Clozemaster is a game where you fill in the missing word in thousands of real sentences, in more than 50 languages. On Reddit (r/languagelearning), Clozemaster learners ask what to pair with it. One Norwegian learner found their reading had grown fast and now wanted to speak. Another wanted to hear sentences quickly and see what the words mean.
Each section below shows apps for one of those jobs, and Clozemaster is first.
What Clozemaster Does
Clozemaster
Clozemaster suits learners who already know the basics and want many more words. Its App Store page says it's made for learners from A2 to C1. Its sentences and translations come from Tatoeba, a big shared collection, and you can create and share your own sentence collections.
- Each blank is picked from the 10,000 most common words in the language.
- Slow the speaking speed down to match how much you follow.
- Radio mode plays sentences and translations hands-free.
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Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
Bubblegum is the best app for serious learners. You learn from text and audio you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
In Bubblegum, Poppy, your AI tutor, writes short stories for you to read and hear. Each one has audio, so you hear new words inside a longer story.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum has no one to talk with. To start speaking, try Speak below or a conversation partner.
- New words show up in whole lessons, so you see them in a story, not only one sentence.
- Poppy writes each lesson at your level, about topics you choose.
- Ask Poppy why a word fits a sentence, and she tells you.
- Each word you save turns up again in a later lesson, through Regenerative Review™.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't pick your own sentences or word lists to study.
- 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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Hear and Repeat Whole Sentences
Glossika
Glossika's home page says it teaches more than 60 languages through repeated sentence practice. A listening-only mode lets you keep practicing with your hands free.
- Practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening with whole sentences.
- Your plan is built on your level and your interests.
- Repeat after the recording, then play back your own voice.
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Start Speaking
Speak
Speak focuses on getting you to talk. Its App Store page says its practice sessions are built around real-life scenes.
- Learn real phrases in a lesson, then say them out loud.
- An AI tutor gives real-time feedback on pronunciation and grammar.
- Track your progress to see what to work on next.
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Read and Listen to Real Content
LingQ
LingQ lets you meet words inside podcasts, news, books, and videos. Its LingQ Importer extension turns a page you like into a lesson with one click.
- Pick from a library with thousands of lessons in many languages.
- Found a song you love? LingQ's AI tools can make it into a lesson with its words written out.
- Highlight words and phrases to save them as you read.
- Flashcards
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Other Apps We Looked At (3)
Common Questions
Which Clozemaster alternative should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning a language, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Speak if speaking is your first goal, or with Glossika if you'd like to hear and repeat whole sentences.
How do I start speaking after Clozemaster?
Practice out loud. Speak gives you feedback as you talk, Glossika lets you record yourself and play it back, and Clozemaster itself has a Speaking mode.
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
- Clozemaster: Fill-in-the-blank sentences in 50+ languages, 170+ language pairings
- Clozemaster: FAQ (sentences from Tatoeba, how blanks are chosen)
- Clozemaster: App Store listing (Radio, grammar challenges, custom collections)
- r/languagelearning: Clozemaster made me a good reader in 1 week, but I feel mute. Help?
- r/languagelearning: clozemaster (a free option to translate words and hear sentences fast)
- Glossika: Sentence practice with recorded audio
- Speak: App Store listing (AI tutor feedback on speaking)
- LingQ: Library and importer, 53 languages
- Anki: Flashcards with shared decks
- Drops: Visual vocabulary
- Pimsleur: Audio lessons
- Bubblegum
- Speak
- LingQ
Checked on October 14, 2026 against each app's own pages.
