B1 Carna School London
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Carna beside the apps you know.
17 comparisons, each asking the same seven questions of both columns.
Seven questions, asked of both columns Every column checked May 2026, and dated on its page Carna held to the same standard: where it falls short, the table says so Schools and teams run on Carna today; individuals join the early-access list
— AT A GLANCE
17 products, seven questions.
Every comparison asks these seven questions of both columns. Carna's row is the reference; a product's name opens the full comparison, with its notes and the month it was checked.
| Product | All eight skills | Full A1 to C2 curriculum | Real conversation practice | Pronunciation feedback | Essay & writing evaluation | IELTS / TOEFL exam prep | Free tier, no credit card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carna Schools and teams today; early access for individuals | Yes | Yes | Partly Assigned practice in Carna for Schools, in beta | Partly One of the eight scored skills, not accent drills | Partly A teacher marks essays; 9 of 11 types auto-score | Partly An IELTS band on a practice grading, not a course | No Individuals join the early-access list |
| AI speaking apps Apps built around speaking out loud to an AI: drills, scenarios and accent work. | |||||||
| Speak Speak drills conversation out loud | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| ELSA Speak ELSA Speak drills your pronunciation | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Partly . A small set of free lessons |
| BoldVoice BoldVoice coaches your accent | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Praktika Praktika offers realistic AI avatars | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Loora Loora is a conversation tutor for professionals | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| TalkPal TalkPal is a multi-language conversation app | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Language-learning apps Course and vocabulary apps for many languages, with English as one of them. | |||||||
| Duolingo Duolingo is the gamified app that gets you started | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Babbel Babbel teaches through a polished, structured course | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Busuu Busuu's community corrects your exercises | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Memrise Memrise builds vocabulary with spaced repetition | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone built its name on immersion lessons | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Live tutor marketplaces Human tutors and classes booked by the hour or on a timetable. | |||||||
| Cambly Cambly connects you with native speakers on a schedule | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Preply Preply is a tutor marketplace paid by the hour | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| italki italki connects you with tutors by the hour | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lingoda Lingoda runs scheduled live classes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| General tools and round-ups A general assistant used for English, and the round-up of the popular apps. | |||||||
| ChatGPT ChatGPT is a brilliant general assistant | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Top English Apps The most popular English apps each do one thing well | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Every column checked May 2026. Each product's page explains its own "Partly" and notes, and asks the questions only some products answer, such as live human teachers.
Carna's own column, in full
The four questions Carna answers partly, and the one it answers no, with the limit on each.
- Real conversation practice
- Partly Assigned practice in Carna for Schools, in beta
- Pronunciation feedback
- Partly One of the eight scored skills, not accent drills
- Essay & writing evaluation
- Partly A teacher marks essays; 9 of 11 types auto-score
- IELTS / TOEFL exam prep
- Partly An IELTS band on a practice grading, not a course
- Free tier, no credit card
- No Individuals join the early-access list
Running in schools today
What a Carna yes looks like.
Two of Carna's seven answers are an unqualified yes: eight skills, and a path from A1 to C2. Here is the path in Carna for Schools, which runs today: every module a student is assigned wears its CEFR level and the skills it works on, soonest due first.
A student's Learn screen in Carna for Schools: the assigned modules, each with its CEFR level and the skills it works on, sorted by due date. Carna School London is a sample school; the names, courses, levels and scores are demo data.
FAQ
How the comparisons are made.
Straight answers about the method, about Carna's own no, and about what you can use today.
How Carna handles school and learner data is written down in Trust and privacy.
How are these comparisons built?
Every page asks the same questions of both columns: what you learn, and how you get it. The other product's column reflects the plans and features it publishes, checked in May 2026 and dated on the page. Carna is held to the same standard, so where it falls short its column says so, and a "Partly" always names the limit under the row.
Why does Carna's own column show a no?
Because it is true. There is no free individual tier: individual learners join the early-access list. Carna's path runs from A1 to C2 in a fixed order rather than adapting, and it does not connect you to live human teachers. A table that could only say yes would not be worth reading.
How can I check your answers?
Every row on a product's page carries the month its column was checked, and the other column reflects what that product publishes on its own site, so you can read it yourself. Carna's column is answered from the app that runs today, which is why four of its seven answers are a partly with the limit named. If you find a row that is out of date, tell us and we will change it and re-date the page.
Can I use Carna today?
Schools and teams can: Carna for Schools and Carna for Business run today, and a demo is one click away. Individual learners join the early-access list and hear from us once, when the personal tutor opens.
What if I want to dabble in several languages?
Then a multi-language app is the better buy, and the tables say so. Carna teaches English only, from A1 to C2, and it is built for the learner who wants that one language scored and taken somewhere. If you want ten languages and a streak, Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu each have a page here explaining what they do well.
How do you choose which products to compare?
They are the products English learners and schools actually weigh against Carna: the AI speaking apps, the course apps, the live-tutor marketplaces, and the general tools people try first. The list is not a ranking and it is not exhaustive; when a product earns a place, it gets a page with the same seven questions and its own checked date.
EARLY ACCESS
Skip the comparison. Get in first.
Carna's personal tutor is not open to individual learners yet. Leave your name on the early-access list and we write once, when it opens. Schools and teams run on Carna today and can book a demo.