Free
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One chapter every day across the catalog. Full reader toolkit, no card.
- 1 chapter per day, any series
- Tap-to-translate, full vocab panel
- Saved-words deck with SRS
- One personalized series, private
Serial fiction for adult language learners
Learn a language
by finishing the book.
Original stories, written in your target language, released chapter by chapter. Tap any word for translation. Save what’s new. Keep reading until the cliffhanger becomes your motivation.
No card required · Cancel anytime · 5 languages · A1 → C1
For schools & educators
Partners — coming soon.
Partner schools unlock a $4.99/mo student rate. Teacher and class seats are per-seat on request. Reach out to shape Langtale for your classroom.
How it works
Three loops. Story, word, recall.
- 01
Pick a language & level
Five Romance + Germanic languages, A1 through C1. We commission a serial tuned to where you actually are — not a textbook chapter.
- 02
Read one chapter at a time
Twelve chapters per arc. Tap any word for an instant translation, save it for review, follow a grammar drill rooted in that chapter's prose.
- 03
Master vocab with spaced repetition
Saved words land in a deck that schedules itself. You only review what's due, you only see what you don't know. The cliffhanger keeps you coming back.
What you get
A reader, a deck, and a drill — in one place.
- Reader
Tap any word
Inline translation, pronunciation, part of speech, an example pulled verbatim from the chapter. No tab-switching.
- Drill
Grammar that grew from the prose
Each chapter ships with a single fill-in-the-blank or transform exercise rooted in the grammar you just read. No abstract conjugation tables.
- Deck
Spaced repetition built in
Save a word, it lands in your deck on a schedule. Got it right? See it later. Missed it? Tomorrow. Mastered words drop off.
- Story
Recurring characters, real arcs
Twelve chapters per series with planned beats, a cast that recurs, and signature vocabulary you'll see again in chapter eight.
- Library
Continue where you stopped
Your library remembers the last chapter of every series. No bookmarks, no menus — open the app, pick up the thread.
- Generate
Commission your own
Pro readers describe a setting, hand us a character, and Claude writes the outline plus the first three chapters in under two minutes.
Excerpt · Chapter 1 · El huésped
La estaba en silencio cuando llegó. Marina dejó la en la mesa y escuchó el viento contra las contraventanas. Algo, pensó, había .
Tap any highlighted word to see the translation.
Pricing
One chapter a day, free. Three a day on Pro.
Pro
Best value$6.99per month
Three chapters a day, generate your own series, extend any arc.
- 3 chapters per day across catalog
- Generate series with custom prompts
- Continue any series — follow-up chapters
- Publish to the public library
- 7-day free trial, cancel anytime
Student
$4.99per month
Same as Pro, via partner schools. Ask your teacher for a code.
- Everything in Pro
- Enrolled through a partner school
- Auto-Pro for the duration of class
Teachers & schools
Per-seat pricing on request. Roster, assignments, class dashboard.
Questions
Things people ask.
Is this textbook material or actual fiction?
Actual fiction. Twelve-chapter serialized arcs with recurring characters, planned story beats, and cliffhangers. We tune the vocabulary and grammar to your CEFR level — the story doesn't read like a worksheet.
Which languages do you support today?
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese. A1 through C1. More on request.
Do you have audio or pronunciation?
Per-word IPA today. Native-speaker audio is on the near-term roadmap.
How is this different from Duolingo or LingQ?
Duolingo drills you in isolation. LingQ asks you to bring your own content. We commission story arcs sized to your level, attach a vocab deck and grammar drill to every chapter, and remember where you stopped.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Pro is month-to-month with a 7-day free trial. Cancel from /account/billing in two clicks.
Start now
Pick a language. Open Chapter 1.
One chapter every day, no card. If the story has you on page four, you already know whether this works for you.