--- title: "ELSA Speak Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of ELSA Speak. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if ELSA Speak is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/elsa-speak-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Language Learning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/language-learning/) / [ELSA Speak](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/elsa-speak-profile/) / ELSA Speak Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/elsa-speak-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/elsa-speak-profile/alternatives/) # ELSA Speak User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 175 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.2/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 114 reviews (65%) - 4 stars: 46 reviews (26%) - 3 stars: 9 reviews (5%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 5 reviews (3%) ### Most mentioned pros - Saver it helps me a lot developing my English without speaking to native speakers - The application has a bank of video clips of interviews, lectures in real situations that greatly facilitate the understanding of sounds previously unperceived with the use of artificial intelligence. - I love learning and tracking my language progress with ELSA. ### Most mentioned cons - instead of letting users have their free trials, ELSA just charge users one year membership without their consent. - wasting my time with login issue all the time. - Seem like this is a recent problem because all the negative reviews about free trial started half year ago. ## ELSA Speak customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 175 (page 1). ### I love ELSA SPEAK - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mohamed S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It helped me to speak English fluently. I love it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's helping me to modify my pronunciation and speak as natives and learning me many phrases and vocabulary is in different situations. It uses more methods like conversations, texts, video calls, listening tests, and others. #### Cons I can't modify the text size. I can't copy any text. The translation into Arabic is not professional. #### Reasons for switching to ELSA Speak ELSA is better than others to help me speak English fluently showing me what's wrong with my pronunciation. --- ### Program that allows speech - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like this feature, which is quite successful in detecting and evaluating sound. When I record my voice, it scores my pronunciation and I can listen to it again until it's correct. I can easily listen to how to properly voice over. #### Cons I think the program was created only on sound and pronunciation. Besides, I am lacking in writing and reading texts. Perhaps, while so much infrastructure has been developed, the program can be divided into larger English sections. There are some parts that are wanted to be done in a day, these can get boring after a while. Therefore, it should be more diversified. --- ### scam users with their free trial; charge without consent - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Josh Z. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Capital Markets - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered bad. the app itself is not very helpful. it seems like they care more about making money than helping users #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Elsa gives a free trial for users to try them out. the free version is decent for pronanciation corrections. #### Cons instead of letting users have their free trials, ELSA just charge users one year membership without their consent. there are few dozen reviews on apple store about this problem. Seem like this is a recent problem because all the negative reviews about free trial started half year ago. --- ### My English has Improved a lot.😊 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Zamashandu Penelope N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Logistics and Supply Chain - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. ELSA Speaking has good material to learn English and so happy that my English improve a lot. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Software make thing very easy and that help a lot. #### Cons They is nothing need to improve because everything is best. --- ### Good - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Saksham K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Good #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros GOOD app , improves english and boosts confidence --- ### pronunciation - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Celesta K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. good #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros the ELSA speak is user friendly. it is also very interactive and fun to use. i like the dictionary function as well. IELTS is useful for student. #### Cons ELSA speaks is limited to grammar and structure of building a conversation --- ### It is great application to learn english - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Oussama k. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is the the best with new generation and technology. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is great to use it anywhere and anytime. #### Cons It is still not difficult to use it by new user --- ### Awesome app for pronunciation improvement - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Vasile R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the daily training and recommendation according to my previous results. I have improved my pronunciation, as I speak and the app corrects my incorrect intonation/pronunciation. #### Cons Sometimes it takes more time for preparing the daily training. --- ### Ease of Speaking English - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Jitendra P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It was not bad. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It is easy to use the app for speaking English. #### Cons It could be improve in terms of recognision of speech. --- ### Perfect for autonomous learners - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ahmet Fatih Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Intelligibility is of great interest in my classes and I use ELSA to train my students for their segmental problems. Not only I but my students also see the improvement. Mobile app is a great ease. #### Cons Free version offers enough actually but after you see how fun it is, you realise it is actually too little. --- ### Elsa idvidual user! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Omar H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, Elsa is one of the best apps that add value to users and increase their knowledge of English! It is recommended if you want to learn English with an accent. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I have seen progress in learning English as a second languageThe App overall is easy to useThe app helped me to score a high rate in General ILETS #### Cons The app is full of features, and I wish there were a dashboard that reflects the progress with weak areas.There are no interactive achievements. --- ### The best you can get for your daily speaking practice - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Carla S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Commercial Real Estate - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love Elsa Speak,I use it everyday.Instead of going to social networks, I invest my time with Elsa Speak. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros That you have it available at the time you want or have available to practice English. #### Cons It ia not somethink I dislike, but there's something I thing could be better: The chat groups could offers some phone calls in small groups. --- ### My personal story of life inspired by Elsa ApP - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Taisia B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Translation and Localization - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I started using this app maybe 4 years ago. My pronoun Intuit was not at all good. I was at school then. And before preparing for my B2 Cambridge Test I started to feel concerned about how I sound in English. I used Elsa for checking different words and completing tasks. I mostly enjoyed this tests and progress charts. After using it I definitely became more confident in my voice. It’s impossible not to be confident when you see 98% success for a word. After this I passed my B2 and I entered the university to study at Ukrainian English Translation. At university we briefly learnt all this. And the knowledge I gained through books is not practised. So I really would like to get to speak more and getting a free trial for a month will boost my speaking. Thanks a lot for your work and help. you are a brilliant team and app-founders. #stand with Ukraine please!!