# Braille Academy: Play &  Learn — Learn and train touch reading

> Interactive app for learning and training the Braille reading system. (iPhone/iPad app by Xiang Dong.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/braille-academy-play-and-learn/id1561530189 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Xiang Dong](https://appshunter.io/developer/1511041685)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 1,632 App Store ratings · 72 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.1 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-04-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/braille-academy-play-and-learn/id1561530189/reviews.md

## What is Braille Academy?

Features:
- 13 chapters, namely Letters, Numbers, Basic Punctuations, Special Symbols, Alphabetic Wordsigns, Strong Contractions, Strong Wordsigns, Strong Groupsigns, Lower Groupsigns, Lower Wordsigns, Initial Letter Contractions, Final Letter Groupsigns and Shortform Words.
- Teaches strategically Braille of all 26 letters of the English alphabet, numbers 0 - 9, 12 most frequently used punctuation marks, 8 most frequently used special symbols, 23 alphabetic word signs, 38 contractions, 12 wordsigns, 34 groupsigns and 75 short-form words.
- 59 levels and 29 challenges in total teach, train and test more than 90% of the entire Unified English Braille knowledge.
- Various themes to choose from including the Contrast theme (more contrast and bolder text) for visually impaired.
- Absolutely no disturbing ads.
- On the Explore page, you can click and see the Braille representations of all the 26 letters, numbers 0 - 9, 12 punctuation marks and 8 special symbols.
- After passing all the levels and challenges in one chapter, you can get a certificate on the Certificate page.
- On the Settings page, you can switch on and off button sound, key sound, button vibration, key vibration vibration on error and keyboard layout.
- More learning and training materials will be added in the future updates.
- Works completely offline.

Please note, this app is not specially designed for people with severe visual impairment, but with feedback and suggestions from them, we are certainly working in that direction (improving talkback/voiceover experiences).

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What’s Braille?

Braille is a system of touch reading and writing for visually impaired people, in which raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation marks, special symbols and so on. It is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight in his childhood and later developed a code for the French alphabet. These characters have rectangular blocks called cells which have tiny bumps called raised dots. The number and arrangement of these dots distinguish one character from another.

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What’s Braille Academy?

Braille Academy is developed to help those who are curious about and interested in learning the Braille system. The two key teaching concepts are gradual introduction and focused repetition. The learning material is categorized into chapters and then levels to ensure efficient learning and training. If you are not particularly interested in Braille but in training and improving your memory in general, Braille Academy is also a useful tool.

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Levels and challenges?

In short, a level focuses on introducing new characters with a small amount of repetition while a challenge trains what you’ve learnt already. In a level, you can click the INFO BUTTON (on the left) to read some TIPS and the hint button (on the right) to see the correct answer. The hints are infinite and always free. In a challenge, you can’t use the hint button anymore and you must make less than 3 mistakes to pass it.

In conclusion, I wish you a lot of success and a lot of fun in learning Braille!

Privacy Policy: https://dong.digital/braille/privacy
Terms of Use: https://dong.digital/braille/tos

## Key features

- 13 learning chapters
- Covers letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols
- Over 90% of Unified English Braille knowledge
- 59 levels and 29 challenges
- Contrast theme for visual impairment
- Offline functionality
- Certificates upon chapter completion

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Subscription | $0.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Premium | $3.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 72)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/braille-academy-play-and-learn/id1561530189/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Amazing app definitely recommend

*2026-08-17, version 2.4.1*

As someone that has a 50/50 chance of being blind in the future this app is priceless

### 5/5 — Loved it

*2026-07-23, version 2.4.1*

Amazing interactive app. Totally worth the purchase.

### 5/5 — Very Helpful

*2026-07-09, version 2.4.1*

The chapters seem long, but the repetitiveness helps it stick!

