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FRAZE: Less studying. More playing.

Learn languages through arcade games, interactive adventures and challenges that are actually fun.

Explore FrazeMeet the Games
  • Spanish first
  • Coming to iPhone
  • Made for grown-ups
The FRAZE city: a harbour with a lighthouse, the Cocina café, the Fraze Arcade with word bubbles rising from its roof, a crane stacking Spanish word blocks, cars on the road and the FRAZE cast waving.COCINAARCADEcaféYoquierounholaunosígato¡Hola!¡Vamos!¡Casi!

The problem with flashcards

Learning shouldn’t feel like homework.

Same words. Very different afternoon. FRAZE hides the practice inside games you’d play anyway, so the Spanish sticks while you’re busy chasing a high score.

Homework

  • Conjugate “tener”. Six times. Neatly.
  • Memorise 40 words by Friday.
  • Translate paragraph three (again).
  • Repeat after the tape.

Playing

  • Pop “manzana” before it floats away.+20 XP
  • Table four wants dos cafés. Now.+35 XP
  • “¡Izquierda!” Take the left at full speed.×4 combo
  • Stack “Yo quiero un café” before it wobbles.★★★

One more game? Thought so.

Insert coin. Learn Spanish.

Welcome to Fraze Arcade.

Eleven games, one city. Each one teaches a different side of the language, and every one of them has a first playable version in the prototype. FRAZE isn’t released yet, so you can’t download it today, but none of these are mock-ups.

Fraze Pop
Playable in prototype

Reflex arcade

Fraze Pop

Word bubbles float up over the harbour. Hear it, read it, pop the right one before it gets away.

You learn Fast recognition of new words by sound and sight

Fraze Pop prototype: a new-word card for “uno” above word bubbles floating over a harbour.
Prototype Fraze Pop, real capture

Also in the prototype — playable early versions, still being polished

  • Hidden object

    Fraze Detective

    Busy scenes, Spanish clues. “La llave roja está debajo de la mesa.” Go on, find it.

    You learn Objects, colours and where things are

    Playable in prototype

  • Restaurant rush

    Fraze Kitchen

    Customers order in Spanish. Lola wants it right and she wants it now.

    You learn Food, drink, numbers and polite requests

    Playable in prototype

  • Three-lane runner

    Fraze Dash

    “¡Izquierda!” “¡Salta!” Instructions get shouted. Your thumbs get the message.

    You learn Directions and action verbs, at speed

    Playable in prototype

  • Physics stacker

    Fraze Tower

    Every block is a word. Build the sentence in the right order or watch it wobble.

    You learn Word order and sentence building

    Playable in prototype

  • City builder

    Fraze City

    Neighbours ask for things in Spanish. A bakery next to the park? Done.

    You learn Places, buildings and describing where things go

    Playable in prototype

  • Shop sim

    Fraze Shop

    Run the corner shop. Three apples, two coffees, the change from ten euros.

    You learn Quantities, prices and shopping phrases

    Playable in prototype

  • Route racer

    Fraze Racer

    Directions come in Spanish. Rafa takes them at full speed. Wrong turn, right lesson.

    You learn Left, right, straight on and getting around town

    Playable in prototype

  • Small adventure

    Fraze Quest

    Talk to the locals, take on their missions, and find out what’s behind the red door.

    You learn Everyday conversation and following instructions

    Playable in prototype

  • Match-three

    Fraze Match

    Classic match-three, except the objectives are in Spanish. “Cinco manzanas.” Easy. Probably.

    You learn Vocabulary and numbers, under gentle pressure

    Playable in prototype

  • Turn-based duels

    Fraze Battle

    Your opponent announces every move in Spanish. Understand the threat, pick the counter.

    You learn Listening for meaning, verbs and the future tense

    Playable in prototype

How it works

One language. Many ways to play.

Every game feeds the same learning engine. Pop “manzana” in Fraze Pop and it can turn up on Lola’s menu next. Different game, same word, one memory of how well you know it.

  • Fraze Pop
  • Fraze Kitchen
  • Fraze Racer
  • Fraze Tower
  • Fraze Dash
  • Fraze Match

One learning engineevery answer, every game

  • manzanaappleMastered
  • izquierdaleftStrong
  • tortillaomelettePractised
  • gatocatNew

  • Spaced review

    Words come back just before you’d forget them. Then a bit later. Then much later.

  • Mastery, word by word

    Every word keeps its own track record across every game, from New to Practised, Strong and Mastered.

  • One right answer isn’t mastery.

    A lucky tap doesn’t count. A word has to keep being right across reviews spread over days. Miss one and it simply comes back sooner.

The map

Explore the worlds.

