any topic, from football to a kitchen shift. Every word from lessons, pictures, audio and texts you read goes into one list, the Lexicon, which shows where you met it and how well you know it, and brings it back for review. Words you already know can be imported, so you do not start from zero.
That is why results come quickly. The word you learn today is one you use tomorrow, because it comes from your own life: the flat you are looking for, the match you watched last night. It also gives you a reason to open the app in week six, when courses written for everyone start to feel like homework.
GoodSpanish that comes from your own life, spoken from the first lesson, with every word kept in one list.
Watch outNewer than the big names, and it teaches 12 languages today rather than 40.
- English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian and Turkish, and growing
- A0 to C2 curriculum
- Speaking in every lesson
4
Babbel
Best for grammar explained plainly
Babbel is a course written by language teachers. Lessons last 10 to 15 minutes and mix new words, short drills, recorded dialogues you take a part in, and grammar tips in plain English. Mistakes are corrected on the spot with a short explanation, and its review tool brings words back at growing gaps, from a day up to six months. Spanish comes as two courses, Mexico and Spain, in five levels from A1 to C1. Our Babbel vs Duolingo comparison shows the difference side by side.
Babbel Speak, an AI conversation partner, is in beta and covers European and Mexican Spanish. For now it is free to registered users, and Babbel says that may change [4].
GoodThe clearest grammar explanations of the big apps, and a review system that works.
Watch outCan feel dry after a few weeks, and the only free part is the first lesson.
- About 18 dollars for one month, 46 for three, or 90 for a year of Spanish [4]
- 14 languages
- iPhone, Android, web
- First lesson free
5
Duolingo
Best for a free daily start
Duolingo's Spanish course is one of its biggest, and the free plan covers it. A lesson takes a few minutes of tapping, typing, matching and short speaking prompts, with instant right-or-wrong feedback, and the AI "Explain My Answer" tells you why. Streaks and leagues are very good at making you open the app. Our Duolingo review covers the whole app.
The AI speaking side is Video Call with the character Lily, a paid feature that is moving into the cheaper Super plan.
GoodFree, polished and easy to keep up every day.
Watch outMostly tapping and typing, with limits on free lessons and ads. Many learners stall at the step from tiles to speaking.
- Free, or about 10 to 13 dollars a month for Super, or 84 to 96 a year [5]
- 40+ languages
- iPhone, Android, web
6
Pimsleur
Best for learning Spanish in the car
Pimsleur is a 30-minute audio lesson where a narrator prompts you, you answer out loud, and phrases come back at growing gaps. Its main Spanish course is Latin American. The app has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto modes and a hands-free driving mode, and you can download lessons for offline use [7]. A Voice Coach scores your pronunciation. Our Pimsleur review has the method and the five levels.
It trains your ear and your mouth well, and it asks for little else. You will want a second app to see how the words are written.
GoodHands-free practice that builds listening and a clean accent.
Watch outSlow, light on reading and grammar, and pricey for one language.
- Premium for one language about 20 dollars a month; All Access about 21, or 165 a year [6]
- 51 languages
- iPhone, Android, web
- 7-day free trial
7
Language Transfer
Best free course for seeing how Spanish works
Language Transfer's Complete Spanish is a free audio course of 90 short lessons. A teacher talks with a student, and you answer along as he builds sentences from what English and Spanish already share. There are no notes to take and nothing to memorise. It has no price tag, no adverts and no sign-ups, and runs on donations [8].
You can stream it, download it or use its app. It is a beginner course, and it works best as a first month before you move to something that checks your speech.
GoodFree, clear and short, with a way of explaining Spanish that makes grammar feel logical.
Watch outAudio only, so no reading, no writing and no check on your pronunciation.
- Free, runs on donations
- 90 lessons
- App, web, SoundCloud, YouTube
8
Busuu
Best for corrections from native speakers
Busuu teaches Spanish in CEFR levels, with vocabulary, short dialogues, quizzes and a speaking or writing task at the end of a unit. The unusual part is that native speakers on the platform correct that task, and you correct theirs. The free plan includes the complete courses and the community, with ads. Premium adds grammar and vocabulary review, offline lessons and certificates, and Premium Plus adds AI Conversations and speaking practice [9]. Our Busuu review goes through the tiers.
