The best apps for speaking English — ranked on what they actually measure
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Pick the question you're actually asking
We compared the AI tutors that actually hold a spoken conversation and correct you — Praktika, Loora, Speak, ChatGPT and sayit — on feedback depth, personalization and price.
The best English speaking apps compared for feedback depth, accent handling and price — sayit, ELSA Speak, BoldVoice, Speak, Praktika, Duolingo and more.
The best pronunciation apps ranked by whether they actually name the sound you got wrong — sayit, ELSA Speak, BoldVoice, Speechling and YouGlish compared.
AI pronunciation tools compared on the mechanism that actually matters: does the model score your raw sounds, or auto-correct them into the word it expected? sayit, ELSA and BoldVoice tested.
Looking for an AI speaking coach for real-world English — meetings, interviews, calls? Loora, Praktika, Speak, ChatGPT and sayit compared on what they actually coach.
The best apps for IELTS Speaking practice — Parts 1, 2 and 3 — compared on whether they simulate the real exam format and score pronunciation, not just fluency.
Looking for an AI tutor to prep IELTS Speaking, not just a scoring tool? Praktika, ELSA Speak and sayit compared on guidance vs. diagnosis.
Apps for TOEFL Speaking practice compared — the independent and integrated tasks, prep and response timing, and whether they actually score pronunciation.
PTE Speaking practice apps compared honestly — including where a general pronunciation tool like sayit fits, and where it doesn't give you an official PTE score.
The best English tutor apps for 2026, compared on curriculum depth, live conversation, and whether they correct your pronunciation as well as your grammar.
The best English learning apps for 2026, from broad courses like Duolingo to focused pronunciation tools like sayit — compared on what each one is actually for.
Accent apps split into two goals — reducing your accent toward a target, or being clearly understood in your own. BoldVoice and sayit compared on that exact split.
How every roundup ranks
Feedback depth
Does it name the sound that slipped, or hand back one number? A per-phoneme verdict next to the target IPA is the bar.
Exam fit
Real IELTS, TOEFL and PTE timings and task shapes, or generic lessons with an exam label on them.
Price and the free tier
What you can actually do before paying, and what a month costs — checked against each product's own pricing page, with the date.
Privacy
What happens to a recording of your voice after it has been scored, in the product's own words.
See exactly which sound to fix
Record one sentence — free, no card — and get the per-phoneme verdict most of the tools above can't show you.