HelloTalk
Learn a language for free by chatting with native speakers worldwide

HelloTalk is a language exchange app that connects learners with native speakers across 260+ languages in over 200 countries. Users can practice through text, voice calls, video calls, Voicerooms, and Livestreams while benefiting from built-in translation, pronunciation, and correction tools. The platform also features a social 'Moments' feed where users can post questions and updates for native speakers to engage with.
Users are matched with native speakers of their target language who in turn want to learn the user's native language, enabling mutual language exchange through chat, voice, and video
Language learners of all levels who want to practice with native speakers
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- HelloTalk
Similar projects.
Editorial take on the space this project sits in — momentum signals, adjacent moves, our call on whether the wedge is real. Get pinged when we publish a new read or when the landscape shifts.
Have a take on this space?
Tell us what you’d build differently, where you think the incumbents miss, or what we’ve gotten wrong about this project. Comments + reactions are coming soon.