CiaoSpeak: Speaking Practice
Chinese, Spanish & Portuguese
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
New: Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, next to Traditional Chinese. Answer out loud, find out if you were understood, or get one gentle fix. Free to start.
CiaoSpeak is a language learning app for English speakers who want to speak, not just study. Learn Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, or Traditional Chinese the way Taiwan speaks it, with a real course behind every conversation: lessons, stories, speaking practice and review.
In speaking practice, a character in a real scene asks you one question. You answer out loud and find out if a person would understand you. If not, you get one gentle fix, explained in plain English.
No account needed: open the app and start.
HOW SPEAKING PRACTICE WORKS
• Answer by voice or by typing. It doesn't have to be perfect. With a fix, you also see a more natural way to say it.
• Stuck? Type it in English, see it in the language you're learning, then say it yourself. My phrasebook keeps every sentence you managed to say.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE
• Everyday Chinese as it's spoken in Taiwan, with Traditional characters and Taiwan-accent audio on every word.
• Chinese tones and pronunciation from the first unit, Pinyin or Zhuyin (bopomofo), and handwriting with stroke-order guides.
• Units labeled with TOCFL levels, from Novice to Band B. Speaking practice in Taiwan scenes: a breakfast shop, a night market, a taxi.
LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH
• Everyday Spanish as it's spoken in Mexico and across Latin America, from CEFR A1 to early B1.
• Built around English speakers' mistakes: ser vs estar, noun gender, "tengo 20 años", gustar, and false friends like embarazada (pregnant, not embarrassed).
• Speaking practice in scenes set in Mexico City and around Latin America.
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
• Everyday Brazilian Portuguese in the neutral São Paulo and Rio standard, from CEFR A1 to early B1.
• The sounds English speakers find hard: nasal vowels (pão, bom), lh and nh, the Brazilian r.
• Speaking practice in scenes set in Brazil.
FOUR PARTS IN EVERY COURSE
Lessons, leveled stories with audio, speaking practice, and spaced-repetition review of your mistakes, plus streaks, XP and an optional daily reminder.
CIAOSPEAK+
CiaoSpeak is free to start. Every lesson and all review stay free forever, and today's speaking practice questions are free too (up to five a day). CiaoSpeak+ is an optional auto-renewing subscription that adds speaking practice in any scene whenever you like (fair-use limits apply), your whole phrasebook, the full Stories library and unlimited Quick Practice rounds. One subscription covers every course.
• Monthly: US$5.99 per month
• Yearly: US$39.99 per year, with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers
Prices shown are for the United States. The App Store shows the price in your local currency before you confirm.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel a free trial at least 24 hours before it ends and you won't be charged. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings (open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions).
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://ciaospeak.app/privacy/
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Which languages can I learn? Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, all taught in English.
Do I have to speak out loud? No. You can answer every question by typing.
Is CiaoSpeak affiliated with TOCFL? No. The Chinese units are labeled with TOCFL levels, but CiaoSpeak is independent and not endorsed by the SC-TOP. There are no past papers or mock exams.
CiaoSpeak also teaches English, with explanations in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese or Traditional Chinese.
• New badges to collect, each with levels, plus personal records and a monthly badge
• Speak scenes now earn up to 3 stars and a stamp for your stamp book
• A streak screen after your first lesson or practice of the day, and in lessons your course's character reacts to your answers
• Picture exercises in the early lessons, and a clearer course list in Settings
The developer, Yu Chen Lin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Yu Chen Lin
- Size
- 72.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- CiaoSpeak+ Yearly $39.99
- CiaoSpeak+ Monthly $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yu Chen Lin