Overview

YouGlish is a pronunciation reference for learners, educators, and product teams who need examples of spoken words and phrases in context. Its combination of language and speaker filters with developer interfaces makes it useful for listening and embedding examples, but quota tiers and permission requirements can complicate commercial or mobile deployments.

Key features

Search a word or phrase to hear it in YouTube videos, then narrow results by word class, phrase form, topic hashtag, or speaker gender, including combinations of those selectors. This is useful when a single generic example is not enough and learners want to compare usage across accents and situations. It is a listening reference rather than a guided pronunciation course: the core workflow is finding and browsing examples.

YouGlish supports 25 languages, including Sign Languages. That breadth can make it a flexible reference for multilingual learning, though the value for any particular workflow depends on its language needs.

Developers can use an embeddable website widget, a JavaScript API, or REST web services for backend access. Widget settings include captions, playback speed, restricted mode, appearance, and dictionary support, giving teams meaningful presentation controls. Daily Search Requests are counted when a user presses search; moving through videos with the next button does not use another request. That distinction helps users review several results per search, but teams still need to size a daily tier for new searches.

YouGlish relies on YouTube API Services to gather content and play videos. Commercial use and use in mobile apps require explicit permission from YouGlish, so teams should resolve those requirements before building a product around the API. The privacy policy describes collection of technical and behavioral data, including operating system, browser, IP address, pages visited, and access times; it also says data sent to and from the service is protected with HTTPS and describes technical and organizational safeguards.

Pricing

YouGlish uses a freemium model. The free plan costs 0.00 EUR per free and allows 20 daily search requests, enough to assess occasional lookup needs but restrictive for sustained group use. Paid tiers are billed annually, with fees in euros unless stated otherwise; subscriptions do not renew automatically.

Plan	Price	Daily search requests
Free	0.00 EUR per free	20
Level 1	3.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	50
Level 2	5.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	100
Level 3	8.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	200
Level 4	10.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	300
Level 5	12.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	400
Unlimited	30.00 EUR per month (billed annual billing)	Unlimited

Level 1 through Level 5 scale the daily allowance for individuals or teams whose search volume is predictable; the right tier depends on how often users initiate searches, not how many videos they browse afterward. Unlimited removes the daily request ceiling for heavier use, at a substantial premium over the lower tiers. No seat count is stated, so these prices should not be treated as per-seat rates. Stripe processes payments as a third-party processor.

Platforms

YouGlish is available on the web and through API options. The API family covers both embedded website use and backend access, but mobile apps require explicit permission rather than being a straightforward deployment target.

Who it's for

YouGlish is a good fit for language learners and educators who want authentic listening examples, and for web teams that need searchable pronunciation examples with configurable playback. It is less suitable as a standalone choice for organizations seeking structured lessons or a pronunciation-training program, and mobile or commercial product teams should account for the permission requirement before committing.

Pros and cons

Pros: Search filters for word class, phrase form, topic, and speaker gender help focus results; 25-language coverage includes Sign Languages; multiple API options and widget controls support integration choices.
Pros: Next-button browsing does not count against the daily search allowance, so one query can support review of multiple videos.
Cons: The free plan is capped at 20 daily search requests, and higher quotas require annual billing.
Cons: Commercial and mobile-app use require explicit permission, adding a dependency for product teams.
Cons: Its search-and-listen approach does not replace a structured course or pronunciation-training workflow.

Alternatives

For a wider set of pronunciation tools, browse Language Pronunciation Apps. Choose Forvo when an Android or iOS app matters; its non-profit tier is 2.00 USD per month for 500 requests per day, but excludes commercial use and has no SLA. Choose SmallTalk2Me if you want a seven-day trial with CEFR scoring and a detailed report, rather than YouGlish's example-search focus. InPronunci is another alternative. Ondle is another alternative. Phoneme is another alternative. SpeakCoach AI is another alternative. Speakometer is another alternative. SpeakPal is another alternative.

Verdict

Choose YouGlish when the priority is finding contextual speech examples across languages and exposing that search through a web widget or API. Its filters, broad language coverage, and generous browsing behavior per request are compelling for reference use; look elsewhere if you need structured training, or plan a mobile or commercial integration without first securing permission.

	Lucida AI	YouGlish
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Paid from	Free	€3/mo
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Android, iOS	api, Web
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Languages supported	—	25 languages
Platform access	—	web

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