I made a crossword app for language learners
Hi HN! In the last couple of weeks I've been working on Cranki: Cranki = Crosswords + Anki. (It's a stupid name tbh, haha) I like doing crosswords in Spanish (to learn vocab) but none of the apps out there allowed me to use my own list of words that I come across. So I built one instead. It's entirely client-side. No server, no database, no accounts, etc. Your words and stats are stored in local storage. I built this for myself but let me know if you like it!
I made a crossword app for language learners launched on April 6, 2026 with 8 votes, #1,409 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Cranki is a crossword app for language learners that uses spaced repetition to turn your custom word list into vocabulary crosswords.
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