For expats, relocators, medical tourists, professionals, and anyone navigating life or work in another language
Stop sounding like a textbook.
Start sounding local.
StreetTongue teaches you the actual phrases, slang, and pronunciation of the city you're moving to. Not the sanitized phrases no one uses.
One-time payment. No subscription.
The Problem
Why didn't years of language apps make you fluent?
Textbook Spanish
"¿Dónde está la biblioteca?" When did you last need to find a library?
Same App, Every City
Mexico City Spanish, Madrid Spanish, Buenos Aires Spanish — taught from the exact same generic content.
Generic Pronunciation
They teach "standard" accents. But Mexico City doesn't sound like Madrid.
After two years of Duolingo, I moved to Mexico City and couldn't understand a single conversation in a taquería. The Spanish I learned had nothing to do with how people actually talked.
Dax, founder of StreetTongue
Sound Familiar?
That moment you realize you're still the permanent tourist.
Ordering food
The whole taquería hears you butcher "una orden de tacos, por favor" with your textbook accent. The vendor smiles politely and responds in English.
Group conversations
Your local friends start talking normally, fast and full of slang, and you nod along pretending to understand. You catch maybe 40%.
Getting overcharged
When you sound like a tourist, you get tourist prices. At the market, in cabs, at repair shops. Your accent is costing you money.
The deeper loneliness
Language is connection. When you can't joke, argue, or just chat easily, you're always on the outside. It stops feeling like an adventure and starts feeling like isolation.
This isn't about grammar. It's about belonging.
And it doesn't have to be this way.
The Vision
Imagine six months from now.
You walk into your neighborhood taquería, greet the guy who works there by name, and order in the exact way locals do. He laughs at your joke. You're a regular.
At a party, you keep up with rapid-fire conversation, throw in the right slang at the right moment, and people stop treating you like a guest and start treating you like one of them.
You negotiate with the moto-taxi driver in his language, at his pace, and get a fair price. Not because you "spoke Spanish." You spoke his Spanish.
The city stops feeling foreign. You have a neighborhood, a coffee spot, a butcher who knows your name. You didn't just move here. You live here.
This is what StreetTongue is built for. Not test scores. Not textbook drills. Real life in a real city.
Why Other Apps Won't Get You There
Why won't Duolingo get you speaking like a local?
Other apps teach a generic version of the language. StreetTongue optimizes for one thing: sounding like you actually live there.
| Approach | Others | StreetTongue |
|---|---|---|
| Real street phrases with cultural context | No | Yes |
| City specific accent scoring | No | Yes |
| City by city dialect focus | No | Yes |
| Learn from your phone, no relocation needed | No | Yes |
| AI conversation practice, anytime | No | Yes |
One important note: StreetTongue is not for people who want to pass an exam or earn a certificate. It's for people who want to live and work comfortably in a city where their language of choice is spoken every day. If that's you, keep reading.
The Solution
Introducing StreetTongue
A language app built around the methodology used by the CIA, diplomatic language schools, and missionaries: the people who have to speak fluently, not just pass tests.
StreetTongue is a pronunciation-focused language app that teaches city-specific, street-level dialects. Learn the dialect of any of 15 cities across 7 languages. Add more anytime. It covers the real phrases, pronunciation patterns, and cultural norms that locals actually use. One-time payment.
City First
Not just "Spanish." Mexico City Spanish. CDMX slang, CDMX pronunciation, CDMX cultural context. Because that's where you're going.
Pronunciation Led
Real time scoring on every word. You hear how locals say it, you try it, you see exactly where your accent drifts. Repeat until it sticks.
Street Level Content
Every phrase was collected from real conversations on real streets. Not curated by linguists. Verified by locals who live there.
The DLI Method
The Defense Language Institute produces the world's fastest language learners by focusing on real world functional communication from day one, not grammar rules. StreetTongue adapts this for the everyday expat: total comprehension of your specific city's dialect in the shortest possible time.
