What's new

Set 1 of the vocabulary trainer saves your progress again

• FixedFinishing Set 1 — Verbos Essenciais in the vocabulary trainer on the free plan popped up a red "Failed to save progress" box, and the set never counted as done. The free plan does include the first two sets — the check on our side was looking at the wrong one. Redo the set once and your completion and XP will register normally.

Culture test practice & a way back in if you never confirmed your email

• NewA free citizenship culture test practice quiz: questions on the five subject areas the 2026 nationality law names — history, culture and national identity, political organisation, rights and duties, and everyday society. Each answer comes with an explanation and the law, date or institution it rests on. The official test is not regulated yet and the quiz says so plainly.
• FixedIf you signed up but never clicked the confirmation link, signing in showed a dead-end error. It now explains what happened and offers to send the confirmation email again.
• NewYour referral link is now yours to choose: open your dashboard, find the referral card and pick a code like cipleready.com/r/YANA4821. Links you already shared keep working — old codes stay pointed at you forever.
• FixedA permissions check on profiles was not being enforced, so an account could change fields it had no business changing. Paid access was never exposed (a separate rule covers it) and nothing in the data suggests anyone used it. Fixed and verified.

First-login setup, a real next step & badge fixes

The dashboard now tells you what to do next instead of showing six equal tiles.

• NewNew accounts get a 30-second setup on first login: your exam date, your current Portuguese level and a recommended starting path — then the dashboard tour.
• NewA Your next step card on the dashboard: your weakest module from the diagnostic, or Module 1 / Mock Exam 1 / the diagnostic depending on your level, until you're rolling.
• NewThe grammar diagnostic now saves results to your account, so they follow you across devices and feed the next-step card.
• Improved"Restart tour" in Settings replays only the dashboard walkthrough, not the setup questions.
• ImprovedThe readiness meter now measures how your recent attempts went, not just how much you've opened: 40% coverage, 60% your last five results per section, with mock exams weighted highest. Details in the dashboard guide. Expect your number to drop a little — it's honest now.
• NewReading and listening attempts now remember your answers: the attempt history shows which questions you missed last time.
• ImprovedMock exam results are now weighted like the real exam — reading + writing 45%, listening 30%, speaking 25% — with the CAPLE band (Suficiente / Bom / Muito Bom) and a per-part breakdown. Skipping a speaking prompt now asks you to confirm, and a result with skipped parts is labelled an estimate.
• NewInstall CIPLE Ready on your phone: open the site in Chrome (Android) or Safari (iPhone) and choose "Add to Home Screen" — it launches straight into your dashboard, with shortcuts for today's session, word review and mock exams.
• NewExam-room noise: a switch on listening exercises and in the mock-exam player adds a quiet background hum, so the real room won't be the first time you hear Portuguese over other people.
• NewThe writing section now shows your recurring mistakes — the grammar errors from your last AI checks grouped by pattern (gender agreement, prepositions, ser/estar…), each with a link to the module that drills it.
• ImprovedFaster first load: only your interface language is downloaded now (the other three load when you switch). Word pronunciations are cached, so repeated plays are instant.
• NewExam calendar: the dashboard shows the next CAPLE session you can still enrol for (with the deadline) and the expected results date for yours; study reminders now include three exam emails — one month, two weeks and one week before.
• NewAfter the exam we ask how it went: a 30-second result form, a Trustpilot review ask if you passed, and the next sessions if you didn't.
• NewToday's session — the dashboard now opens with a short plan for the day (about 20 minutes: due words, one grammar module, one reading or listening, one writing or speaking; a mock exam on Saturdays and in the last two weeks). It ticks itself off as you go. Details in the dashboard guide.
• NewSpaced repetition for vocabulary: words you miss come back in 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days, then graduate. The dashboard shows how many are due, and Word review runs through every due word across all sets.
• ImprovedWriting tasks have one clear action: Check with AI grades your text, saves the attempt and completes the task. Rewrite and check again as often as you like; a fallback \"Submit without AI check\" appears only if the grader is unavailable.
• FixedThe Bookworm badge is now actually awarded when you finish all 32 reading texts — it was listed but could never be earned.
• FixedWord Wizard now unlocks only when all 21 vocabulary sets are complete in every mode, matching what the dashboard shows.
• FixedSubmitting a writing task longer than 100 words no longer fails to record your XP, and your writing score in progress is now the AI score instead of the word count.
• ImprovedEmail preferences in Settings are translated into Russian, Chinese and Portuguese.
• ImprovedSpeaking page descriptions now say exactly what the AI checks: grammar, vocabulary and task completion.

