Ελληνικές ιστορίες στο επίπεδό σου
Read the messages your own family sends you, without asking anyone what they say. Ten minutes a day, at the level you actually read at.
Free to start. No credit card. Levels A0 to C1. Built for the Greek diaspora.
Try it yourself
Paste something a relative sent you. Greeklish is fine. You will get it back in Greek you can actually read.
Δες το ίδιος
Every story is written to a measurable level, not a vibe. Switch below to see the same memory grow with the reader.
A story grounded in a real family memory
The dotted words in a real story open an instant gloss, right where you're reading. See every level from A1 to C1 in the reading level guides.
Bring your own Greek
Paste real Greek, English, or Greeklish family messages and get back cleaned Greek, an English translation, a glossary, and comprehension questions, at your level.
Printable book PDFs
Save favourites in your library, stretch a story across every level with the Reading Ladder, and compile the best into a real, book-sized reader you can print or save.
On a Family plan, each reader gets a separate login and the household shares one story shelf.
See the family reading plans →Πώς λειτουργεί
Your dog, ancient Sparta, a taverna mystery: anything works. Set your CEFR level from A1 to C1 and the sentence length, tenses, and vocabulary all match it.
Seconds later: an original story in real contemporary Greek, not textbook dialogue. You never run out of material at your level.
Listen with read-aloud audio to anchor pronunciation. Tap any word for an instant translation, no dictionary tab, no losing your place.
Keep favourites in your library, stretch a story across every level, and compile the best into a printable book PDF.
Τα εργαλεία
Turn any story into 3 to 5 validated CEFR variants of the same plot. Switch levels instantly, without jumping between unrelated texts.
Paste real Greek, English, or Greeklish and get cleaned Greek, English, a glossary, and comprehension questions at your level.
Instant word- and sentence-level glosses inline, so you never leave the page.
Hear every story as you read it, to anchor pronunciation and rhythm.
Every lookup is recorded per word, so you see what you've mastered and what still needs work.
Compile your favourite stories into a real, book-sized reader you can print or save.
Save your name, places, family, and interests once; every new story can weave them in automatically.
Continue favourite characters chapter after chapter, or turn a voice memo into a cleaned, levelled reading passage.
From mythology to diaspora life, in everyday, literary, or news style, with controls for verbs, phrases, or tricky sounds.
Η βιβλιοθήκη
A letter crosses an ocean and waits to be read.
A family returns to the grove where it began.
The homecoming, retold from Homer at your level.
An island mystery after the final ferry leaves.
Για ποιον
You can talk your way through Greece, but a menu or a text from a cousin stops you cold. You need reading practice that catches up to your ear.
You want your children reading Greek, not just repeating phrases. Give them stories about their dog, their family, and their yiayia's village.
You studied Greek once and stopped, or you're rebuilding a connection to family roots. Read at the level you have, on subjects you chose.
Γιατί διαφέρει
| Gamified apps | Native content | Ellinica | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real reading practice, not flashcards | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matches your exact level | × | × | ✓ |
| Unlimited fresh material | ✓ | × | ✓ |
| Topics you actually chose | × | × | ✓ |
| Audio + instant word lookup | ✓ | × | ✓ |
| A book you can print and keep | × | × | ✓ |
Η μέθοδος
Language researcher Stephen Krashen calls it comprehensible input: you acquire a language fastest from material you already understand about 90% of, so context teaches you the remaining 10%. Native content is usually too hard, and textbooks are too thin.
Every Ellinica level is checked against measurable rules for sentence length, tense range, and vocabulary, not just an instruction to “write at level X.” That's what makes A1 actually A1, and C1 actually C1.
We're upfront about how it works. Every story is generated by AI under a strict, level-specific brief rather than left to improvise. Grounded topics use one real, named source, so names, events, and ideas stay true while the Greek becomes simpler or harder. Your own names, interests, and family details can be woven in when you ask.
Read the level guides →Η ιστορία πίσω από την εφαρμογή
I built Ellinica for my daughter first. I wanted her to grow up not just hearing Greek at home, but able to open a book and actually read it herself: a book leveled exactly right for her, about things she cares about, in real modern Greek. That book didn't exist to buy, so I built a way to write it.
Then I realized the gap was never just hers. It belongs to every friend who grew up hearing Greek the same way, and to the wider Greek diaspora: millions of people with Greek in their ears and no bridge to Greek on the page. Ellinica is that bridge, built one family at a time, starting with mine.
Themios Harmantzis, Founder
More about why Ellinica exists →Τιμές
A year of Family is about the cost of five hours with a Greek tutor, and it covers five readers. Monthly is there if you would rather, and costs more over a year.
Try it, no card needed
Build a real reading habit from A0 through A2 before you pay anything.
For steady readers
One story a day with room to spare and every reading level unlocked.
For daily readers and teachers
Enough volume to build a personal archive or assign reading to a small class.
Up to 5 readers
Separate logins, a shared shelf, pooled credits, and one story at every reader's level.
Συχνές ερωτήσεις
That is the Greek this was built for. Ellinica never corrects how you or your family speak. Paste a message exactly as it was sent, Greeklish and all, and you get it back in Greek script with a translation and a glossary. Your dialect is not a mistake to be fixed. It is the reason you can already hear the language.
Spend a few days on the alphabet first; Greek is highly phonetic, so once you can sound out the 24 letters you can start reading right away. Our free Greek alphabet guide covers all 24 letters with words and pictures.
Flashcard and streak-based apps drill isolated words and phrases. Ellinica gives you connected, real reading practice: full stories with grammar in context, at a level built for you, in subjects you actually chose.
Yes, and we'd rather say so plainly than let you wonder. Every story is written by AI under a strict, level-specific brief. Grounded topics are retold from one real, named source, never invented, so the facts stay true.
Yes. Paste real Greek, English, or Greeklish text into Bring-Your-Own-Text and get cleaned Modern Greek plus English, a glossary, and comprehension questions, leveled and tap-to-translate ready.
They read about their own life, not a textbook family. Pick a topic they care about and add their name or their yiayia's village. On a Family plan, children at different levels can read versions of the same story.
You start at the level you actually read at, on subjects you chose. There is no streak to break and nothing is lost if you skip a week. Ten minutes of reading is the whole commitment.
Story generation at A0, A1, and A2 with audio narration and no credit card. For your first month you also get tap-to-translate and written answer checks. Reading with audio stays free afterward.
Yes. Plans renew until you cancel from your Account page, and you keep access to the end of the period you paid for. Your saved stories stay yours.
Ellinica is a Greek reading app that generates original stories in natural Modern Greek at your level, from starter A0 through CEFR C1, with audio, tap-to-translate, and printable readers.
Any story can be rebuilt into 3 to 5 CEFR-level variants of the same plot. Switch levels instantly so the same story grows harder alongside you.
Δωρεάν οδηγοί
Plain, practical guides to reading modern Greek. No account needed. Each one stands on its own and points you back toward reading real Greek.
All 24 letters, how they sound, and how to write them.
Where to find Greek at your level, and how to practice so it sticks.
You grew up hearing it but can't read it yet. This is the way across.
What you can actually read at each level, with real examples.
Which one you are learning, and why the difference matters.
An honest look at what comes fast, what takes time, and how long it really takes.
Your story is waiting.
Generate your first story free