Kidalu: Read by Syllables
Spanish, French, German & more
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Read by Syllables helps children who are starting to read on their own in Polish, Italian, German, Spanish or French. The app splits every text into syllables and colors them in two alternating colors, so your child can see where one syllable ends and the next begins. Note: the app does not teach reading in English; English is available as the app's interface language.
MADE FOR BILINGUAL FAMILIES
Pick the country whose language your child is learning: Poland, Italy, Germany, Spain or France. The library, the syllable rules and the sample sentences follow that country. The interface can stay in English (or Polish, Italian, German, Spanish or French).
A READING COURSE IN 20 LEVELS
Italy, Germany, Spain and France each get a course written by Kidalu (Leggo da solo, Ich lese selbst, Leo solo, Je lis tout seul): 20 levels of 12 pages, from vowels and first syllables to a whole story read alone. Every page has a tip for the parent.
CLASSIC STORIES AND POEMS
Poland: over 1,000 fairy tales, fables and poems. Italy, Germany, Spain and France: 100 classic texts each, such as Grimm and Andersen fairy tales, La Fontaine and Samaniego fables, nursery rhymes and poems. A few texts in every country can be read without purchase; the rest unlocks with the full version.
SYLLABLES THE WAY SCHOOLS TEACH THEM
Each language follows its own school rules. Polish offers phonetic or orthographic division, French offers written or spoken syllables, as taught in first grade in France.
TEXT FROM A PHOTO
Take a photo of a page from a school reader or a book, or pick one from your gallery, crop it, and the app recognizes the text and shows it in colored syllables. Recognition runs on the device: the photo is never uploaded and is deleted right after. You can also type or paste any text. Custom text and text from a photo are part of the full version.
COMFORTABLE READING
- any two syllable colors (16 shades) with a live preview
- 10 backgrounds, light and dark
- adjustable letter size, from small to very large
- every line of a poem on its own line
- print or save as PDF with colored syllables
PARENT AREA
Settings sit behind a parent PIN: syllable colors and division, country and app language, license and purchases. A purchase started outside the parent area requires solving an addition problem, so children cannot buy anything by accident.
ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
Buy the full version once and keep it forever. It unlocks all texts in all countries and custom text. No ads, no accounts; the app only collects anonymous usage statistics, without an advertising identifier.
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Printed illustrated booklets now look just like in the app, with speech bubbles and syllable-blending arrows. Illustrations and covers load faster and are kept on your device.
The developer, Sebastian Rosinski, 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:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Sebastian Rosinski
- Size
- 86 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.5 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 6–8
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime Access $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kidalu