Each world is a chunk of Spanish with its own neighbourhood, from your first “hola” to holding a real conversation. Practise half of one world to open the next.

1Hola HarbourFirst Words2Sizzle SquareFood & Drink3Casa BlockHome4Plaza PalsPeople5Turbo LoopTravel6Mercado MileShopping · soon7Fiesta RooftopSocial · soon8Daily DriveEveryday Life · soon9Far OutExplorer · soon...10Big Talk TowerConversation · soon1Hola HarbourFirst Words2Sizzle SquareFood & Drink3Casa BlockHome4Plaza PalsPeople5Turbo LoopTravel6Mercado MileShopping · soon7Fiesta RooftopSocial · soon8Daily DriveEveryday Life · soon9Far OutExplorer · soon...10Big Talk TowerConversation · soon
  1. 1

    Hola Harbour

    First Words

    Hellos, numbers, colours. The good stuff.

    In the prototype
  2. 2

    Sizzle Square

    Food & Drink

    Order like a local. Eat like one too.

    In the prototype
  3. 3

    Casa Block

    Home

    Keys, doors and things in boxes.

    In the prototype
  4. 4

    Plaza Pals

    People

    Who’s who, and who’s hungry.

    In the prototype
  5. 5

    Turbo Loop

    Travel

    Left, right, and very fast.

    In the prototype
  6. 6

    Mercado Mile

    Shopping

    Haggle-ready.

    Coming soon
  7. 7

    Fiesta Rooftop

    Social

    Small talk, big night.

    Coming soon
  8. 8

    Daily Drive

    Everyday Life

    The language of Tuesdays.

    Coming soon
  9. 9

    Far Out

    Explorer

    Off the map.

    Coming soon
  10. 10

    Big Talk Tower

    Conversation

    The final boss is a chat.

    Coming soon

Levels, stars, the lot

Your progress, your way.

Two levels, because playing a lot and knowing a lot aren’t the same thing. FRAZE tracks both.

  • Player levelLv 4

    Goes up with everything you play.

  • Spanish levelGetting Somewhere

    Goes up only with what you actually know.

  • XP & coins

    Every round pays out. Combos pay more.

  • AchievementsWarm-up Act

    Plus Ten in a Row, and a few we won’t spoil.

  • Word masteryNew → Mastered

    See exactly which words you own and which need another go.

  • UnlockablesStages & worlds

    Stars open new stages. Spanish opens new worlds.

Fraze Pop results screen from the prototype: score 1,720, three stars, XP gained and Player and Spanish level bars.
Prototype End of a Fraze Pop round
Worlds screen from the prototype: isometric islands for Hola Harbour and Sizzle Square, with locked worlds below.
Prototype The worlds map in-game

Languages

Spanish first. More on the way.

Spanish is the first language in FRAZE, and the only one in the prototype. French, Italian, German and Portuguese are planned. Planned means planned: they’re not playable yet.

  • ¡Hola!EspañolSpanishAvailable first
  • Salut !FrançaisFrenchPlanned
  • Ciao!ItalianoItalianPlanned
  • Hallo!DeutschGermanPlanned
  • Olá!PortuguêsPortuguesePlanned

Coming soon

FRAZE is coming to iPhone.

No date yet and nothing to buy. Leave your email and we’ll tell you when it’s ready to play. That’s the only thing we’ll use it for.

We store your email address only, to send FRAZE launch updates. It’s kept in Cloudflare and you can ask us to delete it at any time. Privacy notice.

FRAZE home screen from the prototype: a street in Hola Harbour, player and Spanish levels, and a recommended Fraze Pop round.
Prototype The FRAZE home screen

Questions

Fair questions.

What is FRAZE?

FRAZE is a mobile arcade for learning languages. Instead of lessons, you play short arcade games — popping word bubbles, taking orders, following directions — and pick up the language while you’re busy having fun. Spanish comes first.

How does it work?

Every game is built around real words and phrases. Each answer you give, in any game, feeds one shared learning engine that tracks every word separately and brings it back for review just before you’d forget it. Get a word right once and it’s “practised”; keep getting it right over days and it becomes “mastered”.

Which languages can I learn?

Spanish is the first language and the only one in the current prototype. French, Italian, German and Portuguese are planned, but they aren’t playable yet.

Is FRAZE a game or a learning app?

Both, in that order. It’s made to be played like an arcade — scores, combos, stars, one-more-go — with the learning built into how each game works rather than bolted on afterwards.

Will FRAZE be available on iPhone?

Yes, FRAZE is being built for iPhone. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when it’s ready.

When is FRAZE launching?

A launch date hasn’t been announced yet. FRAZE is in active development, with Fraze Pop playable in the prototype. Join the waitlist and you’ll hear first.