New: Apple Watch, interface in 16 languages, Portuguese and Persian courses

12 languages. 20+ games.
0 ads.

Spell the word while you run, shoot the right translation in a space battle, read the sign in a car race. Words come back inside the games right before you forget them. A1 is free in every language.

🇬🇧 English🇩🇪 German🇫🇷 French🇪🇸 Spanish🇮🇹 Italian🇷🇺 Russian🇸🇦 Arabic🇹🇷 Turkish🇯🇵 Japanese🇰🇷 Korean

The app's interface speaks 16 languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay, Ukrainian and Persian.

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20+games 12languages 4,000+words / language 489chapters / language A1→B2levels 39mock exams 0ads

Learn inside the game

Every game has its own worlds, stages and sounds. Every game is cleared by seeing, hearing and writing the word.

Car Race

Car Race

Read the sign, pick the lane: the right word is on one road only. Gas, brake, bends.

Space Battle

Space Battle

Steer the ship, shoot the target carrying the right translation, beat the boss.

Penalty

Penalty

Left, middle or right: the word tells you where the ball should go.

+18 more games

Brick Breaker, Word Blocks, Crossword, Sudoku, Letter Rain, Platform Adventure and more.

Version 2.0.3

Now on Apple Watch

Word of the day, your streak and today’s quests on your wrist. Answer review cards from the watch; the result lands in your review queue on the phone.

  • The app now speaks 16 languages: Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay, Ukrainian and Persian joined. Menus and word meanings in your language.
  • Pofu Guide: tap “?” on any screen for the in-app guide, search and “Take me there”.
  • New courses: Portuguese and Persian, A1 to B2.
  • 35 curriculum-aligned mini chapters in the English course, in the order schools teach it.
Now on Apple Watch

Beyond the games

An 18+ language-exchange community and Pofu Tutor, weekly leagues and quests, mock exams from Goethe to JLPT, a crossword and dark mode.

Language exchange

Language exchange

Get paired with someone whose native language is the one you learn and who is learning yours. Chat and make voice calls inside the app; a checker reviews what you both write, and any message translates with one tap.

Pofu Tutor

Pofu Tutor

Role-play or free conversation with an AI in the language you learn. It answers at your level and corrects you gently; your pronunciation is scored syllable by syllable.

Leagues and quests

Leagues and quests

Lessons, games, exams, diary and Tutor all earn XP. Weekly leagues from Bronze to Diamond in 7 tiers, the top 7 move up. 3 daily quests, a shared quest with a friend, badges and 6 new widgets.

Mock exams

Mock exams

Goethe-Zertifikat A1 and B1, DELF A2–B2 and TCF Canada, DELE A2–B1, CILS B1, JLPT N5–N3 and TOPIK I. The real module order and timings; the first test of every exam is free.

Crossword

Crossword

Game number 20: a grid built from the chapter's words. The clue is in your language, the answer in the one you learn, letter by letter. Words come back on the grid just before you would forget them.

Dark mode

Dark mode

Light, dark or the same as your phone. Storybook narration now keeps playing in the background; pause and resume from the lock screen.

18+

You are not learning alone any more

The Community tab is a language-exchange space for linked members aged 18 or over. Child and school profiles never see it.

  • Language exchange: get paired with a native speaker of your target language, chat, make voice calls
  • Pofu Tutor: role-play and free conversation with an AI, pronunciation scored syllable by syllable
  • Discover, feed, question of the day, voice posts, correction requests
  • Exam study groups and a public profile

Every message can be reported and is reviewed within 24 hours. Blocking takes one tap; calls and matching switch off whenever you want.

You are not learning alone any more

12 languages, one app

The interface is in your language; words are taught with meanings in your language. Progress is kept separately per language.

A1A2B1B2C1C2Mock exams
🇹🇷Turkish–
🇩🇪GermanGoethe A1Goethe B1
🇫🇷FrenchDELF A2–B2TCF Canada
🇮🇹ItalianCILS B1
🇪🇸SpanishDELE A2–B1
🇷🇺Russian–
🇸🇦Arabic–
🇯🇵JapaneseJLPT N5–N3
🇰🇷KoreanTOPIK I
🇵🇱Polish–
🇧🇷Portuguese–
🇮🇷Persian–

Full course from A1 to B2, in every language.

🇬🇧

English

A1–B2, 7,000+ words, grammar, rhymes, story books.

🇩🇪

German

With articles, illustrated signs and real recorded audio.

🇫🇷

French

The same 489 chapters with French stories and questions.

🇪🇸

Spanish

Full course A1 to B2, a separate leaderboard per language.

🇮🇹

Italian

Definition, example sentences and a usage note for every word.

🇷🇺

Russian

Starts with a Cyrillic letter-tracing lesson.

🇸🇦

Arabic

Trace the Arabic letters first, then move on to words.

🇹🇷

Turkish

Turkish for foreigners; interface in 16 languages.

🇯🇵

JapaneseNEW

Kanji + kana with furigana above every kanji. Hiragana and katakana tracing.

🇰🇷

KoreanNEW

Start with hangul; trace the jamo, then move on to words.

