Erudity vs Fluendly

Ever said “I've always wanted to learn that” and never got around to it? The secrets of movie magic. How jazz found its sound. Why cities look the way they do. Pick something you've been curious about, and Erudity builds you a course to explore, one small topic at a time. A starting point that makes sense. Answer a few questions about what you already know. Your responses help shape where the course begins and what it covers, so you can spend more time discovering the parts that interest you. The next steps, already mapped out. A constellation of connected topics unfolds against a night sky. Each star is somewhere to begin or something to come back to. See what you've explored, find your next topic, and watch new branches appear as you learn. Your curiosity has a map of its own. Small enough to finish. Interesting enough to return to. Each topic is a short deck of question-and-answer cards. Pause over a question, flip for the answer, and swipe to see what comes next. Work through a deck in a short sitting, or leave it waiting for your next quiet moment. Every card has a longer story. Sometimes a detail is the most interesting part. Tap a highlighted word for its meaning, or open a Deep Dive to explore the explanation behind the card: the history, the mechanism, the connections. Keep the things worth coming back to. Save favorite cards, revisit what you've read, and follow your progress through levels, streaks, and milestones. The discoveries you want to remember have somewhere to stay. Make it yours with Premium. Erudity includes limited free access to try creating courses and learning from their cards. A Premium subscription provides broader access to courses, topics, and Deep Dives, plus controls to skip topics you already know or steer away from those that aren't for you. Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. The world is your syllabus. Eligible users can try the annual plan free for seven days. The trial converts to a paid subscription unless canceled. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://erudity.app/support/terms Privacy Policy: https://erudity.app/support/privacy

Textbook Chinese isn't the Chinese people actually speak. Fluendly teaches Mandarin from real video clips — the pace, slang and rhythm you'll meet in the wild, not scripted studio audio. Swipe through short clips, tap any word for instant pinyin and meaning, and let spaced repetition bring it back just before you forget. How it works — your way, no pressure • Swipe into a short, real clip • Watch it, replay it, or shadow the speaker out loud — however suits you • Tap any word for instant pinyin and meaning, and save the ones worth keeping • Finish with a 10-second quick game, or just swipe on to the next • Saved words come back in Review at the right moment, so they actually stick • Build a daily streak and unlock badges as you go Made for the plateau — gentle enough to start Finished the beginner apps but still can't follow real Chinese? This is your bridge. Brand new? Filter to "Slow & Easy" — slower, clearly-spoken clips — and learn alongside your beginner app. Built on comprehensible input You acquire a language by understanding real messages just above your level — the idea behind comprehensible input, the same approach that made video immersion work for learners worldwide. Fluendly makes authentic Chinese understandable by keeping pinyin and meaning one tap away, so every clip stays just within reach — no dictionary, no pausing, no frustration. • Thousands of clips across everyday topics — food, travel, work, culture, drama and more • Fresh content added continuously • No signup needed to start — create a free account to keep your words and streak Why I built this I speak six languages, and I kept hitting the same wall: I'd finish the beginner courses, then freeze the moment a real person spoke — too fast, too much slang, nothing like the textbook. But jumping straight to films was the opposite problem — no way to actually drill what I heard. Fluendly is the bridge I wish I'd had: real speech, broken into reps you can genuinely learn from. I built it, and it's free. I hope it helps you get past the plateau too. — Hass, founder of Fluendly Start with one clip. See how it feels to learn from real Chinese.