Learna: Speak & Learn English

Learna Review: Talk-First English Practice, Lenient Scoring, Weekly Billing

Five minutes free, then a 7-day trial that needs a card

Play reviews from July 2026 describe a countdown timer that ends speaking practice after about five minutes, and a guest session limited to a short lesson plus two practice sentences. An August App Store review says Free Talk, the open conversation mode, appears to be time-limited each day without a subscription. Going further requires a 7-day trial tied to a payment method, and one July reviewer said the trial screen gave the charge date but not how often it repeats. Advertising sets the expectations: of the 150 most relevant English reviews on Google Play we read on 2 October 2026, 54 say an ad promised a free app, and 101 give one or two stars.

Video calls and Free Talk: helpful rewrites, uneven scoring

Lessons run as a call with an AI tutor, complete with camera, mute and hang-up buttons; a February 2026 ElevenLabs case study says Codeway moved the tutor voices to ElevenLabs text-to-speech. You pick a topic such as jobs, small talk, daily routine or family, and errors come back as a full corrected sentence rather than a red mark. Scoring errs both ways: an April 2026 Play reviewer mispronounced words on purpose and heard "Excellent", while a June reviewer said correct answers were marked wrong. A November 2025 review with 199 helpful votes missed any way to replay your own recording. The only outcome figures published are commercial: ElevenLabs reports 9% more trial conversions and 11% higher lifetime value, not learning gains.

$14.99 a week, Paddle billing and charges after cancelling

The US App Store lists ten Learna Pro purchases from $7.39 to $19.99. App Store reviews from September 2026 quote $14.99 a week after the trial, while Play reviewers earlier in the year cited $9.99 to $12; prices vary by region and change. Kept for a year, $14.99 a week comes to about $780. A yearly plan exists, since one reviewer was renewed at $33, yet an April Play reviewer was offered only the weekly option. On the US App Store, Speak's Annual Premium is $83.99 and ELSA Speak's yearly Premium is $99.99. Web purchases at ailearna.com go through Paddle, which handles refunds, and September reviews describe charges after cancelling, including one where paddle.net could not find the buyer's email.

Voice recordings go to OpenAI, Google, ElevenLabs and Soniox

The privacy policy, updated on 24 February 2026, names four AI providers that receive typed messages and recorded voice along with your name, level and native language: OpenAI, Google, ElevenLabs and Soniox. Recordings are stored by consent, and models train on your content only after an opt-in to model improvement, withdrawable in settings. The Play data safety form lists voice recordings as optional and claims no sharing with third parties, since Google's form does not count service providers as sharing; Apple's label says usage data may be used to track you. The policy and the web terms bar anyone under 16, although the stores rate the app 4+ and Everyone. Deletion requests go to learna@codeway.co and are answered within 30 days.