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Praktika

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Praktika offers an AI-driven conversational language learning experience that many users find effective for speaking practice, but it is plagued by numerous technical bugs, subscription issues, and limited language options.

4.8★ lifetime (158,496) Free + in-app purchases since 2022 by Praktika.ai Company updated 0.0 mo ago recent negative 40% 120 reviews across 2 regions
Subscription & Billing Technical Issues AI Effectiveness & Experience Customer Support Language Availability
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recent reviews across 2 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

Praktika is an AI language tutor app designed for conversational practice, with many users appreciating its immersive approach to speaking. However, recent reviews highlight significant problems including recurring charges after free trials, numerous technical glitches affecting audio and AI performance, and a perceived lack of customer support.

What users like

  • Effective for conversational practice and improving fluencyR9R10R22R86
  • AI tutors are engaging and provide real-time correctionsR9R18R22R32
  • Allows adjustment of AI speaking speed and strictnessR22R60
  • Helpful for practicing pronunciation and dictionR18R44R48R69

What users complain about

  • Users are charged for subscriptions without clear consent or after canceling free trialsR2R4R25R49
  • Frequent technical bugs, including audio issues, AI glitches, and progress lossR1R5R16R21
  • Customer support is unresponsive or unhelpful, often an AI chatbotR1R23R25R27
  • Limited language options, with many users requesting more languagesR14R37R40R58
  • AI avatars can have inconsistent or strange accents and pronunciationsR35R80R83R101
  • Requires pressing a button to speak, preventing hands-free use as advertisedR8R13R33R51
  • Difficulty with login, password resets, and account syncingR21R23R54R74
  • AI sometimes struggles to adjust to user feedback or provides irrelevant contentR7R26R29R62

Latest update · v4.26.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

- Praktika 4.0 is here! Our biggest update yet. Introducing completely new design of Praktika app featuring long-awaited Dark Mode support!

Recurring themes

Subscription & Billing negative
Many users report being charged for annual subscriptions unexpectedly after free trials or after attempting to cancel. There are also complaints about difficulty getting refunds and misleading pricing.R2R4R25R49
Technical Issues negative
A significant number of reviews mention bugs such as audio not working, progress disappearing, AI voices glitching or sounding robotic, and the app freezing. Some users also report issues with login and account syncing.R1R5R16R21
AI Effectiveness & Experience mixed
While many praise the AI for effective conversational practice and real-time corrections, others find it inconsistent. Issues include AI not adjusting to user feedback, speaking too fast, using incorrect accents, or mixing languages. The 'hands-free' advertisement is also contradicted by the need to press a button to speak.R8R9R10R11
Customer Support negative
Users frequently report poor or non-existent customer support, often encountering an AI chatbot that doesn't resolve issues. This is particularly frustrating for billing and technical problems.R1R23R25R27
Language Availability negative
Many users express disappointment over the limited number of languages offered and frequently request the addition of specific languages like Russian, Hindi, Dutch, and Croatian.R14R37R40R58

Who it's for

Praktika is for users who want to practice conversational fluency in a new language with an AI tutor, especially those who struggle with speaking practice in other apps R10R22. It is not for users seeking a wide variety of languages, reliable customer support, or a bug-free experience, nor for those who expect a truly free app or hands-free operation R8R13R36.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly concerning billing and technical issues, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a recent decline in user satisfaction or significant issues with recent updates. The developer's notes mention a new design and dark mode, but do not address any of the core functional or billing issues reported by users.

