About Lucida AI

What is Lucida AI?

Lucida AI is a language-learning company. Its product is an AI speaking coach app for iOS and Android where learners hold real spoken conversations with an AI tutor called Lucy and get live feedback on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and fluency, in six languages. Companies use it for employee language training too.

Everything in the app is built around spoken practice. The whole product is conversation: an AI tutor that listens, answers, and tells you what to fix, which is the part of language learning that is hardest to get anywhere else.

Why is speaking the hardest part to practice?

Most learners can read and understand far more than they can say out loud. Speaking is the hardest skill to get practice in, because it needs someone who will listen and correct you. Lucida gives every learner a conversation partner that corrects mistakes as they happen, in the language they are learning.

How does the Lucida app work?

You speak to Lucy, the AI tutor, in the language you are learning. Lucy replies out loud, keeps the conversation going, and gives feedback on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, pace and filler words. That feedback is delivered in your native language, so beginners can understand what went wrong.

Conversations are built as realistic scenarios and role-play: team meetings, presentations, job interviews, small talk. The app adapts to your level, goals and interests, and your speaking scores are tracked against the CEFR levels, so progress is measured on a standard scale rather than a rough guess.

Which languages can you learn?

Six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. You pick the one you want to learn, and Lucida gives its explanations and corrections in your own native language, which means you do not need to already speak the target language well enough to understand the feedback about it.

• English

• Spanish

• French

• German

• Italian

• Portuguese

How many people use Lucida?

Lucida has passed 33 million downloads across iOS and Android. On the App Store it holds a 4.8 rating from more than 120,000 ratings and carries an App of the Year badge. Companies run the same spoken practice for their staff through Lucida for Business.

Can companies use Lucida to train staff?

Yes. Lucida for Business is the version companies use for employee language training. Managers get team dashboards, a CEFR distribution across the team, and per-employee assessments. Employees practice the same spoken scenarios as everyone else, aimed at the situations their work involves: meetings, presentations, interviews and small talk.

• Team dashboards

• CEFR distribution across the team

• Per-employee speaking assessments

Where do you download Lucida?

The app is on the App Store and Google Play. It is free to download; some features need a subscription, and the price is shown inside the app before you pay because it varies by country and store. Subscriptions are cancelled through your App Store or Google Play account settings.

How do you contact Lucida?

The site has three pages for this. Subscription details, including how to cancel, are on the Subscription Policy page. Refund requests go through the Refund and Cancellation page. Anything else, including questions about Lucida for Business, goes through the contact page. Cancelling a subscription is done in your store account settings, and the Subscription Policy page explains the steps for both stores.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lucida AI?

Lucida AI’s product is an AI speaking coach app for iOS and Android. Learners hold real spoken conversations with an AI tutor called Lucy and get live feedback on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, pace and filler words, in six languages, with feedback given in their native language.

Who makes Lucida?

Lucida AI makes and operates the app: the consumer version on the App Store and Google Play, and Lucida for Business, the version companies run for employee language training. Both are built on the same spoken practice with Lucy, the AI tutor. Questions go through the contact page.

Is Lucida AI related to the Lucida font?

No. Lucida AI is an AI speaking coach app for iOS and Android, where you practice speaking with an AI tutor. It has no connection to the Lucida typeface family or to any other product that shares the name. If you are looking for spoken language practice, you are in the right place.

How many people use Lucida?

The app has passed 33 million downloads across iOS and Android. On the App Store it holds a 4.8 rating from more than 120,000 ratings and carries an App of the Year badge. Companies also run it for employee language training through Lucida for Business.

Does Lucida work for companies?

Yes. Lucida for Business is built for employee language training. It adds team dashboards, a CEFR distribution across the team and per-employee assessments, so a manager can see where people actually stand rather than who finished a course. Employees practice the same spoken scenarios: meetings, presentations, interviews and small talk.

Which languages does Lucida teach?

Six: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. You choose the language you want to speak, and the corrections and explanations come back in your own native language, so the feedback is usable from your first conversation rather than only once you already understand the target language.

Is Lucida free?

The app is free to download on the App Store and Google Play, and some features require a subscription. The price varies by country and store, so it is shown inside the app before you pay. Subscriptions are cancelled through your App Store or Google Play account settings.