The best Turkish listening app is the one with text you can follow while you hear the audio. Poppy writes lessons with a read-aloud voice, and TRT Çocuk Kitaplık reads picture books aloud. Language Reactor adds subtitles to videos, LingQ plays audio beside text, and Lingopie, Beelinguapp and Easy Turkish Podcast fill in shows, stories and a podcast. For a wider search, see our Turkish comprehensible input comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Turkish. You learn from Turkish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Turkish lessons. If a sentence is hard to follow, ask Poppy to explain it.
With Regenerative Review™, words you save show up again in new lessons, so that you can review words in new contexts without having to use flashcards.
- Read Turkish lessons at your level while a voice reads them aloud.
- Ask Poppy to explain a sentence, with English help beside the text.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Learn every letter and its sound in the free Turkish Alphabet course.
- The read-aloud voices are generated, so talk with a tutor or a language partner to hear how Turkish speakers sound.
- Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read.
- Regenerative Review™
- Teaches the Turkish Alphabet
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TRT Çocuk Kitaplık
TRT Çocuk Kitaplık suits beginners who want to follow short Turkish stories by ear. It is free to use and has no ads, and it asks you to register for free.
- Illustrated Turkish storybooks come with audiobook narration.
- The developer says books you have already read work without the internet.
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Language Reactor
Language Reactor suits learners who want to hear real Turkish on YouTube or Netflix with text beside it. It installs free in Chrome, with paid extras.
- Turkish video audio comes with subtitles and translations, where the video has them.
- Playback controls are advertised for pausing and replaying.
- Doesn't teach the Turkish Alphabet
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LingQ
LingQ suits learners who want to listen to Turkish they pick and read it at the same time.
- Library audio plays beside its Turkish text, and you can import your own media.
- Premium has offline access.
- Flashcards
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Other Apps We Looked At (3)
- LingopieTurkish shows with two tappable subtitles. It also has story texts, audiobooks and podcasts, with an audio loop and a transcript player.
- BeelinguappTurkish audiobooks with the text beside an English version, and the words light up as you listen.
- Easy Turkish PodcastA Turkish podcast, not an app. Its members get transcripts and a vocabulary helper.
| App | Usable in | Learning help in | Audio and text | Replay and offline | Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Yes | Partly | Lesson text with read-aloud voices | Unconfirmed | Lessons written for others |
| TRT Çocuk Kitaplık | Yes | Unconfirmed | Picture books with narration | Books you have read work offline | Free, no ads |
| Language Reactor | Yes | PartlyDepends on the video | Video audio with subtitles | Playback controls; offline unconfirmed | Free install, paid extras |
| LingQ | Yes | PartlyWord meanings | Library audio beside text | Offline in Premium | 20 saved words, 5 imports |
| Lingopie | Yes | Yes | Shows, stories, audiobooks | Audio loop; offline unconfirmed | 7-day trial |
| Beelinguapp | Yes | Yes | Audiobooks with parallel text | Unconfirmed | Free download, paid upgrades |
| Easy Turkish Podcast | Yes | Unconfirmed | Podcast, members get transcripts | Depends on your podcast app | Public episodes |
Which Turkish listening app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Turkish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or choose TRT Çocuk Kitaplık if you want free picture books with narration, or Lingopie if you want shows with subtitles in both languages. To practice speaking after you listen, see our Turkish speaking app comparison.
Can I listen to Turkish with a transcript for free?
TRT Çocuk Kitaplık is free, and the text is on the page with the narration. LingQ's free plan saves 20 words and imports 5 lessons. Lingopie has a 7-day trial and then a subscription. Easy Turkish Podcast's public episodes are free, but only members get the full transcripts.
Can I listen to Turkish offline?
TRT Çocuk Kitaplık says books you have already read work without the internet, and LingQ Premium has offline access. For the other apps, offline use is not confirmed, so check before a trip. For how to find more Turkish at your level, see our Turkish app comparison.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- TRT Çocuk Kitaplık: iPhone App Store listing
- Language Reactor: Chrome Web Store listing
- LingQ: Turkish
- LingQ: What the free and Premium plans include
- LingQ: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Beelinguapp: Turkish
- Beelinguapp: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Lingopie: Turkish
- Lingopie: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Easy Turkish Podcast: Episodes and transcripts
- Bubblegum
- Language Reactor
- LingQ
