Overview
Gliglish teaches languages through conversation instead of flashcards: learners talk to an AI teacher (the site says it uses the same technology behind ChatGPT) and roleplay real-life situations — job interviews, travel chats, first dates — to build speaking and listening skills, with practice available anytime and no class scheduling. One subscription covers learning one or more languages, across 40+ supported language variations (including US/UK/Australian English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai, with Modern Standard Arabic and Serbian listed as coming soon).
The platform suggests what to say next, offers multilingual speech recognition (ask questions in your native language about the target language), adjustable speaking speed, audio playback of any word, in-context word explanations, grammar feedback, word and sentence translations, transliterations for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Greek, and pronunciation feedback (in beta, American English only). The official homepage reports 295,861 learners.
Gliglish is freemium: the official FAQ states the free version gives 10 minutes of speaking every day, while Gliglish Plus is unlimited. Exact price figures are not publicly visible on the official site. Web payments go through Stripe; iOS subscriptions are billed by Apple. It is a solo-maker product built by Fabien Snauwaert.
Key Features
- AI teacher conversations
- roleplay real-life situations
- "suggests what to say next"
- multilingual speech recognition
- adjustable speaking speed
- audio playback of any word
- in-context word explanations
- grammar feedback
- word/sentence translations
- transliterations (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Greek)
- pronunciation feedback (Beta, American English)
- 40+ language variations
- native iOS app (iPhone/iPad)
