Solecito Support

Solecito is a bilingual, Spanish-first "learn to read" app for children. It teaches reading the way teachers do, with explicit phonics: the child hears each letter sound, traces the letter, blends sounds into syllables and words, and then reads little stories. It is organized as 30 levels across 5 worlds that climb a friendly mountain. Everything runs on the device. There is no account, and nothing leaves the iPad.

Solecito is designed for early readers, roughly ages 3 to 7, and for anyone beginning to read in Spanish. The pace is gentle and every prompt is spoken aloud, so a child can use it before they can read on their own.

Yes, for the lessons. All sounds, art, levels, and progress live on the iPad, so a child can play with no connection at all. Two things do need the internet: buying or restoring an Acceso or world unlock, which goes through the App Store, and read-aloud checking on an iPad that does not have Apple's Spanish speech model installed, as described below.

When the child taps the microphone to read a word aloud, Solecito listens and gently checks the pronunciation, then encourages. It never blocks progress. The feature is optional, and iPadOS will ask for microphone and speech permission the first time.

What happens to the audio: the attempt is recorded to a temporary file so it can be played back right away. When a child reads a word correctly, that recording is kept on the iPad in the app's own storage so a parent can hear it later in the progress dashboard. You can delete those recordings by deleting the app. Solecito asks Apple for on-device speech recognition and uses it whenever the Spanish recognition model is installed on the iPad. If it is not, iPadOS falls back to Apple's speech service, which means that attempt is sent to Apple to be transcribed. Nothing is ever sent to us.

Yes. In keeping with Apple's Kids Category guidelines, purchases and settings sit behind an adult gate, a simple math problem, so a child cannot make a purchase or change settings on their own.

The first three levels are free to play. A one-time Acceso a Solecito purchase ($7.99) unlocks the rest of World 1 and all of World 2. Worlds 3, 4, and 5 are optional add-ons at $4.99 each, and each one needs Acceso first, they are not sold on their own. Everything is a one-time purchase, never a subscription, billed through Apple, and every unlock is shared with your Family Sharing group at no extra cost.

Open Settings (the gear icon), clear the adult gate, and tap restaurar compras (restore purchases). As long as you are signed in with the same Apple Account that made the purchase, everything unlocks.

Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple, not the developer. Visit reportaproblem.apple.com, sign in, find the Solecito charge, and request a refund.