Press kit
Twistik for journalists.
One-pager pitch, fact sheet, and asset links below. For interviews or anything else: press@twistik.app (replies within 1 business day).
Fact sheet
- Tagline
- Tongue twisters, played.
- Platforms
- Android + iOS, both launching together. Both currently in pre-launch.
- Pricing
- Free, every feature included. Optional in-app tip jar to support development. It buys nothing extra.
- Languages
- 14: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Croatian, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese, Persian.
- Twister count
- ~14,000, hand-curated (≥1,000 per language).
- Studio
- Independent. Built solo.
- Location
- Darmstadt, Germany.
Pitch (one paragraph)
Twistik is a tongue-twister practice app with a twist nobody else has: Twist Duel, a 2-player local game where one phone passes between two players who take turns reading twisters aloud while the other player scores them. Pass-the-phone gameplay, ternary scoring (Got it / Almost / Missed), no timers, no microphone. Pure trust between players. Solo practice across 14,000 hand-curated twisters in 14 languages, with voice recording and waveform playback so users can track their pronunciation across takes. Local-first, no account, no ad tracking.
What makes it different
- A 2-player local game (Twist Duel). The pass-the-phone format is unique in the category and naturally TikTok-friendly: people record themselves failing duels competitively.
- Voice recording with waveform playback. It turns the app from a content browser into a practice tool. Up to 5 takes per twister, side-by-side comparison.
- 14 languages, ~1,000 twisters each. Every language is hand-curated, not auto-translated.
- Local-first privacy posture: no account, no third-party cloud sync, no advertising tracking. Optional Google Play Auto Backup restores progress on reinstall, with audio recordings excluded by design.
Founder
Abhinav Prakash, independent developer in Darmstadt. Built Twistik solo over the course of one year while working full-time as a software engineer. Reachable for interviews via press@twistik.app.
Assets
High-resolution screenshots and the app icon are available for press use. Email press@twistik.app for the press-kit ZIP (placeholder while final assets are being prepared).
- Press kit ZIP (coming soon)
- Default social card
Contact
Email: press@twistik.app
Replies within: 1 business day.