HelloTalk - Language Learning

• VIP Membership Monthly — $12.99/month
• VIP Membership Monthly — $79.99/year ($6.66/mo)
• Monthly auto-renewal VIP — $12.99/month
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• 8 HT Coins — $0.29

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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Last verified 28 Aug 2026

4.6 43645 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5the absolute BEST app for language learners

   when i tell you i NEVER write reviews i mean in my entire decade of using the App Store i have never felt strongly enough about any app to even consider writing a review but this app is honestly better than any app out there for language learning and i have used them ALL (the money costing ones too). it’s literally a form of social media for people who want to learn languages! like, i don’t know about anyone else but that is my dream come true. you can set it to show you people in your general age range too which is awesome because you’re socializing and talking about things that are relevant to you while also becoming more and more fluent in a language. i swear I’ve had the app under 24 hours now and i’ve learned more words than i think i’ve learned in total from other apps. even the actual lessons are interesting because they’re immersive and teaching words that you are interested to learn using scenarios you will actually find yourself in. and that is coming from someone who just listened to 20 minutes tops of lessons in a language i’d been putting off learning for years! and i DESPISE studying! it seriously feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders especially now that i have something to do that isn’t frying my brain while i’m locked up in my house for quarantine. thank you so much to whoever thought up such a marvelous concept!

   madeline (@halycons_) · 30 Aug 2026

2. 4/5Overall Great Tool

   I thoroughly enjoyed this app the first month of use. If you have the time, you can theoretically spend all day chatting with people online, and the best part is—it’s free. If you’re an English speaker, the language market will likely be a lot bigger for you because more people want to learn English than English-speaking people want to learn your desired target language. Because of this, you will get tons of interaction on your posts and many more messages (sometimes too much). My only trouble with this app that I and many others discovered was that often users were blatantly “copied” and used to socialize with other people. Unfortunately this is very common with many social medias and HelloTalk is no different. Only, the difference with HelloTalk is that it felt like employees of the company itself were doing it in order to show more “native” speakers on the market and discourage inactivity of real users. Fortunately, I believe this problem might have been slightly resolved with Update 4.2.9, which lets you look up people by name. Theoretically, they could still steal your picture and simply change the name, but alas. Either way, at the end of the day what matters is that users have the ability to practice their language skills with someone who will listen to them, and this app does that. Personally, I would like the confidence that I’m speaking to a real person (and usually I probably am) but ultimately, I’m still able to practice my target language and feel like I’m helping people with theirs.

   Вениамен Вилсон · 30 Aug 2026

3. 4/5A Good Intro and Good in Theory

   If you're looking to expose yourself to more native content or speakers in a language you're learning, this is a great place to start! But actually finding solid advice and explanations is much harder haha. I'm learning English > Japanese so my experiences may not be universal among the community, but the user-base as a whole could stand to be far more critical when giving feedback. People will let small mistakes slip through and give learners a pass despite the fact that what they are saying IS incorrect, probably to try and seem polite. And I've seen more than a few people giving straight up WRONG advice- mostly non-native English speakers explaining English to others, but theres been a few native speakers who explain things poorly or give incorrect feedback as well. I think the moments feature is really hindered by the inability to edit comments or corrections after you send them, and the way comments are ordered under posts can be really confusing. The fact that you can't reply to a comment, only tag them in your own under the same post, is mind boggling, especially because they're in reverse chronological order. There's also no way to "downvote" other peoples corrections in those instances where they're giving the wrong advice, which can lead to misunderstanding and misinformation. You basically just have to take all the advice you get from this app with a grain of salt.

   Leigha Babineau · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Simply the most exciting language and cultural exchange app on the planet!

   HelloTalk is absolutely one of the most incredible and amazing apps available today! It’s the best language exchange app on the market and its translation and correction tools make learning a new language and communication with people from other countries very easy! If you were wanting to brush up on the language you learned in high school or college, this is the app to use! If you are planning a trip to another country, you can use HelloTalk to learn the most important words and phrases in the native language and make friends that you can meet when you travel there!!! You can text translate... (and transliterate for languages not based on the Roman alphabet!)... you can record, send and translate audio messages... you can make video calls with the VIP version (which btw, the video call quality and consistency far exceeds Messenger and Skype, in my opinion). Using HelloTalk, I have had absolutely amazing conversations and created friendships with people from all over the world and now I have friends in over 120 countries including... Taiwan, China, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Tibet, India, Venezuela, France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Sudan, Egypt, Slovakia, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Pakistan, Iran, The Netherlands, Italy, Yemen, Morocco, and many more! Without a doubt, HelloTalk is the most exciting, fun and interesting app I have ever used!! Thank you, HelloTalk!

   mdrumsam · 30 Aug 2026

5. 4/5Overall good!

   I have used this app for over two years now. I think this app is a great idea, and overall implemented very well. I use Hellotalk to practice Japanese, and find that overall people are courteous and honestly want to learn. I quite like the Moments function, and in my experience people use it to share pictures of where they live, or ask many people for language corrections, which is great. Now, there are many superfluous posts like “ Please teach me English!!!”, but I think it is a small price to pay. I do wish that Moments allowed for video posting, though. Many times there are short clips of concerts or scenery that I would love to share with people. As for sexual harassment, whenever it has happened, it is generally handled quickly in my experience. However, I do know of a few notorious people that keep rejoining the app despite being blocked many times. There is not much that can be done for those people, but hopefully they will learn someday. There are some people that are more interested in finding a foreign girlfriend/ boyfriend, but it is easy to find these people and kindly decline or misdirect them. I have had this issue on an off, but sometimes my app will show unread messages, but I cannot see them. Before I would have to delete and redownload to fix it, but as of today when it did it I was able to fix it by closing and reopening the app. It isn’t a huge inconvenience, but a bit annoying at times.

   DommiArt · 30 Aug 2026

3.4 236927 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   Geeatful

   Shahid Kabeer · 29 Jul 2026

2. 4/5

   hi my name is fatima and this app is amazing and i like it but Please bring back the 24-hour unlimited Live and Voice Room feature. I really miss it and would love to have it back. Thank you!

   Fatima Apdinaasir · 29 Jul 2026

3. 1/5

   I'm writing this review from IRAN where this app is banned soI have trouble logging in however I've tried over 50 types of VPN.

   Hanieh · 29 Jul 2026

4. 1/5

   Thanks for ruining another good app with too many ads so now its annoying and useless

   Isaac Chen · 29 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   aplikasi kikir yahudi pelit bgt kek china taiiii limit 30 menit doang

   Gilang · 29 Jul 2026

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