Changelog
What is new in VocaFlare? Follow every update.
Smoother voice chat
- Voice chat wait times are shorter; your turn comes faster.
- Tap to jump in instantly while the tutor is speaking or thinking.
- Your message bubble appears the moment you stop talking.
Steadier voice chat and a fresh look
- Silent or unclear recordings no longer slip into the chat as phantom messages. The app gently asks you to say it again, with a short vibration.
- When you speak in your own language, your words now stay exactly as you said them instead of being translated into the language you are learning.
- Tutor corrections now follow the flow of the conversation. Natural short replies are no longer flagged.
- The chat screen got cleaner. The top area is smaller, leaving more room for your messages.
- A new, warmer typeface across the app: Nunito.
- The welcome screen checkbox now always shows on iOS, and the daily reminder permission asks again at the right time.
- Sign in with Apple is here. One tap on iOS, with the option to hide your email.
- The login screen got a refresh. A cleaner look, with email sign-in behind a single button that expands when you need it.
- Tutors now sound more human: natural reactions, small hesitations, and everyday spoken contractions.
- Adding and removing friends and answering requests now updates the list instantly.
- Error messages and confirmations now use the app's own design.
Sharper speaking practice and smarter review
- In listen-and-repeat, your speech is now highlighted word by word so you can see exactly which words came through clearly and which to try again
- When the tutor spots a grammar slip, it now adds a short tip in your own language explaining the rule, not just the corrected sentence
- Word review got smarter: each word is now scheduled for the moment you are about to forget it, and you can rate a word Again, Hard, Good, or Easy
- Teachers can now see at a glance who has gone quiet, and which tutors their students practice with most
Lessons that listen back
- After some lessons we now ask a quick, tap-only 'how did it feel?' so you can tell us what was fun without typing a word
- Your tutor gently adjusts how it speaks based on how your recent lessons felt, easing up when things get tough and adding a little more when you are breezing through
- Schools can now see engagement and return-intent for each student in the dashboard, right next to XP
Leaderboard gets clearer
- Global leaderboard now shows everyone's real name instead of a generic label
- Leaderboard rows now show a flag for the language each learner is studying
- Pending friend requests now show a count badge right on the add-friend button
- Fixed the leaderboard showing 'no one earned XP yet' even when someone was on the board
- Softer wording on the guest save-your-progress banner
- Learning path layout polish: no more big empty space above the first task, and task labels no longer crowd the paragraph test card
Lessons that fit your level, and your own scenarios
- Conversations now adapt to your level: beginners get short, simple sentences and it scales up as you do
- Take a level test in each language you learn, right from settings
- Warm-up quizzes now show a hint when the blank could take more than one word, and accept any answer that truly fits
- Finish a level test and see your result
- Organizations can add their own role-play scenarios: describe an idea and we build a coherent scenario for your learners
- Review cards now speak: tap the speaker to hear the word in your tutor's voice
- Gentle home-screen nudge for guests: link your account so your progress survives even if you delete the app
- 'Already have an account? Log in' link on the welcome screen: existing users can skip onboarding and sign in directly
- Fix: logging into your account no longer sends you back to onboarding; returning users go straight to the home screen
- Voice preview when picking a tutor: tap a tutor and they greet you in their own voice, in the language you're learning
- Leaderboard now has global and class rankings: see where you stand among everyone, and compete within your class if you're in one
- Paragraph test: we generate a level-appropriate text from your collected words, then ask mixed questions about it (comprehension, fill-in-the-blank, inference)
The XP system, explained, plus this week's updates
- Speaking practice: every message you send earns 10 XP
- Task completion: finishing a task on your path by speaking earns 25 XP
- Warm-up quiz rounds: a correct answer earns 10 XP on the first try, 5 XP if you opened a hint, 2 XP on a retry; the total is added when the round ends, and extra practice rounds keep earning XP
- Daily test: 5 XP per correct answer
- Limits: at most 100 XP per action and 1000 XP per day
- Warm-ups now mix different exercise types in the same round
- Learning paths now progress separately per language
- Tutor conversations now sound more casual and closer to spoken language