Stories, audio, and videos can all help you learn Haitian Creole when you can follow what they mean. That is the idea behind comprehensible input: learning from Haitian Creole you can mostly understand. Easy Kreyòl can be hard to find, and learners on Reddit say few Kreyòl videos on YouTube have subtitles.
These apps and sites give you Haitian Creole at your level, or help you follow the Kreyòl you pick yourself. For courses, speaking practice, and tutors, see our Haitian Creole app comparison.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
Learn Haitian Creole with a path made just for you. Start with your level, what you like, and why you want to learn. Your path grows as you learn, with new lessons that fit you. Bubblegum also has news and stories, so you can read and listen to a mix of Haitian Creole about music, food, family, or daily life.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson for your level and goals. If a sentence is hard to follow, just ask her to explain the words or the grammar.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum can't help you read or watch Haitian Creole you found yourself. For a video or a web page you already picked, the tools in Read and Watch Haitian Creole You Choose are the better fit.
- Read and listen to lessons, news, and stories about things you like.
- New lessons fit your level, interests, and goals.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, so you review them by reading instead of using flashcards.
- Ask Poppy for help as you read.
- Lesson audio uses AI voices, not recordings of Haitian speakers.
- You cannot bring in your own books, articles, or videos.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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Read Free Picture Books
NABU
NABU is a nonprofit that publishes picture books in the languages children speak at home. It has made Haitian Creole books for more than ten years, and it says they are free in the NABU app. Picture books are an easy first step, because the pictures help you follow the story.
- Free picture books in Haitian Creole, made for children in Haiti.
- Books are sorted by reading level.
- Download books to read offline.
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Watch Videos Made for Learners
Learn Creole with Jorge
Learn Creole with Jorge is made just for Haitian Creole. You watch short videos and songs, then tap the words you don't know. It suits beginners and families, including people who want to understand the Creole their family speaks.
- Tap any word in a video's subtitles to see what it means and hear how it sounds.
- Songs, cartoons, and short stories from Haitian folktales, such as Bouki and Ti Malis.
- Games for counting, matching, and listening.
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Read and Watch Haitian Creole You Choose
These tools help you learn from videos and web pages you pick yourself, such as talk shows on YouTube or the free books below. They suit learners who know the basics.
Language Reactor
Language Reactor adds learning tools to YouTube and Netflix in Chrome. It is free to install, with paid extras.
- See subtitles beside a translation on YouTube and Netflix.
- Make subtitles from a video's sound when it has none.
- Look up words, and replay one line when it goes too fast.
Browser extension
Readlang
Readlang helps you read Haitian Creole on the web, such as the free books and news below. Tap a word or short phrase to see what it means, then review it later.
- Tap a word or short phrase on a Kreyòl web page to see what it means.
- Save new words and review them with flashcards.
- Flashcards
WebBrowser extension
Free Books, Videos, Podcasts, and Radio
Free books are an easy place to start. Bloom Library has 281 free Kreyòl books sorted into four levels, including many of NABU's, and you can read them online or in the Bloom Reader app on Android. The University of Kansas shares free Haitian Creole readers, such as Chita Pa Bay, a book of easy readings with audio.
Lakou Kajou, a learning program for young Haitians, posts free videos in Kreyòl on YouTube. Wilky Toussaint posts Kreyòl videos on YouTube too, and a learner on Reddit says he speaks slowly. Souvni On The Mike is a weekly podcast in Haitian Creole with a full Kreyòl transcript for every episode, made with intermediate and advanced learners in mind.
For news and talk, the Haitian station AlterRadio shares its call-in show, FwoteLide, as a podcast. VOA Kreyòl, the Voice of America's Haitian Creole service, has a large archive of news stories and videos, but it has posted no new stories since March 2025.
Learn Haitian Creole in Your Language
These counts cover menu-language choices, including script variants. Other apps’ counts and full lists come from their iPhone listings, except Language Reactor (Chrome Web Store) and Readlang (its help forum). Word meanings, lesson explanations, and other platforms may differ.
| App | Supported Display Languages | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Full list
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| NABU | 8 | Full list |
| Learn Creole with Jorge | 1 | Full list |
| Language Reactor | 27 | Full list |
| Readlang | 1 | Full list |
Other Apps We Looked At (6)
- CreoleCentricPaste in Haitian Creole text and hear it read aloud in more than 30 regional voices, with each word highlighted. It also has a 30,000-word dictionary. It is new and growing.
- JW.org and Bible appsBible-based videos, audio dramas, and reading in Kreyòl from Jehovah's Witnesses, and Bible apps such as Haitian Creole Bible, which plays audio you can follow along with.
- My TV LakayLive Haitian TV and more than 600 radio stations in one app, including news and talk stations. Radio and TV are free.
- How-To CreoleSimple videos and lessons on Haitian Creole sounds, words, and culture.
- Learn Haitian Creole / Aprann Kreyòl AyisyenA podcast and YouTube channel with short lessons and everyday dialogues in Haitian Creole.
- Kreyòl con FrancoHaitian Creole lessons on YouTube, taught in Spanish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need French to follow Haitian Creole media?
No. Haitian Creole is its own language, and Haiti's constitution names Creole and French as its two official languages. Some Haitian radio and TV switches between the two, so look for shows that stay in Kreyòl.
Can I learn Haitian Creole from shows?
Yes, once you know the basics. Talk shows such as Chokarella and Kreyòl Kap Pale post full episodes free on YouTube, and a learner on Reddit likes them because the hosts speak Kreyòl the whole time. Kreyòl Kap Pale is about how people in different parts of Haiti speak Kreyòl.
How many people speak Haitian Creole?
About 12 million people live in Haiti, where Kreyòl is the language all Haitians share. More than a million people in the United States also speak Haitian Creole at home.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- r/HaitianCreole: Subtitles (a learner on Kreyòl videos without subtitles)
- Bloom Library: Kreyòl (Haitian Creole) books
- University of Kansas: Chita pa bay, elementary readings in Haitian Creole (with audio)
- Lakou Kajou: About Lakou Kajou
- r/HaitianCreole: Need some YouTube suggestions
- Souvni On The Mike: a Haitian Creole podcast with transcripts
- AlterRadio: FwoteLide on Apple Podcasts
- r/HaitianCreole: News/radio stations in kreyòl? Not music
- VOA Kreyòl
- Constitution of Haiti (1987, rev. 2012), Article 5
- r/HaitianCreole: Haitian TV Shows w/ English sub
- World Bank: Population, total (Haiti)
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year, Table B16001: Language spoken at home
- Bubblegum
- NABU
- Learn Creole with Jorge
- Language Reactor
- Readlang
Checked on October 8, 2026 against each app's own pages.
