What's new in Simply Fluent

Brightness while you read

• You can set the brightness without leaving the book, down to two steps darker than your phone's lowest setting.
• Automatic uses your phone's brightness. It is on again after your phone has been locked for 5 minutes or more.

Drawings in your reading colours

• Black-and-white drawings and charts now use your reading theme: the lines are in the text colour and the white background is see-through.
• Colours in a drawing, like the bars in a chart, are kept, and photos are not changed. You can tap a drawing to see the original.

Chinese, Japanese and Thai

• You can see the reading of a saved word: romaji for Japanese and pinyin for Chinese, under the word on the page, in the Dictionary and on flashcards.
• When you translate part of a name or a longer word in Chinese, Japanese or Thai, you can translate the whole name or word.

Reading calendar and records

• In Statistics, you can see the days you read on a calendar and scroll back to your first day.
• You can see your records, your books, and the times of day and days of the week you read most.

Two pages side by side

• You can turn a tablet to landscape and read two pages side by side.
• On iPhone Duo, you can read two pages side by side with the phone open.
• You can choose whether the translation is on the same page as the word or on the facing page.

Screenshots in support messages

• You can add up to three screenshots when you report a bug or ask for a feature.

Setting up a voice

• When spoken text is off or no voice is installed, you can turn it on and set up a voice from any speaker button.
• If your phone has no voice for a language, you see where you may be able to install one.

New words in First 100 words

• You see each new word with its translation before you practice it.

Adding a language

• After you add a language, you can pick a story at your level right away.

A new Library

• Stories picked for your level.
• Slightly harder stories for when you want a step up.
• Search by title or author.
• Filters for length and unread stories, and sorting by newest, shortest or A to Z.

New kinds of flashcards

• Four new question types: multiple choice, Listen, Spell it and Match.
• The type for each card depends on how well you know the word.
• You see new words first in a Match round.
• You can turn any type off in the session menu.
• After a right answer, you can mark the word as learned.
• After a wrong Spell it answer, you see the right spelling.
• After a session, you see how well you know each word and can mark it memorized.

Your progress in the Dictionary

• How many words you've memorized, are learning and haven't started.
• How well you know each word you're learning, as a percentage.
• Sorting by A to Z, newest or most seen.
• You can mark words memorized in the first 100 words too.

Sound and vibration in flashcards

• A sound and a vibration on right and wrong answers.
• Confetti when you finish a session.
• You can turn the sounds off with the speaker button.

Greek, Ukrainian and Korean alphabets

Greek, Ukrainian and Korean now have an alphabet course.

Hear words as you translate them

A word can now be read aloud as soon as you translate it. Turn it on under Text and spacing in the reader menu, or hold the speaker button in the translation. In flashcards, hold Play.

Books in your other languages

Swipe the Continue reading card on Home to see the books you're reading in your other languages.

A new Simply Fluent

Simply Fluent has been rebuilt with a new design and a new reader.

Hebrew and Russian alphabets

Hebrew and Russian have an alphabet course, so you can learn the letters before you start reading.

Your first 100 words

Learn the 100 most common words of a language with flashcards before you start reading.

Read your own text

You can now import Markdown files or paste text and read it in the app.

Look up words offline

A word you look up while offline is saved and translated once you're back online.

Achievements

Earn achievements as you read and practice, and share your progress as a card.

Invite a friend

When someone joins with your invite code, you both get free lookups.