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I really liked that you cans speak and obtain the immediate feedback. It would be even better to have more practise on every sound itself. To learn more from phonology. However it’s nice that you can do an instant progress just trying to find the perfect sound. #### Cons I don’t like that I should pay, just because I am a student and I don’t have so much money on my own. Still I had several times bought 1month premium because I really enjoyed your app --- ### So far so good with this Elsa speaking - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dimi K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This is good for me as I can practice it whenever there is free time for me and the speech recognition along with replaying my speech is the best feature in this app. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Self-learning with interactive communication was very helpful for me and this Elsa speak gives me feedback on my speech which I thought it wouldn't be possible without off-line teacher. Speech recognition looks it works for me so far even sometimes I doubt how it would work as it just points out the same pattern over and over. #### Cons As I mentiond in the pros I feel sometimes the speech recognition gives me the same feedback. However it's not easy to find a way to improve it in this app and I think I need to get advices from teachers on the pattern. I saw the app has a community to find a teacher but I don't think they would know my progress in the Elsa speaking. #### Reasons for switching to ELSA Speak I had to schedule with a teacher and it was getting more expensive if I needed to practice more time. #### Vendor response Thank you for sharing your feedback. It's a valuable asset for us to improve our product to meet clients' expectations. We hope to continue to work with you in the way of learning English Replied March 2022 --- ### A good app to improve pronunciation - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Elizaveta K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The most important function of this app for me is the correct recognition of sounds and the evaluation of how correctly they are pronounced (with recommendations for improvement). Of the apps I've tried, Elsa is the one that recognizes sounds correctly. #### Cons Unfortunately, sometimes there are still problems with sound recognition. So you can continue to improve the engine responsible for speech recognition. Sometimes it is not clear what exactly is wrong in the pronunciation (not enough comments, how exactly to correct the pronunciation of the sound, how the language should be positioned, etc.) The app has added videos from Rachel's English channel, but sometimes it is not enough. --- ### Good app for Speaking practice - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Patima C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Research - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I am glad to practice with ELSA Speak. I also share it on my SNS. A lot of my friends told me that they use this app because of me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like everything about this app except some bugs and lack of progress summarize #### Cons No progress report sends to my email like some apps --- ### Best Speaking Practice App in the Market - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lais G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. ELSA is overall excellent. I make all my students download it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros ELSA provides you real-time feedback on your pronunciation and teaches you how to fix whatever is inadequate. It’s is just perfect. #### Cons The app is a bit inflexible when it comes to accents — native speaker accents — and also connected speech. Sometimes in spoken English some Ts are dropped for example. But if you drop them while reproducing a dialogue, ELSA will mark you for it. Therefore, it needs room to foresee variation of native speech. --- ### Like - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Pham N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I think this software is easy to use and funny #### Cons I think this software is rarely support for learner --- ### Amazing English language AI couch in your phone - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Witold G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Motion Pictures and Film - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The app is brilliant! It helped me to correct my pronunciation mistakes in few months. It never happened during my 10+ years of learning English in schools. I'm happy to get closer to the native pronunciation every day. I like the most the feature of selecting a certain word and exercising just it. The app is absolutely great! #### Cons I do not find any cons so far. Maybe some integration with real teachers live could be introduce to enrich learning experience. --- ### AI technology in learning - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Omar A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's the only perfect English learning app with AI technology and it is an organized and practical platform I have ever seen. In addition its motivation and reminder notifications play an important role in my goal progress process. Thank you! #### Cons It's the only perfect English learning app with AI technology and it is an organized and practical platform I have ever seen. In addition its motivation and reminder notifications play an important role in my goal progress process. Thank you! #### Reasons for choosing ELSA Speak It's the only perfect English learning app with AI technology and it is an organized and practical platform I have ever seen. In addition its motivation and reminder notifications play an important role in my goal progress process. Thank you! --- ### Superb app for learning english pronunciation - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Praneeth N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The app is good for me as I can practice it whenever there are free moments in a day or week. Also, the speech recognition along with the question replaying feature is perfect for me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The speech recognition that I use on ELSA is excellent! I also love using the dictionary and listening to stories. I've recommended this app for my friends to use. #### Cons It would be helpful to have the speaking raised by option for the advanced users to seek lessons from teachers on how to get some corrections on pronunciation. I sometimes find it difficult to use these kinds of apps, especially when I am trying to learn a second language. It'd bring me huge advantages if there could be some sort of community of people who are willing to help out with communicating via the app itself without having to report every mistake I make. --- ### Excellent rating - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ahmed H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Loving #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Live chatting with speakers more features to help the self learner do more progress #### Cons Simple Right on target Help me to get improved --- ### ELSA Speak is a great product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is the perfect learning companion, with a daily goal of 20 minutes of lessons, you quickly see improvement #### Cons The free subscription is very limited after the first week --- ### Well-designed and self-study product to improve English - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nellie W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Flexible, effective to improve skills #### Cons Failed to recognize student 's speech correctly --- ### Satisfied customer - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jazzie Tonette B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Medical Practice - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall I like it when it comes to pronunciation and conversation practice #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is easy to use, organize like basic to professional, have choices it defends on the user which one she/he preferred to use. #### Cons Don’t have categories so far like if medical, what I mean is it is broaden, the topic is more on general. #### Reasons for choosing ELSA Speak A lot user , easy to use ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/elsa-speak-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- ELSA Speak Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice