About Tildi

Language learning app for bilingual families

Tildi turns the picture books already on your shelf into bitesize language lessons

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The Tildi library screen showing the books you're reading
Max reading a bilingual picture book with his daughter Mathilda at bedtime
The Tildi home screen showing today's ten-minute lesson
Scanning a page of a German picture book with the Tildi app
The daily parent lesson screen in the Tildi app
A letter from the founder

Hi, I'm Max

We are raising our fourteen-month-old daughter, Mathilda, bilingual. There is one small problem: I can't speak German.

I have tried for years. Evening classes I stopped going to. Apps that gave me a streak and then a guilty notification when I lost it. Podcasts I listened to once. Nothing ever stuck, because every one of them wanted a new slot in a day that was already full.

Then I noticed something. There was one thing we never skipped, no matter how tired we were: the bedtime story. Same sofa, same handful of picture books, every single night. A habit I had spent years trying to build was already sitting there, fully formed.

So I built Tildi for myself first. Scan the books you are already reading, and they become bitesize language lessons and games. You can also unlock parenting phrase packs such as "bath time" or practice conversations with chat based scenarios which builds your confidence in speaking a second a language to your child.

I built Tildi around family moments and storybooks not textbooks or ordering drinks at a bar. So you can put into practice what you learn tonight.

If you are the parent in the house who is quietly falling behind on the family language, Tildi was made for you. Give it a week of bedtimes and see how it feels.

Max Brown, founder of Tildi, with his daughter Mathilda

Max

Max Brown · Founder of Tildi · Dad to Mathilda

15

languages to learn

10 min

a day to build the habit

10

pre-scanned books in the app

7 days

free trial, no card needed

Why it works

What we believe

Rituals beat willpower

You will not find a new half hour in your day. But you already read stories and spend time with your child everyday. So we built language lessons around your daily family rituals.

Learn from your own books

The words in the book on your child's shelf are the words you will actually say tonight. That beats a generic course unit about ordering coffee at an airport.

Ten minutes is enough

Five new words a day, plus a quick recap of the ones you have met before. Small and repeatable is what turns into a language over a year.

Inside the app

Library lessons,  conversation coaching and much much more!

The Tildi home screen showing today's parent lesson and progress stats

What is Tildi?

Tildi is a language-learning app for parents of young children. You scan a page from any printed picture book with your phone.

Tildi transcribes it, translates it and builds a side-by-side bilingual reader with tap-to-hear audio.

Those same words then power a daily ten-minute lesson. It supports 15 languages and comes with a 7-day free trial, no card required.

The Tildi bilingual reader showing a picture book page in two languages

Why picture books?

Picture-book language is short, repetitive and practical. The same qualities that make vocabulary stick. More importantly, it is language you will use immediately, out loud, this evening.

Do I need books in the language?

You can scan a English or foreign language book to create lessons from it. Or start with a pre-scanned book from our library.

Bilingual reader

Every word tappable for audio.

Today's Chat

AI conversation practice for everyday and parenting moments.

Pronunciation feedback

Record yourself and hear how close you got.

Phrase packs & more

Grammar tips, parenting phrase packs and more!

More detail in the frequently asked questions, the pricing page and on the Tildi blog.

The story

How Tildi fits into your busy life

The problem

Years of apps, no habit

I tried classes, streak apps and podcasts. Every one of them asked for a slot in the day that a new parent simply does not have. Every one of them ended in a broken streak.

A parent's to-do list with every chore ticked off except learning a language
The idea

The habit was already there

We read the same picture book every single night. That is a ritual that never breaks. So the language should live inside it — same book, same time, same tired sofa.

A parent and toddler reading a picture book together at bedtime
Tildi today

Scan a page, get your lesson

Tildi reads the page, translates it side by side with audio on every word, and turns those words into a ten-minute lesson the next evening. Fifteen languages, ten books ready to go.

A parent holding a phone over an open picture book, scanning the page
Who it's for

Tildi is for bilingual households

Bilingual households

One parent speaks the language, the other is catching up. Tildi is for the parent who is catching up.

One parent, one language (OPOL)

Keep pace with your partner's language so you understand the bedtime story too, not just nod along.

Starting from absolute zero

No grammar tables on day one. You start with the sentences on the page in front of you.

Heritage-language families

Grandparents' language slipping a generation? Rebuild it from the books your child already loves.

Try it for one week of bedtimes

Seven days free, no card needed. Scan your first book in less than 30 secs.

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