How many days in a row have you opened your language app?

30? 90? 500?

We’ve spoken to users who had year-long streaks and still couldn’t order food in their target language. That’s not to say streaks are bad - in fact, they’re one of the best ways to build momentum and routine.

But here’s the catch: streaks track consistency, not comprehension.

You can do the same low-effort activity every day, feel productive, and never actually improve. It’s like going to the gym and lifting the same 5-pound dumbbell forever.

Fluency requires stretch. It requires input that challenges you. And it requires a connection to how the language is actually used - in conversations, in culture, in humor.

Streaks are great if they keep you coming back. But progress comes from what you do in those streaks - not the number beside the flame.