"Understand in your language, learn in French"
The app that makes France's mandatory civic exam accessible — study in your native language, master it in French.
France requires immigrants to prove civic knowledge. The problem: the exam is entirely in French — a barrier for millions of people.
Passing the civic exam is now mandatory for all key French residency milestones:
Multi-year permit — exam required for renewal after year 1.
10-year resident card — civic knowledge is mandatory.
Naturalisation requires the exam at a higher threshold.
Grasping republican institutions in a language you're still learning is hard. Civika lets you understand in your mother tongue first.
Every question, answer and explanation appears in your native language AND in French — simultaneously. Concepts and vocabulary at once.
~400 questions from the official Ministry of Interior curriculum, covering all 5 civic themes for CSP and Carte de Résident.
From 30-second timed questions to the full 45-minute French-only simulator — Civika mirrors the real exam exactly.
Every mode: questions in your language, bilingual answers, explanation after each result.
Three wrong answers and the round ends. Every mistake costs one life.
A countdown timer keeps the pace. Timeout = wrong answer.
Questions and answer order randomised every session.
Full explanation after each answer — in your language and in French.
Every question, answer and explanation is fully translated. Native language and French, always side by side.
~400 official questions, fully translated with detailed explanations in all 10 languages. Spanish and French are bundled; the other 8 are free to download on demand.
Max 2 active languages at once · Switch anytime · Downloads are free
Free to download. Start with 10 questions, unlock everything with a one-time Premium purchase.
For Android smartphones and tablets — Android 8+. Coming soon.
One-time payment · No subscription · Yours forever
Nomad7 is an independent development studio specialising in mobile apps for people in international mobility. We believe language should never be a barrier to integration.
Civika is our first mainstream app — born from a simple observation: thousands of people in France must pass a civic exam in a language they haven't fully mastered yet, with no bilingual study tools available.
We built what we wished existed: a bilingual, friendly, rigorous companion for one of the most important exams in an immigrant's life in France.
Support, press, partnerships or feedback — we read every message.