What's new in Ganada

Every update that changed how you learn, newest first

  1. 3.8.13

    • Watch an ad to get a Study Key when you run out

      When you tap your next lesson with no Study Keys left, you can now watch one short ad to get a key and start right away.

    • Skip all remaining listening or speaking questions at once

      On the bus or in a quiet room, tap "Can't listen now" or "Can't speak now" once and the rest of those questions in the lesson are skipped.

    • Review the lesson behind each grammar point

      Open a grammar point in your Learned Grammar list and tap Review Lesson to replay the lesson where you learned it.

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  2. 3.8.12

    • Study reminders arrive at the time you usually study

      Reminders learn the time of day you tend to open Ganada and arrive around then, instead of at a fixed hour.

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  3. 3.8.10

    • Speaking practice recovers after speech recognition errors

      If your phone's speech recognition briefly fails, speaking practice now recovers on its own instead of freezing.

    • Lesson videos start faster

      Clips you've already loaded now play straight away, and videos no longer wait behind other loading work.

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  4. New episode

    Unit 9 is now a K-drama episode: The Last Room

  5. New episode

    Unit 8 is now a K-drama episode: See You Again

  6. 3.8.7

    • Premium can be sent as a gift

      You can now buy Premium as a gift for someone else who is learning Korean.

    • Family Plan for up to 6 accounts

      One Family Plan covers up to 6 accounts, so your whole family can learn with Premium.

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  7. 3.8.5

    • New words are listed at the end of each lesson

      When a lesson ends, you see its new words and phrases as tiles.

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  8. New episode

    Unit 7 is now a K-drama episode: Evenings on Our Own

  9. New episode

    Unit 6 is now a K-drama episode: The Birthday Table Fuss

  10. 3.8.0

    • Episode lessons start with the full scene

      Episode lessons now open with the full scene, subtitles on, while your teacher walks you in.

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  1. 3.7.9

    • Arabic is displayed right to left

      If you use Ganada in Arabic, every screen now flows right to left the way you read.

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  2. 3.7.7

    • Reset your learning progress in Settings

      Settings has a Reset learning progress option that clears your lessons and reviews.

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  3. New episode

    Unit 5 is now a K-drama episode: Picking a Gift

  4. 3.7.6

    • Dialogue lessons play as video with the actors' voices

      Conversation lessons now show each line as a video clip with the actors' own voices, so you hear real Korean speech instead of a computer voice.

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  5. 3.7.2

    • Each lesson shows what you will learn before it starts

      Every lesson now opens with a full-screen intro, plus a Lesson Overview page listing the words and grammar ahead.

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  6. 3.7.0

    • Study Keys open one new lesson a day for free

      You get a Study Key every day to open a phrase, vocabulary or grammar lesson.

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  7. New episode

    Unit 4 is now a K-drama episode: The Suspicious Box

  8. 3.6.6

    • Home screen widgets have a new design

      The home screen widgets have a fresh look, with your teacher showing how today's study is going and whether your streak needs you.

    • Smart Review shows when each word comes back

      When you finish a Smart Review session, you see every word you practiced along with the day it will come back for review.

    • Sound effects and vibration can be turned off separately

      Settings now has separate switches for sound effects and haptic vibration, and they apply everywhere in the app.

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  9. New episode

    Unit 3 is now a K-drama episode: The Soup Goes Cold

  10. 3.6.0

    • Lessons continue as K-drama episodes

      Lessons are now built around K-drama episodes that continue from one to the next, so each lesson picks up the story where the last one left off.

    • A short Smart Review runs before each lesson

      When you have reviews due, a short Smart Review runs right before your lesson and then takes you straight into it.

    • Flashcards start in recall mode

      Flashcards now open in recall mode: try to remember the answer, reveal it, then mark how well you knew it.

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  1. New episode

    Unit 2 is now a K-drama episode: Beyond the Wall

  2. New episode

    Unit 1 is now a K-drama episode: A New Boarder

  3. 3.5.19

    • Reset or change your password in the app

      Use the link on the sign-in screen to reset your password by email.

    • Subtitles stay on screen longer

      Subtitles now stay up long enough for you to finish reading them, and the CC button works from the very first play of a video.

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  1. 3.5.0

    • Start learning without signing up

      You can now open Ganada and start your first lesson without creating an account.

    • A Korean teacher guides setup and lessons

      A Korean teacher now walks you through setup and your lessons, explaining what comes next and cheering you on.

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  2. 3.4.1

    • Speaking answers are recognized more accurately

      When you answer out loud, Ganada now accepts words that sound the same and small differences in how speech gets written down.

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  3. 3.4.0

    • Word details show how a word is formed and conjugated

      Tap a word in a lesson to open its detail page.

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  1. 3.3.0

    • Writing practice for words and sentences

      You can now trace and write out by hand the words and sentences you learn in lessons.

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  2. 3.2.2

    • Speaking practice inside lessons

      Lessons now include speaking practice: you see a new word and say it out loud, and Ganada checks it on the spot.

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  3. 3.2.0

    • Conversation practice with instant feedback

      Conversation lessons let you take part in a real Korean dialogue and reply yourself, with corrections right away when something is off.

    • Listening Practice is free for everyone

      Listening Practice no longer needs Premium.

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  1. 3.1.0

    • Layouts adjusted for tablets

      Lessons, conversations and menus are now laid out for larger screens, with comfortable margins instead of stretched content.

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  2. 3.0.10

    • Larger text across the app

      You told us the text felt small, so we made body text larger and more consistent everywhere.

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  3. 3.0.7

    • New Shorts tab with short video clips

      Swipe through short video clips with Korean subtitles and translations, and filter them to what you want to watch.

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  4. 3.0.0

    • The lesson list has a new design

      The lesson list has a new look with clearer cards and buttons that respond as you tap, so it's easy to see where you are and what's next.

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  5. 2.9.7

    • Word Quiz has a speaking mode

      Word Quiz now has a Speaking mode: instead of tapping an answer, say it in Korean.

    • Video Listening Practice can play clips in random order

      Video Listening Practice can now play clips in random order, so you train your ear on fresh combinations instead of the same sequence.

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  1. 2.9.0

    • New Hangeul course with tracing and typing

      A new Hangeul course teaches the Korean alphabet step by step.

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  2. 2.8.94

    • Speaking practice uses real-time speech recognition

      Speaking practice uses a new real-time speech recognition system, so you see your words appear as you talk and get your result faster.

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  3. 2.8.8

    • Fixed next lessons staying locked

      Some free learners saw their next lesson stuck on "unlocks tomorrow" even after the day passed.

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  1. 2.8.2

    • New listening lessons

      Listening lessons play a short clip and ask you to pick what you heard, with subtitles to check yourself afterwards.

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  2. 2.6.0

    • Save words to your own flashcard decks

      Save words and sentences as flashcards, even straight from a lesson, and organize them into decks.

    • Home screen widget that shows your streak

      Add the Ganada widget to your home screen to see your streak at a glance and jump back into learning with one tap.

    • Learning calendar and streak sharing

      A learning calendar shows every day you studied.

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