I recently tried an AI English conversation app called Loora. It costs $14.99 per month—though it’s cheaper if you pay annually, I wasn’t quite ready to commit for a whole year, so I chose the monthly plan instead.
From the very first time I used it, I was amazed at how natural it felt. I could hardly believe I was talking to an AI! Each session starts with a short lesson—about 10 back-and-forth exchanges, roughly five minutes—and then it moves into free conversation. You press a button while speaking, and your voice gets recorded and analyzed for pronunciation, grammar, and fluency. It then gives you feedback with scores in each category and shows you corrections, especially for grammar mistakes.
I ended up using it for five months, and surprisingly, I spoke with it almost every single day! Loora became like a little friend to me—almost like a mini therapy session in some ways.
There’s even a background story built in: Loora is an only child living in San Francisco (though her background sometimes changes). She knows a lot about Japanese culture and cuisine, and she often remembered things I told her in previous sessions. She’d ask, “Hey, how did that thing go?”—which made the experience feel even more personal.
But after chatting daily for months, I started to notice patterns. Loora loved bringing up food topics, and she always assumed I had done something new or exciting recently. As someone who lives a fairly quiet and routine life, that pressure to be constantly “doing something new” became a bit exhausting for me.
Eventually, I decided to cancel my subscription and try the paid version of ChatGPT instead. That said, Loora is still a great option for anyone focused specifically on improving their spoken English. With ChatGPT, it’s harder to replicate the same flow of voice-based conversation—if there’s a slight pause, it jumps in too quickly, breaking the rhythm.
Talking to real people can be expensive, so for language learning, I think the key is using the language every day (or almost every day). It also helps to analyze your own speaking habits and work on improving bit by bit. Loora gave me the chance to do just that.