Everything you need to get going.
How does the spaced repetition work?
Speak Indo decides the best moment to show you each word again. Each time you grade a card (Again / Hard / Good / Easy), the app decides when to show it next. Words you struggle with come back in minutes or hours; words you master come back in days, then weeks, then months. If you press Again, the card also comes back about 6 cards later so you get immediate reinforcement.
Which devices does Speak Indo support?
Speak Indo is available for iPhone and requires iOS 17 or later. It is free to download from the App Store, and you do not need an account to start the free learning experience.
Audio isn't working / sounds weird
Every one of the 1,332 dictionary words ships with a recorded clip, so you can hear clear pronunciation without depending on your device having an Indonesian voice installed. The clips come with the app and work offline.
If something sounds like an English speaker reading Indonesian, you have hit the fallback: a few phrases outside the dictionary are spoken by the system voice instead. Otherwise check the device is not muted and the silent switch is off. If a clip will not play at all, close the app and reopen it, which re-establishes the audio session.
Say It doesn't recognize my voice
Say It uses Apple's speech recognition. Give the app microphone and speech recognition permission the first time it asks. If you declined, turn them back on in iOS Settings → Speak Indo. Recognition may need a connection on devices where Indonesian recognition is not available on device.
Speak at a normal pace, slightly louder than conversation, and leave a beat of silence at the end so it knows you have finished.
Where is my progress stored?
Your progress is stored locally on your iPhone, so the free learning experience works without an account and keeps working offline. If you sign in, an account copy is also stored securely for sync and recovery.
Does my progress sync across devices?
Yes. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email and your words, schedule, streak, quiz stats, achievements, and learning settings sync to your Speak Indo account. You can also stay signed out and keep everything only on one iPhone.
How do I reset my progress?
Open your profile, tap Settings → Your data → Reset progress. This wipes your flashcard history, streak, and quiz stats, then returns you to onboarding. Your name and account stay.
Why are there two words for "we"?
Indonesian distinguishes kami (we, excluding you) from kita (we, including you). It's a real difference, pick carefully. Our Pronouns lesson walks through it with examples.
How does sign-in work?
You can continue with Apple, Google, or email and password. Signing in is optional for the free learning experience. It is needed for sync and to attach a purchase to your Speak Indo account.
What's the best way to study?
Our opinionated flow:
- Start with the next lesson in Journey and read its cultural note.
- Use Practice for the words that are due today.
- Use Quiz to retrieve the words in a different way.
- Open a conversation in Read and tap unfamiliar words as you go.
- Come back tomorrow for SRS reviews. Five minutes a day beats an hour once a week.
How do I cancel my subscription?
It depends where you bought it, because that decides who takes the money.
Bought on iPhone. Cancel in Apple Account settings, under Subscriptions, the same place as every other App Store subscription. Profile → Membership in the app links straight there. Deleting the app does not cancel anything.
Historic website subscription. New website checkout is closed. If you subscribed through Stripe before it closed, email hi@speak-indo.com or use the billing portal link in your Stripe receipt.
Either way your access continues to the end of the period you have already paid for, so you keep Pro until then.
Lifetime? There's nothing recurring to cancel. Lifetime is a one-time purchase that never bills again.
I paid but Pro didn't unlock. What do I do?
First, make sure you are signed in to the Speak Indo account you want to use. Then open Profile → Membership and tap Restore purchases. Give the app a moment to verify the App Store receipt and sync the entitlement.
- Apple shows the purchase but Restore finds nothing: check that the App Store is using the Apple Account that bought it.
- Pro works on another device: sign in to the same Speak Indo account on both devices, then restore again.
- You bought through the old website checkout: email hi@speak-indo.com with the Stripe receipt and the email on your Speak Indo account.
How do I get a refund?
Bought on iPhone. Apple is the seller, so refunds go through reportaproblem.apple.com and Apple decides them. We cannot issue them ourselves. If Apple says no and you think that is wrong, email us and we will see what we can do.
Historic website purchase. Email hi@speak-indo.com with your Stripe receipt. Within 14 days it is no questions asked. After that, ask anyway.
Contact & support
Speak Indo is a small project. For bugs, billing, refunds, feature requests, or a friendly hello, email hi@speak-indo.com. Replies usually come within a day.