UCHU
- Watched
- a lot
- Remembered
- roughly nothing
- Feeling
- this is fine
Five minutes a day, zero boredom
Understand anything
Five-minute lessons from psychology to space. Pick a ready-made course or name your own topic. With practice, sources and a mascot that cheers you on instead of guilt-tripping.
Free on iPhone and Android
Section 1 · 8 lessons
How to learn fast and remember
Start lesson
Pick a topic or type your own - we’ll show how the course is laid out.
Start in the appTopics
From cats to investing
A few of the courses and card sets people explore in UCHU. Don’t see your topic? Name it, and UCHU builds a course for you.
Honestly
Scrolling won’t make you smarter. A five-minute lesson will.
We’re not asking you to delete social media. Just give the same five minutes to something that stays with you.
- Finished
- 1 lesson
- Figured out
- one topic, step by step
- Stuck with you
- a fact to show off tonight
How it works
From “huh, interesting” to “got it” in four steps
01
Pick a topic
Your home screen is full of ready-made courses and card sets picked for your interests. Don’t see your topic? Name it, and UCHU builds a course in a minute.
02
Follow the map
A course is a path of islands. Each lesson takes about five minutes: in a queue, on the bus, instead of one more video.
03
Take a lesson
A lesson is a few short screens you get through in about five minutes. Not in the mood to read? Turn on listen mode. Want it to stick? Check yourself at the end.
04
Check the facts
While a course builds, UCHU finds sources on the web and fact-checks against them. The links sit right in the lesson, so you can open and verify any fact.
Today’s set
One minute that leaves you knowing more
Every day UCHU puts together five cards around your interests: a fact, a quote, a quiz, true or false, and “two truths and a lie”. For days with no time for a whole lesson.
Here’s an example set. Swipe through it - it takes a minute.
UCHU Daily
Example set for today
Keep it up!
That was today’s set. In the app there’s a new one every day, picked for your interests.
I want a set every dayCompanions
A buddy, not a warden
Pick a character to keep you company through the course. It celebrates your wins and never scolds.
A lesson in five minutes? You’re on a roll!
- Skipped a day? No big dealStreak freezes have your back. Come back when you feel like it.
- Lessons stay shortAbout five minutes, whether it’s your first lesson or your hundredth.
- Encouraging, not guilt-trippingNo “we miss you” and no guilt. Learning should feel good.
What else is inside
More than courses
A streak without stress
Drop in for even a minute and your streak grows. Miss a day and a streak freeze keeps the flame alive.
Lesson first, then the feed
On iPhone UCHU can lock social apps until you finish a lesson. Only if you want it to.
Weekly league
Finish lessons, earn points and climb a table of equally curious people.
Listen mode
Listen to a lesson while you commute or walk.
Card sets
Not in the mood for a whole course? Build a card set on any topic. One minute and it clicks.
Not quite right? We rebuild it
Tell us what’s off: too easy, not enough practice, wrong angle. The course rebuilds around you.
Compare
Why not just ask a chatbot?
You can. It gives you a wall of text and leaves the rest to you. UCHU does the other half of the job.
Feed
Chatbot
UCHU
Breaks the topic down in order
No
If you ask the right way
Lesson map
Checks that you got it
No
No
Practice with feedback
Shows its sources
No
Sometimes
In every lesson
Remembers where you stopped
No
No
Progress and streak
Time it takes
An hour before you notice
As long as you can take
About 5 minutes a lesson
This is where the perfect reviews would go
But we don’t make them up. UCHU is built by a small team, and a real person reads every message on Telegram. Found a mistake, want a topic or just want to chat - write to us.
What is UCHU?
An app with short courses and card sets on all kinds of topics - from psychology and money to history and space. A lesson takes about five minutes and comes with practice and links to sources. If your topic isn’t there, just name it - UCHU builds a course in a minute.
How is this different from asking a chatbot?
A chatbot gives you a wall of text and leaves the rest to you. UCHU breaks the topic into lessons in the right order, checks you with practice after each one, shows its sources and remembers where you stopped.
Is it really free?
Yes, UCHU is a free app: download it from the App Store or RuStore and start right away.
Can I trust what the AI writes?
While a course is being built, UCHU searches the web for sources, relies on them and puts the links right into the lesson. AI can still make mistakes, so you can open any fact and double-check it. Found an error? Tell us on Telegram.
What topics can I learn?
Anything: from psychology, money and history to programming, medicine and interview prep. Phrase it however you like - “why do cats purr” works too.
Will I get guilt-tripped if I skip a day?
No. Streak freezes save your streak, and the mascot cheers you on instead of scolding. Come back whenever it suits you - the lesson will wait.
Which devices does UCHU run on?
iPhone via the App Store and Android via RuStore. A Google Play version is in development.
Is UCHU suitable for kids?
Short lessons and the game-like format work well for teens. Younger kids should use it with an adult: courses are built by AI and nobody reviews them by hand.
Five minutes. Any topic.
Get UCHU and start your first course today - on the thing you’ve always wanted to understand.
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