--- title: "About Erla — learn a language by understanding it" description: "Erla is a language-learning app built on comprehension: listen, read and watch first, then talk. 22 apps, one per language, on iOS and Android." url: https://erla.app/about locale: en type: page --- # About Erla Understand real native speech — listen, read and watch first, then talk. ## What Erla is Erla is a mobile app for learning a language by understanding it. You listen to short tasks voiced by native AI voices, read short stories with read-along audio and watch short videos with subtitles — then talk it through with an AI teacher. It ships as 22 separate apps, one per learning language, on iOS and Android. You download “Erla: Learn Spanish with AI”, not a general app you have to set up. The interface and translations come in 35 languages. ## Comprehension first Most apps start with word lists and rules. Erla starts where your first language started: with things you can almost understand. Tap any sentence for a translation and an explanation, so you never get stuck, and you pick up vocabulary in context instead of from lists. Erla is built for about fifteen minutes a day. A weekly plan, your daily progress and the Understanding Score show what you've done. ## What's inside ### Listening Short audio tasks voiced by native AI voices, at the speed you choose. ### Reading Short stories with read-along audio and the current sentence highlighted. ### Watch Short videos with subtitles. ### Chat and Talk Text and voice conversations with an AI teacher who has a name and a face: roleplays, Read & Discuss, gentle corrections, and you can ask the teacher in your own language. Part of PRO. ### Grammar A learning path, one pattern at a time — in the English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Czech and Serbian apps. ### Words and games Save words in context to your Vocabulary Wallet and practise them, play ten word games, and collect 50 achievements. ## Four levels, starting from zero From Zero, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. From Zero is for when you don't know a single word yet: lessons start tiny and conversations slow right down. ## Free and PRO - **Free:** Every 24 hours: 20 listening tasks, 5 stories, 10 videos and 20 game plays. Plus Grammar A1, the Vocabulary Wallet, achievements and every level. - **PRO:** Chat and Talk, unlimited practice, Grammar above A1 and your full lesson history. $12.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US (prices vary by country), with a 7-day free trial. ## 22 languages English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Serbian, Ukrainian and Russian — each its own app. ## Who makes Erla Erla is developed by Aleksandr Shelestov (JustOneDev), an independent app developer. Questions, ideas or feedback: a@justonedev.co ## More about Erla ### Press kit Facts, boilerplate copy, milestones and brand assets. ### Blog How comprehension-first learning works, and how Erla compares. --- *Markdown edition of , published for AI agents and other automated readers. Index of every page: .*