Language Transfer is a partly free French course for beginner learners (A1–A2). Free audio course that teaches you to build French sentences by thinking, not memorising.
Checked October 2026 on the official site ·
About Language Transfer
Language Transfer's Intro to French is a free audio course: you listen to a teacher guide a student through building sentences out loud, and you pause to answer before they do. There are no prices, adverts or sign-ups; it runs on donations, and plays in its own app, on SoundCloud or on YouTube. It suits a beginner who wants to understand how French sentences fit together rather than memorise lists. It is an introduction, not a full course, and it does not give you native French at real speed or reading practice.
How it compares
| App | Price | Levels | Real-speed French | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Transfer | Free (donations) | A1–A2 | No | Free audio course that teaches you to build French sentences by thinking, not memorising. |
| 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. |
| Coffee Break French | Free podcast; Academy courses £199 / $269 per season of 40 lessons, one-offchecked 2026-10-09 (coffeebreaklanguages.com/coffeebreakfrench) | A1–B2 | No | A friendly free podcast course explained in English; slow by design. |
| Glossika | $19.99/mo ($16.58/mo yearly); Pro $39.99/mo ($33.25/mo yearly); 7-day free trialchecked 2026-10-09 (ai.glossika.com/pricing) | A1–C1 | No | High-volume listen-and-repeat sentence training; best beside a course. |
| 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.
