Help: app for the Einbürgerungstest (the German citizenship test)

No. Citizenwise is an independent learning app. It is not connected to the BAMF (the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees) or any other authority. The questions come from the BAMF question list. Every question has a link to the official source. So you can check every answer yourself.

No. The app helps you learn for the test. It is not legal advice. Your Einbürgerungsbehörde (the citizenship office) answers questions about your own application. You can also get free help from the Migrationsberatung für erwachsene Zugewanderte (MBE, migration advice for adult immigrants).

The app helps you practise. We cannot promise a result. Your learning level is only a hint, not a guarantee of your result in the test. Content can change. Always check the official source before your test.

The test „Leben in Deutschland" (Life in Germany). You get 33 questions: 30 general questions and 3 about your Bundesland (federal state). You have 60 minutes. With 17 correct answers, you pass. The app uses the BAMF question list (as of 7 May 2025).

With no ads and no account:

• all questions with answer and source
• practising and reviewing without limits
• practice tests: unlimited and free today. As soon as you can buy the full version, 2 practice tests per week are free. You get new ones every Monday.
• translations
• the backup of your progress.

The full version is a one-time purchase. No subscription, nothing renews. It offers unlimited practice tests. The full version is coming soon. Everything else in the app stays free.

No. There is no account and no sign-in. Your progress stays on your phone. If your phone’s backup is on, a copy is in your own iCloud or in your Google account. We never see it.

Usually it comes back by itself, a few seconds after you start the app (with internet). If not:

1. Sign in with the same Google account or the same Apple ID as when you bought it.
2. In Citizenwise, open the settings. At the top, tap „Was enthalten ist" (What is included).
3. Under „Schon auf einem anderen Handy gekauft?" (Already bought on another phone?), tap „Käufe wiederherstellen" (Restore purchases). You do not pay again.

• Android: If Google backup is on, reinstall the app with the same Google account. Then your progress is back. The newest progress (about the last day) may be missing.
• iPhone and iPad: If you are signed in to iCloud, your progress comes back after you reinstall the app.
• Any phone: Settings, then „Sicherung und Sync" (Backup and sync), then „Auf ein anderes Handy übertragen" (Move to another phone). Tap „Fortschritt senden" (Send progress). On the other phone, tap „Fortschrittsdatei öffnen" (Open progress file). This also works between iPhone and Android.

Using two phones? If you bought the full version, it belongs to your Google Play or Apple account: tap „Käufe wiederherstellen" (Restore purchases). Your progress does not move by itself from one Android phone to another, or between Android and iPhone. To move it, tap „Fortschritt senden" (Send progress) in Settings, then „Fortschrittsdatei öffnen" (Open progress file) on the other phone.

Yes. After installing, practising and practice tests work offline. Source links, purchases and the first download of a language for translation need internet. Once the full version can be bought, free practice tests need internet for a moment when they start.

Choose the language in the settings under „Übersetzen in" (Translate into). A computer on your phone translates. The translation can contain mistakes. The test is in German. So learn the German answer. There is no translation in practice tests. On Android, translations are powered by Google Translate.

• Android: The first time, your phone downloads your language (about 30 MB). This only works with Wi-Fi, unless you turn on „Übersetzungen auch ohne WLAN laden (mobile Daten)" (Download translations without Wi-Fi too (mobile data)) in the settings. Connect to Wi-Fi and tap „Erneut versuchen" (Try again).
• iPhone: Tap „Erneut versuchen" (Try again). Download the language when your iPhone asks.
• If your language is not available on your phone: press and hold the text and choose „Übersetzen" (Translate).

Open the settings and tap „Ihr Bundesland" (Your federal state) (or „Bundesland: … (ändern)" (Federal state: … (change))). Then practising and the practice test change right away.

Thank you for your help. Below the question, tap „Stimmt etwas nicht? Schreiben Sie uns." (Something wrong? Write to us.) Your email app opens with the number of the question. Write what is wrong. We check every report against the official source.

Yes. The app follows the text size of your phone. On Android: Settings, then Display, then "Font size" („Schriftgröße“). On iPhone: Settings, then „Anzeige & Helligkeit“ (Display & Brightness), then „Textgröße“ (Text Size), or „Bedienungshilfen“ (Accessibility), then „Größerer Text“ (Larger Text). The app works with VoiceOver (iPhone) and TalkBack (Android). For picture questions, the app describes the picture in words.

Apple or Google receive the money. So they decide about a refund.

• Google Play: Follow Google’s steps at support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479637?hl=de.
• App Store: Sign in at reportaproblem.apple.com and choose „Erstattung anfordern" (Request a refund).

We do not have an account for you. Your progress is on your phone and, if backup is on, in your own iCloud or in your Google account.

• Delete the app. Then the copy on your phone is gone.
• How to delete the backup too is explained in the privacy policy: citizenwise.app/datenschutz.html
• For purchase data, write to us with the purchase date and the store. We delete our record. The purchase stays with Apple or Google.

For the guide: Settings, then „Hilfe & Anleitung“ (Help & guide). To write to us: Settings, then „Feedback senden" (Send feedback). Or by email to support@citizenwise.app. We usually answer within 2 working days.

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Citizenwise is an independent learning app. It is not connected to the BAMF or any other authority, and it is not legal advice.