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Life & fun · October 18, 2021

Langster

Learn French with a story-based CEFR-graded reader app

Langster launched on October 18, 2021 with 75 votes, #808 of 2,933 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

What it does

○ Product was originally intended to support language learning for migrants ○ New, engaging stories & news every day feat. high-quality audio ○ Hand-picked translations upon a tap on a word, comprehension quizzes & 170 grammar points ○ Free.

Readle replaces boring classes with fun & bite-sized stories. Learn languages the new way!

Readle turns fun, bite-sized stories into graded language lessons. Every story graded, every word explained in context. Six languages, one library that grows every day. Every day brings new bite-sized news and fiction, fitted to meet your level. Tap any word for its meaning in context. No dictionary, no tab-switching. La ciudad de Madrid abre hoy una playa en el río. Hay arena y agua limpia. Jen and Paul take one real story sentence by sentence, first in the language you are learning, then in English. They unpack a single grammar point and close with a full retelling. New episode every other day. German university students learning with graded stories and in-context glosses kept new…from readle-app.com

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