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Flewi
German vocab that actually sticks — built by an expat
8 followers
German vocab that actually sticks — built by an expat
8 followers
I moved to Berlin and couldn't retain German vocab no matter what I tried. Anki was too much setup. Duolingo felt like a game. So I built Flewi. It uses spaced repetition to show you words right before you'd forget them. You can create cards fast or grab decks the community already made, no setup required. Free tier available. Built solo by one developer who uses it every day to study German.
The spaced repetition timing sounds solid, love that you built it because existing tools didn't click for you. One thing that would actually help me stick with it is adding a quick pronunciation check where I can record myself saying the word and compare it to a native speaker audio, since reading vocab alone never really cemented German sounds in my head.
Love how low-friction this sounds, especially coming from someone who actually uses it. One thing that would help me stick with vocab is if Flewi could pull example sentences from real German news or podcasts instead of textbook phrases, so the words show up in contexts I'd actually encounter day to day in Berlin.
love that you cut straight to the problem instead of waffling about features. the “deck grab” sounds like a really nice touch for people who just want to study instead of fiddling with settings forever.