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Bestå 4.5 is now live on iOS and Android. Danish builds long words by welding short ones together, and those compounds are exactly what makes an exam text look harder than it is. This release adds a game that takes them apart — plus a Games tab that's easier to find your way around.
- Ordsmed — forge Danish's giant compound words. A new daily puzzle: you get a handful of fragments, and you build real Danish compounds out of them. Each one shows you its literal meaning as you solve it — børnehave is a "children-garden", arbejdsplads a "work-place" — so the next long word you meet in a reading text comes apart on sight instead of stopping you. There's more than a year of daily puzzles in there.
- A Games tab you can actually navigate. All four games now have their own colour, shape and one-line promise on the hub, so you can tell at a glance what you're picking and what you've already finished today.
- Ordle is now Ordgåden, with a hint ladder that always lets you finish. If a word won't come, the hints keep opening up until it does — no more days that end in a blank grid. And if you miss a day, practice mode replays the ones you skipped, oldest first.
- En/Et Duel is friendlier to a bad round. A miss now halves your streak instead of wiping it, there's a no-timer practice mode for when you want to think, and the round summary leads with the words that got away — the ones worth learning — rather than your score.
- Tal-lytteren has a slow button. Danish numbers are the ones people ask about most: halvfjerds, femoghalvfems. Play them back slowly to hear where the parts separate, and the harder tiers now open up as you keep practising, not only when you score well.
How to get the most out of it:
- Play Ordsmed when you're tired of studying. It's the closest thing here to reading practice that doesn't feel like practice — compounds are the single biggest reason an exam text reads as intimidating, and taking them apart is a skill you can build in three minutes a day.
- Use the practice modes rather than chasing streaks. Ordgåden's catch-up mode and Duel's no-timer mode exist so a missed day or a bad round doesn't cost you anything. The point is the words, not the numbers.
- Slow down Tal-lytteren before you speed it up. Hearing where femoghalvfems breaks into parts is what makes it stick — speed comes after.
New to Bestå? It's built for one job: getting you through Prøve i Dansk 2 or 3. Practice sets in both PD2 and PD3 format, AI correction on your writing and speaking against the official scales, Ordforråd — hundreds of Danish words, all spoken aloud — and Danish word games for the days you don't want to study. Start today and see whether it fits how you learn before you spend anything.
Bestå Tutor removes the daily ceiling: unlimited AI grading and unlimited speaking practice, at 49 kr/month or 349 kr/year, with a 7-day trial for new subscribers that renews at the listed price unless you cancel.
Already have the app? Open the App Store or Google Play and tap Update if auto-updates are off.
Related guides: How to pass Prøve i Dansk 3 · How to pass Prøve i Dansk 2 · PD3 exam guide · PD2 exam guide
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Bestå 4.4 is now live on iOS and Android. Setting up an account should take one tap, and keeping it yours should take one more — this release does both.
- Sign in with Apple or Google. Skip typing a password altogether: tap once, and you're in. It's the fastest way to start, and there's nothing to forget the next time you open the app on a new phone.
- Already have an account? Connect Apple or Google from Profile without losing anything — same progress, same exam type, same subscription, just a faster way in from now on.
- Verify your email, once. A quick, optional step from Profile confirms the address is really yours — the same protection your bank and your inbox already use, now on your Bestå account too.
How to get the most out of it:
- Use Apple or Google if you're setting up on a new device. One tap beats typing an email and a password you'll have to remember later — and if you already have an account under that email, Bestå finds it and connects the two instead of starting you over with nothing.
- Verify from Profile when you get a moment. It takes one email click, and a verified account is easier to recover if you ever need to.
New to Bestå? It's built for one job: getting you through Prøve i Dansk 2 or 3. Practice sets in both PD2 and PD3 format, AI correction on your writing and speaking against the official scales, Ordforråd — hundreds of Danish words, all spoken aloud — and Danish word games for the days you don't want to study. Start today and see whether it fits how you learn before you spend anything.
Bestå Tutor removes the daily ceiling: unlimited AI grading and unlimited speaking practice, at 49 kr/month or 349 kr/year, with a 7-day trial for new subscribers that renews at the listed price unless you cancel.
Already have the app? Open the App Store or Google Play and tap Update if auto-updates are off.
Related guides: How to pass Prøve i Dansk 3 · How to pass Prøve i Dansk 2 · PD3 exam guide · PD2 exam guide
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Two complete practice sets landed in the Gym today — one for Prøve i Dansk 2 and one for Prøve i Dansk 3 — each built in the exact task types, weighting, and format the exam uses.
