Messaging app

Messages in your own language

Write and speak in your own language. Family, friends and colleagues read and hear your messages right away in their own language, in groups too.

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Free · iPhone, Android and browser · no phone number

For events

Live captions for events

The speaker talks as usual. Guests read captions or listen to the translation in their own language on their own phone with a QR code, no app needed. The conversation continues after the event.

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For businesses, conferences, training sessions, churches and associations

MESSAGES AND LIVE CAPTIONS · 100+ LANGUAGES

Talk to anyone.
In your own language.

Espero works like the messaging app you already know. You write and speak in your language, and the other person reads and hears your message right away in theirs.

No language barriers

Language is no longer a barrier.

Everyone is just a message away, whatever language they write in.

  • Mother-in-law in Brazil
    PortuguêsQue saudade! Quando vocês vêm nos visitar?We miss you! When are you coming to visit?
  • New neighbour
    УкраїнськаДякую за допомогу з переїздом!Thank you for helping with the move!
  • Friend from your trip to Japan
    日本語また一緒に旅行しようね！Let’s travel together again!
  • Classmate’s mum
    العربيةهل يمكن لابنك أن يأتي للعب يوم السبت؟Could your son come over to play on Saturday?
  • Colleague in India
    हिन्दीमैं कल सुबह रिपोर्ट भेज दूँगा।I’ll send the report tomorrow morning.
  • Team coach
    Español¡Buen partido! Entrenamos el jueves a las seis.Great game! Practice is Thursday at six.
  • Classmate from Korea
    한국어내일 같이 공부할래요?Shall we study together tomorrow?

Examples: Families · Couples · Language learning · Schools · Teams · Churches

Everything you expect from a messaging app.

Chats, voice messages, photos, videos, groups and calls work the way you are used to. The difference is that everyone reads messages in their own language.

Chats

Write in your language. The other person reads it right away in theirs.

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Voice notes

The words arrive in yours, as text and as audio.

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Photos and video

Captions and subtitles appear in the reader’s language.

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Groups

One shared conversation, many languages.

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Face to face

One phone on the table. Each person reads their own side.

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Calls

Make voice and video calls in the same app as your messages.

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Explore multilingual messaging, automatic message translation, translated group chat and voice message translation.

Get started

No shared language needed. An invite link is enough.

Your friend uses Espero in their own language, on a phone or in a browser. It is free for both of you.

  1. 1:11Create your account
    Open video

    Choose your language

    Sign in with your email, choose a username and select the language you want to read.

  2. Send an invite link

    Share the link by text, email or any app. Your friend opens it and chooses their own language.

  3. 0:56Messages and translations
    Open video

    Start talking

    You write in your language and your friend reads in theirs. Their reply reaches you in yours.

Invite a friend: both get 100 credits after their first conversation.

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Events

One event. Everyone’s own language.

AI live interpretation for events

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Trusted and free

Privacy first.

Espero is a free messaging app for iPhone, Android and the web.

Your email stays private

You sign in by email. People find you by username. Your email is never shown to other users.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

Messages are stored in the EU and encrypted in transit and at rest.

You decide

Choose who can message you and who can find you in search.

Free messaging

Written messages and their translations are free and unlimited, including in groups.

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play
5.0 on the App Store

Espero is made by Quiet North, Inc. Ask us directly: hello@espero.live

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Who will you talk to first?

Espero is free. Open it now and send your first invite.

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Espero is a multilingual messaging app with built-in, real-time translation. Messages are encrypted in transit and at rest and stored in the EU. If you have been looking for a chat app that translates, a messenger to text someone who speaks another language, or a group chat where everyone reads in their own language, that is exactly what Espero does. You write naturally, and each person reads every message in theirs. Live now on iOS, Android and the web.

Updated 14 November 2026