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Phonetica

Learn what you want.

Type a phrase and get an AI flashcard with natural audio in seconds. Read stories written at your level with your own vocabulary.

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No credit card required. Plans from $5 a month after the trial.

Phonetica home screen showing 17 cards due today, a daily streak card, and weekly progress charts
Phonetica home screen on a phone

See Phonetica in action

Make a card, study on your phone, read a story, and check your progress, in about a minute.

Study material made from what you care about

Make the cards, hear them, read stories built from them, and watch your vocabulary grow. All in one place.

Make flashcards in seconds

Other apps make you build cards by hand or study someone else's deck. Start from a ready-made deck, or tell Phonetica what you want to learn and it writes the card.

  • Type a phrase in your native language and get the translation back.
  • Choose neutral, formal, or informal wording.
  • Hear it before you add it, then make Recognition cards, Recall cards, or both.
  • Describe a topic such as "At a restaurant" and get 10, 20, or 30 cards.
  • Pick phrases, vocabulary, or sentence chunks.
  • Tick the cards you want and add them to a deck in one tap.
  • 11 ready-made decks in every language, from Essential Phrases to Travel & Transportation.
  • Each deck has 20 cards, and every card has recorded audio.
  • Add a deck in one tap, then build on it with your own cards.

You can also paste a YouTube link to learn from a video, or type a card by hand.

Add cards screen showing the Spanish translation of 'How much is this?' with an audio button
Add cards on a phone, showing a translated card and an Add card button

Voices that sound like people

Every card and story comes with realistic audio built in. Pick a voice or let Phonetica rotate them, and slow playback down to 0.5x while you get used to the sounds.

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Reading practice that fits your level

Finding reading material at the right level is slow. Phonetica writes it for you, using the vocabulary you are learning.

  • Choose difficulty, length, style, and voice.
  • Listen along while each line highlights.
  • Tap any word to see its meaning.
  • Save a word or a whole line as a flashcard in the deck you choose.
A Spanish story with a translation under each line and a popover defining the word 'mercado'
The same story on a phone, with an audio player at the bottom

Pinyin and rōmaji above every word

Cards and stories in Mandarin show pinyin, and Japanese shows rōmaji, so you can read along and say what you read before you know the characters.

A Mandarin story with pinyin above each word and an English translation under each line

See what you have actually learned

Every word you study is tracked, so you can see how many words you know, how accurate you are, and which days you showed up.

  • Words learned, day streak, cards reviewed, and accuracy.
  • A chart of vocabulary growth over 4 weeks, 9 weeks, or all time.
  • A 16-week activity map of every day you studied.
  • Each word marked Known, Learning, or New.
Progress screen with word and streak totals, a vocabulary growth chart, a study activity map, and a word list

Small things that make studying easier

  • Practice both directions

    Recognition cards show the phrase and ask for the meaning. Recall cards show the meaning and ask for the phrase.

  • Daily streak

    See which days this week you studied and how long your streak is.

  • Favorite decks

    Star the decks you use most and filter to them in one tap.

  • Undo and shortcuts

    Undo a mis-tap. On a computer, use Space and the arrow keys to study without the mouse.

Less setup, more studying

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Realistic audio
Stories written at your level
Learning analytics
Built for language learning

Coming from Anki? See how Phonetica is different

42 languages and counting

Including Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese, and other varieties many apps leave out.

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • French
  • English
  • Italian
  • Irish
  • Dutch
  • German
  • Danish
  • Norwegian
  • Swedish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Bulgarian
  • Croatian
  • Serbian
  • Greek
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
  • Turkish
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Urdu
  • Mandarin
  • Taiwanese Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
  • Malay
  • Indonesian
  • Filipino

Choose your plan

Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial and full access to every feature. No credit card required.

  • Monthly

    $10 / month

    $10 billed every month

  • 6 months

    $6.67 / month

    Regularly $60 $40 billed every 6 months

    Save $20

  • 12 months

    Best value

    $5 / month

    Regularly $120 $60 billed every 12 months

    Save $60
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Questions about plans or the trial? Read the FAQ

Make Phonetica part of a routine

Phonetica asks for more effort than a casual app. Learners who also speak, listen, and practice with other people get the most from it.

  • A tool, not the whole plan

    Phonetica makes your study material and tracks it. It does not replace talking to people.

  • Built for committed learners

    It is made for people who study regularly, not for a few minutes of casual play each week.

  • Pair it with real use

    Combine your cards and stories with speaking practice, listening to native content, and real conversations.

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