About Braillito
Braillito is an educational app for learning braille from scratch, with short lessons you play, on iPhone, iPad and Android. It is designed so blind, low-vision and sighted people can learn in the same app, and it comes in 38 languages, each with its own braille code.
Every fact on this page carries its source: the app’s App Store or Google Play listing, the app itself or our press kit. What cannot be checked is not here. Facts as of October 24, 2026.
Key facts
| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An educational app for learning braille from scratch: the alphabet, numbers and punctuation, with short lessons you play. | App Store and Google Play listings |
| Who it is for | Blind, low-vision and sighted people, children and adults, families and teachers. No braille knowledge is needed: the course starts with the vowels. | App Store and Google Play listings · The app |
| Course | In English, 59 lessons across 8 worlds, from the vowels to punctuation and arithmetic, ending with a final challenge. The number depends on the language, because each braille code has its own letters: from 57 to 76 lessons. In Spanish there are 63 lessons across 9 worlds. | The app |
| Exercises | Each lesson is a run of short exercises you play: recognise a cell, build it dot by dot, pick the right letter, word or picture, match pairs and find the error. With lives, levels and a daily streak. | The app |
| Kind of braille | Grade 1 (uncontracted) braille, in each language’s own code. In English, Unified English Braille (UEB) Grade 1. | The app |
| Languages | 38, both the interface and the braille it teaches. The full list is in the FAQ. | The app |
| Accessibility | Works with VoiceOver (iOS) and TalkBack (Android). It has high contrast, adjustable text size, haptic feedback and text-to-speech, and uses the Atkinson Hyperlegible Next typeface, from the Braille Institute. | App Store and Google Play listings · The app |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 15.1 or later, and Android through Google Play. | App Store listing · Google Play listing |
| Price | It is a subscription: there is no free plan. Today the plans are weekly, monthly and 3 months. The monthly and 3-month plans can start with a 3-day free trial or with the first month at a reduced price; the weekly plan starts with the first week at a reduced price. The trial and the introductory price are for first-time subscribers. The price depends on your country, and the plans screen and your store show it before you confirm. How to cancel and restore a purchase: Is Braillito free? | The app · Subscription setup (RevenueCat) |
| Free on the website | On braillito.com, the braille translator, the braille alphabet and the printable PDF need no account and no payment. | Press kit · braillito.com |
| Category and age rating | Education. 4+ on the App Store and “Everyone” on Google Play. | App Store and Google Play listings |
| Release | Google Play: April 23, 2026. App Store: May 12, 2026. | Google Play listing · App Store listing |
| App Store rating | As of October 24, 2026: 4.7 out of 5 in the United States (12 ratings), 4.8 in Mexico (8) and 5 in Spain (6). | App Store listing |
| Who makes it | Its founders are Carlos Acosta, Daniel Rodríguez and Jaime Acosta. Daniel Rodriguez is listed as the developer on the App Store and on Google Play. | Press kit · App Store and Google Play listings |
| Origin | Peru. | Press kit |
| Award | First place in the Technological Innovation in Products category of the 2026 Good Practices in Universal Accessibility Competition, run by Peru’s Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (Lima, August 14, 2026). Ministry news release on gob.pe (in Spanish). | Press kit |
| Support | By email, at [email protected]. | Google Play listing · braillito.com |
| Store listings | App Store: id6761394573. Google Play: com.braillito.mobile. | App Store and Google Play listings |
How it works
One letter at a time
Each lesson introduces new letters. First you see each one with its dots, then you build it by tapping the dots of the cell, pick it out among several options and recognize it in braille.
From letters to sentences
The worlds move from the vowels to consonants, words, capital letters, numbers and arithmetic. Later you read sentences in braille, fill in the missing word and find mistakes.
Exercises you play
Each lesson is built from short exercises: match pairs, pick the picture, find the error. With lives, levels and a daily streak that brings you back.
The English course, world by world
- Valley of Letters: the five vowels.
- Path of Letters: the most common consonants and the first words.
- Word Mountain: vocabulary with every letter learned so far.
- Letter Archipelago: the last letters, to complete the alphabet.
- Kingdom of Words: the full vocabulary and reading sentences.
- Temple of Capitals & Numbers: capital letters and numbers.
- Galaxy of Codes & Operations: punctuation and arithmetic.
- Final Challenge: every type of game.
In other languages the number of lessons changes, and a language with accented or special letters has one more world for them: Spanish has 9.
What Braillito is not
- It is not free: it is a subscription, and the 3-day trial is for first-time subscribers. The website tools are free.
- It does not teach contracted (Grade 2) braille: the published version teaches Grade 1.
- It does not teach writing with a slate and stylus: in the app, the dots are marked on the screen.
- It does not replace braille on paper: on a screen, braille can be seen, heard and felt as vibration, but it has no raised dots.
Team and support
Braillito is a project from Peru. Its founders are Carlos Acosta, Daniel Rodríguez and Jaime Acosta. For questions about your account or subscription, write to [email protected]; the support page explains how to cancel, restore a purchase and delete your account. For the press, everything is in the press kit.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know braille to start?
No. The course starts with the five vowels and moves letter by letter up to numbers, punctuation and arithmetic.
Does it work for blind people?
Yes. It works with VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad and with TalkBack on Android.
What languages is Braillito in?
38, each with its own braille code: Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Urdu.
Which devices does it work on?
iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 15.1 or later, and Android through Google Play.
Who makes Braillito?
A team from Peru. Its founders are Carlos Acosta, Daniel Rodríguez and Jaime Acosta. In 2026, Braillito won first place in the Technological Innovation in Products category of the Good Practices in Universal Accessibility Competition run by Peru’s Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation. To contact us: [email protected].
Keep reading
On this website you can use the braille translator and look up the braille alphabet without an account. If you teach, see Braillito for schools; if you want to know how we made the app accessible, read the accessibility statement.
Try it
Braillito on iPhone, iPad and Android
The first lesson starts with the vowels. If it is your first subscription, the monthly and 3-month plans can start with a 3-day free trial.
Works with VoiceOver and TalkBack