She answers like a person
Warm, bored, teasing, prickly — her mood carries from line to line instead of resetting to pleasant. Say something thoughtless and she notices.
Learn a language by actually talking.
Not multiple choice. You type whatever you want, to someone who has moods, opinions and a day of her own — and she answers in the language you're learning.
Every table is taken except one. She glances up from her book, then back down. What you say next is up to you.
What happens while you talk
A teacher marks your mistakes
In red pen, in a school notebook, while you carry on. Case endings, verb forms, the word you reached for from the wrong language. Never mid-sentence.
Words collect themselves
Tap anything you didn't know. It becomes a flashcard with its forms, a note and an example sentence, without you typing a thing.
Then you drill them
Reading, listening, typing, and sentences with a gap. Four ways, because recognising a word is not the same as being able to use it.
And review, at the right moment
Proper spaced repetition, the same scheduling serious learners use — so a word comes back just before you'd have forgotten it.
With lessons when you want them
Olena Petrivna teaches at a chalkboard, one idea at a time, building examples from your own mistakes. You decide what the lesson is about.
People, not exercises
Each one has a life, a way of speaking, and something they'd rather talk about.
СоломіяWorks at a bookshop. Rereading Lesya Ukrainka for the third time.
ДаринаYour tutor. Runs the drills and the review.
Олена ПетрівнаYour teacher. Warm, patient, a little exacting.
Баба ГаняWill feed you. Will not take no for an answer.
Отець ВасильKeeps bees. Knows every feast day.
ҐрімарTwo hundred and fourteen. Pours a good ale.
Your notebook is yours
Every word, group, conversation and lesson exports to one file, whenever you like. If you stop paying, you keep all of it and can still read and export it. That isn't a concession — it's how it was built.
One price
$12/month
- Unlimited conversations and lessons
- Drills, spaced review and word groups
- Words read aloud, even where your device has no voice
- Export everything, any time
Fourteen days free when it opens, no card. Cancel in two clicks after that.
Before you ask
- Which language does it teach?
- Ukrainian, fully — the cast, the scenes, the lessons. The app itself is built for any language, and more are coming; each needs its own cast to be worth shipping.
- Do I need a Ukrainian keyboard?
- Yes, and it's worth ten minutes to add one. Your operating system already has it. Nothing here transliterates for you, because typing it is part of learning it.
- I'm a complete beginner.
- That's who it's for. The first conversation gives you the line to say and what it means. You can ask for a hint at any point, or just listen and let her carry on.
- Does it speak out loud?
- Yes. It uses the voices on your device when they're good, and reads the words itself when they aren't — so it works on a phone with no Ukrainian voice installed.
- What happens if I cancel?
- Conversations and lessons stop. Your words, groups, notes and transcripts stay, and you can read and export them for as long as you like.