Real articles from BBC, 20 Minuten, NZZ and 60+ newspapers — including the ones you already subscribe to — rewritten as 2-minute reads at your level.
For iPhone · 17 languages · Free to start
BBC, 20 Minuten, NZZ, Le Monde, El País, The New York Times, NHK, Al Jazeera and many more. Connect the subscriptions you already have.
Every story becomes a 2-minute read in the language you're learning — A1 to C2 — with the words that matter for the topic highlighted.
Talk about it with your tutor, answer in writing, and practise the new words until they stick.
meum lingua opens the article you choose and rewrites it as a short, accurate read in your target language — simple sentences for beginners, real newspaper style for advanced readers. Names, numbers and facts stay exactly as reported.
Get the meaning in your own language, the pronunciation, grammar and a new example — without leaving the story. Every word you look up joins your practice automatically.
Talk out loud about what you read. If you slip into your own language or mispronounce a word, your tutor stops you, says it right, and has you repeat it before you carry on.
meum lingua keeps track of every word you meet. Words you read without looking up count as known; words you look up come back for practice at the right time. Each day it adds a few new words — the ones that matter most for the topics you follow.
A 2-minute journal every day, written answers about the articles you read, and short summaries — corrected line by line, with a more natural version and an honest level estimate.
meum lingua is a personal reader. It only opens articles you can already read: free articles, or paid ones through your own newspaper login, which stays on your iPhone. We never see your newspaper password, and every story links back to the original.
Including BBC News, 20 Minuten, NZZ, SRF, tagesschau, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Le Monde, Le Figaro, El País, Corriere della Sera, Folha de S.Paulo, NOS, NHK, Yonhap, Al Jazeera, DW, France 24 and more.
or CHF 12.90 / month
meum lingua is in private beta on TestFlight. Tell us which language you're learning and we'll send you an invite.
No. Many sources are free (BBC, 20 Minuten, SRF, tagesschau, DW, France 24 and more). If you already subscribe to a paper like the NZZ or The New York Times, connect it once and you'll get the full articles.
No. You connect a newspaper once; the login is remembered on your iPhone for as long as the newspaper keeps you signed in. If it ever expires, the app asks you to reconnect.
All CEFR levels from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient). The app suggests moving up or down based on how you read.
Your voice stays on your iPhone. We store your email, your learning profile and a backup of your vocabulary — nothing else. You can delete your account in the app at any time. See the privacy policy.
Subscriptions are handled by Apple: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → meum lingua.