Words in sync
Each word lights up as the narrator reaches it, so your eyes and ears stay together.
Turkish · English · Russian · Spanish · Italian · Portuguese · German
Timeless stories, retold in five minutes.
A calm bedtime ritual for your children — and a five-minute escape into an old story for you.
Fabelia takes the fairy tales, folk tales and classic short stories that generations grew up with, and gives each one a warm 5–8 minute retelling — in seven languages. Listen with the words lighting up as they are spoken, or turn the sound off and read it yourself.
On the App Store and Google Play. Free to start: one credit unlocks a whole story.
- No ads, ever
- Privacy-first, GDPR-minded
- Parental gate on every purchase
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How it works
Three unhurried steps
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Pick a story
Browse shelves of fairy tales, folk tales and classic short stories. One credit unlocks a story for good — in every language and every mode.
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Listen or read
Press play and follow the words as they are spoken over a slow, layered background. Or open Read-It-Yourself mode, silence the voice, and let the text keep its own pace.
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Talk it over
A few gentle questions wait at the end — recalling what happened for younger readers, reading between the lines for adults. No scores, no streaks.
What's inside
Built for listening closely
Read-It-Yourself
Turn the narration off and read at a teleprompter pace — 0.75x to 1.5x — in any of the seven languages.
Two reading levels
A younger-reader level with simpler retellings, and an adult level with the fuller text and inference questions.
Seven languages, one story
Turkish, English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German for every title. Switch language mid-story; your place is kept.
Progress that stays kind
One learning-journey panel shows right and wrong answers side by side, with a weekly trend — never a list of mistakes.
A calm, tactile interface
Parchment textures, layered parallax backgrounds and slow crossfades between scenes. Dark mode and adjustable text size throughout.
Seven languages
The same story, in the language you're working on
Because every title is published in all seven languages at once, Fabelia doubles as a language-practice tool. Listen in a language you know, then read the same story in the one you're learning — the plot is already familiar, so the words do the teaching.
- TRTürkçe
- ENEnglish
- RUРусский
- ESEspañol
- ITItaliano
- PTPortuguês
- DEDeutsch
“The stories are old on purpose. What's new is how little time they ask of you, and how many languages they'll meet you in.”
Questions
Good things to know
What exactly is Fabelia?
A mobile app for iPhone (App Store) and Android (Google Play). It takes public-domain classics — the fairy tales and short stories no longer under copyright — and offers each as a 5–8 minute retelling with AI narration in seven languages. You listen with synchronized text, or read it yourself in silence.
How does pricing work?
Free to start. Adult readers receive daily credits; one credit unlocks a story permanently, in every language and mode — there is no separate charge for listening versus reading. You can buy credit packs, or subscribe for unlimited access and offline downloads ($3.99/month in the US App Store; prices vary by country). Younger-reader accounts get a fixed daily allowance with no timers.
What parental controls does Fabelia have?
The younger-reader level has simpler text and concrete-recall questions. Those accounts receive no notifications, have no points or rewards, and every purchase attempt is blocked by a parental gate — a freshly generated single-digit sum you have to type in.
Can I use it to learn a language?
That is a core use. Every story exists in Turkish, English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German. Switch languages at any point and your position moves with you; completion is tracked separately for each language, so you can work through a title seven times.
Do I need an internet connection?
You need a connection to browse and open stories. With a subscription you can download stories for offline listening.
How do I get Fabelia?
Fabelia is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android. Use the store buttons at the top of this page, or scan the QR code with your phone. It is free to download and free to start reading.
Which reading levels are there?
Every story has two editorially separate versions: a younger-reader retelling with simpler language and gentle themes, and a fuller adult retelling with richer vocabulary. You choose the reading level for the whole account.
What kind of stories are there for adult readers?
Classic fables and folk tales retold with their original edge, suspenseful and gothic short stories, motivational and philosophical pieces, and nostalgic fairy tales revisited for a grown-up sensibility — all drawn from the public domain and reworked into a 5–8 minute retelling.
Questions, or just want to say hello?
Reader notes, story suggestions, press, partnerships — one address, and a real person reading it.
info@getfabelia.com