Frequently Asked Questions

Sign up with an email and password or use Google OAuth. After creating your account, you complete a short onboarding where you set your username, location, and profile photo.

The 30-day trial gives full access to every feature. No credit card is required to sign up. If you don't subscribe before the trial ends, your account and data are preserved but study sessions, chat, and community features require an active subscription to use.

The sidebar on the left has links to all major sections: Dashboard, Decks, Chat, Progress, Leaderboard, Forum, and Groups. On mobile, the sidebar is accessible from the menu button in the header.

Click "Create Deck" from the sidebar or the My Decks page. Choose a name, base language (the language you know), and target language (the one you're learning). Then add cards in the deck editor.

Beyond front and back, decks can have up to 10 custom fields — text, images, audio, or dropdown selects. These let you add information like part of speech, example sentences, or pronunciation notes to each card.

Cards are organized into sections within a deck. You can create, rename, and collapse sections. Cards can be moved between sections individually or in bulk using selection mode.

When creating or editing a deck, you can set it to public. Public decks appear in the community library where other users can search, save, and study them. You retain ownership and can make a deck private again at any time.

Learn introduces new cards. Review tests cards that are due based on their spaced repetition schedule. Difficult targets cards you've struggled with. Speed tests recall under time pressure with a lives system.

Dialect uses FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) to determine when each card should be reviewed next. After each review, the algorithm adjusts the interval based on how well you recalled the card. Cards you know well appear less often; cards you struggle with appear more frequently.

Multiple choice, typing, and listening. You can enable or disable each test type per study mode in your study settings. Typing tests support diacritic handling with strict, lenient, and ignore modes.

Points are awarded for each card completed in a study session. Harder test types (typing, listening) earn more points than multiple choice. Streak milestones award bonus points.

When you start a conversation from a deck, the AI tutor has access to your vocabulary and study progress for that deck. It uses this context to tailor responses, suggest relevant vocabulary, and adjust difficulty to your level.

Yes. During a conversation, you can select vocabulary or phrases and generate flashcards from them. The card generation dialog lets you review and edit each card before adding it to a deck.

You can add your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google in Settings to unlock additional AI models and remove daily message limits. Keys are encrypted before storage.

Create or join a study group to share decks, compete on a group leaderboard, and coordinate study. Groups have roles (owner, admin, member) with different permissions for managing members and shared decks.

The forum has categories for general discussion and language-specific topics. You can create topics, reply to others, attach decks, and react to posts. Topics can be pinned or locked by moderators.