Which language exchange app should you use?

How it works

Chats can be text, voice or video [1]. Moments, its community feed, is where you post questions for native speakers [1], and Voicerooms and Livestreams bring many learners together at once [1].

Why it fits

Corrections come with detailed grammar explanations [2], and pronunciation, transliteration and translation tools are a tap away in the same chat [1]. Voice messages can be transcribed, or played faster or slower [2]. To control who writes to you, set an age range for incoming messages, or switch on Block Unknown Chat [8] [9].

How it works

You swipe through suggestions, filtered by language, nationality, gender or distance. A like goes one way: the other person decides whether to open a chat.

Why it fits

Calls are audio only, so nobody is on camera. Five chat games, from Word Chain to Pixel Blend, give a quiet chat something to do. Translation works per message, per chat or on your draft, in 130+ languages.

How it works

Search “by language, location, interests, and more” [10], then talk by “text, voice note, audio or video call” [10]. Parties gather learners in group audio spaces [11].

Why it fits

Partners can correct each other’s messages and leave comments [11], and in-app translation helps you “compose a message or translate an incoming one” [11]. There are also English tests at A2, B1, B2 and C1 that end with a certificate [14].

How it works

Write to pen pals and language partners by message or chat, or “meet up with travelers” who are passing through your area [16].

Why it fits

Free [15], on the web or on a phone [15] [16], and readable in 29 languages [15], it suits people who want a pen pal as much as a language partner.

How it works

Each letter “takes time to arrive”, and the farther apart you live, the longer it takes: anywhere from hours to days [17]. Calls and live chat are not part of what the listing describes [17].

Why it fits

Nobody shows a photo or a real name [17], so you can write without showing who you are. Letters are free and unlimited [17], and the wait leaves room to check a dictionary before you reply. You can also collect stamps; the listing counts over 2,000 [17].

How it works

You chat with partners [19]. Calls and translation do not come up in its current listing [19].

Why it fits

It is free, and neither its App Store nor its Google Play listing shows in-app purchases [19] [20]. You can also use it on a computer at web.speaky.com [19]. Its most recent update, version 3.7.1, is from September 2026 [19].

How it works

Find someone near you and meet face to face, write as pen pals, or talk in whatever chat software you both agree on, its own ChitChat or Skype, for example [21].

Why it fits

Your email address is never shown to the people you write to [22], and spam filters can turn away messages by the sender’s gender, or from people whose languages are no match for yours [22]. Anyone with a .edu email address gets the Unlimited membership at no cost [23].

How it works

Members “talk in live conversation or exchange audio and text messages” [24]. Pen pals write by email, and live talks happen in the browser [24].

Why it fits

If you like a plan, each session can follow one of its lesson plans [24]. There is nothing to install, on a phone or a computer [24]. While you talk, the chat can recognize speech and translate inline, in “over 100 languages and accents” [24].