Parla: Speak Like a Local

Learn a language by talking

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Meet Kit. Walk into a café, a market, a hotel desk and talk your way through, out loud, in 26 languages. Stamps for places you've held. No streaks. Free to start. You've done the lessons. Then a waiter in Rome asks what you'd like and your mind goes white. Parla is built for exactly that moment. Parla teaches a language the way a traveller learns one: by walking into real places and talking your way through them, out loud, from your first session. A companion listens, a local answers back, and you leave with the stamp. A ROUTE OF PLACES, NOT A LADDER OF LEVELS Every language is a route of districts: First words, the Café, the Market, Directions, People, the Hotel, Health, Work, Plans, Stories. Open a district, learn the phrases people actually use there, then hold the checkpoint conversation to earn its stamp. REAL CONVERSATION, OUT LOUD Speak from the first minute. Your partner listens, replies in a natural voice, and corrects you gently as you go, staying just above what you already know so you understand almost everything and are always stretched a little. Your first conversation is also your placement. No typing tests. THE REGULARS Lou the barista, Rosa the grocer, Mx. Vidal the interviewer, Prof. Adler the teacher and Alex the first date are the same faces in every language. You get to know them, and they get to know how you speak. KIT, YOUR COMPANION Kit is a fox with a bucket hat and your passport in their satchel. Kit listens when you speak, thinks while you find the word, and celebrates when you land a phrase. Kit never guilts you and never counts days. A PASSPORT, NOT A STREAK Your passport fills with stamps for districts you've held. If the phrases fade, the stamp fades too. Today shows the minutes you spoke and the sentences you said this week. Evidence, never a scoreboard. LISTEN & RESPOND LESSONS Audio-first lessons for when you can't look at a screen: hear the phrase, say it, hear it back. Thirty units per language at Level 1, with your own interests written into the lines. LESSONS FROM YOUR OWN WORDS Turn any flashcard deck into a spoken lesson with one tap. Import Anki decks, pull vocabulary from YouTube captions, or start from a text you're reading. Everything you know lives in one spaced-repetition memory shared by lessons, cards and conversation. CULTURE IN THE DETAILS Place signs in the target language and script over every scene. Words the way a place uses them. Chat with translations and suggested replies, and a voice translator for the moment you're standing at the counter. 26 LANGUAGES Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and more, with new languages added over time. MADE FOR REAL LIFE Paper by day, night train by night. A noisy-environment mode for cafés and streets. Sounds you can switch off. Sessions of two minutes or twenty. FREE TO START Districts, Listen & Respond lessons, flashcards, chat, translate and your passport are free, along with 10 minutes of live conversation so you can feel what speaking practice is like. Parla Pro unlocks unlimited live conversation. PARLA PRO • Monthly or annual subscription, with a 7-day free trial. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Conversations are generated by AI and are private between you and Parla. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.parlanow.com/privacy Questions or feedback? Email ncfausti@gmail.com.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    3 Ratings

Fixes the microphone in Live conversations. If Kit could not hear you in 1.4.0, this update restores it. Parla Pro now shows its full price up front, before you subscribe. We read every message. Tell us what you think at ncfausti@gmail.com.

Version 1.4.1

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Information

Seller
Nicholas Fausti
Size
55.1 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© 2026 Franklin da Vinci Inc
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