GoodReal people check what you write and say, even on the free plan.
Watch outCorrections can take a while to arrive, and the AI tools sit in the top tier.
- Premium about 7 to 10 dollars a month, or 70 to 80 a year; Premium Plus about 140 a year
- 14 languages
- iPhone, Android, web
9
Praktika
Best for a friendly AI tutor at a low price
Praktika puts an animated tutor on screen who talks with you by voice about a topic you pick, and Spanish is one of its languages. You can set feedback to soft, balanced or strict. The free plan has three tutors and limited speaking time, and Premium opens everything [10]. Our Praktika review covers the plans.
GoodPlenty of speaking time at a lower price than most AI tutors.
Watch outSpanish content is lighter than English, and speech recognition can mishear short answers.
- About 10 dollars a month, or 120 a year
- 13 languages
- iPhone, Android
10
Lingopie
Best for learning Spanish from TV
Lingopie is a streaming app with shows, films and music videos that have tappable subtitles in two languages. Tap a word and you get the translation, and the word becomes a flashcard you review later with the clip it came from. It is for learners who would rather watch a series than do a lesson.
GoodReal Spanish from real shows, with words you can save in one tap.
Watch outNo speaking practice, and a smaller library than Netflix.
- About 12 to 14 dollars a month, or 60 to 84 a year [11]
- 15 languages
- iPhone, Android, web, TV
- 7-day free trial
11
SpanishDict
Best free dictionary and lessons in one app
SpanishDict is the dictionary many learners already use. Its app adds hundreds of video lessons, a verb conjugator that works offline, pronunciation videos and vocabulary quizzes with spaced repetition, and its entries include regional words from Spain and Latin America.
GoodFree, and the best place to look up a word and learn why it is used.
Watch outAds on the free plan, and no speaking practice.
- Free, or Premium at 12.99 dollars a month, 39.99 for six months or 59.99 a year [12]
- Spanish and English
- iPhone, Android, web
- 7-day trial of Premium
12
ISSEN
Best for long conversations at intermediate level
ISSEN is an AI voice tutor that remembers your earlier calls and lets you pick the tutor's accent, slang and level. You just talk, for as long as you like. It also has grammar lessons, translation and shadowing drills, and flashcards with spaced repetition. It suits learners around B1 who need hours of conversation.
GoodLong, natural conversations, with a tutor that remembers you.
Watch outToo fast for beginners, and one of the pricier plans.
- About 15 to 39 dollars a month, depending on plan and country [13]
- 59 languages
- iPhone, Android, web
- 5-minute free sample
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Talkpal
Best for cheap open chat
Talkpal is an AI chat and voice partner with modes for free chat, roleplay, debates, calls and word practice, and corrections appear inline in the chat. The free plan allows about ten minutes a day, enough to judge it before you pay, and each Premium plan starts with a 14-day trial [14]. See our Talkpal review.
GoodA real daily chat for free, in many modes.
Watch outThin as a course, so you decide what to practise.
- About 20 dollars a month, 50 for three months or 120 a year
- 130+ claimed
- iPhone, Android, web
14
Rosetta Stone
Best for picture-based immersion in either Spanish
Rosetta Stone teaches Spanish through picture-based immersion, with its TruAccent engine giving instant pronunciation feedback in every lesson. Spanish comes in two versions, Latin America and Spain, so you choose the one you will use [15]. It now sells a new app, Sapphire, while the older one is called Classic. Our Rosetta Stone review explains the difference.
GoodA calm, structured course with pronunciation checks.
Watch outLittle explicit grammar, and no free plan.
- 19.99 dollars a month, or 159 a year [15]
- 25 languages
- iPhone, Android, web
- 7-day trial
15
Memrise
Best for everyday phrases from real speakers
Memrise teaches vocabulary in short sessions. You watch native speakers say real phrases on video, then review the words on a spaced-repetition schedule. The free plan has the core lessons.
GoodReal speakers on video and a proper review system.
Watch outLittle grammar, and its store prices are scattered.
