https://nativepal.app/updates/ What changed in NativePal, month by month. 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z NativePal https://nativepal.app/ https://nativepal.app/updates/september-2026/ 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z

A Progress tab with streaks, a heat map and best scores per language, reminders before a streak ends, a redesigned home screen, plus reading lessons and Telugu.

<p>September's release is about seeing how far you have come. Until now NativePal told you how a single session went and then moved on. Version 2.9 adds a Progress tab that keeps the whole picture, separately for every language you learn, and a home screen rebuilt around what you were actually doing.</p><p>Below is what changed, what it means on the free tier, and a short recap of the summer, because a lot of people found the app in August and asked what was new.</p><h2>A Progress tab, kept per language</h2><p>Open Progress and you get your current streak, a heat map of the days you practised, your best scores, and everything you have finished. Each language is kept separately, so if you are learning Spanish and Japanese at the same time, the two do not blur into one number.</p><p>We built it because the most common question in support was some version of &quot;am I actually improving?&quot;. A single session score cannot answer that. A month of squares on a heat map, next to your best scores, can.</p><h2>Reminders that know about your streak</h2><p>The daily nudge is still there. New is a heads-up before a streak ends, so a missed day is a choice rather than a surprise the next morning.</p><p>You choose the time, pick which reminders you get, or turn them all off, in Settings. Nothing about reminders is tied to premium.</p><h2>A redesigned home screen</h2><p>The main page now leads with what you were doing last and what is due, rather than a fixed list of exercises. It is the first thing you see every day, so we would like to hear what you think. There is a feature-voting board in Settings, and several shipped features started as a request there.</p><h2>Also this summer: reading lessons and Telugu</h2><p>Reading lessons shipped in July, in version 2.8. Pick one of nearly 70 topics and get a story written for your level, with the key vocabulary and useful phrases first, every word tappable, and a short quiz at the end. Short, medium or long. On the free tier you get one short story a day; premium unlocks the longer ones.</p><p>Telugu joined in August, in version 2.8.1, as the 57th language, with the same reading, vocabulary, speaking and chat features as every other language.</p><h2>In short</h2><ul><li>Version 2.9.1 is the current release on the App Store and Google Play.</li><li>New: a Progress tab with streaks, a heat map of practice days, best scores and activity history, kept separately for each language.</li><li>New: reminders that warn you before a streak ends. Time and types are adjustable in Settings, or off.</li><li>New: a redesigned home screen that leads with what you were doing and what is due.</li><li>Since July 2026: levelled reading lessons in all 57 languages. One short story a day is free; longer stories are premium.</li><li>Since August 2026: Telugu, the 57th language.</li><li>Progress, streaks and reminders are free.</li></ul>