Learn Dutch by yapping about your day.
YapMates is a Dutch-speaking friend who talks with you every day — about your life, in words you can use tonight. No lessons. No streak guilt. No owl.
Ten minutes a day, in a language that finally talks back
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learning app built around your preferences
- 1:1
it learns how you learn
- 10 min
a day is all it takes to keep moving
Camila
From Brazil, now in Utrecht
I passed my inburgering exam with months to spare — and the flashcards made from our own chats saved me so much time.
Every way to practice, one Yappy
hey yappy. moe vandaag maar het gaat
Zwaar dagje? Vertel!
(Tough day? Tell me!)
veel vergaderingen. wil gwn slapen
Dat ken ik. Ga lekker vroeg naar bed, joh.
(I know that feeling. Go to bed early tonight.)
A friend in Dutch, every day
Yap about your actual day — Yappy answers in Dutch you can use tonight, and never sighs when you get it wrong.
Start yapping →Somebody To Talk To, In Dutch, Today
Yappy asks how your day went and actually cares about the answer. You reply in whatever Dutch you have; it fills in the rest.
Start yappinghey yappy. moe vandaag maar het gaat
Zwaar dagje? Vertel!
(Tough day? Tell me!)
veel vergaderingen. wil gwn slapen
Dat ken ik. Ga lekker vroeg naar bed, joh.
(I know that feeling. Go to bed early tonight.)
Dutch Built Out Of Your Own Life
Not de uil eet brood. The sentence you need for the person you're learning this for — ready to send before you've closed the app.
See how it workshey yappy. moe vandaag maar het gaat
Zwaar dagje? Vertel!
(Tough day? Tell me!)
veel vergaderingen. wil gwn slapen
Dat ken ik. Ga lekker vroeg naar bed, joh.
(I know that feeling. Go to bed early tonight.)
A Friend Who Never Sighs At You
Mistakes get answered, not marked. Yappy repeats it back the right way and keeps talking, and you pick it up without noticing.
Meet Yappyhey yappy. moe vandaag maar het gaat
Zwaar dagje? Vertel!
(Tough day? Tell me!)
veel vergaderingen. wil gwn slapen
Dat ken ik. Ga lekker vroeg naar bed, joh.
(I know that feeling. Go to bed early tonight.)
It Knows Who You're Learning This For
Tell it about the people in your life and the language grows around them. That's why it sticks.
Start yappinghey yappy. moe vandaag maar het gaat
Zwaar dagje? Vertel!
(Tough day? Tell me!)
veel vergaderingen. wil gwn slapen
Dat ken ik. Ga lekker vroeg naar bed, joh.
(I know that feeling. Go to bed early tonight.)
Meet Yappy, Your Yapping Mate
Awake when you are, wrong-answer-proof, and genuinely pleased you showed up.
Try Yappyyappy het is 3 uur s nachts hier
Voor mij is het gewoon nu. Vertel, hoe was je dag?
(For me it's just now. Tell me, how was your day?)
Always on
Always Awake, Never Judges
Six time zones mean nothing to a dog who never sleeps.
Start yappingben je er nog? het is best laat
Altijd. Ik hou niet van slapen, ik hou van yappen.
(Always. I don't like sleeping, I like yapping.)
No wrong answers
Wrong Is Fine Here
Say it badly. Yappy says it back properly and carries on.
Start yappingik ga naar de winkel gisteren
Je bedoelt vast: ik ging gisteren naar de winkel! Wat kocht je?
(You mean: I went to the store yesterday! What did you buy?)
— Learners Can't Be Wrong
Every quote below is fake for now — the day a real one exists, this line is the first thing that changes.
More reviews soon- PLACEHOLDER
Learner Four 🇩🇪
Berlin
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. Yappy asked about my day and I answered in Dutch before I noticed I'd done it.
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Learner Five 🇧🇷
São Paulo
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. Short version: I yap, it corrects me, we move on. No red pen, no shame spiral.
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Learner Six 🇯🇵
Osaka
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. I've tried three apps that made Dutch feel like homework. This is the first one that felt like texting a friend who happens to correct your grammar.
- PLACEHOLDER
Learner Seven 🇪🇸
Madrid
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. My in-laws are Dutch. I am, at last, slightly less embarrassing at dinner.
- PLACEHOLDER
Learner Eight 🇨🇦
Toronto
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. Ten minutes a day, mostly about my commute and my cat, and somehow that's how the grammar stuck.
- PLACEHOLDER
Learner Nine 🇰🇪
Nairobi
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. It never sighs at me. I did not know how much I needed a language partner who does not sigh.
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Learner Ten 🇰🇷
Seoul
PLACEHOLDER — needs real review. Wrote my first unprompted Dutch text to a friend last week. She asked if I used a translator. I did not.
The YapMates Team
Nowhere yet
Reviews coming once there are some.
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy
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Journey
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy — learners still yapping a month in
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy
Learner Four 🇺🇸
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Outcome
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy — used a new phrase on somebody the same day
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy
Learner Five 🇳🇱
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy
Learner Six 🇩🇪
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Joy
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy — say it feels like a friend, not an app
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy
Learner Seven 🇧🇷
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Opportunity
PLACEHOLDER — needs real copy — countries yapping in Dutch
Everything YapMates does
Daily chat
Somebody to talk to, in Dutch, about your actual day.
Your words
Vocabulary from your own life, ready to use tonight.
Gentle corrections
Mistakes get answered, not marked.
Your people
It knows who you're learning this for.
- Coming soon
Flashcards
The phrases you've met, back right before you'd forget them.
- Coming soon
Study planner
A plan that fits around your day.
- Coming soon
Progress
Watch your Dutch grow — no streak guilt.
- Coming soon
Mock exam
A practice run before the real thing.
- Coming soon
Oral practice
Speaking practice with a friend who never sighs.