I just stumbled across LangX which has been amazing since I’ve been so dissatisfied with HelloTalk. I started using HelloTalk before I knew anything about user data privacy or open source software. Now that I’ve gained some technological insight, proprietary ad-driven software feels gross.
Anyhoo, LangX seems to have a generous free tier and their annual subscription is honestly not that expensive compared to other languages learning programs out there.
It is new enough that the user base is small, but it reminds me of Lemmy where the best thing people could offer it is participation. I’m usually a lurker, but I wanted to share because I enjoy learning Spanish, I enjoy open source software, and I want others to try it too!
- p.s. I am not affiliated with LangX whatsoever and this genuinely what I wanted to write.
Another vibecoded slop not worth even a second of my attention
^ das you 🤣
i LOVE this!
i’m going to steal it and claim it as my own :p
May I have a bit more context? Are these the contributors listed for LangX? Did you post this because it means the app is vibe-coded? I assume every app after 2025 will be vibe-coded to a greater and greater extent.
Not really you prompstitute.
Looks like a great way to teach AI how to not make mistakes so no one can tell it is AI…but there’s an important distinction.
There’s a lot of language learning communities on Discord full of learners and teachers doing the exact same thing but for free.
Genuine question, what makes Lingx worth the cost versus an Anki deck and one of the learning communities?
No sarcasm: thank you for recommending I look to Discord for this sort of thing. However, Discord is not open source, so I still think LangX is worthwhile for people that are strictly against proprietary software.
Not sure why you were downvoted - yes, I don’t know if the app your posted is vibe coded or not, but I don’t want to use a propietary platform like discord either
To be very honest, I don’t know how to find those kinds of Discord communities. But also, the language learning apps have a tap-to-translate option to instantly comprehend larger chunks of text that contain unfamiliar words. I don’t think Discord has that unless it’s something that a mod could enable and I’ve just never seen it.
the language learning apps have a tap-to-translate option to instantly comprehend larger chunks of text that contain unfamiliar words
You’re not going to learn any language getting translations of big texts
When I joined mine I literally just googled “‘language I was learning’ learning Discord”. Found an invite link very quickly, and joined.
On ours we have a bot that will privately translate messages for you. I don’t know if they all do but I know at least a few do because I’ve shared the code with other servers.
Oh that’s neat, it doesn’t seem like this one has that bot, but I literally just joined it so I haven’t explored too much of it.
Can always suggest it to the moderators. It’s been incredibly useful I found on ours.
Well how about that… Egg on my face. I still don’t think it’ll have the in-app tools that LangX has for studying. LangX lets you capture and study any phrase you want using spaced repetition.
That spaced repetition is what I use Anki for. I just copy and paste whatever and make a new card. It takes only a moment. There’s a million other apps that do spaced repetition for free, all slightly different.