- PD2 — 1 new set. 30 reading questions across all five task types, both writing tasks with instant AI feedback, and 6 speaking picture tasks.
- PD3 — 1 new set. 30 reading questions (short answer, multiple choice, and cloze) carrying the full 37 points, both writing tasks — email reply and essay — with instant 00–12 AI feedback, and the full speaking part: the Del 1 monologue plus three themes with six picture-description tasks.
That's 60 new reading questions, 4 writing tasks, and 12 speaking pictures in a single drop. The Gym now holds 29 full practice sets — 16 for PD2 and 13 for PD3 — so you can sit a complete set end to end, in exam order, as many times as you need.
New here? Start with the PD2 exam guide or the PD3 exam guide, then see how to score full marks on PD2 reading and how to score full marks on PD3 reading. Building vocabulary first? Ordforråd is free for everyone.
Bestå 4.2 is now live on iOS and Android. Nobody passes Prøve i Dansk by doing more practice. You pass by being told exactly what was wrong, understanding why it cost you, and coming back the next day to fix it. That loop is what this release rebuilds.
- Feedback that tells you why — and won't flatter you. The grade no longer just hands you a number: it explains the reasoning behind the mark, so you know which habit to change. Right at the pass line it says borderline instead of faking confidence, so you know when you are one habit away rather than safely through. Exercise review goes one step further — it explains why your answer was wrong, not only what the right one was. A mark you can act on is worth ten marks you can only worry about.
- One graded answer a day, as a habit. Write a PD2- or PD3-format answer and have it corrected, every day. The allowance now resets at your midnight rather than Denmark's, so a fresh one is waiting when your day starts — which is the whole point of a daily habit that has to survive shift work and school runs.
- Word-level pronunciation, in Ordforråd. Say a word out loud and get feedback on how it went. Speaking practice grades your whole answer — this is the drill underneath it, one word at a time, on the words you keep getting wrong. Saying a word aloud the moment you meet it is what turns a word you recognise on paper into one you can catch in the listening part and produce at the oral exam.
- A day's practice you can actually finish. The hardest part of preparation is deciding what to do, and the second hardest is stopping. Home now opens on a short, tappable checklist sized for one sitting, with a Danish greeting, search right at the front door, and a moment that marks the session done when you get there.
- Listening you can rely on. Audio plays reliably now, with the sentence highlighted as you follow it — and on the rare occasion it genuinely can't play, the app tells you instead of spinning. Practising your ear is worthless if the sound is a coin toss.
How to get the most out of it:
- Point today's correction at your weakest task type, not your favourite one. One graded answer a day only compounds if you aim it at the thing that keeps costing you marks. If your Opgave A diagram descriptions are shaky, grade those five days running and watch the same comment stop appearing — that is what progress actually looks like.
- Read the "why" before you look at the number. The mark tells you where you stand; the reasoning tells you what to change tomorrow. A borderline verdict is the most useful result you can get — it means one habit, fixed, moves you over the line.
- Say every new word out loud the moment you meet it. Danish spelling hides how words actually sound, and reading silently builds a vocabulary you can see but never hear. Thirty seconds of saying it back is worth more than another ten words read in silence.
- Let the checklist choose. Open the app, do the rows Home gives you, close it. Ten honest minutes a day beats an hour you keep postponing — and the exam rewards the person who showed up ninety times, not the one who studied hard twice.
Everything else in 4.2:
- Home opens with a Danish greeting, a search box at the top, and a moment that marks your session complete.
- The Today checklist recommends only what you can realistically finish, its rows are tappable, and Android and iOS now say exactly the same thing.
- Gym search covers vocabulary as well as exercises, and Danish letters are optional — type ae, oe or aa and it still matches.
- Search no longer stalls on long lists; the index is built once instead of rebuilt on every keystroke.
- The exam catalogue is cached, so screens open without re-downloading it every time.
- Your writing grade now scrolls itself into view when it arrives, behind a proper overlay while it is being marked, with the duplicate spinner gone.
- Exercise review explains why your own answer was wrong, not just what the right one was.
- More PD3 speaking material: Delprøve 2 cards filled in across six practice sets.
- Speech highlights the sentence as it plays, and tells you when audio genuinely cannot play instead of spinning.
- Fixed: the Hør spinner in Ordforråd not stopping, the Games tab occasionally disappearing, and raw text leaking into one AI prompt.
- Behind the scenes, the AI that marks your writing moved to a newer model and was re-tested against real censor grades before shipping.
New to Bestå? It is built for one job: getting you through Prøve i Dansk 2 or 3. Practice sets in both PD2 and PD3 format, AI correction on your writing and speaking against the official scales, Ordforråd — 887 Danish words across 21 themes, each one spoken aloud — and three Danish word games for the days you don't want to study. You can start today and find out whether it fits how you learn before you spend anything.
