Lea Fakatonga is an affordable language learning app built for the Tongan diaspora. Whether you grew up hearing Tongan at home or you are starting from scratch, Lea Fakatonga meets you where you are and makes the journey feel rewarding.
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Learn with flashcards Flip through vocabulary cards across 16 categories - Greetings, Family, Numbers, Colours, Food and Drink, Body, School, Lotu, Emotions, Time, Nature, Home, Places, People, Transport, and Animals. Each word is paired with audio recorded by fluent Tongan speakers, so you hear the real pronunciation from day one.
Test yourself with quizzes Multiple-choice quizzes weight the words you find hardest, so every session moves you forward. Finish a quiz and earn XP on the reward screen - a small celebration for every effort.
Build a daily habit Your streak counts every day you open the app. Miss a day? A streak freeze keeps your run alive. Miss two in a row and the streak resets - but your progress never does. Earn a category badge when you master every word in a set.
Culturally authentic The design draws from Tongan visual identity: the deep crimson of the national flag, warm Pacific gold, and the geometric beauty of the ngatu - traditional tapa barkcloth. Dark mode only, built for a generation that studies at night.
Built to last Lea Fakatonga is USD $2.99/month - try it free for 7 days, cancel any time. No ads, ever. Share your subscription with upto 5 other people (Household sharing)
Malo e lelei - welcome.
The app has a great variety of useful terms and helpful tools to learn and understand Tongan. The daily reminders, quizzes and flashcards have made it easy to hold yourself accountable and build muscle memory of the information learned. 10/10 recommend.
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Batman2069
I downloaded the app a week ago and have used it every day. However whenever I try to subscribe it says that the app cannot connect to the store. This is a shame because otherwise the app is awesome.
Developer Response
I'm sorry to hear that you can't subscribe, and I would love to fix this issue for you. Please send your feedback in-app through the Profile tab -> Feedback so we can gather the information needed to fix this issue.
My preferred and favorite Tongan language learning app
Saia F
This app is comprehensive in understanding how the Tongan language is structured. Glad to see it's being actively worked on and it pairs well with reading Tongan books/short stories as well as speaking and understanding with native Tongans! Give it a try!
Terrific 10/10
1060104662
It’s helped me so much and I’ve only had it for about a week now! I’m so grateful for this app!
• New Guided Course unit, with graded practice in every lesson - every word you are taught now gets quizzed
• 224 course words added to three new practice decks: Action Words, Describing Words and Everyday Words
• 74 more course words now have native pronunciation practice
• New Pre-Lesson listening drill for tricky sound pairs, using real recordings
• XP now reflects how much you got right, and course sentences join your Review queue
• Build a Phrase: new levels, 'ko' sentences, the complete pronoun set (we two, we all, they two), and an in-flow word
picker that keeps your sentence in view
• Wrong answers in Build a Phrase now explain why
• Fixed a repeated word tile in Build a Phrase free build
• Fixed lessons offering pronouns the course had not taught yet
• Fixed the wrong verb form with dual and plural subjects
• Fixed blank answers being marked correct
• Fixed hold-to-record sticking after a denied mic, and made it work with a screen reader
• Spelling fixes across the Dictionary and Grammar, including 15 repaired entries
• The fakau'a is now called by its Tongan name everywhere
• Clearer message when in-app purchases are turned off on your device or Apple ID
• Restore Purchases now syncs with the App Store first, and no longer reports a failure as "nothing to restore"
Version 6.4.1
The developer, Ikani Samani, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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