FalaNova — Learn Portuguese
European Portuguese with AI
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Learn the Portuguese of Portugal with AI: some 15,000 words, 168 grammar points and 115 reading texts explained in English, a Portuguese–English dictionary and RTP radio.
FalaNova is a Portuguese study app powered by AI (Claude).
It teaches the Portuguese of Portugal (European Portuguese), not Brazilian Portuguese,
and lets you work through vocabulary, grammar, reading, speaking and listening level by level, from CEFR A1 to C1.
■ European Portuguese throughout
・Vocabulary: words used in Portugal, such as autocarro, comboio and telemóvel
・Spelling: económico, género, ténis, bebé (acute accents)
・Usage: estar a + infinitive, pronouns after the verb (chamo-me), tu as the default "you"
・Pronunciation: phonetic transcription of every headword in European Portuguese, and pt-PT voices for read-aloud
■ Content (CEFR A1–C1)
・Vocabulary: 14,914 words (24,979 entries across levels)
with phonetic transcription, part of speech, meaning, example sentence and English translation
・Grammar: 168 points (pattern, key notes, examples and translations)
・Reading: 115 texts (e-mails, notices, articles and more) with explanations in English
・Speaking: AI conversation practice in Portuguese by CEFR level
・Listening: AI-generated dialogues plus radio programs from RTP (Portugal's public broadcaster)
■ Portuguese–English dictionary (14,914 words)
・Look up inflected forms directly: fizemos → fazer, cidades → cidade,
autocarros → autocarro. 152,047 verb conjugations, plural nouns and
gender/number forms of adjectives are indexed
・Phonetic transcription, examples and CEFR level for every entry. Save words to your word list and practice with flashcards
・Search in Portuguese or English
・Works entirely on your device; looking up words uses no network connection
■ Features
・AI feedback: instant corrections of your pronunciation and grammar, in English
・Pronunciation practice: microphone recording with real-time transcription (pt-PT)
・Model audio: read-aloud at normal and slow speed
■ Premium (subscription)
AI features (conversation, grading and generated explanations) can be tried free up to 5 times a month.
Beyond the free allowance, they are available with a monthly or yearly Premium subscription.
・Payment is charged to your Apple ID.
・The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
・You can cancel at any time in Settings after purchase.
For DAPLE preparation or everyday Portuguese study, start with FalaNova.
■ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Subscriptions in this app are covered by Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA).
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://ars-sys.github.io/falanova-legal/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
FalaNova is now available in English: the screens, vocabulary, grammar, reading explanations and the Portuguese–English dictionary.
A playback bar has been added to read-aloud.
・Pause and resume read-aloud of reading texts and of AI dialogues in Listening.
・Drag the bar to listen again from any point.
・Skip to the previous or next sentence.
・Choose a speed from 0.75x to 1.5x.
・See the elapsed time and the total length.
・In Reading, the sentence being read is highlighted.
The developer, 株式会社ARS, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ARS, K.K.
- Size
- 90 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 月額プラン $3.99
- 年額プラン $29.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 ARS, K.K.