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Lumessa is a vocabulary app for six languages. It teaches a few words a day, in an order shaped by why you are learning, and brings each one back for review just before you would forget it. There are no leaderboards, no points and no advertising.

The facts, two descriptions you can quote, screenshots, the logo and a portrait are all on this page.

The facts

What it is: A daily vocabulary practice for iPhone and Android
Languages: Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Brazilian Portuguese
Price: Free: 3 new words a day, with reviews never capped. Lumessa Pro: £59.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or £9.99 a month with no free trial
Availability: On the App Store and Google Play
Launched: 8 October 2026
Made by: Lumessa Limited, London. Founded by Benedict Grima

What it does not do

Lumessa is built to be finished each day and then put down.

No leaderboards, no points and no advertising.
A streak that forgives: miss a day and it waits; miss two and it starts again quietly, with no message about what you lost.
A few words a day, not an endless feed. Reviews come when a word is due, and are never capped.

Descriptions you can quote

Short, 33 words

Lumessa is a vocabulary app for Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Brazilian Portuguese. It teaches a few words a day, ordered around why you are learning, with no leaderboards, points or advertising.

Long, 103 words

Lumessa is a vocabulary app for six languages: Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Brazilian Portuguese. Each day it teaches a small number of new words, three on the free plan, each with audio, example sentences and a memory hook.

At the start, the app asks why you are learning, and words that matter for that answer come sooner. Each word then returns for review on a schedule based on the forgetting curve Hermann Ebbinghaus measured.

There are no leaderboards, no points and no advertising. Lumessa is made by Lumessa Limited in London and is free to download, with an optional Pro subscription.

The founder

Benedict Grima standing on a rocky ridge above a glacial lake, with snow-covered granite peaks behind

Benedict Grima studied Modern Languages (French, Spanish and Italian) at Durham University, graduating in 2014, and later studied Brazilian Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro. Lumessa began with a more personal reason: marrying into a Polish family, and wanting to talk to them properly.

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