Learn, practice, and reflect with dynamic language notes
Create dynamic language notes with interactive embedded phrases that auto-add transliteration and let you translate in-app. Record phrases in your voice, turn them into playlists, and practice on the go—right from your lock screen! (On iOS, coming to Mac soon)
Hello, bonjour, and bom dia!
My name is Gboyega, I live in Nigeria, and I’m an indie app developer. I also happen to love language learning. It is one of my happy places—albeit I haven’t actually succeeded in learning any of my favorite languages to the point of fluency in my 10+ years of trying (yet!).
I am currently attempting to learn French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Mandarin, Japanese, and Swedish. And yes, I’ve been using Duolingo (please don’t judge). I am also introverted, which I imagine doesn’t help, seeing as I need to talk to people.
One thing I’ve been wanting all these years, though, is a notes app for language learners. Not a flashcard app—a proper notes app.
So, in hopes of solving my note-taking problem, I decided last July to make a language learning notes app to serve as a companion app for Duolingo users like myself. I’ve tried using the Apple Notes app (which is what I use for all my notes in general), but it is not designed for language learning—same with all the incredible note-taking apps in the App Store. I finally got to build this app over the last 2 to 3 months, and I’ve just published it in the App Store as “Duory.”
Duory lets you create dynamic language learning notes using powerful embedded phrases. Embedded phrases are interactive, auto-adding transliteration and letting you translate** without leaving the app. You can even record phrases in your own voice for listening and pronunciation practice later in a playlist that you can control from your lock screen!
Disclaimer: This is a freemium app with paid subscriptions, as this is the only thing I’m presently doing for income. You can also try out the monthly paid plan for 7 days or get 50% off the yearly plans this month or 30% off in February.
Duory is only available on the iPhone right now, but it is coming to iPad and Mac later this month.
LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SUPPORT
Duory uses Apple’s Translation API for on-device translation. Here’s the full list of supported languages:
• Arabic • Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) • Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional) • Dutch • English • French • German • Hindi • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil) • Russian • Spanish (Spain) • Thai • Turkish • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
I am very grateful for the response I got from the community here with my previous (first!) app, and it is the only reason I’m encouraged to post here once again.
Thank you so much, and cheers!