🇵🇱

PolishNEW

The 32-letter alphabet; trace the nine special letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż.

🇧🇷

PortugueseNEW

Brazilian Portuguese, written with every accent (ã, õ, ç, ê), A1 to B2.

🇮🇷

PersianNEW

Iranian Persian; the 32-letter Perso-Arabic script runs right to left, every A1–A2 word fully vocalised, with a letter-tracing sheet.

🇩🇪 German · 🇫🇷 French · 🇪🇸 Spanish · 🇮🇹 Italian · 🇷🇺 Russian · 🇸🇦 Arabic · 🇹🇷 Turkish · 🇯🇵 Japanese · 🇰🇷 Korean · 🇵🇱 Polish · 🇧🇷 Portuguese · 🇮🇷 Persian

Questions

What people ask before they download.

What is Pofu?

A language app where the learning happens inside real games. You pick a language, pick up words in a game, and the same words come back in the rounds that follow until they stick. 12 languages, A1 to B2, 4,000+ words in each, and no ads at any level.

Is it free?

All of A1 is free in all 12 languages, and so is the first chapter of every level after it. No card needed. The rest opens with Plus; the yearly plan starts with 14 days free, cancel any time. Every narrator voice is free either way.

Which languages does it teach?

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Persian. Each one is a full course from A1 to B2 with its own voices; Japanese, Korean, Polish and Persian also come with a lesson for their writing system.

Do the games actually teach anything?

The course is underneath the games, not next to them. Every word is introduced, then returns inside whatever you are playing until you have answered it correctly in both directions, and the ones you miss come back sooner. 4,000+ words and 489 levels per language, with a daily report of what was practised.

Are there ads?

None, at any level, free or paid. Nothing to watch, nothing to dismiss.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. A level of a language can be downloaded in full: words, pictures and audio: from the downloads screen, and plays offline after that. Words added later are fetched quietly in the background the next time you are online.

Is it suitable for families?

It is built to be handed over without someone watching: no ads, nothing buyable inside a game without passing the parent gate, a daily time limit, and a report of what was practised. A parent sets the limit and the reminder hour from their own profile.

Is there anything for teachers and schools?

Yes: a teacher panel for institutions. Students join in the app with the institution code; teachers see in the browser who is on which chapter and which words are hard, and teach the lesson on the projector. For schools, language courses and companies: [email protected]

Is the community open to children?

No. The Community tab opens only to linked members aged 18 or over; child profiles, school profiles and guests never see the tab. Members can block each other and report any message, and reports are reviewed within 24 hours.

Which exams can I prepare for?

Goethe-Zertifikat A1 and B1 (German), DELF A2–B2 and TCF Canada (French), DELE A2–B1 (Spanish), CILS B1 (Italian), JLPT N5–N3 (Japanese) and TOPIK I (Korean), each with the real module order and timings. The first test of every exam is free. Pofu's tests are original practice material, not affiliated with any exam body.

How it works

Every chapter: a 4-line spoken story, 8 illustrated words, true/false questions and games.

One learning loop

The word you see today you hear in the next game and write in the one after.

Smart review

Words come back inside the games right before you would forget them.

Earn it, wear it

Gold buys characters, frames, ships, cars and pets; all of them show up in the games.

5 examples per word

Definition, example sentences, collocations, synonyms, antonyms, a usage note and real audio.

Grammar explained, not tested

Sectioned explanations, typical mistakes and 30–40 exercises per topic.

Race your friends

Weekly leaderboards, friend codes, a separate board for every language.

A real course underneath

Not a game pack: stories, word cards, grammar, storybooks and rhymes, A1 to B2.

The Learn shelf

The Learn shelf

Story, word cards, alphabet, grammar, parrot and books, chapter by chapter.

Word cards

Word cards

Every word with its illustration, real recorded audio, a definition and example sentences.

Storybooks

Storybooks

389 illustrated books per language, A1 to B2, read aloud. Tap a word for its meaning and sound, and save it.

For families

A report every evening: what was learned, where it got hard. Guide mode is PIN-protected; purchases and settings stay closed to players; no ads. One account holds up to 3 children; a child can play on the parent's phone or on their own tablet, progress is kept separately and reported to the parent.

For institutions

Teacher panel

Students join in the app with the institution code; you run everything from the browser at pofuplay.com/ogretmen.

  • Which chapter every student is on, and who is behind this week
  • The words your students find hardest
  • Lessons on the projector: narrated story, colour-coded words, answers revealed when you choose
  • Word cards, listening, grammar and books on one screen
Teacher panel

Free

A1 in all 12 languages, every game, the daily report. No ads at any level.

  • 117 chapters, 848 words per language
  • Alphabet and letter-tracing lessons
  • Weekly leaderboards and friends
Yearly: first 14 days free

Pofu Plus

A2, B1 and B2, offline packs, the detailed weekly report. One membership covers every player in the family; cancel any time.

  • 372 more chapters, 3,324 more words per language
  • 3 players, 3 devices

Start free today

All of A1 is free in 12 languages, and so is the first chapter of every higher level. No ads, no card. The yearly Plus plan starts with 14 days free.

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