Ever wished you could learn a language just by watching your favorite shows? With Wordy, you can. Watch short clips from real movies and TV series, then test what you picked up with built-in quizzes. Every word you encounter is tracked automatically, so your vocabulary grows with every clip you watch.
Hey PH! I'm Sándor, solo founder of Wordy.
I started building this because I was frustrated watching foreign shows and constantly pausing to look up words. So I built a subtitle tool for myself and it spiraled from there.
What started as a simple iOS app for streaming subtitles evolved into curated movie clips with quizzes, then a full language learning platform (think Duolingo, but with real video content instead of cartoon characters).
The idea is simple: you learn better from content you actually enjoy. Wordy takes short clips from movies and TV and then quizzes you on what you just heard.
Along the way, the project won a $30K prize at Hungary's biggest business competition, which gave me the push to go all-in and build Android + Chrome extensions too.
Would love your feedback, what language would you try first? 🎬
I was frustrated watching foreign shows and constantly pausing to look up words.
Same here.
I started watching The Sopranos in English and I’m pausing every few minutes. The slang, Italian expressions, the cultural references… it’s not textbook English 😅
Using real movie scenes to learn just makes more sense. That’s the actual pain point.
simply good and natural 👍
how we learn our native language? just by listening. nobody teaches that.
same idea 💡
all the best!!
that's actually a very nice idea. it makes learning languages very easy and entertaining. this motivates to keep on learning the new language.
A super genius idea for learning! I definitely want an app to help me with it. I'm curious: how do you select the clips, and do you plan to expand your sources in the future?
Taking care of the attention span deficit! I’ve been meaning to rematch narcos before my trip to Colombia, I’ll have to give this a shot! Congrats on the launch
Interesting twist for a language learning app, congrats on the idea and the product!
What are the next features/aspects you want to focus on after this launch?
Love this – I’m in the education space myself, so this really resonates. ☺️ Learning from content you actually enjoy just makes sense. Curious where you see your biggest edge long term – content, personalization, or learning mechanics?
This looks like a fun way to learn a new language, especially with real movie clips. Do you think the quizzes are engaging enough to hold attention?
Okay this is my kind of language app 😄 learning from real movie scenes just hits different. The combo of native clips + quizzes + spaced repetition makes it way stickier than random textbook sentences. If the clip selection is actually good, this could quietly beat a lot of traditional language apps.
Wishing you good luck with this idea. Anything educational has my support :)
