I built Vozelu because I wanted a better way to teach myself Spanish. Everything I could find fell into one of two camps.

(a) Apps more focused on streaks and gems than actual learning. I have a life. I wanted my time to count. I wanted to learn Spanish.

(b) Tools that do one thing well, like cloze cards or comprehensible input. Each makes sense on its own, but if you want to combine them, you end up juggling four different services and four subscriptions.

So I built an app around five things that help words stick:

(1) Spaced repetition. Words come back right before you forget them, on a schedule set by your own answers. It's one of the best-supported findings in learning research.

(2) Cloze sentences. Every vocabulary exercise is a real sentence with one word missing. You learn how a word is used and what tends to go with it, not just its translation.

(3) Active recall. You have to pull the word out of your own head. Reading your notes can feel productive, but remembering something without looking it up is what makes it stick.

(4) Typed input. No multiple choice, no picking the most likely answer. You have to know the word well enough to produce it yourself.

(5) Different ways to engage with Spanish. Read texts and tap words you don't know. Follow dialogues and say your lines out loud. Work through short grammar lessons to understand the patterns behind the language.

I know this might look like a list of features. But there's a reason behind each one. I wanted to bring together learning methods that have actual research behind them, rather than build another app around gimmicks and gamification.

No promises of fluency in three months. Just a set of tools designed to help you make steady, measurable progress.

Vozelu is currently Spanish-only and free during beta. Available on the web and Android.

Happy to answer any questions.