Filomou
A language app where you don't study. A friend abroad calls you, in the language you're learning, at the times you said you're free.
- Role
- Founder, design & build
- Platforms
- iPhone & Android
- Languages
- 14
- Since
- June 2026
The idea
Language apps wait for you. Filomou calls you.
People don't quit language apps because the lessons are bad. They quit because they stop opening them.
So I turned it around. Your buddy rings inside the hours you picked, and all you do is answer. Miss it and you get a message, not a guilt trip.
How a call works
Ring. Talk. Remember.
01
Ring
Your buddy calls when you said you're free. It rings like a real call, even on the lock screen.
02
Talk
A real conversation, out loud. Interrupt, make mistakes, tap any word you don't know.
03
Remember
After the call you see what went well. Next time your buddy picks up where you left off.
Around the call
Small things that make the next call easier.
Warm-up
Three words and two patterns, two minutes before you talk.
Scenarios
Practise ordering at the bakery before you're standing there.
Your level
A1 to C2, based on how you actually talk.
Buddies
Keep calling and new buddies unlock.
What I did
All of it, start to finish.
- 01
Product & design
The idea, the characters and every screen.
- 02
One app, two stores
Built once for iPhone and Android, with real incoming calls on both.
- 03
A voice that feels human
Quick enough to interrupt, patient with mistakes, and it remembers you.
- 04
Launch
Shipped to the App Store and Google Play in 14 languages.
Try it