Learn a language you can actually use.

Nomad turns the words you need into flashcards that stick. Spaced repetition, short lessons, a built-in translator, and decks made straight from your tutor's notes.

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Built by someone who actually needed it

Most language apps are built to keep you tapping: streaks, confetti, the next shiny lesson. They're great at dopamine and bad at memory. There's no real way to drill the words you've already learned, so you keep moving on to the next topic and quietly forget the last one.

Nomad puts retention first. The words you've learned keep coming back, on a schedule designed to make them stick, until you actually know them.

How it works

01

Flashcards that remember for you

Spaced repetition shows each card right before you'd forget it, so a few minutes a day goes a long way.

02

Short lessons

Bite-sized lessons build the basics without eating your whole evening.

03

Turn your tutor's PDF into a deck

Upload the PDF your tutor sends you and Nomad turns it into a flashcard deck you can study right away.

10 languages to start

Learn from English into:

  • Indonesian
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Arabic

Why Nomad

Built for real life

Study the words you actually run into, not a script written for someone else.

Translator built in

Look up a word or phrase and save it as a card in one tap.

Works with your tutor

Lesson notes become study decks, so what you cover in class actually sticks.

Meet the founder

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Hi, I'm Maj. I'm a 28-year-old Nigerian immigrant, and a three-week vacation in Bali changed my life. I bought my return ticket the moment I got home and dove headfirst into Southeast Asian culture.

That made me want to learn the language properly. Every popular app I tried was built for streaks, not memory, so I built my own.

I'm documenting the whole journey on Instagram. I use Nomad every day, so if something doesn't work, I'm the first one to feel it.

Follow along at @majthenomad

Request a beta invite

Tell me what you're learning and I'll send you an invite code personally.

FAQ

What is the beta?

An early, invite-only version of Nomad. You get to use it before it opens to everyone, and your feedback shapes what gets built next.

Is it free?

Nomad will be $10 a year once it opens, after a 30-day free trial. That's about 83 cents a month, less than a cup of coffee for the whole year, and it covers the AI translations and flashcard generation you'll use.

Can I use it on my phone?

Yes. Open Nomad in your phone's browser and add it to your home screen, and it works like an app.