Drops (app)

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Drops
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Country of originEstonia
Area servedWorldwide
Owner Kahoot!
Founder(s) Daniel Farkas, Mark Szulyovszky
Industry Online education
Products Drops, Scripts, Droplets
Services Language courses
URL languagedrops.com
Current statusOnline
Native client(s) on Android, iOS, Web Browser

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]

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]

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References

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