Seven apps for words, grammar and games, and a YouTube channel for Italian. No subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases: everything on this page costs nothing.
✓ 100% free✓ No ads✓ No payments inside the appsWorks offline (see below)
The apps
Each app opens in the browser and can be added to the phone's home screen like a normal app. The interface of the "Steps" apps is in Russian or English (your choice), the explanations are written for Russian speakers.
English Steps
Free
A1 → C1650–1,050 words per level10 grammar chapters per levelRU / EN
English for Russian speakers, level by level: vocabulary with pronunciation, examples and notes, phrasal verbs and idioms as separate chapters, grammar with rules in both languages and hundreds of exercises, plus flashcards, quizzes, memory match, listening and typing games. Points, streaks and statistics track your progress.
A1 → C23,000 words (500 per level)60 grammar chaptersRU / EN
Serbian from the first greeting to fluent speech. Every word is shown in Latin and Cyrillic script with its gender, plural and verb aspect, with a simple Serbian definition and a Russian translation. Grammar chapters point out exactly where Serbian differs from Russian.
A1 → C23,000 words (500 per level)60 grammar chaptersRU / EN
Hungarian with the case forms you actually need: every noun comes with its accusative, plural and possessive, every verb with its past form. Grammar chapters explain vowel harmony, definite and indefinite conjugation and the case endings step by step.
A1 → C23,000 words (500 per level)60 grammar chaptersRU / EN
European Spanish from A1 to C2: nouns with their article, verbs with their irregular forms, verb + preposition patterns and idioms in their own chapters, and grammar from ser/estar to the subjunctive, all with exercises and Russian explanations.
A1 → C23,000 words (500 per level)60 grammar chaptersRU / EN
Italian from A1 to C2: nouns with their article, verbs with their irregular forms and auxiliaries, verb + preposition patterns and idioms in their own chapters, and grammar from essere/avere to the congiuntivo and passato remoto, all with exercises and Russian explanations.
A1 → C23,000 words (500 per level)60 grammar chaptersRU / EN
French from A1 to C2: nouns with their article and gender, verbs with their irregular forms, verb + preposition patterns and idioms in their own chapters, and grammar from être/avoir to the subjonctif and passé simple, all with exercises and Russian explanations.
14 languages~500 words eachAlphabetsGrammar + 8 games
One app for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch and advanced English. Learn the alphabets letter by letter, load ready-made word packs by topic or add your own words, and practise with flashcards, quizzes, memory match, blitz rounds and grammar tests.
Opening the app, once it has been opened or installed online at least once.
Words and grammar of every level you have opened before: the app keeps a copy on the phone.
All games, flashcards, quizzes, grammar exercises and statistics.
Your progress: it is always saved on the device first, and sent to your account automatically when you are back online.
Pronunciation, as long as your phone has a voice for that language installed (most phones do).
Needs internet
The very first opening of the app, and opening a level for the first time.
Registering or logging in with your email.
Syncing progress between your phone and another device.
In Nine Scripts: the optional AI features (adding words from a photo, generating word lists).
Watching the YouTube lessons.
Tip: before a trip, open the app online once and tap through the levels you want to study. After that, everything you tapped works on the plane.
Save the apps on your phone or computer
Every app can be added to the home screen of an Android phone or iPhone, or installed on a computer, and then opens like a normal app with the biiwow icon. When you open an app for the first time it asks which device you use and shows the steps. You can see them here too.
How progress is saved
As a guest
No sign-up. Progress stays in this browser on this device only.
With an account
Register with an email and a password inside any Steps app or in Nine Scripts. Your progress then follows you to any phone or computer: log in with the same email and password. There is nothing to pay.