New: A Handful of Sky, a cozy fantasy you play lying down. Lay the phone flat and the stars come down. Vocabulary learned by moving, in stories across 10 languages.
You won't memorize these words. You'll live them.
Master Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, or English by moving your body. Shake. Tilt. Blow. Smile. Lie still. In Sensonym, every word is a physical action your muscles remember, woven into a cinematic story you play through.
READ IN THE LANGUAGE YOU'RE LEARNING
Read the whole story in the language you're learning, scene by scene, not just the individual words. When a passage gets too steep, switch back to your app language from the top bar without losing your place. Pick a default under Story language in Settings, or decide at the start of each story.
WHY IT WORKS
Vocabulary you act out lives in your body, not on a flashcard. Physical movement builds memory in ways that tapping and swiping can't. Sensonym turns your phone's sensors into memory anchors, so the word you tilted to reach, or smiled to unlock, comes back when you need it.
CINEMATIC STORIES
Every word is part of the plot. Each story has its own genre, music and gestures.
• A HANDFUL OF SKY (Cozy Fantasy): The night bus ends under a sky that comes down if you lie still. Lay the phone flat, blow at the stars, lift your head. Never take one.
• THE DAWN LOAF (Cozy Mystery): Every dawn, a warm loaf waits at your locked bakery. Tonight you hide and watch.
• FIRST WORDS (Survival Adventure): Wake on an unknown shore and learn your first words to survive and be welcomed.
• POLARIS (Sci-Fi Thriller): Alone in a frozen station above the Arctic, descend toward a signal beneath the ice.
• THE MARIGOLD RUN (Feelgood Adventure): Ada has lost the downhill derby for forty years. Build her cart, bet on the rain, steer down the hill.
• THE COURIER (Cold War Thriller): Berlin, 1963. Carry a dead handler's secret across the Wall, and learn who to trust.
• THROUGH THE FLOOR (K-Pop Drama): Seoul. An idol whose voice keeps failing is rebuilt, in secret, by the deaf man who cleans the practice rooms.
• TWO PASSENGERS (Mystery Thriller): A night train through the snow. She asked you to watch her bag, and the crew swears she never boarded.
• BOSPHORUS BLUE (Romantic Drama): Istanbul. Document a condemned house on the water, and the secret its caretaker guards.
• More stories added regularly.
LEARN BY MOVING
40+ unique sensor interactions, including:
• Lay the phone flat to feel a rhythm through the floor
• Shake your phone to break free
• Bring it to your ear for a whispered secret
• Blow gently to clear smoke from the writing
• Tilt to navigate ice fields and alleyways
• And dozens more
At the end of each chapter, a quick review locks in the words you just learned.
10 LANGUAGES
• Korean (한국어), for K-drama and K-pop fans
• Japanese (日本語), for anime and manga learners
• Spanish (Español)
• Mandarin Chinese (中文)
• French (Français)
• German (Deutsch)
• Turkish (Türkçe)
• Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
• Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
• English
The app itself speaks all ten, from the interface to the story text.
PERFECT FOR
• Korean Wave fans who want the words behind the drama
• Anime and manga learners curious about Japanese
• Travelers preparing for Spain, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Indonesia, and beyond
• Story lovers who learn better inside a narrative
• Anyone who forgets flashcard vocabulary by the next morning
• Kinesthetic learners who remember what they do
KEY FEATURES
• 40+ sensor-based vocabulary interactions
• Cinematic story adventures you play
• Read the stories in the language you're learning
• Native pronunciation with text-to-speech in 10 languages
• A daily streak and a running count of every word you learn
• Shareable postcards from your journey
• Works offline after download
SUBSCRIPTION
Sensonym Premium unlocks all stories.
PRIVACY
We don't store sensor data. Camera, microphone, and motion stay on your device.
Questions? hello@sensonym.com
Terms of Service: https://sensonym.com/app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://sensonym.com/app/privacy
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• New story: A Handful of Sky, a cozy fantasy in four chapters. The night bus ends under a sky that comes down when you lie still. Lay the phone flat and the stars come down over the page. Blow, and they drift. Lift your head, and the sky goes up. Never take a star.
• Lying the phone flat and steering now count in any grip, and a short wobble no longer resets them.
Version 1.8.3
The developer, Paras Mehta, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Paras Mehta
Size
189.2 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.