Turn immersion into fluency.

Every video, song, or podcast becomes a lesson. Tap any word to save it with the exact moment you found it. That is how immersion sticks.

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Learning Chinese? Gravity does that too

How it works: watch, tap, review

  1. Watch: Anime, music, podcasts, vlogs. Pick what you enjoy!

    N3 0:53 You Scared? | SPY x FAMILY Crunchyroll
    N1 3:41 Mrs. GREEN APPLE - インフェルノ(Inferno) Mrs. GREEN APPLE
    N5 1:03:48 1 Hour Easy Japanese Listening 🇯🇵 | Learn N5 Grammar Naturally けんさんおかえり Japanese
    3:45 YOASOBI「アイドル」 Official Music Video YOASOBI
    3:47 米津玄師 Kenshi Yonezu - KICKBACK Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
    3:15 Creepy Nuts - オトノケ(Otonoke) 【Official MV】 [Dandadan OP] Creepy Nuts
    4:01 King Gnu - SPECIALZ King Gnu official YouTube channel
    N2 28:13 Surprising Japanese chains that have stores in America Kevins English Room
    N3 23:50 Laid-Back Camp Episode 1 | Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles Crunchyroll
    N3 39:40 サラダ記念日って知ってる?/ Why Is It Called “Salad Anniversary”? (Japanese Radio Podcast for Listening practice) YUYU Japanese Podcast
    N3 13:15 A drinking housewife's 3-day drinking life after work vlog Riolemon
    N2 4:35 星野源 – 喜劇 (Official Video) 星野源 Gen Hoshino
    N5 45:05 Exploring Chiang Mai, Thailand 🇹🇭 | Easy Japanese Listening (N5-N4) Japanese with Shun
    N4 9:20 Learn Japanese with the Drama Egao no Recipe(えがおのレシピ) – Episod… WAKU WAKU JAPANESE
    N3 3:01 Momo Unlocks Her Psychic Power! | DAN DA DAN Crunchyroll
    N4 20:52 Beginner Japanese Drama: Naoko 2 / なおこ2 Rideshare Service (JLPT N5–N4) WAKU WAKU JAPANESE
    N3 14:01 【日本語散歩Vlog#6】東京駅から新橋駅まで歩きました あかね的日本語教室
    N3 1:53 You Got a Girlfriend? With a CAR? | Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Crunchyroll
    N3 19:36 Learn Japanese Exploring a Beautiful Town | Japanese Listening OkkeiJapanese
    N1 16:14 [Addiction level] I fried garlic chicken to the limit and ate it until I fainted [Eating in despe... Kattu
    N3 2:19 OutClub's First Camp | Laid-Back Camp Crunchyroll
    N5 1:07 Bomb Squad Anya | SPY x FAMILY Crunchyroll
    N3 0:38 Becky's Lady Swoops In! | SPY x FAMILY Season 3 Crunchyroll
    N4 0:40 Damian's Mom | SPY x FAMILY Season 3 Crunchyroll
    N3 1:37 DAN DA DAN Season 2 | Climax Trailer | Crunchyroll Crunchyroll
  2. Tap: Don’t know a word? Just tap it.

    次男ビビってる。アーニャにはわかる。

    Second Son is scared. Anya can tell.

    0:17 – 0:20

    はあ?なんだこいつ。

    Huh? What’s with this kid?

    0:20 – 0:23

    まさか俺の心を。あ、アーニャ知ってる。

    Could she be reading my mind? Ah, Anya knows.

    0:24 – 0:28
  3. Review: Your saved words come back as flashcards.

    1 / 4
    noun

    Definition

    second son

    Sentence example

    じなん次男jinanビビっbibiてるteru。アーニャaanyaにはnihaわかるwakaru。

    Second Son is scared. Anya can tell.

Bruce, Gravity co-founderKevin, Gravity co-founderKelvin, Gravity co-founderThomas, Gravity co-founderJames, Gravity co-founderBethia, Gravity co-founder
The team at Heimdall Space, language learners in Vancouver, building the study tool we kept wishing existed.
Our mission

Get fluent reading what's actually in front of you.

Gravity started from a simple belief: language learning should follow you into real life and feel effortless enough that your only job is learning, not building lessons, drills, and word lists that rarely match what you actually see in real life.

Our mission is to help more of the world become fluent in the language around them: not just textbook fluency, but the confidence to read the menu, follow the sign, understand the message, and feel at home in a place that once felt unfamiliar.

We're a team of polyglots and lifelong language learners who have lived abroad, moved through different cultures, and watched friends, family, and classmates run into the same wall. We hope Aio will help make that wall feel a little easier to climb.

Meet the team
How we compare

Other tools study words. Gravity studies your world.

Most of us have stitched together our own setup: a streak app, a dictionary, a deck, an AI chat. Here is how those stack up against doing it in one place.

Compare Gravity with
Gravity compared with Duolingo, Migaku, and Yomitan + Anki
CapabilityGravityDuolingoMigakuYomitan + Anki
Learn from real native content: podcasts, streams, songsYesNoYesPartial
Curated library, levelled N5–N1YesNoPartialNo
Word-by-word synced transcripts, tap any word to saveYesNoYesPartial
Replay the original video clip from the cardYesNoPartialPartial
One tap to create flashcardsYesNoYesPartial
Zero setup neededYesYesPartialNo
Spaced repetition built inYesPartialYesYes
Made for your phoneYesYesYesNo
Built in Possible, with friction Not really
From the blog

Guides to learning Japanese from real content.

How to immerse, what to watch and listen to at your level, and which apps are worth your time.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The things we hear most often, in plain language. Missing one? Email [email protected] and we'll add it.

  • Where can I download Gravity?

    Gravity is available on the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android.

  • Which languages does Gravity support?

    Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. You pick one when you set up, and you can add or switch to the other any time from Home or Settings.

  • What can I watch in Gravity?

    The Media catalog includes more than 1,000 hours of native Japanese video, organised by topic and JLPT level. Moments gives you a shorter, swipeable way to learn from the same kind of real content.

  • How do the synced transcripts work?

    The transcript follows playback word by word. Tap a Japanese word to inspect it, open its dictionary entry, get a contextual explanation, or save it for Study.

  • Where do saved words go?

    Words you choose to save appear in All words. You can practise them there, search and sort them, or organise them into your own decks. Words saved from Media keep their source context so you can return to the moment where you found them.

  • What's the little pink creature on my screen?

    That’s Aio, your language friend from space. Aio guides you through setup and appears around Gravity as you learn.