Illustrative scene: two travellers seated opposite each other using the two ends of a phone on a pub table

Free beta · Android & Web

One phone.
26 languages.

Meet people. Share stories. Find your words.
614 travel phrases, face-to-face Talk, and a phrasebook you can make your own.

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26 languages · No account · No ads

A real trip. A real frustration.

Stuck at an airport.
An idea that stayed with me.

I landed in China ready for a trip. Then we tried to get connected. The airport Wi-Fi wouldn’t work for us, and the shops had no SIM cards to buy. We spent hours stuck there without internet, trying to work out what to do next.

That feeling followed us through the trip. Travelling around China meant reaching for a phone translator again and again. We needed the help, but the experience wasn’t enjoyable. I wanted communicating with people to feel easier.

So I started making TapSay for myself: useful phrases ready before I travel, my own words saved where I can find them, and a phone we can put between us to have a conversation.

Then I thought: other travellers might need this too. That’s why I’m sharing it. TapSay is still a beta, and your experiences and ideas will help me make it better.

— Paweł, maker of TapSay

What's inside

Everything a trip actually throws at you

614 phrases · 24 situation decks · 9 home layouts

Not a dictionary — a phrasebook designed for the moments where you need an answer now.

Offline first

The phrasebook works offline. In the Android app, download translation models and available local voices. Offline microphone support depends on your phone and language.

Face-to-face Talk

Split screen: your language at the bottom, theirs — upside down — at the top. One phone on the table, two people talking.

Emergency & allergy cards

Blood type, medication and contacts — plus large crossed-out allergy symbols alongside translated labels. Use them to reinforce your message, and confirm important details with a person.

Menu decoder

150 food words — including allergens — searchable in English or the local language, each one spoken aloud.

Numbers & prices

Type any amount, see it written the local way and hear it said. Bargain without doing mental math.

Simple by design

Tap a phrase, hear it. Big-text mode, plain buttons, no accounts. Made to hand to a parent — not to study.

The feature people remember

One phone. 26 languages.
A conversation at both ends.

Face-to-face Talk splits the screen in half. Your half faces you; the other half is rotated 180° so it faces the person opposite. Each side has its own microphone button, its own conversation history and its own translations — in the language each person reads.

  • Sit opposite each other. Place the phone lengthwise between you
  • Each person taps the microphone at their own end; the translation appears on the other half
  • Both histories scroll independently during the conversation
  • Works for any pair of the 26 languages — not just to and from English
See it in the web app
TapSay Talk in split view: a back-and-forth English–Spanish hostel chat — plans for the night, food and goodbyes — shown twice, once for each side of the table
Split-screen conversation in TapSay Talk

Beyond the phrasebook

A little less hesitation.
A lot more connection.

At a party, over a coffee, or somewhere completely new. Choose your languages and take turns speaking.

Illustrative wide home party scene: friends seated opposite each other using a phone amid other guests
New people. New stories.One microphone for you. One for them.
Illustrative travel scene: two travellers seated opposite each other using a phone at a train table with an alpine view
Make room for a conversation.Both halves face the person reading them.

Lifestyle scenes are AI-generated illustrations. App screens below are actual captures from the beta.

Your trip. Your phrasebook.

Create the phrases you actually need.

Your favourite café order, a question you ask every day, a topic for your next trip. Keep your own words alongside TapSay’s ready-made phrases.

Actual TapSay custom phrase editor with a Spanish terrace request, English meaning and optional pronunciation
01 · Your words

Add your own phrases

Choose a language, enter the phrase and its English meaning, and add pronunciation if you want. You can also save a translation from Translate.

Actual TapSay Categories screen showing the user-created topic My café stops with one saved phrase
02 · Your topics

Organise them your way

Create and name your own topics in Categories. Give each one an icon, then add your custom phrases or phrases from the built-in collection.

Actual TapSay home screen showing a custom Spanish phrase saved to Favourites
03 · One tap away

Keep favourites on home

Tap the star to save a phrase to Favourites, or pin it to the top. Pick a home layout with a Favourites section and keep your most useful words easy to reach.

Your custom content stays on your device. Use Backup & restore to move it to another phone. Check translations before saving important phrases.

The part that matters when it counts

Ready for the moments with no signal.

Prepare before you travel. The phrasebook, voice playback and live Talk have different offline requirements.

  1. Install & enable

    Open the website once to cache the phrasebook, or install the Android beta. Ready-made phrase translations do not need live translation.

  2. Download once, over Wi-Fi or mobile data

    For free-text translation in the Android app, enable on-device translation and download models for your languages. For speech playback, install local voices through your phone’s speech engine.

  3. Check before you leave

    Test in airplane mode. Fully offline Talk also needs on-device speech recognition for both languages; this is not available for every phone or language.

