Drops_(app)

Drops (app)

Drops (app)

American language-learning website and mobile app

Drops is a language learning app that was created in Estonia by Daniel Farkas and Mark Szulyovszky in 2015.[1] It is the second product from the company, after their first app, LearnInvisible, had issues in retaining a user's engagement over the required time period.[2] The languages available include Native Hawaiian and Māori,[3][4] and was classified as one of the fifty "Most Innovative Companies" for 2019 by Fast Company.[5]

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The company partnered with Global Eagle Entertainment to include Travel Talk, a feature intended to focus on words and phrases frequently used by travelers.[6] At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the number of users increased by 55 percent in the United States and 92 percent in the United Kingdom.[7] Droplets, a language app for children, includes profiles for multiple teachers working with remote students.[8] The company also produces an app called Scripts, intended to help users learn to write alphabets.

The app was purchased by the Norwegian company Kahoot! on 24 November 2020.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Wells, Sarah (5 September 2018). "Language learning app Drops adds Native Hawaiian, more than doubles downloads". TechCrunch.
  2. [2]
    Taylor, Chloe (4 February 2019). "How Google's 'best app of 2018' was built off the back of a failed project". CNBC.
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    Takahashi, Dean (5 September 2018). "Drops teaches vanishing native Hawaiian language on iOS and Android". Venture Beat.
  4. [4]
    "Meet Drops, the new international app that bridges te reo Māori with the world". Idealog. 14 February 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Most Innovative Companies - Drops". Fast Company. 2019.
  6. [6]
    Ceaser, Jennifer (20 June 2019). "This Language-Learning App Aims to Transform Your In-Flight Time". Bloomberg.
  7. [7]
    Campbell, Colin (13 April 2020). "During quarantine, learning games are having their moment, too". Polygon.
  8. [8]
    Stacey, Viggo (4 June 2020). "Droplets app adjusts to help distance learners". The PIE News.
  9. [9]
    "Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform". TechCrunch. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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