Loora Review (2026): Price, Tests and Is It Worth It?

Loora is worth it if you already speak some English and want to practise long conversations at work-level, because the feedback is good and the price is low next to a human tutor. It is not worth it for beginners, for anyone who wants a full course, or for anyone learning a language other than English. Loora is legit: it has more than 340,000 Google Play reviews and a 4.9 store rating, though its billing has caught some people out.

What Loora is

Loora is an app for one thing: speaking English with an AI. You choose a lesson or a real-life scenario, such as a job interview, a meeting or small talk. You talk out loud, an AI voice answers, and afterwards the app points out what to fix in your grammar, pronunciation and word choice [3].

It is aimed at people who need English for work. Its site lists interview and exam-preparation modules [3]. It is not a full course. There are no levels to work through and no grammar chapters to finish, so what you get out of it depends on how much you talk.

What is new in 2026

Loora has shipped several changes this year, all documented on its update page [4]:

• Split View, February. The avatar and a live transcript share one screen, so you can follow every word while you talk.
• Key Takeaways, March. Each lesson ends with one correction, turned into a short exercise, instead of a long list of mistakes.
• Widgets, May. Home-screen widgets show your streak and your next lesson.
• Funding, September. Loora announced a 22 million dollar round and says it now serves 15 million learners.

None of these updates changed the price, and we found no plan changes in the update notes. The Key Takeaways change is the most useful: a list of ten errors is hard to act on, and one is not.

Plans and price

Loora lists three plans on iPhone. The App Store lists a range for monthly and yearly, so the price you see depends on your offer, and it can change from one week to the next [1].

Use the calculator to see what that means for your own routine.

The pattern is clear. Yearly is the cheap way to use Loora, and only if you will really use it for the year. The monthly plan at the top price is about the cost of one hour with a low-price human tutor, so it makes sense only if you talk most days. We suggest the yearly plan only after a month of monthly use shows you a habit.

Our 7-day test

We set one goal: by day 7, answer three common interview questions in English for two minutes each, without notes. We used a paid plan on an iPhone, 15 minutes a day, and no other app.

1. Day 1. Picked a work goal and did the first lesson. The avatar was easy to follow and never rushed us.
2. Day 2. Practised introducing ourselves. Most of the mistakes were small ones: missing articles and a wrong preposition.
3. Day 3. Tried an interview scenario. The follow-up questions were good, and we had to think, which is the point.
4. Day 4. Pushed the conversation off script to talk about a weekend trip. It kept going for about ten minutes.
5. Day 5. Noticed the repeat: the same correction on since and for came up twice, and the takeaway made it stick.
6. Day 6. Did a lesson on a phone with a weaker connection. It still worked, but the AI sometimes started talking before we had finished a thought.
7. Day 7. Ran the three interview answers back to back. They were clearer and longer than on day 1.

The result was a real gain in fluency in one week, but not in range. Our vocabulary barely grew, because Loora corrects what you say rather than teaching you new things to say. Nothing in the app collects the new words you meet either, so we wrote them in a notes app.

What users say

Store ratings are very high. Loora holds 4.9 on the App Store from 39,000 ratings and 4.9 on Google Play from 348,000 reviews [1][2]. That is strong, though app-store scores lean positive because apps ask happy users to rate them.

Trustpilot is more measured, at 4.2 from 129 reviews [5]. Praise is consistent: the conversations feel realistic, and the instant feedback helps confidence. The complaints are also consistent:

• The AI interrupts. Several reviewers say it cuts in before they finish a sentence.
• Late corrections. Notes come after the talk, not during it, which some beginners find less useful.
• Billing and refunds. One reviewer felt caught by the renewal after the trial, and another got only an automated reply to a refund request [5].

We saw the interruption too, on a weak connection. The billing complaints line up with how Loora works, which we cover next.

Is Loora legit?

Yes. It is a funded company with a large, active user base, a stable release history on both stores and a help centre. The billing risk is the normal subscription kind: it renews automatically after a trial, so cancel before the trial ends if you do not want to continue.

Refunds are not handled by Loora. If you paid through Apple or Google, Apple or Google decides the refund, and if you paid on the web, the payment provider does [6]. An approved refund also ends your access straight away. So check the renewal date on the day you start.

Who Loora is worth it for

Loora is worth paying for if you:

• Are around intermediate in English and want more speaking time.
• Have interviews, meetings or presentations in English coming up.
• Would pay for a coach that never gets tired and that you can use at 11 pm.
• Will talk at least three or four days a week.

It is not worth it if you are a beginner, if you want a course with clear levels, if you are learning any language other than English, or if you will use it once a week. In that case free options and a course-based app do more for the money. See our Loora vs Speak test for a guided-course alternative, or Duolingo vs Loora if the free plan matters to you.

Where Slova fits

Loora is a good place to practise talking, but it does not give you a path. Slova gives you a real A0 to C2 curriculum built around your goals or your interests, with visual lessons, and every lesson can be spoken out loud with our AI tutors. Many learners use a speaking coach like Loora next to a course like that.

Conclusion

Loora does one job well: it gets an intermediate English learner talking and shows them what to fix. It costs little per speaking minute if you use it daily, and a lot per minute if you do not. Start with the monthly plan, run our calculator against your real routine, and go yearly only when the habit is there.

For other options, see the best AI conversation apps or our Speak app review.

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