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Tap a word. It becomes a Card — with its sentence.

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Screen recording of the web app on a laptop, demo data. In the video reader, tapping café and chaude shows their meaning and saves each as a Card, and Explain with AI explains chaude. Then a Flashcards Practice session reveals and grades café and chaude, and Sentence order rebuilds café’s sentence.
The same tour in a phone browser, demo data: the reader, a tap that saves a Card, Explain with AI, Flashcards and Sentence order.

Add a Card: tap any big French word below.

02 — The real app

Import. Read. Practice.

  1. 01Import

    A YouTube link with captions, a subtitle file, an EPUB, or pasted text.

    Screen recording of the web app on a laptop: a YouTube link with captions goes into Import. Demo data.
    Screen recording of the web app in a phone browser: importing a YouTube link. Demo data.

  2. 02Read

    Tap a word: its meaning appears, and it’s saved as a Card.

    Tap again to undo · AI Explain only when you ask

    Screen recording of the web app on a laptop: the café clip in the reader; tapping café and chaude shows their meaning and saves each as a Card. Demo data.
    Screen recording of the web app in a phone browser: tapping words in the café clip saves them as Cards. Demo data.

  3. 03Practice

    Each Card comes back when it’s Ready — right before you’d forget it.

    Screen recording of the web app on a laptop: a Flashcards Practice session; reveal the meaning, then grade it. Demo data.
    Screen recording of the web app in a phone browser: Flashcards Practice with the grade buttons. Demo data.
Step 1, screen recording of the web app: a YouTube link with captions goes into Import. Demo data.
Step 2, screen recording of the web app: tapping café and chaude in the reader saves each as a Card. Demo data.
Step 3, screen recording of the web app: a Flashcards Practice session; reveal, then grade. Demo data.

Screen recording · BetterLang web app · demo data

Try a French article Your turn

03 — Practice

Your Cards. Your turn.

The Cards you just saved. Reveal, then grade honestly.

Practicing 3 Cards from the clip above

3 leftFlashcards

Mon café du matin Card 1 of 3

Ce matin, je prépare un café.

WordNew

café

Translation

?

This browser has no French voice — audio is silent here.

Swipe right: Yes · left: Not at all

Swiping is a shortcut on this page. In the app you tap a grade or press 1 2 3.

Keyboard

Enter
Reveal
1 2 3
Grade
Q
Word
W
Sentence
E
Translation
T
Translate

Next practice

  1. caféReady now
  2. parfaiteReady now
  3. musiqueReady now
  4. matinAlmostTomorrow
  5. habitudesNot at allLater today
  6. chaudeYesIn 3 days

Also in Practice

Every Practice mode is free — except the AI chat tutor.

  • Typing in the BetterLang mobile web app: the answer checked letter by letter.
    Typing Accents checked.
  • Sentence Order in the BetterLang mobile web app: word tiles rebuilt into the sentence.
    Sentence Order Rebuild the sentence, then say it aloud.
  • Audio Drill in the BetterLang mobile web app: the spoken line highlighted.
    Audio Drill Hands-free. Next chapter
  • The AI chat tutor in the BetterLang mobile web app: a short conversation in French, with a correction under the learner's message.
    AI chat Premium Talk it through with an AI tutor — it uses your Cards.
  • Writing Only words you know well.

04 — Listen

Lights down. Ears on.

Four ways to watch. Loop a line, slow it down — then let your Cards play hands-free.

The video first, one line under it. · Screen recordingApp screen · demo data

  • Loop a line
  • A-B loop
  • Speed
  • Translate lines

Audio Drill

hands-free

Word, meaning, sentence, translation — on repeat. Shadowing plays each sentence twice, with a gap to say it back.

  1. 01

    1. café
    2. coffee
    3. Ce matin, je prépare un café.
    4. This morning, I'm making a coffee.

  2. 02

    1. chaude
    2. hot
    3. L'eau est chaude, l'odeur est parfaite.
    4. The water is hot, the smell is perfect.

  3. 03

    1. habitudes
    2. habits
    3. Les petites habitudes changent tout.
    4. Small habits change everything.

Next 02 chaude

Card 1 of 3 · caféReady

Speed

Uses your browser's voice. In the app: 0.5×–1.5×.

This browser has no French voice, so the drill is silent here.

Find something to watch

05 — Everywhere

Your phone already runs it.

BetterLang works in your phone's browser. Add it to your Home Screen.

The Learn page of the web app on a laptop: Today, the recommended routine and the Practice modes.
The same Learn page in a phone's browser.
  • iPhone app — in development
  • Browser extension — in private testing
  • Export everything — Anki, CSV, JSON. Free.
  • Your books never leave your device.
  • Moving in? Bring your Cards from another app.

No magic. Mechanisms.

  1. 01

    Comprehensible input

    Read and watch what you mostly understand. Tap the rest.

  2. 02

    Words in context

    Every Card keeps its sentence and source.

  3. 03

    Retrieval practice

    Recall first. Then see the answer.

  4. 04

    Spaced repetition

    FSRS-6 sets each Card's nextPracticeAt. You pick 80–95% recall.

  5. 05

    Sentence listening

    Audio Drill and shadowing train ears and mouth on whole sentences.

  6. 06

    Small daily output

    Today's Practice ends with a few sentences of your own.

Session complete in the web app: a Next practice table gives every Card its own date.
The end of a real session: every Card gets its own nextPracticeAt demo data

Evidence-informed, not miracle-promising. No fluency dates. No level guarantees.

Read the method How spaced repetition works

One tool instead of a stack.

How BetterLang compares
What mattersBetterLangReadlangLingQLenguia
Learn from your own videos & texts
Transcript-first reader synced to video
Cards keep their sentence & source
Translated lines + loop a line + A-B loop
Hands-free sentence Audio Drill
AI explanations on demand, not forced
Free Anki / CSV export

built in partial or paid not the focus

Our reading of public feature pages, October 2026. Good tools, all of them.

Try a French article

06 — End credits

Starring
café — coffee
habitudes — habits
chaude — hot
Filmed in
Mon café du matin
Directed by
you

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