### 5/5 — Visual BrailleAcademy

*2026-06-02, version 2.4.1*

This is great. Already completed chapter two. It really would be nice if I would come to learn of the person who lead me to the wanting to know more beside the meshapotmia  not spelling it right but it was way back then In the days. Still in search of the devices and the books. The information I got online seem legit, it’s just the judgement ones who are in the quack quack of what I am not. Like this email. It’s suppose to be half of mine you know. I have an account that was recently created and my it’s a uninstalling game,. High amount how can I get it back? Could that happen. I never did get into any other account of mine and damn. Back to subject.Morse mania lip reading maritime and chat are also good ones

### 5/5 — Braille Academy

*2026-05-21, version 2.4.1*

It good

But in all seriousness it is good, and has a good message behind it. It’s meant to help learn braille which is good for including all people whether they’re blind or not

### 5/5 — Really useful

*2026-05-15, version 2.4.1*

It’s a fairly basic flash card style app, but the staging and guide made it surprisingly quick to learn.
Really good but no frills

### 5/5 — Helping  a  friend

*2026-05-15, version 2.4.1*

Im learning to read braille to he a good friend hes blind and i hve to make  labels   the machine i useis slower then a couple of his slates hes teaching me on

### 4/5 — Great app and developer

*2026-04-09, version 2.4.1*

I love this developer’s work and support them by purchasing in-app upgrades. I LOVE Morsemania and this app is almost as good. Naturally it can only teach you to recognize the patterns visually, which defeats the purpose of braille, but that’s nobody’s fault. As an introduction to the system, this is really good. And I love the look of this app. The design of this bs Morsemania is like buying a new car- same model but the latest version. It looks sleeker and up to date.  Only issue is that it doesn’t have all the features that Morsemania has, even after upgrading. The Explore section doesn’t allow you to set up a custom practice. The setting don’t allow you to increase the difficulty if practice via shorter response times or more rapid fire flashcards. Morsemania also allows you to turn off the individual letter progress rings so that you truly don’t know what’s coming next.  Lastly, there is now write section equivalent to the Send section in Morsemania. I am curious to look into taking a real course in Braille Transcriber Certification and this app has the potential to be a good introduction to that. Maybe practice writing words and abbreviations. 

After completing Morsemania, I found that my pattern memorization was sharply honed and I learned the Braille forms in an hour. All the more shame that there isn’t more to this app.

This app is still worth buying. I just wish it were as fully developed as Morsemania.

### 4/5 — Adapting this app for the totally blind

*2026-03-12, version 2.4.1*

It is a very good app, but it may be more helpful for those who are new to learning braille and who have no vision
Ideally this app would be helpful for those who actually need to know braille to support them in the daily lives

It is a very good app but would be better with more additional features

Great work

### 5/5 — great

*2026-03-07, version 2.4.1*

Great app.  Makes learning braille easy and fun. One wish…add the option of using a braille keyboard.
Thanks for a wonderful app.

## Frequently asked questions about Braille Academy

### What does Braille Academy teach?

Braille Academy teaches the Braille system, a touch reading and writing method for visually impaired people. It covers all 26 English alphabet letters, numbers 0-9, punctuation marks, special symbols, and various word and group signs, aiming to teach over 90% of Unified English Braille knowledge.

### How is the learning structured in Braille Academy?

The app structures learning into 13 chapters, which are further divided into 59 levels and 29 challenges. This gradual introduction and focused repetition approach ensures efficient learning and training of Braille characters and words.

### Is Braille Academy suitable for people with severe visual impairment?

While the app is not specifically designed for severe visual impairment, it incorporates feedback from visually impaired users and offers features like a Contrast theme. The developers are actively working on improving talkback/voiceover experiences.

### Can I use Braille Academy offline?

Yes, Braille Academy works completely offline, allowing you to learn and train the Braille system without an internet connection. This makes it convenient for learning anywhere, anytime.

### What are the costs associated with Braille Academy?

The application is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. Specific details about what these purchases entail are not provided in the description, but they likely relate to unlocking additional content or features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4.1 — 2025-01-13

In-app purchase bug fix for iOS 18.2.

### 2.4.0 — 2023-05-10

- Theme adjustments.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 2.3 — 2022-09-19

- Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 2.2.1 — 2021-11-15

- implementation of various themes including the Contrast theme (more contrast and bolder text) for visually impaired.
- option to discover and download similar apps or apps of your interest. 
- UI & UX improvements and small bug fixes.

### 2.1 — 2021-08-02

- Improved talkback/voiceover experiences for visually impared people
- UI and UX improvements (font, sound, vibration, etc.)
- Bug fixes and performance improvements

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All apps by Xiang Dong: https://appshunter.io/developer/1511041685

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