Learn German, Spanish, Japanese & 21 more by scanning the world. No cramming.
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Most language apps hand you a list and a streak counter. Lumika hands you your own kitchen, your own street, your own afternoon — and quietly turns them into the place you learn.
Point your camera at what's in front of you. Lumika names it in your new language, in a card you can read in under a second: the word, how it sounds, what it means, why it behaves the way it does. Tap once and it's yours to keep. That's the whole loop — see something, learn it, move on.
WHAT MAKES LUMIKA DIFFERENT
• Learn from your real surroundings. The scanner recognises everyday objects and teaches you their names in context — the table you're sitting at, the cup in your hand. Words you meet where you live are words you keep.
• A guided path, when you want structure. Units and lessons that climb from your first words to real, connected grammar — the same spaced-repetition memory underneath, just in an order someone else chose for you. Entirely optional: skip it and keep learning from the world instead.
• A reader that meets you where you are. Real text, gently seeded with words you're ready for. As you understand more, you see more — your coverage grows as a widening band of colour, never a grade.
• A real phrasebook for real moments. Ordering coffee, asking directions, introducing yourself — everyday phrases grouped by situation, ready offline, in a voice you'll recognise.
• Conversation practice without the stage fright. Climb a ladder at your own pace: read along, listen and tap, type, then speak. Your partner only ever uses words you already know, so you're never lost.
• Nothing to feel guilty about. No streaks to break. No red marks. No "you missed a day." Lumika asks for a moment when the moment's right, and stays quiet when it isn't. Come back after a week away and it says "welcome back — I kept everything tidy," then hands you an easy win.
• Colour that carries meaning. Every word wears a quiet colour tied to how it works in the language. In German, der, die and das each have their own colour, with the plural on the same card, so articles sink in by sight, not by rote. Readable for colourblind learners, too.
HOW IT WORKS
Lumika learns what you know and schedules each word to return exactly when you're about to forget it — the science of spaced repetition, without the flashcard drudgery. When you want to sit down and practise on purpose, Lumika offers a calm, bounded practice session — never a lesson, never a timer. Your progress lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no inbox.
FREE, AND FAIR
Use the full offline core for free: scan everyday objects, look up any word you read, and build real vocabulary. Lumika Pro raises your daily camera-identify and lookup limits, and unlocks conversation practice, full-length walks, and every Little Story.
• Monthly or annual subscription (annual starts with a 7-day free trial)
• One subscription covers every language Lumika offers, now and later
Prices are shown at checkout, in your local currency, via Google Play.
PRIVACY
Your learning stays yours. Camera frames are processed only when you tap to identify something, never stored on our servers, with faces and location data stripped. We don't collect the text you read or the words you save. Full policy: peerware.site/lumika-privacy
Twenty-four languages in one app, all covered by one subscription: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian.
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