Serial fiction for adult language learners

Learn a language
by finishing the book.

Original stories, written in your target language, released chapter by chapter. Tap any word for translation. Save what’s new. Keep reading until the cliffhanger becomes your motivation.

No card required · Cancel anytime · 5 languages · A1 → C1

For schools & educators

Partners — coming soon.

We’re opening collaborations with language schools, teachers, and curriculum designers. Reach out if you’d like to shape Langtale for your classroom.

How it works

Three loops. Story, word, recall.

  1. 01

    Pick a language & level

    Five Romance + Germanic languages, A1 through C1. We commission a serial tuned to where you actually are — not a textbook chapter.

  2. 02

    Read one chapter at a time

    Twelve chapters per arc. Tap any word for an instant translation, save it for review, follow a grammar drill rooted in that chapter's prose.

  3. 03

    Master vocab with spaced repetition

    Saved words land in a deck that schedules itself. You only review what's due, you only see what you don't know. The cliffhanger keeps you coming back.

What you get

A reader, a deck, and a drill — in one place.

  • Reader

    Tap any word

    Inline translation, pronunciation, part of speech, an example pulled verbatim from the chapter. No tab-switching.

  • Drill

    Grammar that grew from the prose

    Each chapter ships with a single fill-in-the-blank or transform exercise rooted in the grammar you just read. No abstract conjugation tables.

  • Deck

    Spaced repetition built in

    Save a word, it lands in your deck on a schedule. Got it right? See it later. Missed it? Tomorrow. Mastered words drop off.

  • Story

    Recurring characters, real arcs

    Twelve chapters per series with planned beats, a cast that recurs, and signature vocabulary you'll see again in chapter eight.

  • Library

    Continue where you stopped

    Your library remembers the last chapter of every series. No bookmarks, no menus — open the app, pick up the thread.

  • Generate

    Commission your own

    Pro readers describe a setting, hand us a character, and Claude writes the outline plus the first three chapters in under two minutes.

Excerpt · Chapter 1 · El huésped

La estaba en silencio cuando llegó. Marina dejó la en la mesa y escuchó el viento contra las contraventanas. Algo, pensó, había .

Tap any highlighted word to see the translation.

Pricing

Read three chapters free. Finish the book on Pro.

Free

$0forever

Sample the format. Read the first three chapters of every series we publish.

  • Chapters 1–3 of every series
  • Tap-to-translate, full vocab panel
  • One personalized series, lifetime
  • Saved-words deck with SRS
Start reading free

Pro

Best value
$9per month

Finish every story. Commission new ones with custom prompts and characters.

  • Full arc, every series
  • 5 new generated series per day
  • 20 follow-up chapters per day
  • Custom prompts + character casts
  • 7-day free trial, cancel anytime
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Questions

Things people ask.

Is this textbook material or actual fiction?

Actual fiction. Twelve-chapter serialized arcs with recurring characters, planned story beats, and cliffhangers. We tune the vocabulary and grammar to your CEFR level — the story doesn't read like a worksheet.

Which languages do you support today?

Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese. A1 through C1. More on request.

Do you have audio or pronunciation?

Per-word IPA today. Native-speaker audio is on the near-term roadmap.

How is this different from Duolingo or LingQ?

Duolingo drills you in isolation. LingQ asks you to bring your own content. We commission story arcs sized to your level, attach a vocab deck and grammar drill to every chapter, and remember where you stopped.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Pro is month-to-month with a 7-day free trial. Cancel from /account/billing in two clicks.

Start now

Pick a language. Open Chapter 1.

Three chapters free, no card. If the story has you on page four, you already know whether this works for you.