Frequently asked

Is Praktika truly free to use?
No, while Praktika advertises a free trial, many users report being automatically charged for annual subscriptions (over $100 in some cases) without clear consent or after canceling the trial, making it not truly free R2R36R49R55.
Does Praktika offer hands-free conversational practice?
Despite advertisements, Praktika does not offer fully hands-free conversation; users must press and hold a button to speak, which many find frustrating and limits multitasking R8R13R33R51.
What languages are available on Praktika?
Reviews indicate a limited selection of languages, with many users requesting additions like Russian, Hindi, Dutch, and Croatian, suggesting the current offerings are insufficient for a broad audience R14R37R40R58.
How effective is Praktika's AI for learning?
The AI is praised by many for providing immersive conversational practice and real-time corrections, helping users improve fluency and pronunciation R9R10R22R37. However, some users report issues with the AI's accents, speed adjustments, and ability to adapt to user feedback R35R62.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R9] 5/5 · US SUPER BIEN !: Cette application est vraiment pas comme les autres, elle est trop stylé, et les IA son extrêmement bien, pour moi je le recommande a plusieurs personnes, et les IA son très très chaleureuse
  2. [R10] 5/5 · US I see the potential: This is like total emergent in the language. Just take time to understand. And you have live translation to respond accordingly
  3. [R22] 5/5 · US Great for actually learning to be fluent: Im mostly fluent in Spanish, but wanted to perfect it. So many other apps just teach words, as where this app requires you to respond in complete sentences. I have my tutor set on strict, but you can choose whether you want it to be more laid back, or more in the middle. It’s better to be strict so they correct you and not let anything slide. You can adjus
  4. [R86] 5/5 · US Filling My Language Gap: This is exactly what I need to fill the gap between my reading and my speaking of German.
  5. [R18] 5/5 · US Accurate: Praktika helping me a lot, and teaching me to speak well and the proper diction of each word.
  6. [R32] 5/5 · US I love the ai teacher it’s perfect 🤩: I love the ai teacher it’s perfect 🤩
  7. [R60] 5/5 · US love it and the AI is very quick and smart: Suggestions: 1) a little button to either injuries or decrease difficulty in real time a little slider at the top or something like that 2) hands-free car mode for just having a conversation while driving 3) make the text of the AIs part of the conversation larger and make the words easy to click individually so that you can slide them over into a prac
  8. [R44] 5/5 · US Me encanta: Desde el minuto uno me ayudó con mi pronunciación
  9. [R48] 5/5 · US App is Awesome!!: I travel to Italy a lot and this time I used Praktika as my translator, despite it not being made for that. The applications pronunciation is on par, every friend of mine in Italy has said this application has the best translation of any they have seen. What this app needs is a google translate type interface where I can press a microphone button for one language and the person I
  10. [R69] 5/5 · US Pronunciation check: You advertise the pronunciation check. But there is no option. Please advise. Thanks
  11. [R2] 1/5 · US Insane: Ridiculous. I subscribed to the yearly and had a week free trial and I enabled the notify me before free trial ends and they never did notify me. It then offered me the free trial again and as soon as I subscribed again it automatically charged me for the full year. Not to mention the yearly is not cheap either.
  12. [R4] 1/5 · US Jahaan: I purchased this app answered about 50 questions when I got to the end it tried to charge me again
  13. [R25] 1/5 · US Customer Support is abysmal: I paid for this service through an instagram ad. They took my payment and while setting up the account the process crashed and gave me a reference code to contact support. Support is an ai chatbot that gives me the same prompts, when I asked for a real person it says they referred it to an agent but I have had /no contact in almost two weeks. I asked for a refund and
  14. [R49] 1/5 · US Subscription scam: Tried the free trial but they charged me for a full annual subscription.
  15. [R1] 1/5 · US Audio stopped working: Reinstalled app, bug did not fix the problem. Contacted support, no response
  16. [R5] 5/5 · US Have been using Praktika for 2 months: however with the latest software update, all of my progress has disappeared and the app is treating me like a new client.
  17. [R16] 4/5 · US Error:(: I would like to review this app .This app is easy to use very useful and I feel like chat with my friend.But when I want to learn new languages that shows try again and I can’t use the app again😕. That’s why I quit. But They emailed me to come back and they even add new languages so I interested and downloaded it again .But new languages can’t choose. So I choose one language and after a
  18. [R21] 2/5 · US Like app at first but wouldn’t sync to new phone: At first app was good when I got new phone app wouldn’t work cause it was apple link and not email link switch back and it had me start new account now it trying to charge me for account I don’t have access to
  19. [R23] 1/5 · US CAN’T SIGN IN: I signed up and was looking forward to using it but asked to reset password. A “resell message was supposedly sent to my email 3 TIMES. Never received.
