Read stories at your level
Short illustrated stories, written for learners and picked so you already know most of the words: enough to follow along, a few new ones to learn.
Stories you understand, one crumb at a time
Learn a language by reading stories you actually understand
Short illustrated stories at just your level. Tap a word to see what it means, keep the ones you want to learn, and review them in a few minutes a day.
Free to start.
How it works
Tap any word
See what it means in your language, hear how it’s said, and keep the words you want to learn. No dictionary, no switching apps.
Review in a few minutes
Your words come back right before you’d forget them, in short sessions and in the sentences where you met them.
The way you learned your first language
You pick up a language by understanding it: lots of messages that are just a little beyond what you already know. Researchers call it comprehensible input.
Crumbs gives you exactly that. Every story shows how much of it you’ll understand, so you can choose between a comfortable read and a bit of a stretch. And with every word you learn, more stories open up.
86%
Comfortable
You know 86% of the words in this story. Just right to read on and pick up the rest.
A peek inside
Listen along
Every story is read aloud, and the reader follows the voice. Or go sentence by sentence, at your own pace.
Hear every word
Each word comes with its pronunciation, so you learn how it sounds, not only how it’s spelled.
A gentle daily habit
A streak to keep, and a reminder at the time that suits you. A story a day adds up quickly.
Your first story is waiting
Free to start. Crumbs+ for unlimited reading and new words.