About Speakblend Who makes the language exchange app, and why?
Speakblend is a free language exchange app for iPhone and Android. It helps people who are learning a language find native speakers to talk with, through one-to-one and group chats, voice messages and voice calls, with translation built into every chat. Arif Ozgun founded Speakblend, and UNIQUE CO publishes it.
Why does Speakblend exist?
A language is easier to enter when someone opens the door.
Speakblend is built around a simple human truth: people do not become confident speakers by memorizing alone. They become confident when a real person replies, corrects gently, shares how locals actually talk, and makes the next sentence feel possible.
The app connects learners, travelers, students, professionals, and culture lovers with people who can turn practice into a relationship. One chat can start with a grammar question and become a voice call, a travel tip, a new habit, or a friendship across borders.
That is the promise behind Speakblend: not just more language exposure, but a warmer way to meet the world with translation support, voice messages and calls, and enough control to move at your own pace.
Arif Ozgun, Founder of Speakblend
Our mission is to help people become confident speakers by talking with people who speak the language, and to make friends across borders along the way.
Who makes Speakblend?
Arif Ozgun founded Speakblend and wrote the letter above. UNIQUE CO publishes the app on the App Store and Google Play. For press material, see the press kit.
- Founder
- Arif Ozgun
- Publisher
- UNIQUE CO
- Product
- Speakblend
- First release
- 5 September 2025 (App Store)
- Current version
- 3.6.0, released on 12 October 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone (iOS 15.0 or later) and Android
- Press and partnerships
- [email protected]
- Support
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- [email protected]
What is Speakblend?
- Find language partners
- Swipe through suggested people and filter by the languages they speak (up to three), their nationality, their gender and their distance: nearby, regional or worldwide. Suggestions learn from your likes.
- Chat with translation
- One-to-one and group chats. Translate any message into 130+ languages, turn on Auto Translate for a whole chat, or translate your own draft before you send it.
- Talk
- Voice messages you can scrub through and play at 0.5x to 2x, and voice calls. Calls are audio only.
- Play
- Five games inside a chat: Word Chain, Taboo, Truth or Dare, Pixel Blend and Blind Control.
- Share
- A global feed of posts with photos, voice notes and comments. Posts are translated automatically into 40 languages.
- Collect
- In Passport, every friendship earns a stamp that levels up from Ink to Silver, Champagne and Prism. The Friends Map shows the friends you follow who share their location, on a 3D globe.
- Your languages
- The app's interface comes in 19 languages, and your profile can list any of 150+ languages.
- Free, with optional MAX
- Speakblend is free to download and use. MAX is an optional weekly, monthly or yearly subscription with extras such as unlimited swiping and up to 10 new chats a day without a match.
- Safety controls
- Report and block, automated moderation, photo checks before upload, and settings to hide your online status, last seen, typing indicator and read receipts.
What is Speakblend not?
- Not a video-call app.
- Speakblend has voice calls only. There is no video calling.
- Not a course.
- There are no lessons, quizzes, level tests or AI tutor. You practice by talking with people.
- No “Interactive Stories”.
- The app has no story or scenario feature. The stories on this website are illustrative articles, not member testimonials.
- No interest matching.
- Suggestions come from your filters (language, nationality, gender and distance) and learn from your likes.
- Not a dating app.
- Speakblend's community guidelines say it “is not designed for dating or sexual relationships”.
- No published user numbers.
- Speakblend does not publish user or download counts.
Speakblend so far
Speakblend is first released on the App Store.
Version 3.6.0 turns the Friends Map into a 3D globe and lets chats, calls and games earn Passport stamps. The same day, Hindi, Polish, Thai and Ukrainian join the interface, bringing it to 19 languages.
Questions about Speakblend
Who makes Speakblend?
Speakblend was founded by Arif Ozgun and is published by UNIQUE CO.
When did Speakblend launch?
The first version was released on the App Store on 5 September 2025. The current version is 3.6.0.
Is Speakblend free?
Yes. Speakblend is free to download and use. MAX is an optional subscription, billed weekly, monthly or yearly.
Does Speakblend have video calls?
No. Speakblend has voice calls (audio only), voice messages and text chat with translation.
Which languages does Speakblend support?
The app's interface comes in 19 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Your profile can list any of 150+ languages, and chat translation covers 130+ languages.
Is Speakblend a language course?
No. It has no lessons or quizzes. You practice by chatting and calling with people who speak the language you are learning.
Is Speakblend a dating app?
No. Speakblend is for language practice and friendship, and its community guidelines say it is not designed for dating or sexual relationships. Read more on the safety page.
Is Speakblend safe?
Speakblend has reporting and blocking on every profile, chat and post, automated moderation of messages, posts and profiles, photo checks before upload, and privacy controls. The safety page explains each one.
How can journalists contact Speakblend?
Email [email protected]. The press kit has the fact sheet, logos and app visuals.
