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Thinking about Rosetta Stone and wondering what it costs, or whether you can still get the Lifetime subscription? Rosetta Stone now sells just two plans.
This guide covers each price, what happened to Lifetime, which plan fits you and how to pay less.
Prices checked November 13, 2026.
How much does each Rosetta Stone plan cost?
Rosetta Stone sells a monthly and a yearly plan on its US plans page. Both get you its current app, Rosetta Stone Sapphire, in all 25 languages.
| Plan | Price | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $19.99 a month | $19.99 |
| Yearly | $159 a year | $13.25 |
| 12-month gift | $159 once | $13.25 |
| Lifetime | Not sold now (was $149 once in Black Friday sales, 2023 to 2025) | Not sold |
Prices are before tax. The yearly plan is the saving: $159 against $239.88 for twelve monthly payments, so it costs less than eight months of the monthly plan.
Can you still buy a Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription?
No. On November 13, 2026, Rosetta Stone’s website sold only the monthly and yearly plans, and its Lifetime web addresses led back to the plans page or to “Page not found.” Forbes Advisor also reported in September 2026 that Rosetta Stone no longer offers a lifetime subscription.
When it was sold, Lifetime was Rosetta Stone’s big Black Friday deal: $149 instead of $399 each November from 2023 to 2025, according to Rosetta Stone’s own ads and the press coverage in our Rosetta Stone Black Friday guide, which tracks whether it returns this year.
“Lifetime” also meant less than it sounds. Rosetta Stone’s help page on Lifetime says you can use what you bought “for as long as they’re available and supported by us,” and its purchase terms say it “may stop issuing new lifetime subscriptions at any time.” That help page sits under Rosetta Stone Classic, the older app, whose iPhone version is now “only available for current Rosetta Stone Classic subscribers.” PCMag reports that Lifetime owners can’t use Sapphire’s new features.
Which Rosetta Stone plan should you choose?
That depends on how long you expect to keep studying.
- Not sure yet: try the free lesson and the 7-day trial below, then pay for one month ($19.99).
- A few months, such as before a trip: the monthly plan. Seven months cost $139.93, less than a year.
- Eight months or more: the yearly plan ($159), which costs less than eight monthly payments.
- Holding out for Lifetime: it isn’t sold, so compare the yearly plan with any Black Friday offer.
Is there a Rosetta Stone free trial?
There’s no free plan, but you can try Rosetta Stone two ways before you pay. On the website, a free lesson opens without an account. When we started the first French lesson that way on November 13, 2026, it stopped after about two minutes with “You’ve reached your daily practice limit,” and its Sign up button led to the paid plans page.
In the Rosetta Stone Sapphire app, you get a one-time 7-day free trial, which turns into a paid monthly subscription when it ends, according to Rosetta Stone’s getting-started guide.
Buying on the website includes a “14-Day, No-Risk Money-Back Guarantee.” The US App Store lists Sapphire at the same $19.99, but App Store purchases follow Apple’s refund process, says Rosetta Stone’s subscription help page.
How to pay less for Rosetta Stone
The yearly plan is the main saving. Beyond that, StackSocial sells a one-year Sapphire code for $127.20, 20% off the yearly price, or $10.60 a month. It’s for new users and must be redeemed within 30 days. Once redeemed, it’s final sale, and Rosetta Stone’s 14-day guarantee covers only purchases made directly from Rosetta Stone.
Then there’s Black Friday, on November 27. Rosetta Stone had no sale on November 13, 2026, so compare any deal it announces with that $127.20 code.
Is Rosetta Stone worth the price?
It’s good value if you like learning from pictures or want several languages, since $13.25 a month covers all 25. It’s weaker if your goal is to speak.
When I used Rosetta Stone’s Classic French course for our Rosetta Stone review, it taught vocabulary by matching pictures to French, with no English, and grammar through context. But TruAccent, its speech check, gave me a pass or fail result rather than a score, and as a native French speaker I found the audio much slower and more formal than everyday French.
When our team took the free Sapphire French lesson on the web, a wrong picture choice got only an error sound and a highlight, with no explanation, and the question stayed open until we chose the right photo. In the speaking step, we tried our own generated speech: one take of “Au revoir !” was accepted for “Bonjour !”, while “Merci beaucoup !” and silence were not. These were single takes with generated speech, so they show how the check behaved once, not how accurate it is. To our audio check, the lesson voices sounded synthetic, with a France French accent.
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If your main goal is to speak, our pick is our own app, Copycat Cafe. Where Rosetta Stone’s speech check passes or fails a phrase, you get a 0–100 pronunciation score on every word, with a tip on what to change, then use the line with Copy, your AI conversation partner. It costs $29 a month or $174 a year in the US, with a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first payment.