Babbel - Language Learning subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

• App Store rating4.7★ from 756,726 ratings
• Cheapest subscription$17.99 per month
• Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months252 of 1,705 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

• Billing complaints in reviews252 of 1,705 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (15%)
• Free trial converts to a paid planThen $17.99 per month

What Babbel - Language Learning costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $17.99 per month.

• Mexican Spanish – 1-month planRenews every month, no trial$17.99
• Spanish 1 monthRenews every month, no trial$17.99
• French 1 monthRenews every month, no trial$17.99
• Italian 1 monthRenews every month, no trial$17.99
• Mexican Spanish - 1-month planRenews every month, no trial$19.99
• Mexican Spanish – 3-month planRenews every 3 months, no trial$45.99
• Learn French – 3-month planRenews every 3 months, no trial$45.99
• Learn Spanish – 3-month planRenews every 3 months, no trial$45.99

How to cancel Babbel - Language Learning

1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Select Babbel - Language Learning (listed under a plan name such as Mexican Spanish – 1-month plan).
4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page or website.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Reported bugs

Lessons sometimes freeze or crash the app; Subscription cancellation process is overly complicated; Inconsistent behavior when switching between languages; Keyboard issues and inability to use system keyboard.

Recent one-star reviews

Only guessing optionsI paid for the full version of this and it doesn’t teach you it just makes you guess and not teach you first

BabbelSo hard to follow, not well laid out.

Inappropriate contentI expected this app to have just a simple language learning format, instead, they go ahead and sprinkle forms of inappropriate PDA into the app that is very uncomfortable for young people and for people who don’t want to see inappropriate lifestyles. I do not recommend this app for anyone who doesn…

Recent five-star reviews

É um excelente aplicativoEu aprendí portugués usando Babbel, e agora eu estou aprendendo norueguês também. Obrigado Babbel

Review of BabbelThis language app is really fantastic. I’ve been playing around with the Italian, French, and German courses for months now and I am stunned by the amount of material in them. As obsessively as I’ve been using these course, I’d have thought I’d be done by now! I’m not even close! The lessons are…

Many ways to learn a languageI am trying to learn some Spanish before my trip to Mexico. Babbel keeps me engaged learning new chapters while letting me review things I have already covered. It allows me to choose which method I would like to review in ( like reading or speaking ). It also allows me to continue if I get stuck, a…

About the developer

Babbel GmbH has published on the App Store since Jun 11, 2014: 2 app(s), 0 of them no longer in the store.

• Sprechübung5.0★

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Questions people ask

How much does Babbel - Language Learning cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $17.99 per month.

How do I cancel Babbel - Language Learning?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Babbel - Language Learning and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Babbel - Language Learning have a free trial?

No plan lists a free trial in the US App Store.

How much does Babbel cost?

A subscription is required to access full courses for a chosen language. Babbel offers subscription plans for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, which renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends.

Babbel - Language Learning in one paragraph

Babbel - Language Learning by Babbel GmbH is a Education app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $17.99 per month across 8 plan(s). App Store rating 4.7 from 756,726 ratings. 252 of 1,705 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (15%). The developer has 2 app(s) on the App Store, 0 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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