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Learn Farsi

Education

Bite-size Persian lessons with native audio and spaced repetition, free on web with a Pro mobile app

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Monthly revenue$0.7k / month
Ease5/10
Potential7/10
RiskMedium
Estimated MVP6 weeks
Estimated operations$68/month

What it does

Learn Farsi teaches Persian (Farsi) through bite-size daily vocabulary lessons with native audio, a 32-letter alphabet course and spaced-repetition review. The web version is free, while the iPhone and Android apps share the same account and progress and unlock all lessons with a Pro subscription after a 7-day free trial.

Who it is for

English-speaking learners of Persian, especially partners and heritage speakers in the Iranian/Afghan diaspora, who cannot find the language on mainstream apps like Duolingo.

Why it can be replicated

Underserved language gap

Mainstream apps such as Duolingo do not offer Farsi, so a focused single-language app ranks for high-intent searches.

Organic SEO + ASO distribution

Founder reports growth from free web lessons (SEO) and app store discovery with no ad spend, a channel a clone can reproduce.

Reusable language template

Same lesson, alphabet, audio and SRS engine can be re-skinned for other niche languages, as the founder does with Learn Dari and TurboDutch.

MVP in 6 weeks

Replication estimate; does not describe the product’s actual development.

  1. Curriculum seed

    Define 20-30 starter lessons and alphabet units · Generate and review native-quality audio

  2. Core app

    Lesson player with audio · Spaced-repetition review and streaks

  3. Monetization

    RevenueCat paywall with 7-day Pro trial · Free first lessons

  4. Launch

    App Store listing and ASO keywords · Simple SEO landing page with alphabet content

MVP is a single channel (iOS app with RevenueCat paywall) seeded with a limited AI-assisted curriculum; web and Android deferred.

Save for later

Free full web versionAndroid appCross-device progress syncSupporter/donation tiersAdditional sibling languages

Ways to differentiate

  1. 1

    Regionalize: diaspora languages

    Apply the template to Guarani, Quechua, Tagalog or Amharic where Duolingo coverage is weak or absent.

  2. 2

    Improve: Spanish-first learners

    Build courses with Spanish as the base language for LATAM learners, an underserved interface for niche languages.

  3. 3

    Translate: multi-language template

    Reuse one engine and paywall across several languages to compound SEO/ASO and share costs.

Data and evidence

Reported
Financial verification
Pending
Editorial review
Nov 1, 2026
Product language
en
Confirmed markets
Global
140 customers cited · Oct 30, 2026

Active subscriptions from a founder-shared RevenueCat Overview filtered to the Learn Farsi project; not audited.

The reference mentions self-reported. This does not certify this listing’s figure.

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  • Headline = $694 MRR from the founder-shared RevenueCat Overview filtered to the Learn Farsi project (2026-10-30); originalMrr=694, USD, basis revenue, self-reported.
  • Customer observation: 140 active subscriptions and 22 active trials in that RevenueCat screenshot; not audited.
  • Portfolio: sibling projects Learn Dari and TurboDutch appear in the same RevenueCat account.
  • ARR chart $8,211 (Oct 2026, posted as 'my little SaaS') likely aggregates the portfolio; not converted to MRR and not used for headline.
  • TrustMRR contrast only: listing shows ~$1,243 last 30 days but ~$6 current MRR (Stripe-only, likely donations); app-store/RevenueCat revenue not reflected. Partial match.
  • needs_review pricing: web is free; mobile Pro price is not shown on the site (only 7-day trial). Supporter tiers EUR 5/10 per month are donations. pricing.from=0 reflects free web entry.
  • Ease 5: heavy content pipeline (curriculum + native audio) even with single-channel iOS MVP (~6 weeks); original spans web+iOS+Android.
  • Potential 7: proven organic SEO+ASO in a language gap (no Duolingo Farsi) and replicable template; no credit for founder brand.
  • Risk Medio: App Store + RevenueCat provide MoR; risks are content quality, small niches and portfolio ambiguity.
  • Launched around June 2026 (seed stage).
  • Logo: logo_ios.png rasterized to 192x192 (favicon/apple-touch-icon returned 404 per candidate notes).

No comparable history available. Growth and ARPU are not estimated from different periods.

Product and links

Learn Farsi

Bite-size Persian lessons with native audio and spaced repetition, free on web with a Pro mobile app

Visit the official website for the product and current pricing.

learnfarsi.app

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