Kobane: Mandarin & Spanish
Little lessons, two languages
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now in two languages! Explore Mandarin or Spanish with Bane: short lessons to listen, match, speak and finish a sentence, with gentle hints all the way.
Meet Bane, your child's little cat companion for a playful first adventure in Mandarin or Spanish.
Choose a language and explore short lessons across 19 worlds, from friendly greetings and counting to animals, family, food and festivals. Each lesson introduces four words or phrases, then brings them back through listening, matching and speaking.
TWO LANGUAGES, ONE ADVENTURE
• Mandarin: 45 lessons and 180 words and phrases with simplified Chinese characters, pinyin with tone marks and English meanings. Trace 153 characters one stroke at a time, and hear the four tones in the Tone garden.
• Spanish: 43 lessons and 172 words and phrases of everyday Latin American Spanish. Every lesson ends with a sentence to finish: read what it means, then pick the word that fits.
• Pick a language on first launch, and change it any time in the Grown-up corner. Each language keeps its own progress.
MADE FOR LITTLE DISCOVERIES
• Listen at a natural or slower pace, then match words to what you hear or read.
• Say it with Bane. Record a short practice take and hear yourself, or simply practice out loud without the microphone.
• Revisit word cards in Practice, follow the adventure trail, replay favorite lessons and collect world badges.
MADE FOR PRACTICING TOGETHER
Designed for English-speaking beginners, roughly ages 6–8. A grown-up can join in to help read the instructions. Bane offers encouragement along the way, and a missed match is another chance to try.
Grown-ups can adjust music, sound effects and animations, and pinyin helpers for Mandarin. Lessons and audio are included in the app for offline practice. There are no accounts, ads or in-app chat. Progress stays on this device and does not sync between devices.
Microphone use is optional. Recordings stay on the device and are deleted when the activity closes or the app leaves the foreground. Speaking practice is self-guided and does not score pronunciation. Examples use prerecorded synthetic speech.
The first two worlds of each language are included with the app. One optional in-app purchase per language opens that language's other 17 worlds. Purchasing, restoring purchases and changing language are behind a grown-up gate; an internet connection is needed for store actions.
Ratings & Reviews
Kobane now teaches Spanish too!
• A whole new Spanish course: 19 worlds and 43 short lessons of everyday Latin American Spanish, from greetings and numbers to the table, the phone and festivals.
• A new last step in every Spanish lesson: read a sentence with a word missing and pick the one that fits.
• New paintings for every Spanish world.
• Choose the language on first launch, or change it any time in the Grown-up corner. Each language keeps its own progress.
• Each language has its own optional unlock, now $2.99.
• Mandarin is just as it was, with your child's progress kept.
The developer, Matthew Jackson, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Matthew Jackson
- Size
- 85.2 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
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 6–8
This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- All Spanish worlds $2.99
- Unlock every world $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Matthew Jackson
