Zaban

Early access on iOS and Android

Both apps are in private testing. You're on the list.

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Roadmap

Where Zaban is headed — with you.

We build in the open, one thing leading to the next: reading first, then remembering, then reading together. No dates — just order, and early readers steer the list.

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Now

A reader built to keep you reading

What's already live, and what we're actively polishing.

Shipped

Level-adjusted translation

Bilingual text that adapts to your vocabulary, not just your language — so the page meets you where you are.

Shipped

Hamzaad, your in-book tutor

Ask about the sentence you're actually on — grammar, idiom, and origin, right beside the page.

Shipped

A growing classics library

Literature and history in the languages where good bilingual material is hardest to find.

In progress

Word lookups that remember you

Definitions and usage without leaving the page — and without waiting for the page to catch up.

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Next

Read first, learn as you go

Removing the biggest barrier to starting, and deepening what the reader already knows.

In progress

Read before you translate

Add any book to your library and start reading immediately — translate it into your language whenever you're ready.

In progress

A dictionary that's already waiting for you

Word meaning, usage, and position, hydrated ahead of time instead of looked up on demand.

Planned

Cards from your own reading

Save a word mid-sentence and it keeps its context — study sessions draw from what you've actually read, not an imported deck.

Planned

Sample chapters, open to everyone

Browse bilingual excerpts of classics before you ever sign in.

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Later

Reading, spoken and shared

The part we're most excited about — and where your voice matters most.

Planned

Hear it spoken

Pronunciation and read-aloud audio alongside the text, so you can hear the language while you learn it.

Planned

Bring your own book

Any EPUB you own, living alongside the library with the same tools on every page.

Planned

Reading circles

Read the same text with friends or a class, and see each other's notes in the margins.

Planned

More language pairs

Expanding beyond the first pairs as translation quality clears our bar.

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