make a friend who speaks
the language you want
they text you through the day, remember your job and your dog, and slip new words into ordinary conversation. the way you actually learned english.
today 4:12 pm
how it works
it works like any friendship
they text first
a few times a day, on your schedule, inside your waking hours. you never have to open an app to start.
oye, ¿ya comiste? yo llevo dos cafés y cero comida
they know your life
your job, your people, the thing you were nervous about last week. they follow up, because friends do.
¿cómo te fue en la entrevista??
corrections come later
never mid-sentence. every evening they quietly write up what to fix, what you nailed, and the words worth keeping.
hoy enseño en MIT, word order sounds more natural this way
why texting works
the numbers are rude to textbooks
9 in 10
solo-app learners quit inside a month. a friend who texts back is much harder to ghost.
2x
words you meet inside a real conversation stick about twice as hard as words you meet on a list.
100+
messages a week with your friend, in the language, about your actual life instead of somebody's aunt's pencil.
0
flashcards. corrections arrive at night, quietly, like gossip.
every evening
you go to sleep a little better
than you woke up
while you sleep, your friend reviews the day's conversation and leaves you a short, kind note: what to fix, the expressions you picked up, and one thing you did well.
on your phone
they text your actual number
add your number, send one text so your carrier says yes, and from then on the conversation shows up between your mum and your bank.
add your number
enter it once, text START, you're connected.
delivered
they get a number
a real line of their own, through inkbox.
or keep it here
telegram and in-app chat work the same way.
real situations
the language you actually need
textbooks teach you to order coffee. your friend drags you into an argument about where to eat, asks you to rehearse them for a job interview, and calls in a panic because their flight got cancelled.
Sofía›today 6:47 pm
delivered
twenty-four people
pick who you want to know
each one has a city, a job, a dog or a cat, and a life they will complain to you about.
pricing
free to start, twenty to stay close
the friendship is free. paying moves it into your pocket.
free
$0
- your own friend, nobody shares them
- chat in the app all day
- daily check-ins, they text first
- nightly recaps, lessons and saved expressions
plus
$20 a month
- everything in free
- texts land on your real phone number
- pictures from their life, selfies included
- more check-ins through the day, your schedule
early friends get plus free while we finish billing. nobody loses their friend over a card.
ready when you are
make an account, answer three short questions, and your friend texts you first.
they remember everything. the whole friendship, from the first text on.