How it works
Read, collect, practice, listen.
LangCharm is built around real material you choose. Here’s what a day with it looks like.
Step 1
Build a library of things you want to read
- Upload an EPUB, PDF, Word document or text file, save a web page from its link, or paste in any text.
- Novels, news, blog posts, song lyrics, recipes: if you’d read it anyway, it belongs here.
- Download books for offline reading on the plane or the metro.
Step 2
Read with a helper at your elbow
- Tap any word for its definition, its grammar, and how common it is in the text.
- Open a word to see example sentences from the same book, with audio.
- Turn on a lens to color noun genders, grammatical case, or parts of speech while you read.
- On a hard page, switch to sentence-by-sentence mode with a translation beside each line.
Step 3
Collect the words worth keeping
- Make a flashcard from any word in one tap while you read.
- Or add your own words, one at a time or pasted in as a list.
Step 4
Practice by typing, not tapping
- Each word is practiced both ways: from the language you’re learning, and back into it.
- You type the answer from memory, and nouns come with their article. Small typos still count.
- FSRS spaced repetition schedules each word just before you’re likely to forget it.
- Behind on reviews? Multiple choice is there to help you catch up. New words are always typed.
Step 5
Log what you listen to
- Paste a Spotify or YouTube link and LangCharm logs the episode or video, with its length.
- That time counts toward your goal and your listening level, the same as reading.
Step 6
Aim for a goal, not a streak
- Set two daily goals: minutes spent reading and listening, and words practiced.
- Big day, small day, or no day at all: nothing resets and nothing is taken away.
- If you like numbers, there are levels and milestones for each skill too.
Questions
- Is there a course to follow?
- No. LangCharm doesn’t decide what you study. You bring the material, and the app helps you understand it and remember what you found.
- Is there a streak?
- No, on purpose. Progress is the time you spend reading and listening plus the words you practice, and missing a day never costs you anything.
- Why doesn’t flashcard time count as minutes?
- How long you take to type an answer says nothing about how much you practiced. Vocabulary is counted in words practiced instead, which is a much more honest number.
- Do I need to be online?
- Only at first. Download books and practice cards and you can read and review offline. Your progress syncs when you reconnect.