Speechyard Alternatives for Learning English From Movies

Speechyard is a website for learning English from films, TV series, video clips, books and songs. You click any word in the subtitles to see a translation, hear it and save it, then practise with exercises such as listen-and-write, build-a-phrase and missing-word drills. The site is live, registration is free, and word lookups translate into 70 languages. The interface itself comes in 10 languages. There are also grammar videos and a chat where learners practise together.

Speechyard teaches English only, and it is a website first. Learners leave it for a phone app, for a bigger or newer video library, for a tool that works inside Netflix, or for help with speaking. The seven picks below are sorted by how closely they match what Speechyard does, and each one covers English.

Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

Language Reactor

Speechyard has a Netflix section, but you watch on its site. Language Reactor works the other way round: it is a Chrome extension that sits inside Netflix and YouTube and shows the English subtitle with a translation underneath. Click a word for its meaning, save it, or set the player to pause after every line so you can repeat it.

It has about 2,000,000 users on the Chrome Web Store and is at version 6.0.1 from October 19, 2026. Because it uses the streaming service's own catalogue, new films appear the day they land on Netflix.

Best for: Learners with a Netflix account who want Speechyard's click-a-word subtitles on new releases.

Pricing:

• Free core extension
• Pro: paid upgrade sold inside the extension, price not published

Watch out for:

• It runs only in Chrome on Windows and macOS. Phones and smart TVs are not supported.
• There are no grammar lessons or set exercises, which Speechyard does include.

Official site: Language Reactor.

EnglishCentral

EnglishCentral is built only for English learners, like Speechyard, but it turns video into a structured course. The App Store listing describes more than 30,000 videos across 50+ topics, each with subtitles and vocabulary practice. You can then speak lines from the clip and get pronunciation and fluency feedback.

Two extras matter for speaking. An AI tutor named Mimi talks with you about each video, and paid plans can include live one-to-one video lessons with tutors. The app is rated 4.7 from 1.5K ratings, and version 6.2.19 shipped in early November 2026.

Best for: English learners who want to speak lines from videos and get feedback, not only listen.

Pricing:

• Monthly Premium: $64.99 a month on the US App Store
• Longer Premium plans with tutoring: $159.99 and $389.99
• Video Learning plans: $5.99 to $129.99

Watch out for:

• The price list has ten entries, so it is hard to tell what a plan includes until checkout.
• A 2021 App Store review reports videos that would not open or play, and support asked the user to email them.

Official site: EnglishCentral.

Lingopie

Lingopie is the pick for watching on a phone or a television. It streams full TV series with interactive subtitles, word-saving and flashcards, and the homepage lists apps for iOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku and Google TV. English is one of its 15 languages, and the site has a separate Learn English section.

The library is Lingopie's own, licensed for learners, so you do not need a Netflix subscription. A 7-day full-access trial lets you test it before paying.

Best for: Learners who want to study on the sofa with full episodes on a TV.

Pricing:

• Free: 8 minutes a week
• Monthly: $11.99 or $13.99 (US App Store)
• 3 months: $34.99
• Yearly: $59.99 to $83.99, billed once a year

Watch out for:

• The free tier is only 8 minutes a week, so you need the trial or a plan to judge the library.
• An App Store review describes billing after cancellation, so cancel in the store you subscribed through.

Official site: Lingopie.

YouGlish

YouGlish does one job. Type a word or phrase and it plays YouTube clips where real people say it, starting at the right second, with the caption underneath. You can filter by US, UK or Australian English and skip to the next speaker. It also covers 24 other spoken languages and several sign languages.

Use it next to a course rather than instead of one. When Speechyard or a textbook gives you a new word, YouGlish shows how it sounds in a lecture, a vlog and an interview. For more pronunciation tools, see our Forvo alternatives.

Best for: Checking how a word or phrase is said in real English speech.

Pricing:

• Website: free
• Widget and JS API: free for non-commercial education use
• REST API Hobby: 25 euros a month; Small Business: 300 euros a month

Watch out for:

• There is no account, word list or exercise. You get clips, and the learning is up to you.
• Results depend on what has been said in captioned YouTube videos, so rare words and new slang may return few clips.

Official site: YouGlish.

FluentU

FluentU cuts movie scenes, TV clips and music videos into short pieces and builds quizzes and flashcards from each one. That is close to Speechyard's exercises, with more polish and a spaced repetition system that schedules reviews for you. English is one of nine languages in one account.

It costs far more than Speechyard. The pricing page lists $29.99 a month or $143.99 billed yearly, with a 14-day free trial and a 20-day money-back guarantee.

Best for: Learners who want Speechyard-style clips with automatic review scheduling and are happy to pay for it.

Pricing:

• Monthly: $29.99 a month
• Yearly: $143.99 billed once a year (shown as $11.99 a month)
• 14-day free trial

Watch out for:

• Payment is in US dollars only, by Visa, MasterCard or PayPal.
• There is no free plan after the trial.

Official site: FluentU.

LingoClip

Speechyard's Songs section has a dedicated rival. LingoClip, the app formerly called LyricsTraining, plays a music video and blanks out words in the lyrics for you to fill in before the line passes. Higher levels blank more words, and a karaoke mode lets you sing along.

The website plays for free. The iPhone app, rated 4.7 from 609 ratings, covers 13 languages and allows three free games a day.

Best for: Training your ear on fast English song lyrics.

Pricing:

• Website: free
• App: three free games a day
• Premium: $4.99 or $9.99 a month, $29.99 or $59.99 a year depending on tier (US App Store)

Watch out for:

• Songs teach rhythm and slang more than grammar, and lyrics often break normal sentence rules.
• There is no film or TV content, so it covers only one of Speechyard's sections.

Official site: LingoClip.

LingQ

LingQ suits learners who read better than they listen. Import a YouTube video or podcast with a transcript and LingQ turns it into a lesson where unknown words are highlighted, saved and counted. You can play the audio line by line while reading.

It teaches more than 50 languages, English included, and runs on the web, iOS and Android. The free plan is small: 20 saved words, 5 imported lessons and 1 audio playlist, per the free vs Premium comparison.

Best for: Intermediate learners who want to read the full script of a video before or after watching it.

Pricing:

• Free: 20 LingQs, 5 imported lessons, 1 audio playlist
• Premium: $14.99 a month, $80.99 for 6 months, $119.99 for 12 months (US App Store)
• Premium Plus: $29.99 a month or $269.99 a year

Watch out for:

• Video lessons depend on the transcript. Auto-generated captions make messy lessons.
• The free plan's 20 saved words run out fast, so regular study needs Premium.

Official site: LingQ.

How to choose

When to stay with Speechyard

Keep Speechyard if you are happy studying in a browser and want films, songs, grammar videos and drills in one free account. None of the paid picks above combines all four, and only Language Reactor and YouGlish are free without limits. The site also lets you set the translation language to one of about 90, which suits learners whose first language is not well served by English-only apps.

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