When our first three kids' apps — Baby Chicken (Thai), Little ABC (English), and Kinder Apfel (German) — found their way onto family iPads, the message we heard most often wasn't praise or a bug report. It was a question: “Do you have one in our language?”
A Portuguese-Swiss family wanted one for their daughter. A Ukrainian mum living in Poland wanted one for her son. A grandmother wanted her grandchild to hear Marathi. And every time, we wished we could just say yes.
The idea: a first alphabet in the language you love
So many children today grow up between languages — the language of the country they live in, the language spoken at home, and sometimes a third from a grandparent. A child's very first alphabet is a small, tender thing. It felt wrong that it should only exist in a handful of “big” languages.
So we set out to build one for each language a child might grow up with — with the same calm design, the same offline-first promise, and warm, clear audio for every word.
Fifty languages and counting
Today that idea has grown into a whole family of first-alphabet apps. Italian (Piccolo Gelato), Spanish (Pequeño Churro and Pequeña Piñata), Portuguese, French (Petit Macaron), the Japanese kana (Chibi Sakura and Chibi Purin), Korean, Chinese, the Nordic languages, Russian and Ukrainian, Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Khmer, Burmese — more than fifty in all, each with its own little mascot to guide the way.
Every app is built the same way underneath:
14 colourful categories — letters, numbers, animals, colours, food, and more — each with beautiful illustrations and clear audio for every word. Then 6 gentle games to build recognition, letter tracing and free drawing for little hands, and 12 classic illustrated stories to end the day with.
What never changes
No matter the language, every app in the family keeps the same promise: no ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, and no data collection. Everything runs 100% offline, so a child can learn on a plane, in a waiting room, or at a kitchen table with the Wi-Fi off. Safe for the very youngest hands.
Whatever language your little one is growing up with, there's a good chance there's now a first-alphabet app quietly waiting for them — in their language.
