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24 alternatives to My Grandmother's Lingo

Interactive animation that uses voice-activated gaming

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Grandmother's Lingo launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1M7
   My 70 year old grandma is learning to code and made a word game▲454

   2024 · grandmasword.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   ELSA▲199

   A virtual pronunciation coach

   2016 · elsaspeak.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

   A conversation-based narrative game

   2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Retronator▲68

   An adventure game that teaches you pixel art

   2015 · pixelart.academy · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Anagram▲84

   A modern take on a classic game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Snabbt.js▲129

   A minimalistic animation library

   2015 · daniel-lundin.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dolly▲76

   Short artistic minimalist platformer

   2015 · blakemwood.itch.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MEMEory▲90

   An old school game of memory, but... with GIFS!

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9AD
   A daily word game versus my grandma▲9

   2024 · wordswithgrandma.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Oly: Visual Memory▲57

    Next generation classic memory game!

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Color▲80

    A color matching game

    2015 · color.method.ac · its alternatives →

12. 12
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AT
    A talking board game in a 2k program and 128 bytes of RAM▲60

    2024 · s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Curious Letters▲65

    A visual puzzle inspired by beautiful typography

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Catacomb Kids▲58

    A roguelike pixelly platformer

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Wordgraphy▲7

    Improve your vocabulary with a new style

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A few small games not only for kids (made with my programming language)▲9

    learning games for kids

    2024 · easygames.online · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Animaker▲21

    Animated videos, done right.

    2015 · animaker.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Animation Playground▲4

    Interactive learning platform for frontend animations

    2025 · its alternatives →

20. 20WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shenmue (シェンムー)▲4

    The video that made me want to learn Japanese

    2015 · en.wikipedia.org · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Built a tutorial for a speech engine using the speech engine▲5

    2018 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wordify▲3

    Vocabulary learning gamified

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    AnimateMate▲9

    Animation plugin for Sketch

    2016 · its alternatives →

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