Best Apps to Learn Bulgarian in 2026

For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Bulgarian. You learn from Bulgarian you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.

Bubblegum builds Bulgarian lessons around your own life. Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, what you want to learn. She writes lessons for your level and helps you understand the words and grammar. You can read and listen, and ask her about anything that is unclear. News and stories give you more Bulgarian to read about music, food, family, and other things you care about.

The trade-off is that Bubblegum is not a fixed course or a person to talk with. For audio lessons with recorded speakers, Glossika and uTalk are the better fit. For a step-by-step path, try Ling, and for conversation, try the apps in Learn With People.

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Bulgaro is a web course made for Bulgarian. Its lessons explain a topic and give you exercises to try. Several learners recommend it for a clear path through the language. Add conversation practice when you want to use what you have learned with someone.

Ling's Bulgarian lessons are quick games with speaking practice. The course covers the alphabet, vocabulary, and speaking.

Mondly groups short exercises around situations such as shopping, travel, and meeting people. You hear a conversation and practice speaking, reading, and listening.

Glossika trains your ears and your mouth with Bulgarian sentences. You can take a placement test or start from zero, then listen, repeat, and type what you hear.

BulgarianPod101 lets you study through short recordings and lesson notes. Choose a lesson pathway and work through it at your own pace. Its Level 1 pathway includes three short alphabet checks. Add a full alphabet course if you need help learning each letter.

Bluebird teaches words, phrases, and conversations through audio lessons. Its spaced review brings back material you have heard before.

Memrise teaches Bulgarian through lists shared by learners. Pick a list for your goal or make your own. Pair the word practice with a course when you need grammar.

Clozemaster asks you to fill in the missing word in a Bulgarian sentence, by choosing from a list or typing it. Sentences come back for review right when you are about to forget them.

uTalk starts with greetings and common words, then moves on to topics such as transport, food and drink, and doctors. Games help the words stick.

LingQ is a library of lessons to read and listen to, sorted by level. You can save new words as you read and review them later.

Compare italki’s Bulgarian tutor profiles to find a teacher whose lessons fit your goals.

Preply lists Bulgarian tutors. Read profiles and reviews to find a tutor who fits your level and goals.

Tandem lists Bulgarian among its supported languages, and it has language exchange pages for Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, and other Bulgarian cities. Agree with your partner on how to split time between your two languages.