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Language app and tutor prices (October 2026): Babbel, Duolingo, Mondly, italki, Preply, Cambly
This page tracks what the main language-learning apps and tutoring platforms charge, in euros, as shown to a visitor in France. Every price was read on the vendor’s own page or in-app paywall, and each row carries the date it was checked. We update the table every month and keep the old figures in the change log below, so you can see when prices move.
Price table (checked October 2026)
| Service | What you pay for | Price (EUR) | Free option or trial | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babbel | App subscription, all 14 languages | 3 months €47.97 (€15.99/mo); 6 months €71.94 (€11.99/mo); 12 months €95.88 (€7.99/mo); Lifetime €299.99 once | Lesson 1 of a course is free | 24 Oct 2026 (6-month plan: 21 Oct) |
| Duolingo | Super (no ads, unlimited hearts) | Not published on the Super page; shown in the app per country | Core app free with ads; Super has a 1-week free trial | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Mondly | Premium | 1 month €12.99; 12 months, one language €59.99; 12 months, all 33 languages €59.99 (shown against €599.90 with an “only today” countdown) | Free account; we took a practice lesson without paying | 21 Oct 2026, in-app |
| italki | Lessons (set by each teacher) + optional Plus subscription | Lessons: about €4.46 to €28.52 on the first page of English teachers. Plus: $5.99/mo or $59.99/yr (USD) | Plus: 30-day free trial; trial lessons with a satisfaction guarantee (up to 2 times) | Lessons 21 Oct; Plus 24 Oct 2026 |
| Preply | Lessons (set by each tutor) | English from €2/hour, average €16/hour (Preply’s French page) | “Book trial lesson” on each tutor card | 24 Oct 2026 |
| Cambly | Plan with 30-minute lessons, priced per lesson | 2 lessons/week, billed monthly / 3-monthly / yearly: Small Groups €8.00 / €6.65 / €5.17; Private+ €17.25 / €14.33 / €11.15; Pro €21.25 / €17.65 / €13.73 | €1.00 trial lesson offered on the student dashboard | 24 Oct 2026 |
Sources: Babbel prices, Duolingo Super, Mondly in-app Premium screen (web app, logged in), italki Plus, italki English teachers, Preply English tutors (French site), Cambly subscribe page.
What a month of learning costs
Prices are easier to compare as a monthly cost for the same amount of practice.
- Self-study apps, cheapest commitment: Babbel 12 months comes to €7.99 a month; Mondly 12 months comes to €5.00 a month. Both bill the full year up front.
- Self-study apps, no long commitment: Babbel’s shortest plan is 3 months (€47.97). Mondly sells a single month at €12.99.
- Two 30-minute tutor lessons a week (about 8.7 lessons a month): Cambly Private+ about €150 a month billed monthly, or €97 billed yearly; Cambly Small Groups about €70 or €45.
- Two one-hour lessons a week with a tutor at Preply’s €16 average: about €139 a month.
Tutor prices depend on the tutor you choose far more than on the platform, so treat the tutor rows as ranges.
Promotions seen this month
- Babbel: a banner on the prices page offered 20% off Lifetime with code BOO20, with a countdown of about a week (24 October 2026). We have not applied the code, so we can’t confirm the final price.
- Mondly: the all-languages yearly plan was shown at €59.99 against a crossed-out €599.90, with an “only today” timer (21 October 2026). Countdown timers like this are a sales tactic; the price has been the same on each visit so far.
- Cambly: yearly billing is labelled 30% off and three-monthly 10% off, compared with paying month by month.
How we check
We open each vendor’s official prices page, or the in-app paywall for apps that only show prices after sign-in, from France in a normal browser session, and copy the figures the same day. We don’t use prices from review sites or app-store listings unless we say so. Duolingo is the exception: it doesn’t publish Super prices on the web, and we don’t guess them.
Prices change by country, by currency and with promotions, so the figure you see may differ. Always check the vendor’s page before paying.
Change log
- 24 October 2026: first version. Cambly per-lesson prices now listed for all three plan types (earlier pages on this site gave the Pro prices without naming the plan).