Built By Someone Who Needed It
I built this for myself.
Then decided to share it.
I moved to Mexico City in 2021 with Spanish that was, generously, rough. So I did what everyone does. I downloaded Duolingo. 1,200 days later I could tell you the bear laughed at the telenovela while eating popcorn. Less useful when the guy at the taqueria is rattling off options and I'm just nodding and hoping for the best.
The real problem was that every app, every course, every YouTube channel was teaching me Spain Spanish. I was in Mexico City. Nobody here says "camiseta." I was learning a version of Spanish that made locals look at me funny.
So I built my own app. Not for anyone else. Just for me. Focused entirely on Mexican Spanish and Chilango dialect. The phrases I actually heard, the pronunciation I actually needed. It worked. A friend saw what I was using and said "you should make this for everyone." That app became StreetTongue.
Dax
Founder, StreetTongue
Real People, Real Results
What happens when you sound like a local.
I'd been living in Barcelona for six months and still struggling. After three weeks with StreetTongue I had my first full conversation in a bar without switching to English. That had never happened before.
The Mexico City module is incredible. It taught me words and phrases my Spanish teacher in college never mentioned. My Colombian neighbors actually asked where I'm from because they couldn't place my accent anymore.
I was skeptical because I'd tried everything. But the pronunciation scoring is genuinely different. It shows you exactly which word is off. My taxi driver in Medellín told me I sounded local. I almost cried.
One-time payment.
What You Get
What does every feature actually do for you?
Sounding natural in real conversations, in your specific city.
Pronunciation Scoring
Speak a phrase and get scored word by word. Not just pass/fail: you see exactly where your accent drifts. The same technology used in professional language training.
Street Phrase Library
Thousands of real phrases organized by city, situation, and formality. Every phrase includes pronunciation guide, cultural context, and when (not) to use it.
Scripted Conversations
Practice full conversations: at the market, in a bar, catching a cab, meeting neighbors. You hear how the conversation flows before you're in it for real.
AI Conversation Practice
Talk with an AI that responds in your city's dialect. It corrects you gently, teaches you alternatives, and never gets tired of practicing. Available 24/7.
Every paid city is yours forever.
No subscriptions, no renewals, no losing access if you cancel.
More from the StreetTongue community
I've tried Duolingo, Babbel, Pimsleur, and private tutors. Nothing came close to what StreetTongue did in four weeks. The city specific phrases are exactly what was missing from every other app.
My Japanese was textbook perfect and completely useless in Osaka. StreetTongue taught me the actual Osaka-ben dialect. People kept asking which part of Japan I'd lived in.
Worth every dollar. I negotiated my apartment lease in Portuguese after six weeks. Without StreetTongue I would have needed a translator and probably gotten a worse deal.
I recommend it to every expat I know. My French finally sounds like I live in Paris, not like I took two semesters in college.
The Feature No Other Language App Offers
Practice any conversation.
Not just the ones we wrote.
Every other language app gives you a fixed library of scenarios. StreetTongue lets you describe any situation you'll actually face and generates a practice conversation in real Chilango Spanish (or your city's dialect). Get ready for your dentist appointment, your landlord negotiation, your first date, before it happens.
What you type
Describe your situation...
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow in Roma Norte and need to describe that my upper left molar has been sensitive to cold for two weeks.
What you get
Dentist Appointment in Roma Norte
You're at Dr. Hernandez's office explaining your tooth sensitivity to the receptionist, then the dentist.
Goals
Describe the location of the pain
Explain when it started
Mention sensitivity to cold specifically
Receptionist
"Buenos días, ¿en qué le puedo ayudar?"
You
"Hola, tengo cita con el doctor. Me ha estado doliendo una muela de arriba del lado izquierdo."
Receptionist
"¿Desde cuándo le molesta?"
