Immersion (video, reading)
FluentU
Real-world videos with interactive captions and quizzes. Video-based learning platform: authentic clips with clickable interactive captions, a word dictionary, quizzes and spaced-repetition flashcards, plus an AI speaking tutor.
The cheapest published subscription works out to $20/mo (Plus (billed yearly), $239.99); the monthly plan is $29.99.
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Published plans
Every consumer plan on FluentU's own pricing page or app-store listing on the read date, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term; promotions are noted, never used for the figure.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus (billed yearly)Plus$239.99 is the regular yearly price, shown struck through. The Back to School sale price on the day of reading was $143.99 charged yearly, quoted on the page as $11.99 per month, a 40% discount. | Annual | $239.99 | $20/mo | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Plus (monthly)PlusThe page's own analytics payload records the monthly plan at 29.99 with a 0% discount, so this is the regular monthly price despite the site-wide sale banner. | Monthly | $29.99 | $29.99/mo | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Super (monthly)SuperSuper is the higher tier; the page describes it as everything in Plus with much higher daily AI Tutor limits. | Monthly | $39.99 | $39.99/mo | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Super (billed yearly)Super$479.99 is the regular yearly price, shown struck through. The sale price on the day of reading was $199.99 charged yearly, quoted on the page as $16.66 per month, a 58% discount. | Annual | $479.99 | $40/mo | all languages | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
See current prices on FluentU's site
What FluentU publishes about itself
| Fact | As published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CEFR levels stated | not stated | none |
| What it is | Immersion (video, reading). Video-based learning platform: authentic clips with clickable interactive captions, a word dictionary, quizzes and spaced-repetition flashcards, plus an AI speaking tutor. | none |
| Languages offered | 10: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Free tier | None | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Offline mode | Yes | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Speech recognition | Yes | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Live tutoring | Group classes (select languages) (Included with the subscription and described as free for a limited time; no separate price is published, and these are group classes rather than 1-to-1 tutoring.) | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Placement test | Not stated | none |
| Refund or trial | 14-day free trial with no payment up front, plus a 20-day money-back guarantee | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
| Company | Enux Education Limited, Hong Kong, founded 2011 | vendor pageread 2026-09-06 |
Languages you can learn on FluentU
10 languages as listed by FluentU.
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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Affiliate programme and how this page links out
FluentU runs an affiliate programme through Refersion, published as "Commissions are for 20% of the lifetime of a user", 30-day cookie. This site has not joined it: the links on this page are plain, untracked links to FluentU, and they would stay in the same place, in the same order, if that changed. Source: programme page, read 2026-09-06.
Sources
- https://www.fluentu.com/pricing/ (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.fluentu.com/ (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.fluentu.com/help/can-i-download-the-videos-to-study-offline/ (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.fluentu.com/about/ (read 2026-09-06)
- https://www.fluentu.com/help/do-you-have-an-affiliate-program/ (read 2026-09-06)