News in Slow Spanish
News in Slow Spanish is a streaming language immersion service built around Spanish audio and learning materials.
What News in Slow Spanish is
News in Slow Spanish is a streaming language immersion service built around Spanish audio and learning materials. It offers weekly news episodes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners, with more than a dozen original stories added across levels each week. Learning resources include a beginner course, grammar course, idiomatic expressions catalog, interactive transcripts, lessons, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and vocabulary flashcards. Rooms provides live conversation practice and workshops. Lessons include a free portion of audio and transcript, while the Linguistica app offers complete news stories with audio and transcripts for free. Full Access includes audio, transcripts, contextual translations, Rooms, lessons, and quizzes; Audio Only includes audio and Rooms but not transcripts, lessons, or quizzes. First-time subscribers can choose a seven-day Full Access trial, after which the selected subscription begins unless canceled; the service says it sends a reminder two days before the trial ends. Subscribers can cancel at any time and retain access through the current billing period. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web, with offline access and interactive practice.
Good
- Weekly news episodes cover three learner levels.
- Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops.
- Each lesson has a free audio and transcript portion.
- Offline access is available.
Watch out
- Audio Only plans omit transcripts, lessons, and quizzes.
- Subscriptions renew automatically each month.
- Trial converts to the selected subscription unless canceled.
Who it suits
It suits Spanish learners from beginner to advanced level, as well as independent students, teachers, classrooms, and institutions. Learners who want live speaking practice can use Rooms; those seeking transcripts and lessons should consider Full Access rather than Audio Only.
Verdict
News in Slow Spanish pairs graded weekly audio with study tools and live conversation practice. Compare Audio Only and Full Access carefully, since their included learning materials differ.
Plans and prices
From News in Slow Spanish's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Single edition — Audio Only | $6.90 a month | Spain or Latino edition · audio and Rooms · no transcripts, lessons or quizzes · $6.90 USD/mo; renews automatically every month |
| Bundle — Audio Only | $7.90 a month | Spain and Latino editions · audio and Rooms · no transcripts, lessons or quizzes · $7.90 USD/mo; renews automatically every month |
| Single edition — Full Access | $22.90 a month | Spain or Latino edition · audio, transcripts, contextual translations, Rooms, lessons and quizzes · $22.90 USD/mo; renews automatically every month |
| Bundle — Full Access | $25.90 a month | Spain and Latino editions · audio, transcripts, contextual translations, Rooms, lessons and quizzes · $25.90 USD/mo; renews automatically every month |
The facts
Each one read from News in Slow Spanish's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI disclosure
- The AI notice says some educational content and tools may be AI-generated or modified and may not receive human review before publication.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Cancellation
- Subscribers can cancel at any time and retain access through the current billing period; the subscription will not renew unless they resubscribe.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Content
- The program offers weekly news episodes for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners, with more than a dozen original news stories added across levels each week.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended learners
- The program describes itself as suitable for beginners through advanced learners, independent students, teachers, classrooms and institutions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Learning tools
- Its resources include a beginner course, a grammar course, an idiomatic expressions catalog, interactive transcripts, lessons, quizzes, pronunciation practice and vocabulary flashcards.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Live practice
- Rooms provides live conversation practice and workshops to develop speaking skills.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says subscriber information is not sold or shared with third parties and payments are handled by PayPal or Stripe.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- News in Slow Spanish is a streaming language immersion service built around Spanish audio and learning resources.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The company says it uses commercially reasonable, industry-standard precautions to protect subscriber information, while noting that absolute security cannot be guaranteed.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The contact page lists separate general, technical-support and educational inquiry email addresses and says replies are sent within 24 hours.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2009checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free samples
- Each lesson includes a free portion of audio and transcript, and the Linguistica app offers complete news stories with audio and transcript for free.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Trial
- First-time subscribers can get seven days of Full Access to the Spain, Latino or Bundle edition they choose at sign-up.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Trial billing
- At the end of the trial, the selected subscription begins unless the subscriber cancels; the site says it will email a reminder two days before the trial ends.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- Linguistica is described as a free app with no sign-up, weekly content and news podcasts in Spanish, French, Italian and German.checked 3 Oct 2026
