Tap a picture.
Hear the word.
First words with bright pictures and friendly voices, in seven languages. Made for little hands, with nothing to buy inside for them to find.
Simple enough for a one year old
Every screen is a set of big pictures. Tap one and a friendly voice says its name. That is the whole idea, and it is why it works.
Tap to hear
Each picture speaks its name clearly, one word at a time, with a little bounce so your child knows the tap worked.
Two languages side by side
Show any two languages under every picture and hear both. Perfect for bilingual homes and for learning a new language together.
List or slide show
Browse a whole category at once, or flip through one big picture at a time with swipes, arrows and an auto play mode.
Seven voices
Warm, playful voices from Australia, New Zealand, America and Europe. Pick the one your child responds to.
Works offline
Pictures live on the device and sounds are saved as they play. One tap in Settings keeps every sound for the car, the plane or the pram.
Nothing to worry about
No ads, no accounts, no tracking, nothing collected about your child. Settings sit behind a grown-up gate.
Three steps, no sign up
Open it on any phone or tablet
Baby Talk First Words runs in the browser, so it works on Android, iPhone and iPad straight away.
Add it to the home screen
Install it like any app. It opens full screen, keeps its pictures and sounds, and works without internet.
Pick a category and tap
Food, animals, family, colours, numbers and more. Sit together, tap, listen, repeat.
Seven languages, any two at once
Every one of the 308 words and 16 categories is translated. English and Spanish are free; the rest come with Pro.
Free
Free
Pro
Pro
Pro
Pro
Pro
Cantonese is read by your phone's own Cantonese voice; the other languages use the app's recorded voices.
The words babies learn first
Food
Drink
Play
Sport
Animals
Body
Family
Clothes
Home
Colours
Numbers
Vehicles
Nature
Feelings
Actions
First words
Animated stories, read aloud in two languages
The same words your child learned in First Words, now in eight short picture stories. Every page is a gently moving scene with one or two sentences, read by a warm voice while each word lights up. Tap the pictures and the dotted words to hear them.
The Three Little Pigs
Bath Time for Teddy
The Big Red Bus
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Little Red Hen
The Enormous Carrot
Good Night, Farm
A Day at the Park
Three stories are free. Baby Talk Pro unlocks all eight, with the same code that unlocks every voice and language in First Words.
Free to start, Pro for everything
Free
- All 308 words and 16 categories
- English and Spanish
- Two voices, Tilly and Auri
- List and slide show, works offline
- Three Baby Talk Stories
Baby Talk Pro
- All seven voices
- All seven languages, and new ones as they are added
- Every Baby Talk Stories story, now and as new ones are added
- One code for every device in the family
- Cancel any time
Pro is bought inside the app under Settings, behind the grown-up gate. Payments are handled by Stripe.
Android
- Open babytalk.au/app in Chrome.
- Tap the menu (three dots), then Install app or Add to Home screen.
- Open it from the home screen like any other app.
iPhone and iPad
- Open babytalk.au/app in Safari.
- Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
- Turn the sound switch on, then tap a picture.
A Google Play listing is on the way. The web app is the same app.
Questions grown-ups ask
Is Baby Talk First Words free?
Yes. The free version has every word and picture, two voices and two languages (English and Spanish), and works offline. Baby Talk Pro adds all seven voices and all seven languages for A$9.95 a month, cancel any time.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Once installed, the pictures are stored on the device and the sounds are kept as they play. Settings has a button that saves every sound for the chosen voice so the app works with no connection at all.
Which languages are included?
English and Spanish are free. Pro adds Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), French, German and Arabic. Any two can be shown together on every card, and the app says both when a picture is tapped.
Is it safe for a baby to use?
There are no ads, no accounts and no tracking. Nothing about your child is collected. Settings sit behind a simple grown-up gate so little fingers cannot change them.
Can one Pro subscription be used on several devices?
Yes. A Pro purchase gives you a code that works on every phone and tablet in the family.
How do I cancel Pro?
Open Settings in the app, then Baby Talk Pro, then Manage subscription. Cancelling stops future payments and Pro stays on until the end of the paid month.
What age is it for?
It is built for the first-words stage, roughly 9 months to 3 years, and it is just as useful for older children learning a second language.
Where do the pictures and voices come from?
The pictures are Noto Emoji by Google (Apache 2.0 licence). The voices are generated with ElevenLabs and stored in the app, so nothing is sent anywhere while you use it.