SayHow

Speak your language. Learn to speak theirs.

Say the sentence you actually want to say — in your own language. SayHow turns it into a speaking drill in the language you're learning, then listens as you say it back. On-device Apple Intelligence checks your grammar and your pronunciation, and explains every fix in the language you think in.

Coming soon to the App StoreiPhone · iPad · Mac

How it works

  1. 1

    Say it in your language

    Say what you actually mean. Not a textbook sentence — your sentence.

  2. 2

    It becomes a speaking drill

    SayHow translates it on-device into the language you're learning. Listen first, shadow it, get the shape of it.

  3. 3

    See the prompt, speak the answer

    In review you only get the prompt in your own language. You have to produce the sentence out loud — that's what speaking actually is.

  4. 4

    AI grades it. Mistakes come back.

    Grammar and pronunciation are graded on the spot and explained in your language. Whatever you got wrong is rescheduled until you say it right.

What it does

Capture by speaking

Speak in your native language and SayHow captures the sentence, then translates it on-device into the language you're learning.

AI grammar correction

On-device Apple Intelligence checks the grammar of what you said, and explains what was wrong — in your native language.

Word-by-word pronunciation

Your pronunciation is compared word by word, so you learn which words you actually missed instead of getting one vague score.

Spaced repetition

A hand-written SM-2 scheduler: sentences you get wrong keep coming back, and only stretch out once you say them right.

Correction notes

Grammar and pronunciation mistakes are collected automatically, with a review quiz and "more like this" practice sentences.

AI role-play conversation

Hold a real conversation in the language you're learning, corrected as you go. The mistakes go straight into your correction notes.

Listen-only and hands-free

Practice like a podcast: prompt, slow, normal speed — screen off, on the train, on a walk.

Topic packs, share import, widget

8 built-in topic packs (all 13 languages, any pairing), import sentences straight from Safari's share sheet, and a home-screen widget.

Your voice never leaves your device.

SayHow is 100% Apple-native and runs entirely on-device. That's not a marketing line — we don't have a server to send anything to.

13 languages, any pairing

English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese.

Any of them as your native language, any of them as the one you're learning — all 156 combinations work. The built-in topic packs ship in all 13 languages too.

Pricing

Everything is free for your first 7 days — no payment details needed. When the trial ends we ask you once: upgrade, or keep using the free plan.

Free

  • 5 captured sentences a day
  • 5 AI corrections a day
  • 5 correction quizzes a day
  • 1 AI conversation a day
  • 2 free topic packs
  • Spaced repetition, listen-only mode and the widget stay unlimited

SayHow Pro

  • Unlimited AI grading (grammar and pronunciation)
  • Unlimited AI conversations and custom scenarios
  • Custom AI topic generation and "more like this" drills
  • All 8 topic packs
  • Share import and the full weekly report

US$2.99 / month, US$22.99 / year (with a 7-day free trial), or US$54.99 once for lifetime access. Subscriptions are handled by the App Store and can be cancelled at any time.

Why it works this way

Decide what to say, then learn how

Textbooks hand you a sentence and ask you to memorise it. SayHow inverts that: say what you actually mean first, then learn to say it in the other language.

It doesn't count until you say it

Understanding a sentence is not the same as producing one. Every review in SayHow makes you open your mouth.

Mistakes are the asset

What you get wrong becomes a correction note, becomes extra drills, and gets rescheduled — until it stops being wrong.

Privacy isn't a feature

You say genuinely personal things while learning a language. Those sentences shouldn't leave your device — so we didn't build a server at all.

Requirements

iOS 26 / iPadOS 26 / macOS 26.

AI grammar and pronunciation grading requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an iPad or Mac with an M-series chip) with Apple Intelligence turned on in Settings.

On devices without it, SayHow falls back to simpler text matching and everything else keeps working. We would rather tell you now than have you find out after downloading.

Go on. Say something.

Everything free for 7 days. No account, no payment details.

Coming soon to the App Store