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AI English speaking app for Spanish speakers
Talk out loud with an AI. It answers you, and it stops you when you make a mistake. Then it tells you why in Spanish, so you understand it the first time.
The best AI apps to practise speaking English in 2026, compared honestly
Eight apps: what each one actually gives you for free, what it costs after that, and which problem each one is for.
2026-09-13
Free alternatives to ELSA Speak for English conversation practice, compared
ELSA is a pronunciation coach. If what you want is to talk, these are the apps that let you do it free: what each gives you, what you need to start, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
How many free minutes each AI English speaking app gives you
One table: the free allowance of ChatGPT Voice, Gliglish, ELSA, Speak, Praktika, Loora, TalkPal, Duolingo, HelloTalk and Fluvia, what you need to start, and what happens when the free part ends. Checked on the date below and updated when it changes.
2026-09-21
Free alternatives to ChatGPT for English speaking practice, compared
ChatGPT’s voice mode is a good free conversation partner. What it lacks is a level, systematic correction and a memory of your mistakes. These are the apps that add those, what each gives you free, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
Free alternatives to Praktika for English speaking practice, compared
Praktika’s avatar tutors are good company, but the free part is a seven-day trial that asks for your card first. These are the apps you can talk with for free and keep using, what each gives you, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
Free alternatives to Loora for English speaking practice, compared
Loora is a coached English conversation a day, after a short trial that asks for your card. These are the apps you can talk with for free and keep, what each gives you, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
Free alternatives to TalkPal for English conversation, compared
TalkPal gives you ten minutes a day, with an account, across 130 languages. If you only want English and more than ten minutes, these are the apps to look at, what each gives you free, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
Free alternatives to Duolingo for speaking English, compared
Duolingo builds the habit and the vocabulary; speaking to an AI is not on its free plan, and on Max it is a subscription above Super. These are the apps where you actually talk, free, what each gives you, and what it corrects.
2026-09-21
Best apps to learn English (2026): 12 compared
Free courses, AI speaking partners and live tutors all call themselves apps to learn English, and they are three different products. Here is what each of the twelve gives you free, what it costs after, and what it actually corrects.
2026-09-24
How to practise English speaking with AI: the drills that work, the best apps and how to choose one (2026)
An AI will let you speak English for thirty minutes a day, never get bored of your mistakes and never make you self-conscious. It will also let you talk for months without improving, if you use it the way most people do. This is what actually works, what to avoid, and which app fits which problem.
2026-09-24
Shadowing English: how to do it, and the best apps and audio to do it with
Shadowing is the drill where you repeat a native speaker almost as they talk, copying the rhythm rather than the words. It is the cheapest way to fix the gap between the English you understand and the English you can say at speed — and most of the tools sold for it are doing something else.
2026-09-24
Practising English vocabulary in conversation, not flashcards: which apps actually do it
Everybody who has studied English has a pile of words they recognise instantly and have never once said out loud. The problem is not memory, it is that the word never gets used while somebody is waiting for it. Here is the routine that fixes it and the apps that support it.
2026-09-24