French learning apps

A solid A1 to B2 path with a usable free tier.

The most course-like app; a good spine for A1 to B1, light on real listening.

The easiest free habit for week one; plan what comes after it.

Good for B1 and up who will really watch; not a course.

The cheapest way to speak French every week, if you choose the tutor well.

Huge amounts of real French with text and audio; a tool, not a course.

Best for speaking from day one on a commute; thin on vocabulary.

A huge choice of tutors at every price; pick carefully.

Native-speaker clips for beginners; a supplement, not a course.

Real French video with clickable subtitles and quizzes; paid after the trial.

The best free memory tool at any level; bring your own French.

The best free window on how ordinary French people actually talk.

The best free level-graded listening from real TV.

A classic daily dialogue method for patient self-learners; cheap to own.

Parallel-text audiobooks with narration; easy reading-plus-listening practice.

Free graded exercises in French; old-fashioned but useful.

Thousands of fill-the-gap sentences, free, good for volume from A2.

A friendly free podcast course explained in English; slow by design.

Warm, practical lessons on spoken French for textbook-trained learners.

Watch, copy and chat with AI, 15 minutes a day, in five courses on one plan.

Fast, pretty vocabulary games for beginners; no grammar, no sentences.

Save words from videos and articles and review them; free to start.

Great storytelling for A2 to B1; no new episodes since February 2024.

Natural, funny conversation for B1 and up; transcripts are members-only.

Speak-from-lesson-one phrases for beginners and travellers; paid after a free lesson.

The quickest way to hear how one French word is really pronounced.

Calm, clear and free with transcripts; more coaching than conversation.

Free French-only lessons and solid DELF preparation.

A witty 10-minute daily lesson that adapts to your mistakes; paid.

Real conversation between friends at normal speed; the best step up from learner podcasts.

Audiobooks recorded at two speeds, including real spoken French; for English speakers.

Learn grammar through a story you read and hear; A1 to B2, paid after the trial.

Real interviews at real speed, but an archive since 2022 with its website gone.

Useful short grammar explanations, but an archive since 2022.

A huge library of short lessons for beginners; a free account lets you sample it.

High-volume listen-and-repeat sentence training; best beside a course.

Free text and voice exchange with French speakers; not a course.

The daily news French people actually listen to; B2 and up only.

The best free archive for B1 listeners; finished in September 2026, so start at episode 1.

The best free daily news habit, with a synchronised transcript every day.

The best tool for finding and fixing grammar gaps; no help with your ear.

Free audio course that teaches you to build French sentences by thinking, not memorising.

The clearest free grammar reference in English.

A giant free index of exercises; a starting point, not a method.

Clear, careful French on big ideas; for advanced learners who like to think.

Duolingo-style games for beginners; built for rarer languages, fine for French basics.

Real classes on a timetable; costly per minute of speaking.

Duolingo's format with real grammar explanations; beginners only.

Efficient frequency-ordered vocabulary for adults; repetitive by design.

A gentle bridge for A2 to B1 listeners, with free transcripts on Patreon.

Three-minute news with a translation; paused since June 2026.

Check your library first: free there, and a solid beginner course.

Audio-only, no homework; a quick way to start building French sentences.

A pleasant beginner phrase app with speech practice; thin past A2.

Weekly news read slowly with transcripts; structured, but not real speed.

Five minutes of real Paris life a day; easy to keep up, hard to outgrow.

Thoughtful all-French episodes for B1 to B2, with free transcripts.

Talk-first AI practice with on-the-spot corrections; paid after the trial.

Daily AI speaking practice with instant corrections; not a real conversation.

An all-in-one beginner app with AI speaking practice; the core is free.

Quick flashcards for a class word list; not a way to learn French on its own.

Read any French text, click to translate, and review the words as flashcards.

A one-time-purchase audio course for beginners; try the free lessons first.

Immersion-style basics; slow, and light on explanation.

Lots of out-loud speaking practice with an AI tutor; paid after a 7-day trial.

Frequency-ordered vocabulary with speaking drills; there is a lifetime plan.

Record sentences, get a human coach's pronunciation notes; free to start.

Ten free minutes of AI conversation a day; Premium removes the limit.

Free conversation partners, screened at sign-up; unstructured by nature.

Friendly guided listening for A2 to B1 fans of Alexa's lessons.

Gripping real-life stories in natural French for advanced listeners.

One-to-one French tutors in a built-in video classroom; choose the teacher carefully.