Mondly

Mondly is based in Brașov, Romania and was founded at the end of 2013 by Alexandru Iliescu and Tudor Iliescu, graduates of Transilvania University of Brașov.[8][9]

The company launched the first app in May 2014 on iTunes and on Google Play in June 2015. A year later, in August 2016, launched the first chatbot with speech recognition on both iTunes and Google Play.[10][11]

In February 2017, Mondly launched MondlyVR, the first virtual reality language app with speech recognition.[12][13] By September, the app was available on both Oculus Store and Google Play.[14]

In May 2017, the company launched MondlyKids, an iOS and Android language app for children aged 5 to 12[15] and then, in March 2018, launched MondlyAR, the first augmented reality language app with speech recognition.[16]

In early 2020, Mondly made its main app available on Huawei AppGallery.[17]

In October 2020, Mondly announced its partnership with Oxford University Press on a new suite of custom English grammar and vocabulary tests.[18]

Following a rise in interest in VR education,[19] the company launched Mondly VR on the Oculus Quest store in August 2021.[20]

In the third quarter of 2021, Mondly became the second most downloaded language learning app worldwide.[21]

As of 2017, Mondly made available courses for 33 languages using localized content in 33 native languages.[22][23] The available levels of language proficiency are beginner, intermediate and advanced.[24]

In 2020, the app introduced courses for 8 new languages: Bengali, Catalan, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Tagalog and Urdu. With this update, the app’s portfolio has grown from 33 to 41 languages.[25]

Mondly Languages is a language learning app that integrates chatbot and speech recognition technologies to help users learn any of the 33 languages it offers.[26][27]

Mondly Kids is a language learning app for toddlers and kids.[28][29]

MondlyVR is a language learning app in virtual reality available on Steam and the Oculus Store compatible with Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest headsets.[30][31]

MondlyAR features an avatar “teacher” who brings virtual objects – planets, animals, musical instruments, etc. – into the room as teaching tools, engages the user in conversations and gives instant feedback on pronunciation using the chatbot technology.[32][33][34]

In January 2016, Mondly Languages was named “Best New App” by Apple[35] and a year later it received the FbStart[36] “App of the Year[37]” award for Europe, Middle East & Africa offered by Facebook.[38]

In December 2017, Mondly Languages and MondlyKids have both been chosen as “Editors’ Choice” in Google Play.

In 2018, Mondly was named a “Cool Vendor” in Consumer Mobile Applications and Bots by Gartner[39] and included in Deloitte’s Fast 50 Rising Stars.[40] Alexandru Iliescu, the CEO and co-founder of Mondly, was named Founder of the Year at the Central European Startup Awards.[41]

In February 2019, the founders of Mondly were awarded the “Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year: Technology & Innovation” prize by Ernst & Young.[42] In July, Mondly was named „Best Online Language Learning Portal” in Germany by the Deutsches Institut für Service-Qualität.[43]

In November 2021, Mondly won the Chairman’s Award at the WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards.[44]

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• Web interface of the learning application