The problem
Many English apps focus on beginners, and generic feedback doesn’t explain why you keep making the same mistake. Spika is “English practice that doesn’t hold your hand” for B1–C1 learners, with feedback fitted to their first language.
Spika
An English coach for B1–C1 learners, with feedback fitted to the learner's first language.
At a glance
- Role
- Solo: product, design and code
- Platforms
- Website and native macOS app (macOS 14+), sharing the same course and progress
- Stack
- Swift, SwiftUI, JavaScript, PHP
- AI
- Claude Opus by default; DeepSeek, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter or any OpenAI-compatible server
- Built
- 2026
What it does
- A course from B1 to C1, with typed answers, dictation, speaking and writing, and no word banks.
- Spaced review, so the mistakes you make come back until they stick.
- Writing tasks marked by AI, with a score, a CEFR level and every error explained.
- Conversation Coach. Role-play scenes with feedback on each of your lines and a debrief at the end.
- Level check. A short adaptive test that shows your level per skill.
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