blas.Drops Irish Alternative
Past visual vocabulary.
Into the grammar around it.
Drops is a polished visual vocabulary app, capped at five minutes a day on its free tier. blas. is the alternative that goes further: mutation drilling, grammar, sentence patterns, conjugation, and reading.
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Where blas. differs
Drops is excellent for visual vocabulary. These are the places where blas. goes further.
Grammar engine
Verb conjugation, sentence patterns, and noun mutations explained and drilled. Drops sticks to standalone words.
Mutation drilling
Séimhiú and urú drilled with their triggers. The thing that makes vocabulary actually usable in sentences.
Sentences and reading
Graded reading passages and full-sentence drills. Drops focuses on isolated words.
No five-minute cap
blas. doesn't cap your free tier at five minutes. Learn as much as you have time for.
Try an Irish mutation drill
This is what 'beyond vocabulary' looks like in practice. A sentence-level drill that teaches the rule behind the word.
Spaced repetition tracks every rule. Wrong answers come back sooner.
Apply the mutation
An alternative to Drops that teaches the grammar too.
Free to start. No credit card needed. Available on iOS, Android, and web.
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Frequently asked
Why leave Drops for Irish?+
Drops teaches words in isolation with no grammar or sentences. You build a vocabulary you can't actually use.
Does blas. have a vocab-only mode?+
Yes. There's a vocabulary drill beat per chapter and a separate flashcard review. But it's tied to sentences and grammar.
Is blas. as quick to use as Drops?+
Sessions can be 5 minutes if you want. Units are designed around roughly 15 minute blocks but split into shorter beats.