- About 25 dollars a month, or 62 a year [16]
- About two dozen main languages
- iPhone, Android, web
16
Coffee Break Spanish
Best for podcast lessons on the commute
Coffee Break Spanish is a podcast course that began in 2006. Hosts Mark and Pablo talk through each lesson in English, across four seasons from beginner to advanced, plus listening scenes and travel diaries. Many lessons are free as podcasts and videos, and the Coffee Break Academy holds the full courses.
GoodFriendly audio lessons that explain as they go.
Watch outYou only hear the lesson, so you need another app to speak and to review.
- Free podcast lessons
- Spanish and nine other languages
- Podcast apps, web
17
Clozemaster
Best for words in sentences past the basics
Clozemaster shows you a real sentence with one word missing, and you fill it in. Sentences are sorted by how common the words are, so you learn the most useful ones first. It is built for learners from A2 to C1.
GoodVocabulary learned in sentences, in short rounds.
Watch outNot for complete beginners, and no speaking.
- Free to play; Pro about 9 dollars a month or 80 a year (iPhone)
- 50+ languages
- iPhone, Android, web
18
HelloTalk
Best for swapping Spanish and English with a real person
HelloTalk connects you with native speakers who want to learn your language. You chat by text or voice, and built-in translation and captions help you follow along. Chat is free, and the free plan limits translation to ten uses a day.
GoodReal people at no cost, with endless variety.
Watch outQuality depends on the partner, and there is no course.
- Free, or VIP at about 13 dollars a month (iPhone)
- 260+ languages
- iPhone, Android
19
italki
Best for a human tutor paid per lesson
italki is a marketplace of Spanish tutors and teachers. You buy credits and pay per lesson, with no subscription. Community Tutors typically charge 4 to 20 dollars a lesson and Professional Teachers 10 to 40, and most teachers offer a trial lesson, usually 30 minutes at 30 to 50 percent off [20].
GoodA real person who adapts to you, and you pay only for the lessons you book.
Watch outQuality varies by tutor, and there is no built-in course.
- About 4 to 40 dollars a lesson
- 150+ languages
- iPhone, Android, web
20
Anki
Best for flashcards you build yourself
Anki is a flashcard program that schedules each card for when you are about to forget it. It is free on Windows, Mac and Linux, and free on Android as AnkiDroid, while the iPhone app is paid [19]. It is plain, but you can make cards from your own life, such as words from a series, a work email or a menu. Our guide to vocabulary apps compares more.
GoodThe strongest review engine, fully in your control.
Watch outNo lessons, and you build or find your own cards.
- Free on computer and Android; iPhone app about 25 dollars once
- Any language
- Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone
Best free apps to learn Spanish
For most people the best free app to learn Spanish is Duolingo, because the whole course is free. Add Language Transfer for how the language works and Dreaming Spanish's free videos for listening. Here is where each free plan stops, checked in October 2026.
| App | What is free | Where it stops | Paid price |
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| Duolingo | The Spanish course and the AI "Explain My Answer", see what free Duolingo includes | Limits on lessons in a row, and ads. Video Call is paid | Super about 10 to 13 dollars a month |
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| Language Transfer | All 90 lessons, no ads, no sign-up [8] | Nothing, it runs on donations | Free |
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| Dreaming Spanish | Sorting by level, search, progress tracking, a watch list [3] | The 7,200+ exclusive videos, offline and background play | 7.99 dollars a month |
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| SpanishDict | Dictionary, translator, conjugations and video lessons | Ads. Offline quizzes and downloads need Premium [12] | 12.99 dollars a month |
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| Busuu | The complete courses and the community [9] | Ads. Review tools, offline and certificates need Premium | About 7 to 10 dollars a month |
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| Talkpal | About ten minutes a day of chat [14] | Unlimited time and every mode | About 20 dollars a month |
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| Praktika | Three tutors and limited speaking [10] | Every tutor and mode | About 10 dollars a month |
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| HelloTalk | Chat with native speakers | A cap on daily translations | VIP about 13 dollars a month |
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| Anki | Computer and Android apps [19] | The iPhone app is paid | About 25 dollars once |
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Speak, Pimsleur, Babbel, Rosetta Stone, Lingopie and ISSEN are trial-only. A free start that works: Duolingo for the daily habit, Language Transfer for how Spanish fits together, then a real conversation on HelloTalk, following our plan for learning Spanish by yourself.
