Busuu review
7.6/10★★★★★CEFR-aligned courses with community corrections and AI speaking practice on Premium Plus
- Best for
- Learners who want a structured, level-based course with feedback from native speakers
- Price
- Freemium · from $13.90/month
Free: Limited lessons and flashcards - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Busuu Limited, London, UK · since 2008
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.7★ (101K) · Android 4.7★ (1.2M)
What it is
Busuu offers structured courses in 14 languages aligned to the CEFR levels, with McGraw Hill certificates. Native speakers in its community correct your writing and speaking, and the Premium Plus plan adds AI conversations with pronunciation feedback and adaptive vocabulary flashcards.
What the AI does
- AI conversations (Premium Plus)
- Pronunciation feedback
- Adaptive vocabulary flashcards
Pros and cons
- Expert-designed CEFR courses
- Human feedback from the native-speaker community
- Certificates and offline mode
- AI conversations are tied to set topics and need the top plan
- Only 14 languages
- Very limited free version
How it scores
Solid structured course with a unique human-feedback layer; AI practice is a bolt-on.
Feature checklist · 5 of 9
- Spoken, back-and-forth conversation with an AI tutor (yes)
- Real-life roleplay or scenario practice (no)
- Pronunciation scoring or feedback (yes)
- Corrects and explains grammar or word-choice mistakes (no)
- Structured course path by level (yes)
- Spaced-repetition vocabulary review (yes)
- Teaches 20+ languages (no)
- Some AI conversation practice on the free plan (no)
- Works on the web as well as phones (yes)
Alternatives
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- Duolingo 8.6/10Beginners and casual learners who want a free daily habit, with optional AI speaking practice
- Speak 7.9/10Learners whose main goal is speaking confidently in a major language
- Babbel 7.7/10Learners who want a structured, grammar-aware course with some AI speaking practice
- Praktika 7.6/10Beginner and lower-intermediate learners who want low-cost, low-pressure speaking practice
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