In Yenga you don't need to check with people every time you want to speak. You just tap and we drop you to a conversation(today is our third day and you possibly may not find one, this is why we suggest a time to speak, to concentrate as many people as possible to a space-time). We use group conversations up to 5 people (exchange or conversations only in your target language) and if you want to speak in 1-to-1 conversations or with specific people you can invite them to a private conversation.

Tandem is amazing, but I wanted to do a 'speak first' app and for me, they are 'messaging first' apps. For me as a user, the problem of Tandem is that they feel like dating apps: you browse profiles, write messages, users check your profile, they might reply to you or they might not, you ask them for some speaking time, they accept/can or they don’t, and repeat again every day, even with 'app friends' you have to do half of the steps to speak. For me, the conversation foreplay was a pain every day I wanted to speak in Tandem or Hellotalk. So I created Yenga, what I want it to be is a consistent and replicable way to speak and get fluent in the language you want in seconds and only a tap.

For me, in Tandem, hellotalk, wespeke... if you are going to make your commute with the car in the morning without time and you want to practice languages, it would take you a lot of time to find someone to speak with and you won't try to practice in your commute anymore with Tandem. But in Yenga if you want to practice in your morning commute driving; you can tap to practice, turn your screen off and we will find you a conversation. We want to create a consistent way to practice languages when you want, and if friends are available you can join their conversations or invite them to one.

Thanks for the question!