Fastest way to learn Spanish with an app
No app makes you fluent in a month, and anyone who says so is selling something. What speeds Spanish up is hours: hours of listening, hours of speaking, and review that brings words back. The Foreign Service Institute's 30 weeks is for professional working level, which is a big goal [1]. Everyday conversation arrives much sooner, and daily time beats any single app.
The fastest setup we found has three parts, and it costs less than one big subscription:
- One speaking app, every day. Fifteen to twenty minutes with Speak, or with Slova if you are learning for a specific reason, gets sentences out of your mouth in week one.
- Listening that adds up. Spend at least as long listening as you spend studying. Dreaming Spanish for videos, or Pimsleur and Language Transfer on the commute.
- Review that brings words back. Babbel's review, Anki flashcards or your Slova Lexicon, so the words you met on Monday are still there on Friday.
Our guide to the fastest apps for any language compares more options.
Best apps for beginners and adults
Spanish is a kind first language to learn. Its spelling is regular, so you can read a word aloud once you know the letters, and many words look like English ones. Adults usually want two things a child does not: to know why a sentence works, and a plan that fits into 20 minutes a day.
For the first month, we would pick one of these starts:
- Free and structured: Duolingo for the daily habit, plus Language Transfer for the way Spanish works.
- Paid and explained: Babbel, if you want grammar in plain English before you speak.
- Speaking from day one: Speak, if you would rather talk badly now than read perfectly later.
- Built around your reason: Slova, if you are learning for a job, a move, family or a passion, so the first words are ones you will use this week.
More first-language options are in our guide to the best language apps for beginners.
Learning Spanish in the car
Audio is the best way to use a commute, a school run or a walk. Four options work without looking at a screen:
- Pimsleur is the one built for the car, with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto modes and a hands-free driving mode. You answer out loud, so it works best on a calm drive.
- Language Transfer is free audio. It asks you to pause and work out the answer, so it suits a quiet road more than heavy traffic.
- Dreaming Spanish Premium keeps playing with the screen off and lets you download videos. The Superbeginner videos need your eyes, so save them for the sofa and use the intermediate ones for the car.
- Coffee Break Spanish is a podcast course, made to be listened to.
Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel. Anything that needs the screen can wait until you park.
Best apps for Spanish conversation
Reading Spanish is easier than saying it, and the only fix is saying it. You have three kinds of partner:
- AI tutors are always there and never tired: Speak for guided speaking, Praktika for a friendly voice, ISSEN for long calls at B1 and above, Talkpal for cheap open chat (see how Talkpal compares with Praktika).
- Human tutors on italki or Preply catch what an AI misses and talk about their own lives.
- Exchange partners on HelloTalk or Tandem swap an hour of English for an hour of Spanish.
A sensible split is AI for volume during the week and a human tutor once a week for the unexpected.
Apps other than Duolingo
Duolingo is a good habit builder, and many people outgrow it. The cure depends on what is missing. If you want speaking, use Speak. If you want grammar explained, Babbel. If you want real listening, Dreaming Spanish. If you want a free structured course, Language Transfer. If you want native speakers to correct you, Busuu. If you want Spanish built around your goals and interests, Slova. Our list of Duolingo alternatives covers more.
Spain or Latin American Spanish
Choose the Spanish of the people you will talk to. If you are moving to Madrid, working with clients in Mexico or marrying into a family from Colombia, that answers it. If you have no reason to pick, Latin American Spanish reaches more speakers, because most of the world's Spanish speakers live in the Americas, and most US-made apps lean that way.
The differences are smaller than they sound. In most of Spain, vosotros is the informal "you all", while in the Americas, and in parts of southern Spain such as the Canary Islands and western Andalusia, people say ustedes [17]. Argentina and other regions use voseo, with vos instead of tú [18]. Vocabulary shifts too, like coche in Spain and carro in much of Latin America.
