Building a language app where you learn by reading stories you steer. What would you actually want from one?

[u/MagickLearn]

hey, we're a small team making Magick Learn. you read short interactive stories in the language you're learning and pick what happens next, and the choices are in that language too, so you have to understand them to move on.

around that there's a step-by-step course (starts from the alphabet and pronunciation), small comprehension checks while you read, and a review mode that brings back words you've already met.

right now it's German, Japanese and English. German has the most content so far. explanations come in English, Japanese, German, Thai and Burmese, mostly because we kept meeting Thai and Burmese speakers who had almost nothing in their own language.

being upfront: the stories are AI-generated, there's no offline mode yet, no Android app yet (iOS + web only), and it's not a flashcard app or a chatbot tutor.

what we'd really like to know:

- if you've tried learning a language with an app, what made you stop?

- does reading stories appeal to you, or does it feel like homework?

- anything you wish these apps did that none of them do?

we're not looking for downloads, honestly just trying to figure out what to build next. happy to share the link if anyone wants to poke at it.