Help Center, Tutorials & this page

Everything about using the platform, finally in one place.

• NewA full Help Center with guides for every section — getting started, practice, mock exams, plans and billing, troubleshooting.
• NewStep-by-step tutorials: your first study week, writing with AI feedback, speaking practice, and a full timed mock exam.
• NewThis What's New page — every meaningful platform change lands here from now on.

Three free tools & the blog goes multilingual

• NewPortugal citizenship calculator updated for the 2026 nationality law — see when you can apply and when to book CIPLE.
• NewFree vocabulary test — check how many core CIPLE A2 words you already know in about 2 minutes.
• NewFormal letter generator — correct European Portuguese letters for landlords, câmara, complaints and school notes.
• ImprovedThe blog is now readable in English, Russian and Chinese, with a language switcher on every article.

Faster pages, visible to search & AI assistants

• ImprovedAll public pages now ship as pre-rendered static HTML — faster first load and full content visible to search engines and AI assistants.
• NewA complete guide to the exam itself: What is CIPLE? — structure, pass marks, dates and fees, verified against official CAPLE sources.
• NewFounder's real CIPLE result (final classification: Bom) published across the site — proof the method works, with the score sheet to back it.
• NewSix new in-depth guides on the blog: a 60-day study plan, the 300 most useful CIPLE words, the speaking section, when CIPLE is mandatory, and more.

More reliable speaking transcription

• ImprovedSpeaking practice transcription moved to Whisper as the primary engine — your recorded answers are transcribed more accurately before the AI evaluates them.

Faster app, protected exam content

• ImprovedEvery section now loads on demand — the app starts much faster, especially on mobile connections.
• ImprovedMock exam content moved server-side with per-plan access control.

Free study guide & smarter emails

• NewA free CIPLE study guide (PDF): exam structure, scoring, and a week-by-week plan.
• NewStudy emails: a welcome series for new accounts and an optional weekly progress digest.

Teams for teachers & a full content audit

• NewTeacher accounts: invite students by email or link, track their progress and exam readiness, add private notes, and get a weekly digest.
• FixedA full audit of grammar and vocabulary content — over 150 issues fixed, from ambiguous answers to non-European Portuguese phrasing.
• New"Report an error" button on exercises — reports go straight to the founder and fixes usually ship within days.

Grammar diagnostic, security & translations

• NewGrammar diagnostic test with rotating variants — find your weak modules in 10 minutes and know where to start.
• NewContextual example sentences with highlighted patterns added to all 20 grammar modules.
• ImprovedInterface translations extended across Russian and Chinese, including the diagnostic and referral sections.
• ImprovedSecurity hardening and bot protection on sign-up, plus another round of European Portuguese corrections.

All 10 mock exams rebuilt to real-exam difficulty

The founder sat the real CIPLE, passed with Bom — and rebuilt every mock from scratch.

• ImprovedEvery reading text replaced — longer, more natural, with the inference-style questions the real exam asks.
• ImprovedListening re-recorded from zero: 150+ audio files re-cut to real exam speed. No slow "learner Portuguese" anymore.
• ImprovedWriting and speaking prompts aligned with the phrasing and topics of the actual exam.
• NewThe full story on the blog: I took the real CIPLE — and rebuilt everything.

Founder takes the real exam — honesty banners follow

• NewYana, the founder, sat the real CIPLE A2 exam in April 2026 after preparing exclusively on the platform.
• NewThe same week, warning banners went up across the Mock Exams section: the real exam was harder than the mocks, and users deserved to know before the rebuild landed.

CIPLE Ready launches

• NewFirst public version: landing page, accounts, dashboard with exam-date countdown, and the first grammar modules.
• NewBuilt in Cascais by an expat preparing for the same exam — and expanded every month since.