Mauril

Name: Mauril
Rating: 2.75 (517 reviews)
Author: Radio-Canada

By: Radio-Canada

Learn French and English at no cost with content from CBC/Radio-Canada.

Features & Capabilities

Mauril is a free Chrome extension designed to help users learn French and English through engaging content from CBC and Radio-Canada. It offers an immersive linguistic experience with Canadian shows and podcasts, enhancing listening comprehension for learners at all levels — beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Whether you're looking to improve language skills or gain cultural insights, Mauril delivers accessible and authentic content to support your language learning journey.

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0 Last updated: 2026-06-01

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2026-06-17

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# 120,588 ▲ 1,131

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Mauril (v8.16.2)

4.10

(239)

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Developed by:

Radio-Canada

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radiocanada.mauril

Email:

ma*****@radio-canada.ca

Website:

https://mauril.ca

User Reviews

Users appreciate Mauril for its high-quality videos featuring authentic Quebecois French, effective immersion learning, and user-friendly design with vocabulary practice. However, many find it unsuitable for beginners due to fast speech, advanced content without English support, and placement test inaccuracies. Background noise, technical glitches, lack of subtitle options, and inability to slow video playback also detract from the learning experience. Overall, the app is praised for helping intermediate learners improve comprehension but needs improvements to better serve novices and technical polish.

Pros

High quality videos featuring real local Canadian French accents aiding authentic language exposure.
No requirement to sign up with email login, making access easier.
Effective immersion approach for intermediate and advanced French learners, helping improve listening and comprehension.
Well designed and easy to navigate user interface.
Vocabulary list feature allows practice and retention of phrases and words.

Cons

App is not suitable for absolute beginners; content is too advanced with no English instructions or slow-down options.
Background music and distracting noise interfere with understanding the spoken content.
Placement test often inaccurate, leading to improper level assignment.
Technical issues such as videos not playing on some devices and navigation glitches like progress deletion.
Lack of subtitles or difficult to find, and no option to slow down video playback to aid comprehension.

Recent reviews

Nice and useful for getting used to local Canadian French accents. However the background music can be distracting and dampen learners' experience. I'd recommend developers to allow users turn of background music and better focus on listening to spoken phrases. I am scoring 2 stars to bring this issue to developers' attention.

On*****, 2025-01-27

The video will not play on this new Samsung telephone. Unfortunately I cannot to forward with this app. The screen goes white when video is started. Too bad.