You
"Desde hace dos semanas. Me duele sobre todo cuando tomo algo frío."
Conversation continues in the app...
Playable in the app with pronunciation scoring
Example: Housing
"My landlord wants to raise my rent from 18,000 to 22,000 pesos. I want to negotiate, stay respectful, and mention that I've been a good tenant for 18 months."
Generated scenario includes:
"Oiga, disculpe, quería platicar con usted sobre la renta..."
Negotiation phrases, cultural tips on assertiveness in CDMX
Example: Social
"I matched with someone on Bumble who wants to meet at a café in Condesa tomorrow. I want to sound friendly but not too eager."
Generated scenario includes:
"Qué bueno que pudiste, este lugar está muy padre, ¿a poco no?"
Casual CDMX register, filler phrases, how to keep it light
Not Duolingo. Not Babbel. Not Rosetta Stone. None of them let you practice your situation.
Available with Complete ($149.99), Premium ($249.99), and All Cities Lifetime ($449.99)
Simple Pricing
Pay once. Speak like a local forever.
No subscription. No renewal. Ever. One payment and the app is yours for life.
Cities are yours forever. Add more anytime, no subscription.
Starter
1 city, yours forever
Vocabulary and reading. No audio features.
- All 500+ phrases per city (text + translations)
- All cultural tips and grammar breakdowns
- Flashcard review for all phrases
- 1 city of your choice, yours forever
- No pronunciation scoring
- No TTS audio playback
- No listening challenges
- No conversations or scenarios
- No custom AI-generated scenarios
Complete
1 city, yours forever
Everything you need to speak like a local
- All phrases, categories, and content types
- Unlimited pronunciation scoring
- 5 custom AI-generated scenarios per month
- Full TTS audio for every phrase
- Scripted conversations and scenario challenges
- Reading comprehension exercises
- Text translator with dialect notes
- Writing practice (cloze, reorder, freeform)
- All cultural tips and grammar breakdowns
- Listening challenges
- Offline mode for all content
- 1 city of your choice, yours forever
Premium
3 cities, yours forever
The complete language immersion experience
$0.68/day. Less than a coffee.
You have the option to pay in installments
- Everything in Complete
- 30 custom AI-generated scenarios per month
- AI conversation partner
- Voice translator (text + voice)
- Priority access to new features
- 3 cities of your choice, yours forever
All Cities Lifetime
World Traveler PackageAll 15 cities + future cities, yours forever
Every city. Every language. Forever.
You have the option to pay in installments
- Everything in Premium
- Unlimited custom AI-generated scenarios
- All 15 cities included (and growing)
- Every future city pack at no extra cost
- Priority support
Need more cities? Add them anytime: $29.99 per city, $49.99 for 2, $69.99 for 3 (vs $89.97 separately). Each city is yours forever.
What you're actually getting
vs. language app subscriptions
The longer you use StreetTongue, the better the value gets.
| App | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duolingo Max | $168 | $504 | $840 |
| Babbel | $96 | $288 | $480 |
| Rosetta Stone | $144 | $432 | $720 |
| StreetTongue Complete | $149.99 | $149.99 | $149.99 |
15 Cities at Launch
Find your city.
Each city has its own phrase library, pronunciation guide, and cultural context. Not generic language. The language of your city.
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Japanese
German
Thai
Turkish
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Questions & Answers
How is StreetTongue different from Duolingo?
Which cities are available?
What's the difference between Complete ($149.99) and Premium ($249.99)?
Do I need to be a complete beginner?
Is there a subscription or renewal?
Can I use StreetTongue offline?
I already speak some Spanish/French/Japanese. Will this help me?
Will I sound like a local?
Do you have free content?
Ready to Sound Local?
Your city is waiting.
Time to sound like you belong.
One payment. Lifetime access. City specific phrases, pronunciation scoring, and real conversations. Not textbook exercises.
Not ready to buy? Free dialect content on YouTube and TikTok.