Copycat Café is a partly free French app for beginner and intermediate learners (A1–B1). French Together's AI app: watch, copy and chat, 15 minutes a day.
Checked October 2026 on the official site ·
About Copycat Café
Copycat Café is the new name of French Together, Benjamin Houy's long-running French-learning blog, now an AI-powered app for French and four other languages. Its method is Watch, Copy, Chat, 15 minutes a day: watch short conversations voiced by AI clones of native speakers, copy them line by line with a pronunciation score on every word, then chat freely with an AI conversation partner. There is a 7-day free trial, and the blog keeps free French lessons on grammar, vocabulary and daily life; Personal costs €25.85 a month or €155.10 a year, Family (5 accounts) €35.65 a month or €213.93 a year, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. A1 to B1 is our reading. It suits a beginner who wants to imitate whole sentences out loud. It does not give you human feedback, and the voices are AI clones rather than recordings of real conversations.
How it compares
| App | Price | Levels | Real-speed French | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copycat Café | Personal €25.85/mo or €155.10/yr; Family (5 accounts) €35.65/mo or €213.93/yr; 7-day free trial; 30-day money-backchecked 2026-10-09 (copycatcafe.com/pricing) | A1–B1 | No | French Together's AI app: watch, copy and chat, 15 minutes a day. |
| Speak | Premium $17.99/mo or $83.99/yr; Premium Plus $39.99/mo or $164.99/yr (App Store); 7-day free trial | A1–C1 | No | Lots of out-loud speaking practice with an AI tutor; paid after a 7-day trial. |
| Praktika | Free version; Premium from $9.99/mo or $119.99/yr (App Store) | A1–C1 | No | Daily AI speaking practice with instant corrections; not a real conversation. |
| Pimsleur | Premium $19.99/mo; All Access $20.99/mo or $164.99/yr; one-off levels $150 each, 5 levels $575; free first lessonchecked 2026-10-09 (pimsleur.com/learn-french; subscriptions from the US App Store, 2026-10-06) | A1–B1 | No | Best for speaking from day one on a commute; thin on vocabulary. |
| French with Amélie | Free weekly lesson; Premium $24/mo or $240/yr | B1–C1 | Yes, with a slow version and a transcript | Real-speed dialogues by email and a private podcast. Not an app. Visit |
Prices as shown on the official site on the date given; they vary by country and change often.
