SentopolyTranslate and break down
Natural translation, Traditional characters, Zhuyin or pinyin, and a word table: meaning, part of speech, a note on usage. Nothing is a black box.
IPHONE · IPAD · 17 LANGUAGES
Learn a language from the sentences you actually need.
Type or say a sentence you want to be able to say. Sentopoly translates it the way a native speaker would say it, explains every word, reads it in a natural voice, scores how you say it, and makes sure you remember it.
Coming soon to the App StoreVersion 1.0 is with App Review. The link goes live the moment it is approved.
LIVE EXAMPLE · ENGLISH → TAIWAN MANDARIN
Type or say a sentence you want to be able to say.
Translate
17
languages, any pair
5
stages of spaced repetition
253
starter sentences, ready to learn
7
days free, then US$4.99 a month
HOW IT WORKS
Your sentence in, a sentence you can say out.
01
Bring a sentence
Something you wanted to say today and could not. Type it or dictate it, in either language. Sentopoly works out which.
02
See it, hear it
It comes back the way a native speaker would put it, broken into words with meaning, part of speech, phonetics and a note on usage. Every word and the whole sentence are read in a natural voice.
03
Say it, keep it
Shadow the voice and get a score for every word. Then the sentence and its words join a five-stage review schedule, so a few minutes a day keeps all of it alive.
WHAT IS INSIDE
Everything between “I wish I could say that” and saying it.
Learn
New sentences are met first, with nothing to get wrong: read it, hear it, tap the words, shadow it if you like. They come to Review the next day.
Review
Two decks, Sentences and Words. Swipe right for Know, left for Don’t know. Five Leitner stages, a daily goal and a streak that a day with nothing due can never break.
Shadow, with a score
Hear the sentence, say it back in the gap, and get accuracy, fluency and completeness scores, plus a score for every word. Weak words turn red; tap one to hear it again.
Listen
Your sentences as a playlist: native first if you like, loop, shuffle, slow it down. Keeps playing with the screen off and from the lock screen.
Your library
Tag sentences, search them, filter yours from the course. No account: everything lives on your phone and in your own iCloud backup.
Bopomofo chart
All 37 Zhuyin symbols with their sounds, an example word for each, and a symbol deck you can review like anything else.
Starter pack
Everyday Taiwan Mandarin: the toolkit. 253 sentences in ten units, from asking questions to feelings, so there is something to learn on day one.
Hard ones and sound-alikes
A drill of the cards you keep missing with tones hidden until you ask, and a list of words that sound like the one you are learning.
Private by design
No account, no analytics, no ads. Your sentences stay on your device. Translation and voices go through our server and are not stored.
PRONUNCIATION
Say it. Get scored. Every word, green or red.
Shadow mode plays the sentence, records you repeating it, and scores your pronunciation word by word. You see at once which word let you down, not just a number for the whole sentence.
A real result from the app. The learner said 那 where the sentence has 他; one word red, two green, and a tap to hear the one that went wrong.
SHADOWDONE
ACCURACY
67
FLUENCY
100
COMPLETE
67
Heard: 那是誰?
他是誰？
ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄕㄟˊ
Who is he?
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WORD · ZHUYINMEANING
他
0
ㄊㄚ
he
PRON
是
100
ㄕˋ
is
VERB
誰
100
ㄕㄟˊ
who
PRON
LANGUAGES
Seventeen languages. Learn any one of them from any other.
Sentopoly was built in Taiwan and tested first on English and Taiwan Mandarin, with Traditional characters and Zhuyin done properly. The same engine pairs any two of these.
中文（繁體，台灣）
Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
English
English
中文（简体）
Chinese (Simplified)
日本語
Japanese
한국어
Korean
Español
Spanish
Français
French
Deutsch
German
Italiano
Italian
Português
Portuguese
Nederlands
Dutch
Русский
Russian
العربية
Arabic
हिन्दी
Hindi
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese
Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesian
Türkçe
Turkish
Interface in English and Traditional Chinese for now. Pronunciation scoring is not available for Indonesian and Turkish; Shadow mode still works for comparing your recording with the voice.
PRICING
Free to try. One subscription, nothing else.
Everything is open for seven days. After that, what you have saved keeps working for ever; adding new sentences, voices and pronunciation scoring need Sentopoly Pro.
Free trial
US$0
for 7 days
- The whole app, unlocked
- No account, no card up front
- Your sentences stay yours after it ends
Pro, monthly
US$4.99
a month
- Unlimited new sentences
- Natural voices for every sentence and word
- Pronunciation scoring, word by word
TWO MONTHS FREE
Pro, yearly
US$29.99
a year
- Everything in monthly
- Half the price of twelve months
- Cancel any time in your Apple Account
Coming soon to the App Store
Prices are set by Apple for your country and shown in the App Store. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period.
QUESTIONS
Things people ask.
Do I need an account?
No. There is nothing to sign up for. Your sentences live on your phone and, if you use iCloud Backup, in your own iCloud. Settings also has Export and Import for a file you keep yourself.
Does it have lessons?
It has a starter pack, 253 everyday Taiwan Mandarin sentences in ten units, so there is something to learn on day one. After that the syllabus is yours: every sentence you add is one you wanted to say.
Which languages can I learn?
Any of the seventeen, from any other of the seventeen. English and Taiwan Mandarin are the pair the app was built and tested on, and the only pair with a starter pack so far.
Is the Chinese really Taiwanese?
Yes. Traditional characters, Zhuyin checked against the TBCL word list, a Taiwanese voice, and translations that use the words people use in Taiwan: 捷運 not 地鐵, 便利商店 not 便利店.
Does it work offline?
Everything you have saved does: review, listen, your library. Translating a new sentence and scoring your pronunciation need a connection. A sentence added offline is kept and translated when you are back online.
What does Pro cost, and what happens if I stop?
US$4.99 a month or US$29.99 a year, after a seven-day free trial, billed by Apple. If you cancel, everything you saved keeps working; only adding new sentences, voices and scoring stop.
Is it on Android?
Not yet. Sentopoly is for iPhone and iPad.
What happens to my recordings?
A recording of up to thirty seconds is sent to Microsoft Azure to be scored and is not kept by us. It stays on your device. No analytics, no advertising, no selling of data. The privacy policy has the details.
What did you want to say today?
Bring it to Sentopoly. By tomorrow you will be able to say it.
Coming soon to the App Store