El Recreo: Learn Spanish
Speak Argentine Spanish
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Move into a building in Palermo, meet your neighbors and learn the Spanish of Buenos Aires: vos, the porteño “sh” and real street words, 15 minutes at a time.
Learn the Spanish people really speak in Buenos Aires: vos instead of tú, the porteño “sh” in calle and yo, and the everyday words you’ll hear on the street.
A STORY YOU’LL WANT TO FOLLOW
You’ve just moved into an old building in Palermo. Rubén, the encargado, greets you at the elevator. Sofi from 4B invites you for mate. Marta at the corner kiosco saves you an alfajor, and Lucho drags you to the cancha. Across 60 lessons you get through your first weeks in the city, and every new word comes with someone to say it to.
LEARN BY DOING, 15 MINUTES AT A TIME
Each lesson is a run of short, hands-on steps:
• Choose the right word and see why
• Match words, pictures and porteño versions
• Build sentences tile by tile
• Listen and pick what you heard, at normal or slow speed
• Role-play dialogues and chats: you answer, the neighbors reply
• Say it out loud and check your answer (optional)
• Mini-games: pay at the kiosco, set the clock, order from the café menu
REAL RIOPLATENSE SPANISH
• Vos from lesson one: vos tenés, vos sos, vos querés
• The “sh” sound of ll and y, trained by ear
• Local words with notes on when to use them: che, laburo, bondi, dale, re
• Culture woven in: mate, asado, merienda, the colectivo, dinner at ten
EVERY LINE VOICED
More than 4,000 recorded lines in Rioplatense Spanish, with a voice for every neighbor. The audio is built into the app and works offline.
REVIEW THAT STICKS
Phrases from your lessons come back in short review sessions when they’re due, so they stay with you.
BANDA SONORA
Finish a unit and unlock a song from the Río de la Plata, picked for lyrics you can follow. Then listen on Apple Music or Spotify.
KEEP GOING
Daily goals and streaks, achievements, widgets, and friendly reminders from the neighbors: in Spanish, with the English underneath.
Progress syncs between your iPhone, iPad and Mac through iCloud.
YOUR PRIVACY
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your progress stays on your devices and in your own iCloud.
PRICING
Units 1 and 2 (12 lessons) are free. Unlock the rest of A1, 48 more lessons and your A1 graduation, with one purchase. Pay once, no subscription.
Explanations are available in English, Russian, Portuguese, French and German.
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Information
- Seller
- Alexander Ryakhin
- Size
- 118.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- A1 · Recién llegado $19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Aleksandr Riakhin