# FluentIn — Speak like a local, anywhere

> Speak like a local, anywhere (iPhone/iPad app by Jiayan Lin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fluentin/id6811386198 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jiayan Lin](https://appshunter.io/developer/6802889429)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 57 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-09-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fluentin/id6811386198/reviews.md

## What is FluentIn?

School taught you standard English. FluentIn teaches you how people on that street — and in that industry — actually talk.

You already know the words. What you miss is the local version: "on line" instead of "in line", "deadass" instead of "seriously", "let me get a regular coffee" instead of a full sentence with please. FluentIn drills exactly that gap.

HOW IT WORKS
• Read the situation in your language (English or 繁體中文).
• Hold the button and say it the way a local would — or tap the blanked word and type it.
• Get one of three verdicts: Local — that's how they say it. Close — meaning right, wording not local. Not it.
• Local or Close reveals the card: the phrase, who says it, where it's safe, where to avoid it, where it came from — and, for many phrases, a real clip of someone saying it.
• Not it? The answer stays hidden. Try again, ask a friend (share the question as a card — to a real friend or your AI assistant), or pass for now. FluentIn is not a question bank to race through: going to find the answer is what makes it stick.

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
• Every phrase carries a social card: age, community, register, the rooms where it lands and the rooms where it doesn't.
• Real speakers, not voice actors: hear the phrase in the wild via YouTube.
• A judge that knows the difference between "right meaning" and "right wording" — the feedback textbooks can't give.
• Five hint levels, from one blanked key word to nothing at all. Complete a pack at a harder level and its badge upgrades: green, bronze, silver, gold, dark.

PACKS
• Fluent in New York — bodega, stoop, yerrr, the train, OD, brick, on line…
• Fluent in Silicon Valley — LGTM, ship it, on call, runway, TC…
• Fluent in Wall Street — priced in, bips, comp day, the staffer…
• Fluent in Coffee Shops — order like a regular (unaffiliated with any chain).
• Fluent in Tainan and Fluent in Shanghai — the local Mandarin: 牛肉湯、府城、阿拉、拎得清… (answers in Mandarin).
More cities and industries are on the way.

For intermediate and advanced learners: people moving to a city, joining a new workplace, or tired of missing the joke.

Speech recognition runs on your device via Apple's speech framework. Optional: add your own Gemini API key in Settings and an AI judge explains the grey-zone answers. No account. No FluentIn servers. Nothing sold.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fluent in Silicon Valley | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in New York | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in Wall Street | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in Boston | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in Coffee Shops | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in Tainan | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fluent in Shanghai | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 0.2.0 — 2026-09-18

• Starter Village: 20 free phrases from every pack. Clear it to unlock the rest.
• Unlock any pack forever with a one-time purchase — no subscription.
• New pack: Fluent in Boston.
• Optional SenseVoice engine (download in Settings) for far better Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean recognition.
• Progress now backs up to iCloud.

### 0.1.0 — 2026-09-16

No release notes.

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