Pick one main variety for your first months and learn it well. You will be understood by both, and listening to the other gets easy with exposure. Babbel and Rosetta Stone let you choose Spain or Latin America, and Dreaming Spanish shows you accents from six countries.
Best app by goal
| Your goal | Our pick | Also good |
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| Start from zero, for free | Duolingo | Language Transfer |
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| Speak from the first week | Speak | Praktika |
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| Understand native speed | Dreaming Spanish | Lingopie |
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| Grammar that makes sense | Babbel | Language Transfer |
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| Learn Spanish around your goals and interests | Slova | Speak |
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| Speak from day one about your own life | Slova | Speak |
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| Move abroad or use Spanish at work | Slova | Babbel |
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| Learn Spanish through a hobby | Slova | Lingopie |
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| Learn in the car | Pimsleur | Language Transfer |
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| Native speakers correct you | Busuu | italki |
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| Long talks at B1 and above | ISSEN | italki |
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| Look up words and verbs | SpanishDict | Anki |
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Which one should you pick
If you are starting from zero and want to spend nothing, begin with Duolingo and Language Transfer, and add Dreaming Spanish's free videos for listening. When you are ready to pay, Speak gets you talking fastest, and Babbel is the better choice if you need grammar to make sense before you speak.
If you already speak some Spanish, add ISSEN or a weekly human tutor for conversation. For the commute, Pimsleur. For the sofa, Lingopie.
If you are learning Spanish for something specific, a move, a job, a partner's family or a passion like football or cooking, Slova is the one we would start with. It builds the lessons, the speaking practice and the word review around your own reason, so what you learn today shows up in your life tomorrow.
Conclusion
Spanish gives you more good options than any other language, so the best setup is one app for speaking and one for listening. Start free with Duolingo and Language Transfer, then pay for the one thing you are missing. Speak leads for speaking, Babbel for grammar and Dreaming Spanish for listening. If you want one course, speaking included, built around your own goals and interests, give Slova a try.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best app to learn Spanish?
It depends on the job. Speak for speaking from lesson one, Dreaming Spanish for listening, Babbel for grammar, Duolingo for a free start, and Slova for Spanish built around your own goals and interests, like a job in Madrid or football. Most people do best with two apps.
What is the best free app to learn Spanish?
For most people, Duolingo, because the whole Spanish course is free, with lesson limits and ads. Add Language Transfer's 90 free audio lessons for how the language works and Dreaming Spanish's free videos for listening. SpanishDict is the best free dictionary.
What is the fastest way to learn Spanish with an app?
Speak every day, listen as much as you study, and review words so they come back. Use Speak or Slova for speaking, Dreaming Spanish for listening, and Anki or Babbel's review for words. No app makes you fluent in weeks, but daily time adds up.
Which app is best for learning Spanish in the car?
Pimsleur, which has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto modes and a hands-free driving mode. Language Transfer is a free audio alternative. Keep your eyes on the road, and save any app that needs the screen for when you park.
Sources
- US Department of State. Foreign Language Training, FSI language timelines Spanish at 30 weeks for professional working level
- Speak on the App Store (US) plans, prices
- Dreaming. Premium plans free and Premium features, prices
- Babbel. Babbel Speak Speak languages, beta status and free access
- Duolingo on the App Store (US) Super prices
- Pimsleur on the App Store (US) plans and prices
- Pimsleur. FAQ trial, CarPlay and Android Auto, offline lessons
- Language Transfer. Complete Spanish free, donation-funded audio course
- Busuu. Premium plans what each plan includes
- Praktika Help Center. Is there a free version? free plan limits
- Lingopie on the App Store (US) plans and prices
- SpanishDictionary.com Support. Premium pricing options Premium prices and trial
- ISSEN on the App Store (US) plans and prices
- Talkpal. Pricing free daily limit and trial
- Rosetta Stone. Buy plans, languages and Spanish versions
- Memrise on the App Store (US) plans and prices
- Real Academia Española. Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, vosotros where vosotros and ustedes are used
- Real Academia Española. Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, voseo voseo in American Spanish
- Anki free platforms and what Anki is
- italki. How much do lessons cost? tutor price ranges and trial lessons
Written by Yiğit Karasu, founder of Slova
