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You unlock your phone about a hundred times a day. Learncher turns every one of those into a tiny language lesson: one word, right where your wallpaper used to be. No app to open, no streak to keep.

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  • Pay once
  • No ads, ever
  • Nothing leaves your phone
Learncher's home screen: the time, the date, a calendar event, the Spanish word ser, and four apps.
Spanishverb
to be (what something is)
Guess, then tap the word
ser的être私sein하다essereбытьencontrarzijnolmak
How it works

Three seconds. Every unlock.

Learning sticks when you try to remember, not when you reread. Learncher makes that tiny effort part of something you already do a hundred times a day.

  1. The home screen with the clock, date and next event.
    1

    Unlock your phone

    Today’s word is waiting on your home screen, between the clock and your apps.

  2. The word ser, with a prompt to tap to reveal.
    2

    Have a guess

    The meaning stays hidden until you’ve tried to remember it. That’s the bit that makes it stick.

  3. The word ser revealed: verb, to be (what something is).
    3

    Tap to check

    See the meaning and hear it spoken. Mark it known when it sticks, and tomorrow brings the next.

Mandarin, done properly

Stroke order, not scroll order.

Characters write themselves on a practice grid, stroke by stroke, the way they’re taught in school. Words follow the official HSK 3.0 levels, so you learn what you’ll actually read.

  • Pinyin with tones under every character
  • Native recordings for every HSK word
The character 的 drawn faintly, before writing starts.
1
The first stroke of 的 written.
2
The left half of 的 written.
3
The character 的 fully written.
4

的 de · of, the possessive one

A pause screen before opening Chrome, showing today's word and a Back to learning button.
Fewer distractions

That app can wait.

Mark any app as a distraction and it opens after a ten-second pause, with today’s word on screen. Sometimes you still want it. Often you’ll find you just wanted something to do with your thumbs.

  • Focus mode hushes notifications for 30 minutes, an hour, or until you say so
  • Hold the clock to start it, right from home
A calmer phone

Everything you need. Nothing shouting.

Notifications, gathered

A quiet bell collects everything as tidy threads, so your notification shade stays clear until you’re ready.

Messages gathered in a calm list behind the bell.

Home stays tidy. The rest is one swipe.

A few apps you choose on home. Swipe up to search apps, contacts and settings. It even does quick sums.

The app list in quiet line-art icons.
Search answering 24 times 7 equals 168.
Languages

11 languages. Zero streak guilt.

Everyday words first, in the order people actually use them, built from Wiktionary and real-world text. No streaks, no badges. Miss a day and the word simply waits for you.

  • EspañolSpanish · starts with ser
  • 中文Mandarin · starts with 的
  • FrançaisFrench · starts with être
  • 日本語Japanese · starts with 私
  • DeutschGerman · starts with sein
  • 한국어Korean · starts with 것
  • ItalianoItalian · starts with essere
  • PortuguêsPortuguese (Brazil) · um
  • РусскийRussian · starts with быть
  • TürkçeTurkish · starts with bir
  • NederlandsDutch · starts with zijn
Pricing

One price. Then it’s yours.

Less than a coffee, and it lasts a lot longer. Nobody is selling your attention here, so there’s nothing to upsell and nothing to track.

$2.22once.
  • All 11 languages and every feature
  • No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases
  • Family Library: one purchase covers your family group
Get it on Google Play $2.22

Price in US dollars; Google Play shows it in your currency. Android 10 or later.

Privacy

Your phone’s business stays your phone’s.

  • No account, no tracking

    There’s no sign-up and no analytics anywhere in the app.

  • It stays on your phone

    Apps, contacts, calendar and notifications are read on the device and never sent anywhere.

  • One thing goes out

    The word you’re learning, to fetch its pronunciation and stroke order. Read the policy

FAQ

Fair questions.

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Why $2.22?

Because it’s less than a coffee and lasts a lot longer. You pay once: no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no account. One purchase covers your family too, through Google Play Family Library.

Which languages can I learn?

Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. Meanings are shown in English.

Will I actually learn anything?

One word a day, recalled every time you unlock, adds up: about 365 of the most used words a year, which covers a surprising amount of everyday speech. It won’t make you fluent. It will make you less of a stranger.

Can I go back to my old home screen?

Any time. Pick another home app in Android’s settings, or uninstall Learncher. It doesn’t change anything else on your phone.

Does it work on iPhone?

No. iPhones don’t allow replacing the home screen, so Learncher is Android only.

Why does it ask for accessibility access?

Only if you want double-tap to lock the screen. That’s the one thing it uses the service for. It never reads your screen or what you type.

Your next unlock could be in 한국어.

Get it on Google Play $2.22
  • Pay once
  • No ads, ever
  • Android 10+