I’ve been learning the Russian language on and off for over 15 years now. I took classes in college, and of course continued my education through apps like Duolingo.

I started learning the language because one of my closest friends growing up was Russian, and I thought it would be cool to be able to speak with him in his language.

Of all the ways I’ve learned the language, not one of them focused on the modern way we communicate: through text.

I decided to make this app to create a text-first language learning experience --mostly so I could keep up with my friends’ groupchat.

I’m sharing it here in hopes that it helps you in the same way that it’s helped me, so you can quickly and confidently type out at least the most essential Russian words.