- Every screen has been redrawn with new colors and a new typeface. - An optional exercise after each session lets you read or say sentences in French with words you just practiced. - iPhone Duo supports both screens. Folding or unfolding keeps your card and audio in place. - The download is about 140 MB smaller. The recordings are unchanged. - Settings shows when your free trial ends. A reminder arrives two days before.

- A quick swipe up always counts as known, even right after a quick peek. - Coming back to a card after a long break no longer makes it count as hard. Time away is not effort. - Calibrate your deck, the two-minute level check in Settings, now asks different words each time. - Small fixes and polish.

Madeleine now starts at your level, with smarter grading and a few friendly touches: - If you already know some French, Madeleine skips the words you know and keeps adjusting as you learn. For a quick start, try Calibrate your deck, a two-minute check in Settings. Beginners start at the beginning, as before. - Peeking to check your answer no longer counts as a miss. Swipe up after a peek and the word still counts as recalled. Your past reviews are recounted the same way. - Words you knew the first time you saw them count as Known right away, and Progress shows how many of this week's words you already knew. - Sessions keep a few new words coming, even when you have a lot of reviews to catch up on, so nothing ever feels stuck. - Practice reminders now come with a little French. - Eligible new subscribers can try Madeleine free for seven days on either plan.

Big upgrades including a more in-depth curriculum, and usability improvements: - The collection has grown to more than two thousand words and phrases, each with four native voices. - Three ways to learn each word: reading, listening, and recalling. - Choose masculine or feminine forms once, and Madeleine shows and speaks the form that applies to you. - The app’s progress view is rebuilt around one score, with a plain sentence that explains what changed. See how your words hold in memory, how accurately you answer without help, and how you practice. - Newly added word views show your progress through the collection, and include natural example sentences with translations.

Listening-only cards now appear after you have confidently recognized a word, while homophones stay text-first. Mastery now adapts to each word’s review interval. We also simplified Progress, made Word of the Day the single home-screen widget, and improved data safety throughout the app.

Every word and phrase has been reviewed once more: clearer meanings, honest labels for casual French, and a smarter order that puts the most useful words first. The audio library was checked word by word and refreshed where it fell short. Launch is smoother, too.

Madeleine now gives your ear a clearer role in review. • Familiar words can appear as listening-first cards, then come into focus when you reveal. • Progress is easier to read, with a calmer split between what is known, learning, and still ahead. • Review prompts, session flow, and content loading have been tightened throughout.

A calmer, more refined Madeleine. • A new first run that shows the idea in a minute — written and spoken French, learned together. • A refreshed look, at home in light or dark. • Home-screen widgets, including a French word of the day. • A clearer read on your progress. Same quiet, durable way of learning — just better to live with.