  20. [R27] 1/5 · US False presentation: They using nice advertisement but real tutor is like from 90-s. I requested refund in January. It is End of June. Refund never arrived. They say it was sent to me through Link. I raised a ticked with Link, attaching transaction info and Link reply that it was never in their system. Fraud Praktika? Not trustworthy team works in Praktika for sure. I have to raise a ticket with A
  21. [R14] 3/5 · US Languages: Please add Russian, it is a commonly spoken language and I’d love to learn it. Will update my review once more languages are added
  22. [R37] 5/5 · US incredible app - please add chinese soon!: this app is incredible - love how you can practice speaking in natural conversations and get corrected when you say something incorrectly or can say it better. The ability to translate words and phrases within context is also super helpful. please add chinese soon!
  23. [R40] 2/5 · US Won’t be sold on this until: Needs Mandarin Chinese then stars will be upgraded significantly
  24. [R58] 4/5 · US More Languages: I will make the is 5 stars once you get turkish option!
  25. [R35] 3/5 · US Indian accent: I’m learning Spanish. I chose a female American avatar. It sounds like a telemarketer from India.
  26. [R80] 2/5 · US Practika review: It’s really good at answering questions and making custom exercises but it’s pronunciations vary, it will try to teach you how to pronounce a word but not pronounce it the same way twice so I would recommend getting Google Translate to speak the word if your unsure
  27. [R83] 3/5 · US Unfortunate: I like the concept of the app but I don’t understand most of what she was saying for example I am trying to learn Spanish and even in the numbers she sounded like a robot malfunctioning while speaking Japanese… how am I supposed to learn the proper pronunciation if I can’t even understand the person/AI that is supposed to be teaching me.. Good idea but it’s got some bugs that need to
  28. [R101] 1/5 · CA Déception: Après deux jours, l’avatar parle un italien avec aucun accent italien !!! Elle parle moitié italien, moitié français et de plus y met même un peut d’accent américain. Je désire me désabonner et ravoir mon argent.
  29. [R8] 2/5 · US Not as advertised: Was advertised as hands free but you have to press the button to speak. Also, they give you all your questions in Spanish, which is not helpful if you are a beginner and do not understand any Spanish. When I asked to translate and no option to hear the translation so you have to read the translation over and over. Also, I was advertise tutor voice, which I found non-intimidating
  30. [R13] 2/5 · US Conversation: If the accessibility on the microphone could change I’d be happier. Having to press and hold the speak button every time is a bit frustrating. Even the slide lock resets every time the Ai speaks. I’ve used other AI apps where you can just talk without touching the screen. It’s great for when you’re walking on a treadmill or riding a bike if I want to cancel out my speaker and preven
  31. [R33] 4/5 · US Would be so much better with hands free: Needs to be hands free for driving!
  32. [R51] 4/5 · US Please update the 1 thing: I really like my AI Alisha, she brings just enough to challenge me without making me uncomfortable. The only thing that keeps the app from 5 stars is that you have to hold the button to speak. I also have an app that’s hands free so I know it’s doable.
  33. [R54] 1/5 · US No login recovery options, support is non-existent, and the app looses progress: Title is an accurate summary
  34. [R74] 1/5 · US Won’t activate: The system won’t save a password and password reset does nothing. Cancellation for “won’t activate” still results in you paying for three months.
  35. [R7] 1/5 · US Şikayet: C2yim ama a1diyo
  36. [R26] 2/5 · US No good level for me: I speak a little Spanish. The lowest level is too basic and the next goes into long paragraphs! Nothing like the ads. Disappointed
  37. [R29] 1/5 · US Support is awful: I am in a Spanish course but the app keeps trying to teach me Japanese phrases. I contacted support and they gave me a few things to try to fix it but said it would likely take several weeks before a fix was implemented because that is the turnaround time for their software devs. So basically I paid for a year of service to learn a language, and can’t learn that language.
  38. [R62] 1/5 · US Very annoying.: Im going to give the cut and dry truth here: this app sucks. The AI asks you to translate words you had not been taught, yet. Sometimes it speaks solely in the language you’re learning and you have to go out of your way to ask the AI to speak in your native language so you can understand. The AI’s voice sometimes is super creepy and I hear growls and glitches. Even the lesson tit
  39. [R11] 3/5 · US Regarding some issues: The person we are video chatting with obstructs the text and dialogue. Can you make it so that it can be minimized or closed? · translated
  40. [R36] 1/5 · US Not free app: Absolutely not free
  41. [R55] 1/5 · US Subscription Theft: I did a 7 day try out and then they charged me for a full year at over $100. I asked for a refund and they said there was nothing they could do for their own app . Directed me to apple support instead of doing the right thing and refunding me. Now I am out a lot of money for an app I’m really not going to use . Would not recommend .

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store