Andalusian Spanish is the Spanish of Seville, Málaga, Granada and the rest of southern Spain, and Wikipedia puts its speakers at 8 to 10 million. It is written like any other Spanish, so the difference is in the sound and a few habits: the s at the end of a word is often breathy or dropped, and in the west some people say to a group of friends where northern Spain says . No app we found teaches an Andalusian accent, so this page shows which apps cover Spain and what you still need to hear from people in Andalusia. For podcasts, TV and tutors, read our Best Ways to Learn Andalusian Spanish.
When you set up Bubblegum, choose Spanish, then tap Andalusia under More Varieties. Our Spain Spanish app comparison covers the apps for Spain as a whole.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Spanish. You learn from Spanish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Andalusian Spanish 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.
Ask Poppy what a line like tells you about who is talking to whom.
Bubblegum is mostly reading and listening. To hear real Andalusian speech, use the podcast in the section below.
- Lessons are written in Spanish from Spain, with words like , and .
- Friends in a lesson use with each other, and shops and offices use .
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, and you can export them to Anki.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Lessons are spelled in standard Spanish, and the voices don't copy an Andalusian accent.
- You can't turn a book you own into a lesson. However, you can paste a passage into the chat, and Poppy will explain it.
- 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™
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These courses are made for Spain and not for Latin America. None of their pages says the speakers are from Andalusia, so expect a standard accent from Spain.
Babbel
Pick Spanish (Spain) when you sign up. You get the vosotros forms that Andalusia shares with the rest of Spain.
- Two Spanish courses, one for Mexico and one for Spain.
- Lessons come in a set order, so you always know what is next.
- Flashcards
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Pimsleur
Pimsleur is audio-first, with a Voice Coach in its Premium plan, so it suits you if you like to learn by listening.
- An audio course titled Spanish (Spain-Castilian).
- Audio-only lessons that work in the car, with a driving mode.
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Drops
Drops says pronunciation is one of the main ways its Castilian course differs from Latin American Spanish. Use it for quick vocabulary between longer lessons.
- A Castilian Spanish course with its own pronunciation and words.
- About five minutes a day, with picture games.
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uTalk
uTalk records speakers from Spanish-speaking countries without naming which ones, so treat its audio as general Spanish.
- Its main Spanish course teaches Spain's Spanish and plays the pronunciation used across Spain.
- Latin American and Argentinian Spanish are separate courses.
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Aprende Andaluz is a free app from one developer. Its App Store page lists a glossary of more than 400 Andalusian words and expressions, proverbs, a way to hear phrases in the Andalusian dialect, an overview of the dialect's features, and a translator. It is small and has too few ratings to show a score, and its latest version dates from November 2023, so check that it opens on your phone. It is a reference and not a course, so keep it next to your lessons. Find it on the App Store.
For the accent itself, Andalusian Spanish to Go is a podcast from Antonio, a Spanish teacher from Málaga, with 135 episodes, a transcript and a glossary for each, and a level of intermediate and up. It is in Spanish, and it is where you hear the speech these apps leave out.
italki
Tell your teacher which city you plan to live in. Ask them to say a few lines the way people say them in Seville or Málaga, and record them.
- A Teachers from filter on the Spanish teachers page.
- Book one-to-one lessons over video.
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Preply
Look for tutors who say they live in Andalusia, and book a short first lesson to hear whether you can follow their speech.
- Filter Spanish tutors by country of birth.
- Watch a tutor's intro video before you book.
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Tandem
Voice notes let you replay a fast sentence as often as you like.
- Tandem has a page for learning Spanish in Seville.
- Trade voice notes, or talk over video.
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| App | Free? | What's Free |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Free version | 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. |
| Babbel | Some lessons free | The first lesson of every Babbel course is free, and some languages have more free lessons. The full course needs a subscription. |
| Pimsleur | Free trial | You can try Pimsleur free for 7 days. After that, you pay for one language or for all of them. |
| Drops | Free version | The free version lets you learn for five minutes every 10 hours. Drops Premium gives you unlimited time and all the content, and the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. |
| uTalk | Some lessons free | Every language has free starter words, and getting full marks in the games opens one more topic for free. For the rest, you subscribe or buy a language or topic. |
| italki | Paid | You pay for each lesson, and each teacher sets their own price. Practicing with the community and taking the level test are free. |
| Preply | Paid | You pay for each lesson, and each tutor sets their own price. If your first tutor isn't a good fit, you can try two more for free. |
| Tandem | Free version | Signing up is free, and Tandem reviews each new member first. Many features are free, and Tandem Pro gives you all of them. |
Try one lesson in your language before you pay.
| App | Languages You Can Use It In | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 76 | Supported language pairs |
| Babbel | 9 | App Store |
| Pimsleur | 3 | App Store |
| Drops | 16 | App Store |
| uTalk | 140+ | Full list |
| italki | 19 | App Store |
| Preply | 19 | App Store |
| Tandem | 14 | App Store |
Which Andalusian Spanish app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Spanish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Pimsleur's Castilian course if you want to listen and speak before you read.
Will a Spain course teach me to understand Andalusians?
It teaches the shared grammar and most words, so it is a good base. Andalusians often soften or drop the s at the end of a word, and the course audio uses standard speech, so add the podcast and a tutor from Andalusia as you improve.
Does Bubblegum say ustedes or vosotros?
Friends in a lesson say to each other. In the west of Andalusia some people use with friends, which is a local habit and not a rule for the whole region. Bubblegum's lessons use for friends.
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
- Drops Premium
- Drops: free vs premium
- uTalk on the App Store (free starter words)
- Bubblegum: Andalusian Spanish
- Wikipedia: Andalusian Spanish (8 to 10 million speakers; seseo and ceceo; final s; ustedes with vosotros verb forms in the west)
- Babbel: Spanish (Mexico) and Spanish (Spain) courses
- Pimsleur: Spanish (Spain-Castilian) audio course
- Pimsleur: Latin American Spanish (free-offer page)
- Drops: Learn Castilian Spanish
- uTalk: Learn Spanish (Spain)
- Aprende Andaluz on the App Store (Andalusian glossary and pronunciation)
- Andalusian Spanish to Go (Apple Podcasts)
- Spanish with Antonio
- Preply: Spanish tutors (country of birth filter)
- italki: Spanish teachers (Teachers from filter)
- Tandem: Learn Spanish in Seville
- Preply: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- italki: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Tandem: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Pimsleur on the App Store (languages you can use it in)
- Babbel: what's free
- italki: what's free
- Tandem: what's free
- Bubblegum
- Tandem
