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Marketplace for live one-to-one lessons with human tutors in more than 90 languages.
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Live lessons with human tutors, booked and attended from a phone. Preply is a marketplace rather than a course: thousands of independent teachers list themselves, and you pick one based on price, rating, availability or specialism. It suits learners who want accountability and real conversation instead of gamified drills. More than 90 languages are on offer, from English, Spanish, French and German to Japanese, Chinese and Arabic. Tutors can be filtered by budget and schedule, lessons booked at whatever frequency fits, and progress tracked against goals with feedback from the tutor. Many tutors specialise in exam preparation, career English or pronunciation, and lessons are shaped around what you ask for. The app itself is free to install; each lesson is paid at the tutor's own rate, so costs vary widely.
Rather than teaching you itself, Preply connects you with a human who will. Thousands of independent tutors list their rates, availability and specialisms, and the app is where you compare them, book a slot and attend the lesson over video.
The language count passes 90, from the mainstream European languages to Japanese, Chinese and Arabic. Because each tutor sets their own price and shapes lessons around what the student asks for, two learners of the same language can have entirely different experiences and bills. It is built for people who need accountability and conversation more than drills.
The first day is mostly browsing: filtering tutors by budget, time zone and goal, reading profiles, perhaps booking a trial. After that the app becomes a scheduler and classroom. A notification reminds you of the lesson, you join the call from your phone, and afterwards the tutor leaves feedback that feeds a progress view tied to your goals. Frequency is up to you, so one person might do a weekly conversation hour while another crams daily sessions before an exam or a job move.
Self-study apps stall for a lot of people, and the fix is usually another person expecting you to show up. Preply gets searched by learners who have hit that wall, by exam candidates wanting targeted coaching, and by professionals who need career English quickly. The marketplace model also appeals to anyone who wants to pick a tutor from a specific country or dialect.
Expect a marketplace layout: tutor cards with photo, rate and rating, filter panels, a calendar and a video call screen. The five screenshots on the page likely cover that sequence. Education marketplaces tend toward clean white backgrounds and brand-coloured buttons, though the listing itself doesn't describe the palette or the layout of the lesson room.
Version 6.148.0 is an unusually high minor number, the kind that comes from frequent small releases, and the publisher is PREPLY, INC., a company rather than a solo developer. The 4.8 rating sits on a sample above ten thousand reviews. Only the App Store entry is linked on this page, so the Android side can't be judged from here.
Accountability seekers
A booked human lesson is harder to skip than a self-paced drill.
Career English coaching
Tutors who specialise in work situations and interviews are easy to filter for.
Dialect-specific tutoring
Picking a teacher from a particular country gets you the accent you actually need.
Rated 4+. The app is free, but every lesson costs money at a rate the tutor sets, so the real spend depends entirely on who you pick and how often you book. An account is implicit in booking and paying, though the listing doesn't walk through sign-up. Live video lessons need a solid connection. Nothing is said about ads, storage or whether tutors are available in every region.
Our take
Choose it if you already know some of the language and your problem is motivation or speaking confidence; a weekly human lesson fixes both. Budget-conscious beginners should think twice, because the per-lesson pricing adds up fast and a structured course app would teach the fundamentals more cheaply. Treat the free download as a storefront, not a course.