Three answers, then phrases
Destination selector, departure date picker, and up to three scenarios from restaurant, transport, hotel, emergency, and shopping. That is the whole setup, and there are no prerequisite lessons waiting behind it.
In build, waitlist open
Phrases for the place you booked, ordered by the date you leave
Choose a destination, a departure date, and up to three scenarios. Phrazl assembles the phrase set from those three answers and schedules the review so the hard ones keep coming back in the last week before you fly.
Phrazl is not open yet, so everything on this page is what it is being built to do.
The problem
You did not quit because you lacked discipline
You quit because the app wanted a habit and you had a flight. Mainstream language apps are built around engagement loops, so family vocabulary and basic grammar arrive long before the train station, the restaurant table, or the pharmacy counter, and prerequisite lessons sit between you and the sentences your trip actually needs. If you are going somewhere in one to six months, you do not need a lifelong practice. You need a short, specific set of phrases you can say out loud, in an order that respects how many days are left.
How it works
From sign-up to the first result
Say where and when
Pick the destination and set the departure date. Those two answers decide which language you get and how much time the schedule has to work with.
Pick up to three scenarios
Restaurant, transport, hotel, emergency, or shopping. Choosing three keeps the set small enough to finish, which matters more than covering everything badly.
Get the phrase set in relevance order
Phrases are pre-curated for your language and scenario pairing and ordered by trip-relevance rank, so the sentence you will use at the counter is not sitting behind a grammar drill.
Work it in three modes
Flashcards, listen and repeat with audio playback, and fill in the blank. Use the listening mode with your mouth moving, not just your eyes.
Watch coverage, not a streak
One bar shows how much of the curriculum you have covered, and the spaced repetition intervals compress as your departure date approaches.
What it will do
Speak the place before you land.
Nothing a card names is a promise: the pages this site publishes are what it covers today.
Ranked for the trip, not the textbook
Phrase sets are pre-curated per language and scenario and ordered by trip-relevance rank, covering ten languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Thai, Greek, and Dutch.
Review tightens as the date gets closer
An SM-2 spaced repetition schedule treats your departure date as a hard deadline and compresses intervals as it approaches, so the phrases you keep fumbling come back more often in the final week.
Three ways to work a phrase, one of them out loud
Flashcards for recognition, listen and repeat with audio playback for the mouth work, and fill in the blank for the phrases you can nearly produce from memory.
One bar, no streaks
A single progress bar labelled as curriculum coverage completed. It tells you how much of your phrase set you have worked through, not how the conversation will go, and there is no XP to lose when you skip a Tuesday.
Twenty phrases before you decide
A free twenty-phrase preview sits in front of the payment gate, so you can hear how the phrases are chosen and how they are pronounced before spending anything.
One payment for one trip
A trip pack is a one-time Stripe purchase: 9.99 dollars for a single destination with up to three scenarios, 19.99 dollars for the full bundle. No subscription, no renewal you have to remember to cancel.
Emergency phrases, and their limits
Emergency is one of the five scenarios, and selecting it shows a plain line stating that the phrases are for general communication practice only and are not a substitute for contacting local emergency services or a qualified interpreter.
Who it is for
Built for the people who feel the problem
Nothing a card names is a promise: the pages under Who it is for are who it covers today.
Four weeks out and nothing learned
The trip you already paid for
The date is fixed, so the schedule works backwards from it, compressing review intervals as the departure gets closer instead of pacing you for a year you do not have.
Former Duolingo user
Starting without starting at hello
There are no prerequisite lessons between the setup screen and your phrase set, so the restaurant sentences are not locked behind vocabulary you will never say abroad.
Work trip with one dinner that matters
The table where your host orders
Pick the restaurant scenario on its own and keep the set small. Fewer phrases worked out loud in three modes beats a broad list you half recognise.
A new country most years
Next destination, second pack
Each trip is its own one-time purchase, your account lists the packs you own, and a returning-traveller discount is applied at checkout on the second destination.
Questions
Answers before you ask
Any price, trial or plan named in these answers is planned rather than on sale.
Can I use Phrazl today?
Not yet. Phrazl is in build and the waitlist is how you hear when the first trip packs open. Leave the destination you have booked and we will know which languages people are waiting on.
What will it cost?
A trip pack is a one-time purchase through Stripe: 9.99 dollars for a single destination with up to three scenarios, or 19.99 dollars for the full bundle. A returning-traveller discount is applied at checkout when you buy a second destination.
Which languages are covered?
Ten: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Thai, Greek, and Dutch. Languages beyond those ten are not part of this build.
Is there any way to try it before paying?
Yes. The first twenty phrases of your set are free, and the payment gate sits after that preview rather than before it.
Are there streaks, XP, or daily reminders?
No. Progress is one bar labelled as curriculum coverage completed. It measures how much of your phrase set you have worked through, and it is not a prediction that you will be understood on the day.
What is the emergency scenario, exactly?
It is a phrase set for situations where you need to make yourself understood quickly. It is made for general communication practice only and is not a substitute for contacting local emergency services or a qualified interpreter, and that line appears on the selection screen and in the terms of service.
Is this an iPhone app?
It is a mobile-first web app you open in a browser. Native app store builds, push notifications, and offline downloadable packs are not part of this build, so plan on having a connection while you study.
Will I be able to see what I have bought?
Yes. An account screen lists the trip packs you own, which is also where the returning-traveller discount becomes useful when the next country is booked.
From the blog
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Tell us where you are going
Phrazl is not open yet. Leave your email and the destination you have booked, and you will hear when the phrase sets for that language are ready. No streaks, no daily nudges, no reminders that you missed yesterday.
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