Cusp: Language Hours

Most language apps tell you how many words you have learned today. Cusp tells you how many hours stand between you and the level you actually want — and turns that number into a plan you can log against. HONEST HOURS The estimate comes from Cambridge English guided-learning hours per CEFR level, scaled by how far your target language sits from English using the FSI difficulty categories. Japanese takes roughly three times as long as Spanish, and Cusp says so. Every number is computed, not generated. A REAL PLAN Answer five questions about what you can do today and Cusp estimates your level, then builds a plan sized to the time you actually have: four phases, a goal for every month, and a weekly template split across four kinds of study. THREE RINGS A DAY • Input — podcasts, shows, reading • Recall — spaced repetition • Production — lessons, writing, recording Roughly a third input, a…