A new way to learn languages

Learn a language while reading fiction — at every level.

Stories so good you get immersed in them, while the learning happens quietly in the background.

23stories inside the current journey
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A world of stories, growing with you

Each story is its own world, designed to build on the last — so you learn the language intuitively, one story at a time.

Levels 1–6 · A1

KAI

A small robot wakes up knowing nothing — and wants to find the stars.

Levels 7–11 · A1+

Der Junge ohne Schatten

A boy loses his shadow in the Grauwald — and has to learn its language to get it back.

Levels 12–16 · A2

Die Bibliothek der Stunden

A library that only appears when it rains, with books that rewrite themselves overnight.

Levels 17–20 · B1

Zwei Monde

Two villages have argued for a hundred years — and two strangers are about to find out why.

01

Build vocabulary from the very basics — naturally.

Wayling uses Leitner spaced repetition to lock vocabulary in through context and plot. Words keep coming back, just as you're about to forget them, until you know them without trying.

Chapter 1
Chapter 4
Chapter 9
Chapter 15
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Learn grammar the way you learned it the first time — intuitively.

No rule comes before the feeling. Each story introduces a few grammar concepts, and a short animated lesson explains them once you've met them in the plot. You learn the pattern through the storyline, not the other way round.

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Then play with what you just read — until it sticks.

After each chapter, a short puzzle-piece activity turns understanding into skill. Anchor the key words, practise them in small challenges, then stretch into something new. It feels like a game, and it makes comprehension stick without a single drill.

04

Burn your textbooks. Open a story instead.

Word lists fade. Characters don't. Every level is a story, and every story is written to make you want the next one.

05

Science-based. Story-driven. Built for how memory actually works.

Comprehensible input, spaced repetition, and narrative emotion — the same forces that made you fluent in your first language, applied to your next one.

06

Find the meaning without losing your place.

Tap any word and its meaning appears right where you're reading. No dictionary, no app-switching, no broken spell — you stay inside the story.

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Read it. Or just listen — every chapter is narrated.

Every chapter comes with its own audio, so your ear learns the rhythm of the language alongside your eyes. Follow along on the page, or put the phone down and let the story carry on.

The method

Three ideas, one reading experience

One continuous story

Not a stack of disconnected exercises — a real serialized fiction, where the same characters and world carry you from your very first word to fluent reading.

Every level is a loop, not a lesson

Meet the new words first. Read the chapter. Lock them in with a quick review, then unlock a short animated lesson on the grammar you just felt. Step into the next chapter already ready for it — and notice you're reading more than you were yesterday.

Tap, don't pause

Unfamiliar word? Tap it. A short definition appears right where you're reading — no app-switching, no breaking the spell of the story.

See it in action

This is what page one looks like.

A small robot wakes up in an empty workshop, knowing nothing — not even the words for what it sees. Every object it discovers, you discover too.

New word this chapter
Tap any word, anytime
Level 1 · Chapter 1 · A1

KAI wakes up

KAI öffnet die Augeneyes. Es ist dunkeldark. Dann — ein Lichtlight. KAI sieht einen Raumroom. Der Raum ist klein. Der Raum ist alt. Auf dem Tisch liegt ein Schlüsselkey. "Was ist das?" denkt KAI.

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What's inside

German is open, A1 through A2+

The current pack is a complete journey from A1 to A2+. B1+ and more languages are on the way, and new features keep rolling out. Try the first story for free!

German · A1 – A2+ · available now Spanish — coming soon French — coming soon Japanese — coming soon

Stop studying the language. Start reading it.

Early access includes one complete story — every chapter, review and lesson — so you can feel how it works before you commit.

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