Website and Android app: the website’s free-text translation and voice conversations need internet. Installing it on your Home Screen does not change that. The Android app can translate free text offline after setup; fully offline Talk additionally needs supported offline recognition and local voices.

A quick look

Real screens, straight from the beta

Main screen: pinned phrases, essentials and favourites in Spanish on the light home layout
Main screen — your phrases, your way
Face-to-face Talk: a full back-and-forth English-Spanish conversation shown on both halves of the split screen
Face-to-face Talk — a real chat
Settings layout picker listing nine home layout options and six themes
Pick your layout - nine options
Translate screen: typing “Where is the toilet?” and getting Spanish with pronunciation, marked offline from the phrasebook
Translate — offline from the phrasebook
Menu decoder listing allergen words in Spanish — cacahuetes, marisco, gluten — with English translations
Menu decoder — allergens included
Emergency card showing selected allergies as large crossed-out symbols with Spanish and English labels
Emergency card — allergies as symbols
Sentence builder combining the pattern “Where is…?” with the word “the pharmacy” into the Spanish sentence ¿Dónde está la farmacia?
Sentence builder — grammar included
Show mode: a phrase shown in very large Spanish text, with flip, speak and reply buttons
Show mode — hand the phone over
Dietary requirements card written in the local language for restaurant staff
Dietary card for restaurants
Situations screen with tiles for Airport, Taxi, Hotel, Restaurant and more
24 situation decks

Who it's for

Built for travellers, not techies

Parents & older travellers

Text size up to 130%, tap-to-hear everywhere, big buttons, no settings maze. If you can send a photo, you can use TapSay.

Anyone who hates installing stuff

No account, no sign-up, no ads. Open it, pick a language, tap a phrase. That's the whole tutorial.

Repeat-phrase travellers

Favourites, pinned phrases and reply cards put the ten sentences you use fifty times a day one tap away.

Make it yours

Make TapSay feel like your TapSay.

TapSay is highly customizable: nine home layouts, six themes, adjustable text size and density, topic tiles you can hide or reorder, pinned phrases, your own categories and phrases. The app adapts to you — not the other way round.

Get TapSay

Join the free beta

TapSay is in active development — a working beta today, app stores later. Beta testers get new versions first.

Android · beta APK

Install the Android beta

Try the latest Android prototype. Pre-release beta — for testing. Android 7 or newer. Version 2.1.0-beta.7 · 40.6 MB.

Download Android beta
How to install the beta

Download on your Android phone and open the APK. Android may ask you to allow installation from this browser. Only allow it for this install, and keep your existing app data backed up. Future builds will be posted here.

This is a debug beta, not a Google Play release. Bugs and incorrect translations are possible. Verify important information independently, especially allergies and medical instructions. TapSay must not be your only safety check.

Web · works today, even on iPhone

Open the web app

Nothing to install. Add it to your Home Screen and it behaves like an app. Phrases and browsing work offline once cached; free-text translation needs internet in the browser.

Open tapsay-eka.pages.dev

Best on Chrome and Safari. Microphone support depends on your browser.

iOS · planned

App Store version

An App Store release is planned after the Android beta is battle-tested. Meanwhile the web app already works on iPhones from the Home Screen.

Want to help shape it? Tell me what to fix first — feedback button is in the app.

Honest small print: TapSay is a travel communication aid in beta. Machine-drafted translations can contain errors — the app shows you the same warning it shows every user: verify anything important.

Questions

Frequently asked

Does it really work offline?

The ready-made phrasebook works offline: bundled in the Android app and cached after a first visit to the website. Local voice playback needs installed offline voices. The Android app can translate free text with downloaded language models. Fully offline Talk also needs supported on-device recognition for both languages. Test your chosen languages in airplane mode before relying on them. Website free-text translation and Talk need internet.

Which languages are included?

Polish, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Ukrainian, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian, Greek, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Romanian and Malay — 26 languages including English, available on either side of a Talk conversation.

How much does it cost?

Nothing while in beta. The app has no ads and no account.

Is my data private?

Saved favourites, custom phrases and emergency cards stay on your device. Online translation sends the text to the selected provider; browser speech recognition may use the browser maker’s service. Feedback is optional and sends your message through the feedback service. This marketing website uses no analytics or cookies.

Can I trust the translations?

Translations can contain mistakes, including serious ones. Built-in translations and recent corrections are machine-drafted and still need native-speaker review. Verify allergies, medical information and other important details with a qualified person. Symbols reinforce the message but do not guarantee safe food or care.

When is the iOS app coming?

Planned after the Android beta. Until then, iPhone users can add the web app to the Home Screen today.