Canto School: Learn Cantonese
Segis Junior AB Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Canto School: Learn Cantonese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Segis Junior AB. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1.0 GB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v1.7.0
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About Canto School: Learn Cantonese
Learn practical Cantonese for everyday life in Hong Kong. Practise meeting people, ordering food, travelling and making plans—with Traditional Chinese, Jyutping and English support. FIND YOUR STARTING POINT Choose from five levels or try the free listening-and-reply check. Arrive at your place on the path, then tap a lesson when you're ready. The check needs no microphone and suggests a starting point; it does not certify proficiency. ONE CLEAR LESSON PATH Follow 242 lessons across 18 stages, plus 18 stage checks. Start with saying hello, introducing yourself and asking for help. Learn through pictures, choosing, matching, building and speaking. Finish a lesson and return to the path before choosing your next one. TRY YOUR STARTING LESSON FREE Try the fixed entry lesson at your selected starting level free. Changing your level in Profile adds its entry lesson and keeps earlier grants replayable. Repeating a choice or resetting progress does not unlock neighbouring lessons. Existing learners with free Stage 1 access retain it. Build is free, including available word, phrase-part and sentence recordings. Browse Vocabulary freely and hear Hello, Good morning and Bye as free greetings. There is no trial countdown. GO FURTHER WITH FULL COURSE Full Course is an optional monthly subscription for all stages, full Vocabulary access, flashcards and personal decks, Review and Theory. Explore Jyutping, tones, patterns and politeness in optional Theory, then return to your lesson. Apple shows your local monthly price before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Access lasts through the paid period; learning progress is retained. Qualifying paid-app owners and previous lifetime Full Course purchasers keep access without subscribing. Find Restore purchases in Profile's course-access screen. LISTEN AND REPLY Hear available recorded Cantonese, replay or slow it down, and tap expressions for their meaning. Resume unfinished lessons and keep your place when switching tabs. BUILD SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY Choose English words and see Cantonese take shape. Tap a placed word to remove it, or undo a choice. Hear available exact recordings of words, parts and complete lines. PRACTISE SPEAKING YOUR WAY Hold to speak and replay your attempt, or reveal the model with Show answer. Supported iPhones can check recognized words on device; this does not assess pronunciation or tones. Speaking is unscored. Choose Build instead when you cannot speak. KEEP USEFUL WORDS CLOSE Vocabulary starts with Words; explore Short phrases and Sentences separately. Search in English, Cantonese or Jyutping, open word details and add cards to a personal deck. Browse themed flashcard decks, including Everyday 100, or make your own. Tap to flip from English to Cantonese and Jyutping. Still learning and I know this schedule future reviews. Rename a deck, change its icon and recover deleted decks. Review practises language you've met. Audio plays only when an exact recording is available. Missing or withheld recordings stay unavailable; custom card text and some Build combinations have no recording. The app does not generate speech for them. LEARN OFFLINE, WITHOUT A CANTO SCHOOL ACCOUNT Lessons, pictures and recordings are bundled. Purchases, restores and verification may need internet. Verified subscription access works offline until expiry. There are no ads or tracking. Progress, decks and optional daily reminders stay on your device. Speaking recordings are temporary and are not uploaded to Canto School. Terms of Use: https://cantoschool.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://cantoschool.com/privacy Support: https://cantoschool.com/support
What’s new
Version 1.7.0 · Updated October 21, 2026
Clearer lessons and a smoother learning path: • Conversations now show both sides of the exchange, with visible text and replayable audio. • Shorter prompts and tidier word banks make exercises easier to follow. • Refined matching, sentence-building and lesson animations. • A warmer Home arrival, with subtle Auntie and path motion. • Improvements to flashcard practice and lesson consistency. Your saved progress, decks and course access are preserved.
App privacy
The developer, Segis Junior AB, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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