Best Language Learning Apps for Intermediate Learners in 2026

Quick answer

Pick an intermediate app by the skill you'd like to build next. To read graded stories and news, try Readle or Beelinguapp. To understand people when they speak, try Lingopie, Dreaming Spanish, or News in Slow Spanish. To practice talking, try Univerbal or Tandem. To have Poppy write lessons at your level and play the other person in a practice scene, try Bubblegum.

Once you know the basics, each app below helps with the next skill in its group.

Lessons Written at Your Level

Bubblegum

Bubblegum is the best app for serious learners. You learn from text and audio you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.

Choose one of Bubblegum's six levels and a topic you like. Poppy, your AI tutor, then writes lessons on that topic for that level, in any of 62 languages.

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  • Tap Roleplay in a chat, and Poppy plays the other person in a scene, one short line at a time.
  • When a reply has a mistake that matters, Poppy adds one short line with the corrected version.
  • Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
  • Bubblegum's lessons are text and audio, with no videos or shows to watch.
  • A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, 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 Graded Stories and News

Readle

Readle grades its stories and news from A1 to C1 across seven languages, with HSK1 to HSK5 for Chinese and N5 to N2 for Japanese.

  • In Readle Podbits, two hosts go through one story sentence by sentence, then retell all of it.
  • Readle teaches seven languages, and Korean and Portuguese are not among them.
  • Flashcards

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Beelinguapp

Beelinguapp shows each story next to its translation and plays it as an audiobook, in 23 languages that include Hindi and Greek.

  • A quiz at the end of a story checks how much you understood.
  • Flashcards

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Understand People When They Speak

Lingopie

Lingopie streams shows, podcasts, and books in 15 languages, including Hebrew and Greek, and it has TV apps for Roku and Fire TV.

  • Each word you click in the subtitles is saved as a flashcard or a quiz question.
  • A yearly or lifetime plan opens all 15 languages.
  • Flashcards

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Dreaming Spanish

Dreaming Spanish's middle levels move on to conversations, vlogs, and documentaries told in simplified Spanish.

  • Its videos run from a Superbeginner level up to almost the level of native media.

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    News in Slow Spanish

    News in Slow Spanish reads real news, commentary, and dialogues at a slower pace, with a transcript to follow along.

    • Moving to another level costs nothing extra.
    • A new episode comes out each week.

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      Practice Talking

      Univerbal

      Univerbal is an AI conversation partner for learners who understand a lot but can't reply fast. At B1 to B2, its talks get longer and work toward a goal, such as asking for help.

      • After you answer, you see a better way to say what you meant, and your mistakes are saved to practice later.

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        Tandem

        On Tandem, two people teach each other their languages. You can look for a partner who lives near you or shares your interests.

        • Send texts and voice notes, or call each other on video, and fix each other's sentences with the built-in correction tool.
        • Tandem reviews every new sign-up before you can join.

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          Common Questions

          What if I'm still a beginner?

          If you are serious about learning a language, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. For more ways to start, see our apps for beginners.

          What should I use once these apps feel easy?

          Move on to real shows, books, and writing practice. Our apps for advanced learners group the tools for that stage, including guides to language exams.

          Where can I find more apps for one skill?

          We compare apps for reading, listening, and speaking on their own pages.

          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 your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.

          Sources
          1. Bubblegum: Every language you can learn
          2. Readle: Home (A1 to C1, HSK1 to HSK5, N5 to N2; seven languages; Readle Podbits)
          3. Beelinguapp: Home (parallel texts, audiobooks, quizzes at the end of stories, 23 languages)
          4. Lingopie: Home and FAQ (15 languages, TV apps, clicked words saved as flashcards, plans)
          5. Dreaming: Home (videos by level: conversations, vlogs and documentaries in simplified language)
          6. Dreaming Spanish: FAQ (Superbeginner level up to almost native media)
          7. News in Slow Spanish: Home (slower narration, transcripts, switch levels, new episodes every week)
          8. Univerbal: Home (AI conversation partner, better versions of your sentences, saved mistakes, B1 to B2 dialogues)
          9. Tandem: Home (exchange partners, search by location and interests, text, voice and video, reviewed sign-ups)
          10. Bubblegum
          11. Readle
          12. Beelinguapp
          13. Lingopie
          14. Tandem

          Checked on October 25, 2026 against each app's own pages.

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          • Readle
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          • Lingopie
          • Dreaming Spanish
          • News in Slow Spanish
          • Univerbal
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          Published Oct 25, 2026