Piuma vs Onomanabi

Learn a new language without opening an app. Piuma teaches you Italian, Spanish, French, Russian through one tiny daily habit: your lock screen. A new word lands as a notification. You glance. You learn. That's it. No streaks to stress about. No 20-minute lessons you'll skip. No green owl guilt-tripping you at midnight. Just one beautiful word a day — and suddenly, you actually speak a language. WHY PIUMA WORKS WHEN OTHER APPS FAIL You've downloaded other apps. You opened them twice. Piuma is built for the 99% of us who don't have an hour a day — because the lesson comes to you. HOW IT WORKS • Pick the language you want to learn • Choose how many words per day (1 to 5) • Get a clean notification: New word: AMICO / FRIEND · memorize it • Tap to see the full card, examples, and pronunciation • Save your favorites and review them anytime SMART SPACED REPETITION Every few days Piuma quietly resurfaces a word you've already seen — right when your brain is about to forget it. No quizzes, no pressure. FEATURES • 5 languages: Italian, Spanish, French, Russian (and German soon) • Native-speaker audio pronunciation • Beautiful full-screen word cards • Favorites list — swipe to save, swipe to skip • Today tab — every word you've learned, all in one place • Customizable schedule and daily word count • Gorgeous, minimal design. No ads. No clutter. PERFECT FOR • Travelers prepping for a trip to Italy, Spain or France • Heritage learners reconnecting with family roots • Busy professionals who tried other language apps and quit by day 3 • Anyone who wants to learn a language passively, in 10 seconds a day Learn the easy way. Learn the Piuma way. Piuma offers an auto-renewable subscription. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://learnpiuma.com/privacy.html

Stop translating. Start feeling. Onomanabi teaches Japanese onomatopoeia — the sound and mimetic words (giongo and gitaigo) that carry nuance no dictionary translation captures. The kana themselves move, so you feel the difference before you read the explanation. Built for intermediate-to-advanced learners (JLPT N3–N1) and Japanese teachers alike. WHY ONOMATOPOEIA "Doki-doki." "Zaa-zaa." "Kira-kira." Japanese is full of words whose real meaning lives in a feeling, not a translation. Onomanabi makes that feeling visible. FEEL IT THROUGH MOTION Every word moves in its own way — spinning, bouncing, stretching, trembling — so you feel the difference between "zaa-zaa" and "para-para" instead of just reading about it. USAGE MAPS Each word sits on a map of nearby words, with axes chosen for the subject: soft to hard for textures, negative to positive for feelings. COMPARISON MODE (PREMIUM) Tap a nearby word on the usage map and the comparison opens right below, with a native note on the decisive difference — the nuance dictionaries flatten out. QUIZZES THAT STICK Multiple quiz types (4-choice, typing, comparison) with mistake-prioritized, spaced-repetition review. LEVELS & COLLECTION A guided six-level path and word-collection progress, plus a daily word to keep you coming back. FOR TEACHERS A category- and level-organized reference for a subject most textbooks barely cover. FREE TO START Levels 1–2, part of the dictionary, and usage maps are free — no account needed. Your progress and reviews are saved on your device. The dictionary, quizzes, and reviews work offline. PREMIUM (ONE-TIME, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION) - 1,500+ words - Levels 3–6 - Comparison mode and comparison quizzes - No further payments, ever Japanese nuance isn't something you translate. It's something you feel. Start with today's word.