Language learning apps
Apps, browser extensions and games that help people learn foreign languages through vocabulary flashcards, spaced repetition, graded reading, and AI conversation or pronunciation practice.
Built for: Foreign language learners
Projects since May 04
323
Different builders
302
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
-10%
AI is the core
24%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (42%), mobile app (36%), browser extension (14%) · from r/SideProject, r/chrome_extensions, r/IMadeThis, r/vibecoding
Latest
- Palabros — Looks up word definitions and saves words so they resurface over time via widgets and review sessions.“I built an iPhone dictionary that helps you remember the words you look up”
- Tildon — Teaches English to Uzbek speakers through exercises and collects missed answers into a list that must be retyped correctly three times in a row.“I built a free app that helps Uzbek speakers learn English. Here is the mistakes notebook”
- Speakio — Runs voice conversations with an AI tutor for language practice and schedules practice calls.“I built an Android language app that calls you to practise — would this help you stay consistent?”
- Mexicanario — Teaches Mexican Spanish slang, food, characters and everyday references through a mobile word game.“I spent months building a game about Mexican culture because I couldn't find one that felt like Mexico”
- Rarely: expand your vocabulary — Shows a rarely used English word and its definition daily on lock screen or home screen widgets, with in-app practice and a streak.“I made this Free app as a 17yo student”
- Grammons — Teaches English grammar through tasks that unlock skills for monster-like creatures used in turn-based battles.“I let Opus do a trailer for my educational game”
- Musamma — Identifies a photographed object and shows its Arabic and English word with an example sentence.“I built an Arabic learning app that tells you what anything around you is called in Arabic”
- Lingo Luna — Teaches kids English, Spanish, and German through short offline lessons, listening, stories, and speaking practice.“Lingo Luna – an offline language-learning app for kids”
- Parla — Blocks social media apps until the user completes a short language lesson.“I built an app that blocks social media until I do a quick language lesson | looking for testers”
- Lesson Journal — Records online language lessons and turns them into recaps, progress metrics, flashcards and practice tests.“I built a tool that turns my online French lessons into recaps, flashcards and practice tests”
- Cajun French — Teaches Cajun French through lessons on grammar and phonetics with free signup.“3,000+ Lessons added Learn Cajun French”
- HSKKit — Organizes HSK Chinese vocabulary, listening, practice and review in one place, with words grouped by level or everyday topic.“HSKKit — a Chinese study tool I built for HSK learners”
- Wordheart — Suggests natural ways to phrase what you want to say to specific people in your life in English or Spanish, with explanations of the patterns, and reviews saved phrases with spaced repetition.“I built a small app to help me say what I actually mean in English and Spanish — looking for honest feedback”
- WordGrasp — Quizzes users on vocabulary by having them explain words used in sentences, then grades the explanation and schedules reviews with spaced repetition.“I made a vocabulary app that grades you on explaining words, not just recognizing them”
- Plumb — Transcribes spoken English locally on a Mac and points out the grammar and speaking mistakes made.“Built a free, open-source Mac app to help you speak better English”
- Gloss — Shows a dictionary definition card next to a right-clicked or double-clicked word in the browser, using Wiktionary.“Chrome extension that defines words (and slang) right where you're reading”
- shadow-ez — Plays YouTube videos one sentence at a time, pauses for the user to repeat, and highlights which words were recognized.“I made a small site to make shadowing YouTube videos easier”
- Spokn — Delivers weekly audio language lessons that users repeat daily to build spontaneous speaking habits.“Looking for feedback 🥹”
- ChatShift — Translates typed or spoken text into English directly in a game's chat field using a shortcut.“I built ChatShift because dyslexia makes English game chat hard — here is the Windows demo”
- Bunko — Displays classic Chinese, Japanese and English texts side by side with pinyin or furigana readings and parallel translations.“Bunko - a reader for Chinese and Japanese classics with pinyin, furigana and parallel text”
Most discussed
- A1-A2 French Course — Offers a free beginner French course covering A1 and A2 level lessons.“Post your vibe coding project below”
- Sentiero Lingua — Helps people learn languages through an app-based course.“Google acknowledges my existence!”
- 26Keys — Helps non-native English speakers improve by coaching them through the messages they already write on Mac.“Someone on Reddit DMed me about my app today. It almost made me cry.”
- Nivelo — Helps users learn English and Spanish through language learning practice.“People who have launched successful apps...how did you overcome this?”
- Translates text between languages in a web-based app.“Got my solo translation app to $10k MRR. Some random notes after 8 months”
- LangSpeak — Helps language learners practice speaking a language.“I launched my first SaaS 7 days ago - 77 visitors, 13 signups, and a big lesson about distribution”
- railtyping — Lets users practice Japanese station names by typing them in order along a rail line, with per-station timing and accuracy stats.“I built a typing game where you type Japanese station names to drive a train down a real rail line — 42 lines, no ads, no login”
- Voice-First Flashcards — Runs hands-free spaced-repetition flashcards that listen to spoken answers and check pronunciation.“I spent 3 years on a "massive" language platform. Then I shipped 6 micro-apps in 60 days to validate it. Result: 0 sales.”
- Helps the user learn Japanese through a mobile-style app design generated quickly with an AI design tool.“Going to Japan soon so I vibe designed an app to learn japanese”
- ttdictionary — Looks up word definitions, pronunciation and examples, and is adding AI-generated explanations, synonyms and grammar help.“We've been building a dictionary for 14 years. Now AI is changing everything”