Is there a completely free AI app for practising spoken English?

With a daily cap, yes: Gliglish gives ten minutes a day with no sign-up, and ChatGPT includes voice minutes on its free plan. Fluvia gives first conversations free, with no expiry and no card, and the rest of the app — listening, writing, vocabulary — with no cap.

Which one is best for getting from B2 to C1?

The one that corrects you systematically and remembers your mistakes, because at that stage the problem is no longer vocabulary but the three or four errors you repeat without noticing. That is what Fluvia does; ChatGPT does it partly, if you ask it every session.

Can ChatGPT correct me while I speak?

Yes, if you ask it at the start and tell it how. Without instructions it carries on the conversation without correcting anything. And unless you switch on and organise its memory, it does not remember your mistakes from one session to the next.

Is any of them made for Spanish speakers?

Fluvia: the explanations, the level test and the listening and pronunciation material are written for someone starting from Spanish. The others are general-purpose, which does not make them worse, only less specific.

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.

Verified 13 September 2026 against each app’s own pricing page; TalkPal and Duolingo on 21 September 2026.

The eight apps at a glance
App	What it is	What's free	What it costs after	Who it's for
ChatGPT (voice mode)	General assistant with voice conversation	Voice included on the free plan, with a cap on minutes per day and per month	Plus, around $20 a month	Open conversation on any topic, if you write the tutor prompt yourself
ELSA Speak	Pronunciation coach	Limited daily lessons and sample AI conversations	Premium, around $13 a month billed yearly	Pronunciation, sound by sound
Gliglish	AI conversation partner	10 minutes a day, restricted at peak hours	Paid plans remove the cap	Ten free minutes of speaking a day, no sign-up
Speak	Guided speaking course with AI	7-day trial; no permanent free tier	Premium, around $18 a month or around $84 a year	Structured lessons that build up to conversation
Praktika	AI avatar tutors	7-day trial that asks for a card first	Around $8 a month billed yearly	Role-play with a consistent tutor character
Loora	AI English tutor by voice	Short trial, then a subscription	$19.99 a month or $119.99 a year	One coached conversation a day, English only
HelloTalk	Language exchange with real people	Most of the app	VIP, around $7 a month	Talking to humans, not AI, and being corrected by them
Fluvia	Spoken conversation with 18 AI voices in seven accents, correcting you as you speak	First conversations free, no expiry and no card; the rest of the app unlimited	From US$5 a month, billed yearly	Anyone going from B2 towards C1 who wants correction in the moment and their recurring mistakes brought back

What “free” means in each one

There are two families, and it pays not to mix them up. The first has a permanent free tier with a cap: ChatGPT (voice minutes per day), Gliglish (ten minutes a day), ELSA (lessons per day), HelloTalk (nearly everything) and Fluvia (everything, for now). You can use them every day without ever paying, and what you buy is the removal of the cap.

The second is “try, then pay”: Speak, Praktika and Loora. The trial lasts a few days and after that nothing is free. Praktika and Loora also ask for a card before you start and charge the full plan when the trial ends unless you cancel; if you try them, set an alarm for the day before.

Neither family is better. But if your question is “what can I practise with every day without spending anything”, the answer is only in the first one.

Correction: the thing that separates a tutor from a chat

Talking to an AI is easy. Being corrected well is the hard part, and it is where they differ most.

ChatGPT corrects if you ask, and in whatever way you ask; say nothing and it carries on the conversation with your mistakes left in. Unless you set it up, tomorrow it does not remember what you got wrong today. ELSA corrects sounds, not grammar: it tells you your “th” sounds like “d”, not that you misused the present perfect. Gliglish gives feedback on the conversation and keeps pronunciation feedback for the paid plan. Speak, Praktika and Loora correct inside their lessons, each in its own way.

Fluvia is built around one idea: the correction arrives the moment you make the mistake, while you are speaking, and the mistakes you repeat are kept and brought back until they stop appearing. If your problem is that you have spent years speaking with the same three errors, that is what sets it apart. For sound-by-sound pronunciation drills, ELSA is the specialist.

If you already use ChatGPT, do you need another app?

Maybe not. ChatGPT's voice mode is an excellent, free conversation partner, and for many people it is enough. What it lacks is not quality but structure: it does not know your level, it does not correct systematically, it does not remember your mistakes from one session to the next, and it has no listening material designed for an exam.

If you are going to stick with ChatGPT alone, at least give it this prompt when you start: “Act as my spoken English tutor. Have a natural conversation with me. Don't interrupt me while I'm speaking. After each of my answers, briefly correct my most important mistake and give me a more natural way to say one sentence. Gradually make it harder.” That covers half of what a paid app does.

The other half, the memory of your mistakes and a calibrated level, is what justifies a dedicated app. Or not, depending on how much that matters to you.

Which one for which problem

Pronunciation: ELSA Speak. It is what it does, and it does it better than the rest.

Speaking every day without spending: Gliglish or ChatGPT. Ten minutes a day with no sign-up, or the free plan's voice minutes with the prompt above.

A course with an order to it: Speak. Lessons that go somewhere, in exchange for a subscription with no free tier.

Real people: HelloTalk. It is not AI, and for losing your fear of talking to native speakers that is an advantage, not a flaw.

A Spanish speaker at B2 who wants C1: Fluvia. Correction in the moment, recurring mistakes brought back, and the free listening tests and spoken-English reductions on this site.

How we compared them, and why you should distrust this a little

Prices and free tiers were checked on the date shown above, on each app's own site or store listing, and we will update them as they change. We did not run a controlled study with learners: this is what each app offers and what it is designed for, not a measurement of how much anyone improves.

If one of the figures is no longer right, write to us and we will change it.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a completely free AI app for practising spoken English?: With a daily cap, yes: Gliglish gives ten minutes a day with no sign-up, and ChatGPT includes voice minutes on its free plan. Fluvia gives first conversations free, with no expiry and no card, and the rest of the app — listening, writing, vocabulary — with no cap.
Which one is best for getting from B2 to C1?: The one that corrects you systematically and remembers your mistakes, because at that stage the problem is no longer vocabulary but the three or four errors you repeat without noticing. That is what Fluvia does; ChatGPT does it partly, if you ask it every session.
Can ChatGPT correct me while I speak?: Yes, if you ask it at the start and tell it how. Without instructions it carries on the conversation without correcting anything. And unless you switch on and organise its memory, it does not remember your mistakes from one session to the next.
Is any of them made for Spanish speakers?: Fluvia: the explanations, the level test and the listening and pronunciation material are written for someone starting from Spanish. The others are general-purpose, which does not make them worse, only less specific.