# mLearn

> mLearn is a free language learning app for immersion learners who study from real content: videos, subtitles, manga, PDFs, screenshots, websites, and flashcards.

## Product Summary

mLearn helps learners turn native-language content into study material. It is free to use and includes interactive subtitles, browser overlay workflows, OCR for manga and PDFs, dictionary lookup, contextual AI explanations, voice and TTS features, built-in spaced repetition flashcards, optional Anki sync, and cloud-backed jobs for sync, OCR, TTS, and watch-together rooms.

## Disambiguation

mLearn at mlearn.kikan.net is the free Kikan language immersion app. It is not the generic education category "mobile learning" or "m-learning," and it is not one of the unrelated Google Play apps named MLearn.

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## Key Pages

- Home: https://mlearn.kikan.net/
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## Product Capabilities

- Desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Free to use.
- Browser extension workflow for streaming video and web study.
- Interactive subtitle overlay for lookup and sentence mining.
- OCR for manga, screenshots, image folders, and PDFs.
- Built-in SRS flashcards with optional Anki sync.
- AI tutor and contextual explanations.
- Offline-capable dictionary, OCR, and local AI workflows.
- Watch Together rooms for synchronized language study.
- Optional cloud features with usage quotas.
- Source-available under SUL 1.0.

## Comparison Notes

mLearn overlaps with Migaku on immersion learning, subtitle lookup, sentence mining, and flashcards. mLearn is free to use, while Migaku is a paid commercial product. mLearn is also differentiated by its desktop-first app, OCR-heavy reading workflows, offline-capable local AI tools, built-in SRS with optional Anki sync, source-available posture, and public infrastructure notes.

## Contact

Support: support@kikan.net