Thank you 
Just thought of this one, similar to Netflix but one from South Africa, called Showmax. Though I’ve only used it for English shows, there are a lot of content in other African languages, like Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Swahili, etc… I believe there is English subtitle and apps for Android/Apple:
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Showmax is really good! I’m using it as well for Swahili!
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Some of you might have heard me talking about this. I also play games in target language to learn more sentences and vocab. Technically any games played in your target language can help in some way, but after trying different kinds of games, I highly recommend “point and click” games, where it follows a nice story, shows text dialogues and at best with audio too, at a controllable pace. There’s not much to do in the game, other than to follow the storyline, think of it as an interactive movie. The best publisher I’ve found so far is Daedalic, which published many games in this genre, including its most famous game Deponia that won a few awards.
The games can be set in separate languages for audio vs text. And the combinations range from English, German, Spanish, Polish, France, Chinese, Russian etc. The game is suitable for teenagers and adults alike. If you are around B1-C1 level and want to try something new, it’s a rather interesting exercise.
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I’ve done the same thing with the point and click game Fran Bow. With that game, they even went so far as to change any of the background word imagery, not just the dialogue, to the new language. I’ve played it through in English, Spanish and German. It’s a delightful way to learn new vocabulary.
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Are those computer games or are there any similar games for mobile phones?
The ones I play are on computers, but I think some of them play on tablets too. Not sure about screen size with mobile phone, you want to be able to see the objects properly, but there’s no harm in trying it
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I play Fran Bow on my phone. It is a 5 part game, you do have to pay for each chapter. The languages it’s available in are: English, Spanish, German and Russian.
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Thank you, I’ll have a look at that
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I’ve tried a lot of language learning apps and most of them are great for the beginning level. But when I learn the language I don’t want an app to provide me words I have to learn. I use a lot of sources like books, podcasts, youtube videos and I was looking for an app that allows me to put my words in there, add images, sentences and practice them.
I used Anki for the flashcard, but the app is too complicated to use. Then I switch to the basic Notes app for creating a list of my words, but then I found it difficult to review when the list is long. Currently, I am using Obstino app, which is doing all things I need to learn my words, the app daily provides new sentences to your existing words allowing you to learn them in context, also you can review your words based on the spaced repetition method.
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Hi! Welcome to our community
I find Anki too difficult too. I use Quizlet. It has pictures, color options etc. (well, only in paid version but it is there 
). You can organize words to folders etc.
Only I don’t know how exactly there works automatic spaced repetition. If I remember correctly, Anki has AI system, which reminds you to review words you didn’t review long ago. But in Quizlet you has to do it manually. But maybe I am just too ignorant and didn’t find it yet 
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Hi, i know its kinda off topic in a sense but i know a website that helps me a lot during learning different languages and helps keep me on track, if you have time check them out its rememble.org
Yes, you are totally right. These apps can only be considered to serve as affiliated and subservient additional methods. You can count on them to get a first impression of pronunciation rules, but nevertheless you are bound to acquaint yourself with a foreign language through your personal spiritual resources which may embrace a new way of thinking and embodiment, just in a somehow subliminal and subconscious manner. The sole dependency on technical patterns may only impede this in the long run.