Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Learned By Me - $15 Spanish tutoring sessions with top professionals
We recently started Learned By Me (www.learnedbyme.com), a company that connects terrific experienced Spanish professors and immersion school teachers from South America with students and learners from around the world for Skype tutoring sessions for $15 / 45 minute session. Your feedback would be much appreciated! We can discount your first lesson to $1 if anyone would like to give a lesson a try. (Just sign up on our site and use the code: HackerNews at checkout) Email Michael at learnedbyme dot com if you have any questions / comments that you would rather not share on HN. Thanks!
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Learned By Me - $15 Spanish tutoring sessions with top professionals launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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explanations.app▲102Low-cost group tutoring made possible by blackboard videos
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2016 · skillsilo.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · eduhunt.be · its alternatives →
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As hard as I tried, I didn't find a modern language learning book that's either very academic, or like "master a language with my super-magic great method in 3 months". So I dug into the academic research, tried many techniques myself, saw what worked, wrote a book for learners of any language and any level, and made it free without ads. Today, finally, a 2 years-long project ends. I hope it helps anyone. Book's here: https://thehardway.guide/ Cheers
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Tavi▲3Learn languages through conversation, pennies per lesson.
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Get free English conversation practice, speak confidently.
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From travel to exams – learn vocab that matters to you
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I recently custom prompted 1.5 pro to teach me new words by helping me to make sentences using them - the only way to learn vocab IMO. It's been helpful for my GRE prep, hope you may find it useful as well!
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Spanish visual mnemonics language learning app
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Hey! I'm Ali, and I built a tool to help me learn Spanish. There's a good amount of info in the about page, but the short version is that I found apps like Duolingo completely useless. In theory they're designed to help you speak a language but I found it mostly helped my muscle memory tap the right parts of a screen without really learning to say anything. Or more importantly prepare me for how fast a native Spanish speaker speaks! After giving up on Duolingo I tried a few different things; Pimsleur, Paul Noble and Language Transfer. These are all great in different (but similar) ways and…
Jan 2026 · cadencespanish.com · its alternatives →
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I saw this app youlearn.ai on YC and thought of building it. They are claiming to have 1M+ users with just one feature which is to convert your learning material into summaries, quizzes etc. I gave this a shot and cloned almost most of the features in just 9+ hours of continous vibe coding (with 20% manual though). Now I'm selling this on mvp marketplace. Might probably open source it in future or give it free.
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LinkBlink▲26Hey everyone! I’ve built an app that lets you easily create microlearning “bytes” on any topic and have them delivered directly through Telegram or WhatsApp. There’s also a discovery interview feature to tailor content recommendations, plus options to share what you create with others. I’d love to hear what you think! Here are a couple of short videos demonstrating how it works: https://youtu.be/1LwwF1iJynY https://youtu.be/bKXODFoS-9o https://youtu.be/ulDC94CxKFU Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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