Bestå Tutor removes the daily ceiling: unlimited AI grading and unlimited speaking practice, at 49 kr/month or 349 kr/year, with a 7-day trial for new subscribers that renews at the listed price unless you cancel. Correct as much as you want, as often as you want, right up to the exam.
Already have the app? Open the App Store or Google Play and tap Update if auto-updates are off — most of 4.2 is app-side and won't reach you until you do.
Related guides: How to pass Prøve i Dansk 3 · How to pass Prøve i Dansk 2 · PD3 exam guide · PD2 exam guide
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Bestå 4.1 is now live on iOS and Android — the biggest release since PD3 support, and both headline features are free for everyone.
- Ordforråd — a fourth skill in the Gym. The Danish words that keep coming up at PD2 and PD3 level: 887 words across 21 themes — work, housing, health, the labour market, environment and more. Every noun is shown with its article — en ansøgning, et krav — with every inflected form underneath, and each word is spoken aloud and shown inside a full sentence. There's also a dedicated deck of the connectors (bindeord) that hold Danish sentences together.
- Games — practice that doesn't feel like studying. Ordle gives you a new Danish word puzzle every day, with a hint when you're stuck and the meaning revealed at the end. En/Et Duel is thirty seconds against the clock on noun gender. Tal-lytteren plays you a Danish number — an amount, a price, a year — and you type what you heard.
How to get the most out of it:
- Pick the theme you're weakest in, not the first one. Ten minutes in one theme beats skimming five — the words inside a theme reinforce each other, because they come from the same situations.
- Say each word aloud after the audio. Danish spelling hides how words actually sound. Hearing then repeating is what stops you recognising a word on paper but missing it in the listening part.
- Learn the article as part of the word. Read en ansøgning, never just ansøgning. There is no rule that predicts en/et — the pair is what you need under exam pressure, and En/Et Duel turns exactly that into a habit.
- Make Ordle your daily anchor. One puzzle a day keeps you touching Danish even on days you don't study — and the streak does the remembering for you.
The same vocabulary is also free on the web — browse it at Ordforråd, no app or account needed. When you're ready to train the rest, start with the PD3 exam guide or the PD2 exam guide.
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Three complete practice sets landed in the Gym today — two for Prøve i Dansk 3 and one for Prøve i Dansk 2 — each built in the exact task types, weighting, and format the exam uses.
- PD3 — 2 new sets. Each has 30 reading questions (short answer, multiple choice, and cloze) carrying the full 37 points, both writing tasks — email reply and essay — with instant 00–12 AI feedback, and the full speaking part: the Del 1 monologue plus three themes with six picture-description tasks.
- PD2 — 1 new set. 30 reading questions across all five task types, both writing tasks with instant AI feedback, and 6 speaking picture tasks.
That's 90 new reading questions, 6 writing tasks, and 18 speaking pictures in a single drop. The Gym now holds 27 full practice sets — 15 for PD2 and 12 for PD3 — so you can sit a complete set end to end, in exam order, as many times as you need.
New here? Start with the PD3 exam guide or the PD2 exam guide, then see how to score full marks on PD3 reading and how to prepare for the PD3 oral. Building vocabulary first? Ordforråd is free for everyone.
Bestå 3.5 is rolling out on iOS and Android:
- Today Coach — your new Home — a readiness gauge gives you an honest estimate of how prepared you are for exam day, with a breakdown for reading, writing, and speaking. The coach points at your biggest opportunity, suggests one small "next win", and starts your daily session with a single tap.
- Weekly momentum — a green "This week: +N mastered" line shows how much you've gained over the past week, so you can see your progress building day by day.
- A guided first exercise for new users — instead of an empty screen, new users now start with a short, real exam exercise walked through step by step, with clear explanations of why each answer is correct — followed by a quick tour of Home. You can replay the guided tour anytime from Profile.
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New reading, writing, and speaking exercises just landed in the Gym — one new set for Prøve i Dansk 2, one for Prøve i Dansk 3 — each in the exact task types and format used in the real exam.
- PD3: 37 new reading questions (short answer, multiple choice, and cloze), both writing tasks with instant 00–12 AI feedback, and 3 speaking themes with six picture-description tasks
- PD2: 30 new reading questions across all five task types, writing tasks with instant AI feedback, and 6 new speaking picture tasks
That brings the Gym to 513 PD2 exercises (415 reading, 35 writing, 63 speaking) and 428 PD3 exercises (335 reading, 25 writing, 68 speaking) — over 940 exercises in total. No more piecing your prep together from random WhatsApp groups, hoping an admin doesn't kick you out for asking a question. Bestå gives you one place to prepare, in the exact exam format, entirely on your own terms.
