Your language companion on every journey

The right words, the moment you need them.

Phrase Path puts travel phrases in 52 languages on your lock screen, ready offline. Not a course. Not flashcards. The exact thing to say in the taxi, the market and the moment that matters.

Learn as you live · connect as you explore

52
Languages
30+
Countries
173
Phrase cards
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A winding path through golden rice terraces at sunrise
One phrase changes everything.
The idea

We don't teach languages. We remove language problems.

Fluency takes years. A real journey gives you minutes. Phrase Path is built for the moments travel actually throws at you, the ones where you need one right phrase, instantly, with the confidence to say it out loud.

How it works

Start speaking anywhere in three steps.

No lessons, no streaks, no pressure. Just the words you need, where you will actually see them.

STEP 01

Choose your pack

Pick a country or a theme, from first greetings to getting around, food, and emergencies. Built for real situations.

STEP 02

Set it on your lock screen

Download the phrase card and set it as your wallpaper. Every glance at your phone quietly drills the phrases in.

STEP 03

Explore with confidence

Phrases work offline and adapt to where you are. Say the right thing, connect with people, travel deeper.

Build your path

Plan a journey. Collect the phrases.

Tap the countries on your route. Watch the path draw itself, stamp your passport, and gather the phrase that opens every door. This is a taster of what lives inside the app.

Your Phrase Passport 0 stops
Tap a country on the map to begin your path.
Get every phrase in the app
52 languages · 30+ countries · works offline
Travellers connecting on the road
The shift from tourist to guest.
What makes it different

Designed for the road, not the classroom.

Location-aware phrases

Phrase Path reads where you are and surfaces the phrases that matter there, so you are never scrolling for the right words.

Personalised by AI

The app learns the phrases you reach for and the way you travel, then keeps the most useful ones one glance away.

Lock-screen learning

Turn the screen you check a hundred times a day into a quiet tutor. Phrases sink in without a single study session.

Works fully offline

Download once and your phrases travel with you, through dead zones, border crossings and remote roads. No signal needed.

Phrase of the day

A new way to say hello, every morning.

🇹🇭
สวัสดี
sa-wat-dee
Hello
Thai · Thailand
176of 365 phrases this year
a new one every morning
Collect them all

One phrase a day adds up to a richer journey.

Open the app each morning for a phrase tied to where you are headed next. Save your favourites, build your passport, and arrive already speaking.

The story

Born on a rooftop in Uganda.

Two travellers. A shared belief that the best travel moments happen when you try to speak the language. Not fluently. Just enough to be human.

Matt Renton
Founder

From a brickworks in Newcastle to building an AI-powered language companion. Matt has travelled across Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Every phrase comes from one belief: confidence beats fluency, every time.

Ricky Seaman
Co-Founder

American polyglot, filmmaker and host of Off The Table. Ricky speaks eight languages across more than 100 countries. His mission: every country on Earth. His proof: one phrase opens every door.

Two travellers looking out over the hills of Kampala at golden hour
Why Phrase Path

Not another language app.

Gamified streaks
vs
Ambient repetition
Classroom vocabulary
vs
Real traveller phrases
Open app, start lesson
vs
Glance at lock screen
Months of study first
vs
Speak tonight
Generic global content
vs
Location-specific dialects
Promise fluency
vs
Deliver confidence
Phrase shop

Try it free. Unlock the world when you are ready.

Every pack starts with a free sample. Buy a single Trip Pack, or unlock everything with the Traveller Pass.

Free Taster
Free
A full sample pack to try before you travel. No card needed.
  • One complete country pack
  • Set it on your lock screen
  • See exactly how it works
Best value
Traveller Pass
£14.99 / year
Every language, every pack, every update. Built for people who keep going.
  • All 52 languages unlocked
  • All current and future packs
  • Offline access everywhere
  • New packs added regularly
Unlock the Traveller Pass
Trip Pack
£4.99 once
One country, everything you need. Perfect for a single trip.
  • A full country phrase pack
  • All themes and situations
  • Yours to keep, offline
Buy a Trip Pack
Lifetime
£39.99 once
Pay once, travel forever. Everything in the Pass, with no renewal.
  • All languages, for life
  • Every future pack included
  • One payment, done
Go Lifetime

Popular phrase packs

Tap the speech bubble to share a phrase · tap a pack for a free sample

Partnerships

Built for the travel ecosystem.

Phrase Path works with hostels, tour operators and travel brands to embed language support directly into the journey.

Hostels

QR posters in common areas. Guests scan and get local phrases instantly. Adds value to the stay at no cost to the hostel.

Tour operators

Phrase packs bundled with itineraries, so customers arrive prepared for every stop on the route.

Travel brands

Co-branded phrase packs for destination marketing. Airlines, agencies and tourism boards embedding language support into the journey.

A traveller on a city street showing the Phrase Path lock screen
Out in the world

Real travellers. Real moments.

This is Phrase Path where it belongs: in a hand, on a street, the right phrase one glance away. Over 1,000 phrase packs downloaded so far by travellers speaking up with confidence on the road.

Phrase Path French phrases on a phone lock screen
The lock screen does the workFrench basics, ready offline
From the road

Travellers, in their own words.

★★★★★
"I never thought phrases could be this easy. I used Phrase Path across Thailand and connected with locals in a way I never imagined. It made me feel at home in a place I had never been."
🎒
Sarah
Backpacker, Thailand
★★★★★
"The lock-screen idea is genius. By day three in Morocco I was greeting people in Darija without thinking. Way more useful than the course I gave up on months ago."
🧭
Daniel
Solo traveller, Morocco
★★★★★
"Worked with no signal on a night bus in Vietnam, which is exactly when I needed it. Small thing, huge difference. I now download a pack before every trip."
✈️
Mia
Long-term traveller, Vietnam
Questions

Everything you might ask.

What is Phrase Path? +
Phrase Path is a travel language companion. It gives you the right phrases for real situations in 52 languages, as visual cards you set on your phone lock screen, so they are there the moment you need them, even with no signal.
Is it a language learning app like Duolingo? +
No. Phrase Path does not teach grammar or run lessons. It removes language problems in the moment. Instead of months of study, you get the exact phrase for the taxi, the market, the pharmacy or the border, with phonetic pronunciation underneath so you can say it out loud.
Does it work offline? +
Yes. Phrase cards download to your phone, so they work with no internet and no data. That is exactly when travellers need them most.
How much does it cost? +
You can download free sample packs to try it. Individual Trip Packs are £4.99. The Traveller Pass unlocks every language and pack for £14.99 a year, and a Lifetime option is £39.99 once.
How many languages are there? +
Phrase Path currently covers 52 languages across more than 30 countries, with new packs added regularly.
How do I get phrases on my lock screen? +
Choose a pack, download the phrase card, and set it as your lock screen wallpaper. Every time you glance at your phone, the phrases are right there.
Start your path

Your next journey is already speaking your language.

Download Phrase Path, grab a free pack, and never be lost for words again.

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