Your child looks up a word, sees a picture of what it means, and hears it spoken. For children about 4 to 12, on iPhone and iPad.
Made for a family raising a child with two languages, in either direction.
English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Either one can be the language your child speaks at home, or the one they are learning. Japanese and Chinese together work the same way as a pair with English.
Every word in the dictionary has its own illustration, and every language shares that picture. Your child learns the meaning from the picture, not from a bare translation.
Tap a word, its meaning, or an example sentence to hear it in that language. Speaking speed can be slower, normal, or faster. Chinese can show pinyin, Japanese can show furigana, and longer English words can show syllable colors for a young reader. For each child, Chinese can be read aloud in Mandarin or Cantonese.
Four games move from hearing a word, to reading it, to recalling it, to spelling it: Listen & Pick, Find the Picture, Find the Word, and Build the Word. If your child cannot read the learning language yet, the app stays with the listening games. When they can, it adds reading and spelling. They can always choose any game.
No ads, no account, and no tracking. Bilinga collects no data. Your child’s words and progress stay on the device.
From a question, to a card, to a game.
Type it, say it, or explore by picture.
The word card shows the picture and both languages. Tap any text to hear it.
Learn has four games: hear it, read it, recall it, spell it. Listen & Pick, Find the Picture, Find the Word, and Build the Word. Your child can always choose any game.
What is in the app.
Parent Zone opens only after a parental gate. Each child has a page for their languages and age, whether they can read the learning language yet, reading helpers, speaking speed, Chinese voice, a daily limit on Learn time (5, 10, or 15 minutes, or none), and their progress.
No ads, no account, and no tracking. Bilinga collects no data, and what your child does stays on the device.Read the privacy policy
Prices are shown in the App Store in your currency.
Monthly; yearly, with a 7-day free trial; or Bilinga Plus Lifetime, a one-time purchase that never renews. One purchase can be shared with the buyer’s family through Apple’s Family Sharing.
Children about 4 to 12. You choose an age band — 4–6, 7–9, or 10–12 — and that shapes which words and decks fit. Children who are not reading yet can browse by picture and listen. The dictionary is designed most fully around ages 7 to 9, and it keeps going through about 12.
English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, in any direction. The home language and the learning language have to be different. A Japanese and Chinese pair is as complete as a pair with English.
Yes. For each child, Chinese can be spoken in Mandarin or Cantonese. Cantonese reads the same written Chinese aloud, whether it is Simplified or Traditional. If Traditional Chinese is one of that child’s languages, setup asks which voice to use. The choice is also on every child’s page in Parent Zone. With Cantonese, pinyin is hidden, because pinyin describes Mandarin sounds.
Yes. You say whether they can read the learning language yet. If not, they can find words by picture or by saying them, and the games the app picks can be answered by listening. All four games stay available if they want to try one.
Yes. Learn shows all four games, at every age: Listen & Pick, Find the Picture, Find the Word, and Build the Word. Your child can open any of them. When the app chooses, it follows whether they can read yet: hear it, then read it, then recall it, then spell it. That choice never hides a game.
Not for everyday use. Looking up words, pictures, voices, and the games work with no connection. Buying or restoring a purchase needs the internet at that moment. Auto-translate stays on the device. The first time you prepare a language pair, iOS downloads language files from Apple. Bilinga does not send the words.
No ads, no account, and no tracking. Bilinga collects no data. Words, favorites, and progress stay on the device. Parent Zone and purchases sit behind a parental gate.
Looking up words, word cards, pictures, voices, reading helpers, Explore, My Box, auto-translate, and one child. Once a week, one Learn session (Today’s 5 words) is free, so your child can try the games. Playing every day, more than one child, and the detailed progress report are part of Bilinga Plus.
Apple sells and bills the subscription. Bilinga never sees your payment details. In Parent Zone, Manage subscription is where you change or cancel it. Restoring a purchase is there too.
One child on the free plan. Bilinga Plus, including the one-time Bilinga Plus Lifetime purchase, allows up to four. Each child has their own languages, settings, and progress. There is no shared account.
Yes. The menus follow your iPad’s language. If the iPad uses a language Bilinga doesn’t offer, the menus are in English. This is separate from the two languages each child learns, which you set in Parent Zone.
Bilinga is on the App Store. The dictionary is free to start.
