Fidel Play vs eGeez

Speak the Language of your roots. Whether you grew up speaking Tigrinya at home or are hearing it for the first time, Fidel Play meets you where you are. LEARN THE SCRIPT The Ge'ez fidel is one of the world's oldest writing systems. Fidel Play teaches it the right way, family by family, character by character, through recognition drills, tracing exercises, and spaced repetition that makes it stick. PROGRESS THROUGH THE MAP Your learning journey unfolds on a beautiful scrollable map. Each node is a lesson. Each stage is a world. Unlock new content by completing what comes before, just like your favourite games. BUILT FOR THE DIASPORA Not sure how much you already know? Take the placement test and skip what you've already mastered. Heritage speakers can jump straight to vocabulary and grammar without sitting through basics they learned at home. EARN AS YOU LEARN Every lesson earns you Nakfa coins and XP. Spend coins on bonus word collections, hint tokens, and streak repairs. Your progress is always yours and it never resets. DAILY REVIEW Fidel Play uses spaced repetition to bring back characters and words exactly when you're about to forget them. A daily review session keeps everything fresh in under 5 minutes. FEATURES • Gamified map with 4 full stages and more coming • Placement test that respects what you already know • Full Ge'ez fidel script across 32 character families • Tigrinya vocabulary organised by real-life themes • Spaced repetition daily review • Coin economy with bonus word pack shop • Hearts system with timed refills • Works offline for core lessons • Dark theme built for comfortable daily use Tigrinya is spoken by over 7 million people across Eritrea, Ethiopia, and the global diaspora. It deserves a world-class learning app. Fidel Play is that app.

eGeez turns learning the Geez alphabet into an adventure. Anbessa the lion cub guides children along a journey through all 33 letter families and 231 letters of the fidel - the script used by Amharic and Tigrinya. Every letter is voiced by a real human recording. FOR KIDS - A winding journey with exactly one next step - no menus to get lost in - Six mini-games per letter family: pop bubbles, trace letters, feed Anbessa, outsmart Jibby the hyena - 3D adventures: Letter Runner across Lalibela, Aksum, the Simien mountains and Gondar, and Fidel Skylands floating islands - A Daily Letter Hunt, streaks, and a treasure gift every day - Dress Anbessa in hats, scarves and capes earned by learning FOR FAMILIES - Family Voice: a grandparent anywhere in the world can record the letters in their own voice for your child - Voice postcards and share cards to celebrate milestones - The whole app works offline after the first download - perfect for travel and for keeping kids off the internet - App text in English, Amharic, Tigrinya, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS - A parents dashboard (behind a grown-up gate) with letter mastery, trouble letters and practice tips - A full teacher mode: term plans, homework links over WhatsApp, a TV chant board for the classroom - no accounts needed PRIVACY FIRST - No ads. No accounts. No data collection. Everything stays on the device. The only things that ever leave it are the cards and files a grown-up explicitly shares. Includes gentle Bible story picture books in Tigrinya for young children. One purchase unlocks everything; no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.