New here? Start with the PD3 exam guide or PD2 exam guide, then see how to score full marks on PD3 reading.
Bestå 3.4 is rolling out on iOS and Android:
- Study Streaks — every day you practice builds your streak, shown on your Home and Gym screens to keep you motivated. Your streak stays in sync across your devices.
- Daily Reminders (optional) — opt in for a friendly evening nudge on the days you haven't studied yet. Turn it on or off anytime in Profile.
- More reliable AI writing feedback — we fixed an issue where grading could occasionally fail on longer essays.
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Bestå 3.3 is rolling out on iOS and Android:
- New Gym home — every section and your progress in one place
- Daily Polish — redo recent mistakes in minutes
- Instant reading scores when you check answers
- Examiner-style writing feedback on the official 00–12 scale
- AI speaking practice for Del 1 and Del 2
- Search across The Gym, richer exercise cards, picture previews in speaking lists, and a calmer Nordic look throughout
A major Prøve i Dansk 3 update is live:
- 90 new reading questions — short answer, multiple choice, and cloze on authentic texts
- 6 writing tasks — email reply and essay (Delprøve 1 & 2) with instant 00–12 grading
- 18 speaking pictures plus 3 full exam practice sets
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New PD2 material is in the app, plus quick tips for each of the five reading task types (scan for keywords, match ads by unique details, check word type in gaps, and more).
Also added: 18 new speaking picture tasks and writing tasks with instant AI feedback on the official 7-point scale.
Paste the exact Del 1 topic you were assigned, and Bestå instantly builds a prep brief — structure, talking points, and what the censor listens for — then lets you practise out loud with follow-up questions.
In the app: PD3 → Speaking → Add your own topic.
New PD3 practice this week:
- 6 new speaking topics (Del 1) with prep briefs — alcohol culture, gender equality, Rigsfællesskabet, mental health, food waste, parental leave, and more
- Full mock exams — reading, writing, and speaking (Del 2 picture description) in real PD3 format
- Coming soon: paste your own Del 1 topic (now live as of 7 June)
The big PD3 update is approved on both App Store and Google Play:
- PD3 Speaking Simulator — presentations and unrehearsed Del 2 discussions with follow-up questions
- PD3 Essay Grading — instant grammar, vocabulary, and 00–12 estimates
- PD3 Reading Gym — factual questions, multiple choice, and sentence insertion
- Fresh exercises added every week
With written exams done, many of you are shifting to mundtlig prep. The AI Speaking Simulator lets you practise picture description and follow-up questions without waiting for a study partner — judgment-free, 24/7.
A big update was also in review: PD2 Del 2 partner conversations and the full PD3 expansion.
Reading alone can create an "illusion of competence." The AI Speaking Simulator in Bestå uses real exam prompts, asks follow-up questions out loud, and grades you 00–12 with actionable feedback — perfect for 10-minute sessions on the train or between errands.
v2.0 is officially out on both platforms:
- Reading — exam-style exercises with 1-tap translator
- Writing — practice emails with instant 00–12 grades (including V2 word-order checks)
- Speaking — presentation and picture description with an examiner that talks back
Thank you to 50+ beta testers who helped polish this release.
A community recap for everyone cramming for Prøve i Dansk 2:
- Written exam (reading & writing): Wednesday, 20 May 2026
- Oral exam: mid-June to early July (your school sends the exact slot)
- Results: usually 3–4 weeks after the written part
Official handbook: danskogproever.dk — PD2
Bestå is built for real life: bite-sized reading exercises on the S-tog, in the Netto queue, or on a coffee break — with a built-in translator and auto-saved progress.
The AI Writing Coach for PD2 Skriftlig fremstilling is in TestFlight (iOS) and closed testing (Android). Type practice emails in the app and get instant feedback on bullet points, estimated 00–12 grade, and grammar/V2 mistakes.
Beta testers can get Lifetime Pro when the app officially launches. Sign up for a beta slot.
Coming soon: type practice emails in Bestå and get instant AI feedback — mandatory bullet points checked, estimated official PD2 grade (00–12), and detailed grammar/V2 explanations. Included at no extra cost for Bestå Pro Lifetime holders.
After struggling to find good PD2 practice on mobile, Basujit built the app he wished he had. Bestå is now live on the App Store with reading exercises in exam format, a built-in translator, and mock exams — download free.
Tap the globe icon while practising and get an instant translation without leaving Bestå — no more juggling PDFs and Google Translate.
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