| Since I don’t own an iPhone, I can only give you feedback on the landing page itself: - The font in your “Stop studying. Start speaking.” screenshots is both hard on the eyes and strangely blurry. - Your ad copy needs an overhaul - it feels clipped and rushed. > I built TalkBits because most language apps focus on vocabulary or exercises, but not actual conversation There are MANY language apps which focus on actual conversation. You are in a SUPER competitive space. You need to call-out what makes your app different. In just the last few months alone (just on HN) I've seen many Foreign Language Chat Apps: SpeakLanguageOnline – Voice-only AI language tutor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779716 Malan Chat - Full immersion language learning app for 62 languages https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768430 EnglishCall - AI that calls you and practices spoken English with you https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46714857 TongueFu - Gamified voice-first app for communication https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46553017 Orratio - Practice spoken English by discussing news articles https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510414 |
In this case the marketing copy seems more like creator wishcasting or living in the past. I've fallen into this trap before too, of creating things as if AI was a secret in my basement and not something of intense focus by a plurality of 20 million+ software developers. Rarely does a technology landscape change so fast.
How you're framing it is helpful as well. Instead of saying "this already exists (so you shouldn't do it)", I think it's valuable to highlight what a competitive space this is. The creator will need to think hard about what they can do to differentiate their offering in 2026, both in marketing and functionality.