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In short

Many people are afraid of their post. Letters from public authorities, the job centre or health insurance are hard to understand, especially when German is not your first language. Letter Explained helps: you take a photo of the letter or a screenshot of an email or text message, and the app explains in plain words what it says, what to do and by when. In one of 34 languages if you like, including Turkish, Arabic, Ukrainian and Russian.

The app also warns about scams, reminds you of deadlines, drafts replies and reads the explanation aloud. It needs no account and has no ads and no tracking. Letter Explained is no substitute for legal advice; it helps people understand.

Facts

App	Letter Explained, iPhone app
Status	Submitted to Apple, review in progress (October 2026)
What it does	Explains letters, emails and messages in plain language: what they say, what to do and by when
Languages	Explanations in 34 languages, the app itself in 12 languages
Price	Free app, 1 free explanation, then from €0.99. Scam check always free. Plus €3.99 a month, yearly plan €19.99 with a 7‑day free trial
Privacy	No account, no ads, no tracking. We do not store images. To explain a letter, it is sent encrypted to our AI provider (Claude by Anthropic), which does not use it for training and usually deletes it within 30 days at the latest
For organisations	Browser counselling for advice centres, office codes for public authorities and courts
Test access	TestFlight access for journalists on request
Developer	Marcin Weber, Deidesheim, Germany
Website	briefverstanden.app

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