Polygloss

Polygloss


Learn languages stress-free


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2.4.0for iPhone, iPad and more
9.3
64 Ratings
Etiene da Cruz Dalcol
Developer
69 MB
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Mar 21, 2024
Update Date
Education
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About Polygloss

Are you feeling stuck in the "I can understand but I can't speak" part of your language learning journey? Despite all you've learned so far, do you feel you can't communicate? Look no more, Polygloss is right for you!

- Guess images with friends.
- Write creatively and increase your active vocabulary!
- Available for 80+ languages for FREE.(English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Welsh, German, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Greek, Dutch, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic, Esperanto, and any more)
- Ideal for motivated beginners and intermediate language learners (A2-B2). Not recommended for complete beginners.
- Works really well alongside popular language learning apps like Duolingo.

For most language learners, moving from ‘understanding’ to ‘communicating’ is difficult. Those first conversations are stressful and don’t get any results.

This is where Polygloss comes in. Our mission is to help language learners be independent and enjoy life using a foreign language.

How do we do it?

Polygloss is an image guessing game that offers you sufficient interaction, guidance and lets you express yourself with freedom. Using new words, in your own personal context, is the best method for increasing your vocabulary. Better than simply reading, re-reading and memorizing words out of context!
Polygloss works, is science-backed, and was awarded best paper* at the 9th NLP4CALL workshop series at The University of Gothenburg.

Why does it work?
It is normal for language learners to experience more language exposure than language creation. Language creation is hard and needs to be nurtured.

There are different ways to increase your active vocabulary (words that you have the ability to use, not just understand). This includes intense repetition, consuming content you enjoy (books, series, movies), flashcards, etc. These methods are great and should be part of any language learners tool kit.

But, there is another way to increase your active vocabulary. Simply by using words. Ideally in your own personalized context.

And that’s why Polygloss works. It allows you to start communicating in a low stress environment. Helping you easily increase your active vocabulary and communication confidence.

Ready to make the jump from understanding to communicating? Download Polygloss today.

Features:

- Image based lessons give you something to talk about.
- No translation required! Use words you know to describe what you see.
- Low stress opportunity to creatively use your target language.
- Receive feedback and improve your writing.
- Add people as friends or get randomly paired with other players.
- Collect stars and progress through dozens of topics.
- Compete with other learners in optional daily writing challenges.
- Bookmark your favorite sentences and corrections for later study.
- No right, wrong or useless sentences. Say what you want to say!
- Get word and sentence tips (Available only in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian. New languages and levels coming soon!)
- All minority and dialect languages possible. As long as you have a partner, you can play!

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Polygloss is a work in progress
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etiene@polygloss.app

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FAQ

Q. What languages are available?
A. All of them! But it needs at least one other player in the same language so you can play together. Don’t forget to invite your friends!

Q. Is the app free?
A. Yes. There is an option to pay for a premium subscription with extra features, but all of the content is freely accessible.

Q. Is there a web version?
A. Not yet! But it's in our plans.

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Privacy Policy: https://polygloss.app/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://polygloss.app/terms/

*Link to award: https://tinyurl.com/m8jhf2w
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.0

