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Gist It
Beta · TestFlight

A translator tells you what a phrase means. Gist It tells you what’s really going on.

Meaning in its cultural context — for signs you photograph, phrases you type, and live speech translated in real time. With the tone you choose: Polite · Casual · Slang.

Join the beta — TestFlight
iPhone · iOS 26 · free while in beta
Early version — your feedback shapes it.
Photo · point at a sign
FERMETURE ANNUELLE
The sacred French August

Not “closed for good” — just the annual holiday shutdown. Half of Paris hangs this sign in August and reopens in September. Gist It explains the sign and the custom behind it.

SORTIE

simply “exit” — cultural small print explains itself

menus · signs · noticescontext
Text · what did they mean?
“C’était pas terrible, hein?”
Meaning“It wasn’t great.”
Watch outfalse friend — pas terrible ≠ “not terrible”
Tonecasual French understatement — think “meh”
Say it back“Ouais, bof — on a connu mieux.”
PoliteCasualSlang
Live speech · real time
Original…la correspondance pour la ligne quatre se trouve au fond du qu…
FREN
Translation…the transfer to line four is at the far end of the platf…
A lecture, a tour, the café counter — your phone listens and translates the room in real time. Pause it, flip the direction mid-conversation, and every session is saved with its audio.

Little things that make it feel like an assistant

Hear it before you say it

Every phrase plays back in the language you’re learning, one tap.

Sessions you can replay

Live translations land in History with the original audio recording.

Save the keepers

Bookmark any phrase into your study list and export it to your SRS app.

One tap from the Lock Screen

Widgets open the camera, the mic, or a live session already listening.

Join the beta

Early version — the core works, the edges are being polished. Your feedback and ideas directly shape what gets built next.

1. Install TestFlight from the App Store·2. Open the invite link on your iPhone·3. Install Gist It
Get it on TestFlight testflight.apple.com/join/yaRBFkRk