If you've opened Drops lately, you might have noticed something different, and maybe even done a tiny double-take. Where did the old learning path go? What's this new Packs thing? And why does everything look… cleaner?
Change can be surprising, even when it's good. That's why we want to take a moment to walk you through the brand-new Packs experience and show you why we're genuinely excited about this upgrade.
This isn't just a redesign for aesthetics (although yes, it is prettier). Packs were rebuilt to make learning more flexible and more aligned with how you actually learn.
Let's take a friendly tour.
The Language Voyage has always aimed to guide you step by step, but many of you told us it sometimes felt too rigid, too long, or not quite personal enough. It also didn't always showcase the full range of vocabulary Drops has to offer.
We didn't want to change the content (because you love it!). Instead, we wanted to reorganize it in a way that felt more flexible, more intuitive, and more satisfying.
Previously, the way free users unlocked content was also a little inconsistent: some areas let you jump around freely, while others required strict order. That mix could be confusing. Packs fix this by offering a simple, friendly progression: you finish one part of a Pack, and the next naturally unlocks. No surprises, no contradictions—just a smoother flow.
Packs are a clearer, more compact way to organize the Drops content you know and love. Think of them like music albums in your library. Previously, you may have had to listen through several albums before finding the one you really wanted. Now, you simply pick the one you want, when you want it.
You can follow a Pack from start to finish, or hop between Packs whenever inspiration hits. It's all about giving you a friendlier, learner-driven way to enjoy the vocabulary Drops has to offer.
In short: this redesign brings more variety and flexibility to your learning journey.
One of the biggest goals of this redesign was clarity. Here's how the new organization helps you focus on learning:
Unlike the Language Voyage, a Pack is short and completable, so it's easier to reach the end and feel a spark of achievement. Finishing a Pack gives you a clear win, which can be incredibly motivating.
This redesign unlocks new ways for us to deliver features that wouldn't have been possible before.
Here's a sneak peek of what Packs make easier in the future:
The new design isn't just a new look. It's a platform for everything we've been wanting to build for you.
Simply put: as Drops keeps growing, we needed a structure that could grow with it.
The old layout couldn't scale. As we added new topics, everything became harder and slower to browse. Finding certain vocabulary collections took too many taps, and the learning path was too inflexible to easily add new collections.
The new Packs design feels cleaner now and gives us room to expand later.
We didn't make this decision lightly. This redesign was researched, tested, and refined with real learners. Most importantly, it's built to support a much richer, more dynamic Drops experience going forward.
Your Learning Experience Isn't Changing
Here's an important reassurance:
Nothing about how Drops teaches vocabulary has changed.
The only thing that changed is the organization, not your learning experience.
A few quick ways to feel at home in the new layout:
Whenever we introduce something new, we know it's natural to compare it to what came before. Change can feel strange at first, but this one was designed with a lot of care, love, and future opportunities in mind.
The new Packs experience is here to make Drops cleaner, more inspiring, more flexible, and (most importantly!) more fun.
We hope the more you explore it, the more excited you'll feel about all the ways your learning journey can unfold from here.
If you have feedback, we'd love to hear it. Drops has always been shaped by its learners, and this redesign is no exception.
Here's to new words, new adventures, and a beautiful new way to learn them.
"Love my fun language learning and practice with daily Drops sessions, and monthly Challenges to participate in, and quiz mode to test contextual learning - brilliant! So much thought, consideration and inclusivity has gone into the design and function of this app, I can't praise it highly enough."
"Great little learning app! I've learned at least 5-10 new words in Spanish in my first 5 minutes. Easy to pick up and thorough."
"Great language learning app! It helps you get daily words done in a short amount of time. I would highly recommend using drops to learn whatever language you want to learn."
"What an amazing app! I’ve tried several apps for language learning and I cannot recommend Drops enough. I don’t know how a short Drops session can teach me as much as 1 hour+ of focused use of other apps, it’s like magic."
"Amazing language learning tool. Excellent app for increasing vocabulary in your foreign language of choice. Useful for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners. The repetition of the words makes them much easier to remember, and without the hassle of making your own flash cards. I have used Drops for two years now and have seen great results."
"Very engaging way of learning Yoruba in a stimulating way. Will be using to learn myself and to teach my child!"
"Less than a week in but using this alone with the popular one babbel working on German. When using just one app I got bored, babbel is not as fun. So using both at once actually let's my adhd do its thing but I still focused since I can switch easily between both apps and work in different areas. Also I like the quick little sessions makes me feel like I actually did something."
"So engaging. I speak Spanish well, but often forget words in conversation that I know I should know. This game is fun and quickly brings back vocabulary I may have put in the back of my brain after not using it for awhile. Case in point: I spent 11 years in construction, then went back to teaching in English and/or Spanish depending on the teacher/student"
"Amazing app"
"I have been desperate to find an app that really helps me learn Japanese and this is the best by far"
"I like that you can switch between different subjects and topics constantly and it’s really easy to learn a lot of vocabulary very quickly! This works perfect for me because I can learn a lot of words but then practice sentence structure with my grandmother whose from Croatia"
"Fantastic app great opportunity to learn languages on your spare time. Drops makes it easy to learn and retain words to formulate sentences."
"Best of the best. Awesome app in every sense"
"This app us the best and how I am doing Learning Ukraine is Helping me alot tnx"
"Definitely recommend! I'm using this to learn mandarin 10/10"
"Fun and interactive. Great for repetition!"
"Very engaging way of learning Yoruba in a stimulating way. Will be using to learn myself and to teach my child!"
"Amazing language learning tool. Excellent app for increasing vocabulary in your foreign language of choice. Useful for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners. The repetition of the words makes them much easier to remember, and without the hassle of making your own flash cards. I have used Drops for two years now and have seen great results."
"Great little learning app! I've learned at least 5-10 new words in Spanish in my first 5 minutes. Easy to pick up and thorough."
"I have been desperate to find an app that really helps me learn Japanese and this is the best by far"
"I like that you can switch between different subjects and topics constantly and it’s really easy to learn a lot of vocabulary very quickly! This works perfect for me because I can learn a lot of words but then practice sentence structure with my grandmother whose from Croatia"
"Fantastic app great opportunity to learn languages on your spare time. Drops makes it easy to learn and retain words to formulate sentences."
"What an amazing app! I’ve tried several apps for language learning and I cannot recommend Drops enough. I don’t know how a short Drops session can teach me as much as 1 hour+ of focused use of other apps, it’s like magic."
"Love my fun language learning and practice with daily Drops sessions, and monthly Challenges to participate in, and quiz mode to test contextual learning - brilliant! So much thought, consideration and inclusivity has gone into the design and function of this app, I can't praise it highly enough."
"Definitely recommend! I'm using this to learn mandarin 10/10"
"This app us the best and how I am doing Learning Ukraine is Helping me alot tnx"
