Bubblegum vs Hirake

Bubblegum makes learning languages feel clear and personal. Read lessons about what you love, tap any word for help without losing your place, hear natural audio, and see your saved words again right when you need them. Built by language learners for learners. Why learners choose Bubblegum: • Personal lessons: pick from thousands of ideas or write your own, and Poppy, your AI tutor, writes a reading at your level with natural audio in seconds. • Help on tap: see word meanings, grammar notes, and cultural context right inside the text. • Listen as you read: natural narration highlights each line in sync to train your ear. • Ask Poppy anything: get deeper explanations, extra practice, or answers about the language you are learning. • Keep words fresh: Regenerative Review™ brings the words you save back inside future lessons, so you never grind through endless flashcards. • Real momentum: friendly stats celebrate your study time and recent wins. No streaks, no guilt. Every language is taught in its own right: • English (American, British, Australian), Spanish (Spain, Latin America, Río de la Plata), French (France, Canada), and Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal). • Korean, with a course that teaches you to read Hangul. • Japanese, with hiragana, katakana, and kanji courses, plus furigana whenever you want it. • Chinese in Simplified or Traditional characters with Pinyin, and Cantonese with Jyutping and its six tones. • Vietnamese (Northern, Central, Southern) and Arabic (Modern Standard, Egyptian, Moroccan), in the variety you choose. • Indonesian, Malay, Filipino (Tagalog), Cebuano, and Thai, for warm everyday conversations. • Russian and Ukrainian, each with a course that teaches you to read Cyrillic. • German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Bulgarian, and Macedonian, with grammar explained inside real sentences. • Turkish and Azerbaijani, with vowel harmony and word endings explained as you read. • Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian, Albanian, Serbian, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian, with endings explained where you meet them. • Welsh, Irish, Galician, Basque, Catalan, Swahili, Haitian Creole, Nigerian Pidgin, Javanese, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Afrikaans, Uzbek, and Twi, each with natural audio and its own culture. • Toki Pona, a tiny language made for fun and simple ideas. Bubblegum stays proudly learner-first, learner-funded, and ad-free. Need a hand? Email support@bubblegum.la.

Hirake is a focus app that locks the apps you open out of habit—social media, games, anything—and only unlocks them once you answer a quiz correctly. It combines Screen Time limits with real study, turning the time you mindlessly scroll into time you spend learning. ■ Key features ・Lock the apps you choose. To unlock them you have to answer a set number of quiz questions correctly. ・Includes question banks for certification exams, organized by year. ・Question banks are cached on your device, so you can answer and unlock even with no connection. ・After unlocking, you can use the app for the time you set. When it runs out, it locks again automatically. ・Check your daily quiz count and accuracy in the Stats tab. Your progress is clear at a glance. ・A minimal black-and-white design built to keep you focused, not distracted. ■ Great for you if you want to ・Cut down the time you spend on social media and video apps. ・Keep studying for certifications in spare moments. ・Stick to app limits that willpower alone never kept. ・Use it as a kind of parental control. ■ How it works (privacy) The locking is powered by Apple's Screen Time / Family Controls. We never collect a history of which apps you open. Only downloading question banks and account features work online; everything else is completed offline. More question banks are on the way. Rebuild your study habit and a healthier relationship with your phone, with Hirake.