Last updated on Mar 21, 2024
Old Versions
- New matching algorithm
- Translate and listen when writing a message
- Show latest messages in player profile
- More player discovery options
- UI improvements
- Faster respond match button
- Bug fixes
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Version History
2.4.0
Mar 21, 2024
- New matching algorithm
- Translate and listen when writing a message
- Show latest messages in player profile
- More player discovery options
- UI improvements
- Faster respond match button
- Bug fixes
2.3.4
Feb 27, 2024
- Bug fixes
2.3.2
Feb 19, 2024
Bug fixes
2.3
Jan 23, 2024
- Classrooms
- Share match
- Streaks
- Match comments / feedback
- Vacation mode
- Split correction into correction + explanation
- Zoom image with long press
- Minutes of audio recorded on profile
- Privacy settings
- New "about" screen
- Bug fixes, optimizations and UI improvements
2.2.2
Aug 30, 2023
- Fixes bug saving autocorrect settings
- Fixes bug handling username uniqueness
2.2.0
Aug 29, 2023
- Bug fixes
- Share your profile link
- See your followers
2.1.1
Aug 20, 2023
Bug fixes
2.1.0
Aug 18, 2023
- Critical bug fix in energy points during account creation
2.0.4
Jul 21, 2023
Bug fixes: translation & review for Hebrew and Chinese, fix for stars calculation, and other fixes
2.0.2
Jul 18, 2023
Bug fixes
2.0.1
Jul 6, 2023
Bug fixes
2.0
Jul 4, 2023
- Audio Matches
- Audio corrections & "Perfect pronunciation" award
- Words and matches statistics
- Profile pages with personal link or contact
- Customizable daily or weekly goals
- UI sounds (can be turned off on settings)
- Discover new friends and see top player rankings
- Get more points for writing more
- New welcome screen
- See writing dates and diff with original sentence when receiving a correction
- See how long you have left to answer a match
- Unlock both word hints and message examples if available
- Updated google translate which includes new languages
- Polygloss Unlimited coupons
- "Pass" button on review
- Add tutorials while playing match
- Improvements to match finding algorithm
- Improvements to algorithm for stealing inactive matches
- Lots of small UI fixes and tweaks
- Performance improvements
- Dismiss button on all bottom pop up messages
- A/B tests: allow editing match text
- Fix energy update when unlocking hints
- Fix proficiency level wrong on match completion screen
- Fix occasional bug saving friends list and when blocking people
- Fix bug with word reordering review
- Fix bug when opening matches for some players
- Fix app reloading bug when backgrounding app
- Code modernization, upgrades & refactors
1.3.5
Apr 24, 2023
- Fixed bug not allowing to scroll review screen on smaller screen.
- Improved UI of review screen, and tooltip messages.
- Fixed bug with fill the gap exercise when sentence has repeated words.
- Fixed bug with review preparation getting stuck in some matches.
- Fixed error deleting bookmarks.
- Checking autocorrect preferences on iOS again.
1.3.4
Mar 24, 2023
- Fix crash when backgrounding app
1.3.3
Mar 12, 2023
- Added listen and fill the gap to review mini-games
- Adapted review for natives to make corrections or send awards
- Added privacy settings for reviews
- Testing positions for review button
- Fixed bug opening corrections
- Fixed bug that closed reviews when reporting a message
- Fixed bug with energy counter jumping during match
- Fixed multiple small UI bugs
1.3.2
Feb 15, 2023
- Fixes bug with color scheme
- Fixes bug with corrections
- Adds explanation about new review feature
1.3.1
Feb 15, 2023
- Updated google translation plugin, improving translations quality
- Fixed bug with listen button and translation language at the end of the match
1.3.0
Feb 13, 2023
- Beta-test of REVIEW feature
- Added bookmark and award option on match completion screen
- Increased speed of image loading and pop up transition
- Fixed punctuation in right-to-left languages on bookmarks, history, and corrections
- Fixed font size variability in multiple screens
- Allowed announcements with youtube videos
- Fixed bug with announcements version
- Fixed bug saving time-recovered energy
- Fixed subscription maintenance bug
1.2.6
Jan 19, 2023
- Fix bug with online bubble
- Improve error logging
- Fix bug with award collection message
1.2.4
Jan 11, 2023
- Fix occasional lesson unlocked not showing
- Fix tutorial requirement on library
- Fix occasional crash when switching screen
- Shuffle through more unlocked lessons at the end of the game
1.2.3
Dec 9, 2022
Several bug fixes:
- Fixed player report button
- Fixed match summary screen being cut
- Fixed gray screen error when collecting points
- Fixed error when unlocking hints
- Fixed error saving match points when hitting the back button
- Fixed typos
1.2.2
Nov 23, 2022
- New points screen with match summary
- Share button to invite friends
- Dismiss button on bottom pop up message
- Language-specific news
- Improvements to partner-matching algorithm
- Fixed error with rendering punctuation in right-to-left languages
- Fixed screen refresh bug when editing profile languages
- Fixed small typos
- Big codebase upgrade
1.2.0
Oct 13, 2022
- Sentence examples for all languages when word hints are not available
- More player awards options
- Several accessibility bugs related to font size fixed
- Fixed karma and stars sometimes not saving for some players
- Fixed language dropdown caching
- Fixed bug with automated taking of match from inactive queue
- Fixed bug causing some players to not be able to start a match
- Fixed bug stopping some players from opening corrections
- Fixed bug with image caching
1.1.7
Aug 17, 2022
- Fixes crash happening after login
- Fixes error on friends list when a friend disables account
1.1.3
Aug 11, 2022
- Subscription and online status next to username
- Added loading spinner when fetching friend list
- Account deletion process is now automated
- Lifetime subscriptions

Various bug fixes such as: 
- Friends list error when a friend disabled account is fixed
- Usernames can contain numbers now
- Bypassing lesson star lock cheat is no longer possible
- Fixed error starting a match when all possible lessons are completed
- Fixed crash after login
- Feedback button now shows proper error messages
- Fixed error that made app get stuck on loading

Polygloss FAQ

Click here to learn how to download Polygloss in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Polygloss.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.1 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.1 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.1 or later.
Polygloss supports English
Polygloss contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
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