Alphabet game · Ages 2–6
Alphabet Friends
The friendliest way to meet the letters! Every letter has a picture and a word: A for apple, B for ball, C for cat… Tap a letter and the phone reads the letter and the word. Color letters with a finger, find the letter the owl asks for, pop letter balloons and fill the sticker album.
- Free
- Ad-free
- Plays offline
- 13 languages
A look inside the app
Letters
The whole English alphabet, capitals and small letters, each with a picture and a word.
Activities
Letters, Let's Write, Find It, Balloons and the Sticker Album.
Stickers
Every letter's picture becomes a sticker, earned by writing or playing.
Languages, 13 alphabets
Each language with its own alphabet: 33 letters in Russian, 46 hiragana in Japanese, 24 letters in Korean.
Five different games with letters
The five big cards on the home screen are recognized by their pictures, so children choose a game without reading. No game has timers, scores or losing.
- Letters
A picture alphabet
All the letters on colorful tiles. Tap one to see the capital, the small letter, a picture and a word; the phone reads the letter and the word.
- Let's Write
Write with a finger
Fill a giant letter with rainbow paint: first the capital, then the small letter. The paint never spills outside the letter.
- Find It
Which letter does the owl want?
The owl asks for a letter and the child finds it among three bubbles. Six letters found: a new sticker!
- Balloons
Pop it, hear it
Letter balloons float into the sky; a tap pops one and the letter's name is said. Every 15 balloons give a sticker.
- Album
A sticker album
Apple, elephant, giraffe, umbrella, zebra… Collected stickers find their place in the album; tap one to hear its word.
- Rewards
Praise, never punishment
Stars and applause for the right answer; a wrong bubble just says its own name and the owl patiently asks again.
Coloring letters, the first step to writing
A giant letter appears and the child colors it with a finger in rainbow colors. The paint stays inside the letter and every bit colored answers with a little tune. When most of the letter is colored, it lights up from bottom to top, there is applause and the letter's picture joins the album as a sticker.
- Capital and small letterFirst the capital, then the small letter; the parent area can also keep just one of them.
- A helping handIf a child does not know what to do, a hand appears and shows how to color the letter.
- A star for every letter writtenOn the letter board, written letters get a shining star, so children see their progress.
Find the letter, pop the balloon
In Find It, a friendly owl asks for a letter and shows it in its speech bubble: "Find the letter B!" The child taps the right one of three colorful bubbles. In Balloons, letter balloons float up from the grass into the sky; every tap pops one and the phone says the letter's name.
- A patient owlA wrong bubble only wobbles and says its own letter; after two tries the right bubble gently glows.
- Many fingersBalloons can be popped with several fingers at once; even the quickest tap counts.
Every language with its own alphabet
Changing the language changes more than the texts: the letters, how they are said, the words and the pictures were chosen for each language. When a word cannot start with the letter (like Ñ in piña), the letter is colored inside the word.
- English
26 letters
A apple, B ball, C cat
- Turkish
29 letters
A arı, Ç çilek, Ğ dağ, Ş şemsiye
- German
30 letters
With Ä, Ö, Ü and ß
- Spanish
27 letters
With Ñ piña
- French
26 letters
A ananas, B ballon
- Portuguese
26 letters
A abelha, B bola
- Russian
33 letters
The Cyrillic alphabet, with Ё and Й
- Italian
26 letters
A ape, B balena
- Dutch
26 letters
A appel, B bal
- Polish
32 letters
With Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ó, Ś, Ź, Ż
- Indonesian
26 letters
A ayam, B bola
- Japanese
46 hiragana
The a-i-u-e-o chart, あ あひる
- Korean
24 letters
14 consonants, 10 vowels, ㄱ 기린
Collect, tap and hear the word
Every letter's picture is a sticker. Writing a letter earns its sticker; finding six letters in Find It or popping 15 balloons earns a new one. Stickers not earned yet wait as faint letters, so children see which letters are still missing.
- Our own drawingsThe apple, elephant, giraffe, rocket and every other picture were drawn for this app, all in the same soft, friendly style.
- Kept on the deviceStickers and written letters are stored only on the device; no account or internet is needed.
Designed for children
- Big buttonsLetter tiles, bubbles and balloons are big for small fingers, on phones and tablets alike.
- No reading neededEverything is understood through pictures and sound; letters and words are read aloud.
- Praise, never punishmentNo warnings and no losing for a wrong answer; every success is celebrated with applause and stickers.
For parents
- No ads, purchases or dataNo internet needed, no permissions requested; no external links, chat or social media.
- Letter styleCapitals, small letters or both, to match what your child learns at school.
- Parent areaOpens with a 3-second press and hold: home music, button sounds, read aloud, letter style, play-time limit and language.
About Alphabet Friends
What age is it for?
It was designed for children aged 2–6. Little ones tap the letters to discover pictures and sounds and pop balloons; older children write letters with a finger and find the letter the owl asks for. No reading is needed. For screen-time advice by age, see our parents' guide.
Who reads the letters, and is internet needed?
Letters and words are read by the phone's own text-to-speech voice, which lives on the phone and needs no internet. If no voice is installed for the chosen language, letters and words are shown as text and all the games still work. A voice can be added in the phone's settings under "Text-to-speech output".
Is it free? Are there ads?
It is completely free. There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscriptions; every letter, game and sticker is available from the start.
Can it show only capitals or only small letters?
Yes. The letter style setting in the parent area chooses capitals, small letters or both; the letter board, writing, find-it and balloons all follow that choice. Japanese and Korean have no capitals, so the setting is hidden for them.
How does letter writing work?
The big letter on the screen is colored with a finger; the paint only goes inside the letter. When most of it is colored, the letter is complete. It is a playful way for preschoolers to learn the shapes of letters and get ready to hold a pencil.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once installed, no internet connection is needed; it even works in airplane mode.
Which languages does it support?
13 languages: English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean. Each language brings its own alphabet, letter names and words.
Which devices does it run on?
Android 7.0 or later phones and tablets, from Google Play. The app is used in landscape; on tablets the letters and pictures look even bigger.
All the privacy details: Alphabet Friends privacy policy
Music box and bell sounds: the VSCO 2 Community Edition recordings by Versilian Studios (CC0 license). Thank you!
The letters are waiting for you!
Download Alphabet Friends for free on Google Play and start ad-free letter games.