# Kidalu: Read by Syllables — Spanish, French, German & more

> Spanish, French, German & more (iPhone/iPad app by Sebastian Rosinski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kidalu-read-by-syllables/id6814530037 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sebastian Rosinski](https://appshunter.io/developer/6814286878)
- Category: Education, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.5 · 82 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Polish, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-25
- Data updated: 2026-10-15

## What is Kidalu?

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.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Access | $5.99 | one-time |


## Is Kidalu safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kidalu.

## Is Kidalu legit?

Kidalu: Read by Syllables has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kidalu is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.8 — 2026-10-15

New: Kidalu Academy — 20 illustrated workbooks for learning to read by syllables, with speech bubbles and syllable-building exercises. Faster image loading and minor fixes.
Stability improvements.

### 1.1.7 — 2026-10-15

New: Kidalu Academy — 20 illustrated workbooks for learning to read by syllables, with speech bubbles and syllable-building exercises. Faster image loading and minor fixes.

### 1.1.6 — 2026-09-30

What's new in 1.1.6:
• The photo cropping screen (text from a photo) now uses the app language
• Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.5 — 2026-09-29

What's new in 1.1.5:
• Text from a photo – take a picture of a book page and the app shows it in colored syllables (recognized on the device, the photo never leaves the phone)
• New countries: Italy, Germany, Spain and France – 100 texts and a reading course each
• App in 6 languages
• "Your feedback" in the parent area – report a problem or share an idea
• Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.3 — 2026-09-25

No release notes.

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