Start learning Thai that works
Free to download. No account required to start. Core phrases, tones, and Right Now mode are available to everyone.
Street food, tones, culture, slang, real conversations. Beam gives you the Thai that actually matters — from the food stall to the emergency room.
"Where is the post office?" Cool. How about ordering at a food stall, reading a menu, or telling a taxi driver where to go without showing your phone screen?
Five tones and zero explanation of why they matter — until you accidentally call your host's mother a horse. Thai is tonal. You need to hear it, not just read it.
Why is everyone calling you "older sibling"? Why did that "yes" mean no? Why did they laugh when you beckoned with your palm up? No app explained any of it.
You're at a food stall. There's a queue behind you. You don't need a lesson — you need the sentence. Right Now mode gives you phrases for eight situations, organised for the moment you need them.
Learn 44 words and you can decode almost any street menu — the method + protein + staple formula unlocks everything. Plus a food photo quiz, spice survival guide, and dishes by region.
Thai uses address terms where English uses names. Get them wrong and it's jarring. Get them right and you immediately sound like you understand something real. Beam explains who to call what, the full politeness ladder, and the cultural context.
Thai communication has a layer most learners never reach. "555" means laughter. A one-word reply isn't rudeness — it's warmth. "Come visit sometime" might be genuine or the softest possible no. Beam teaches you to read the room.
Five tones explained with real audio. Tap any word to hear it. Every phrase in the app is playable — 1,100+ items with pronunciation guides.
Words you struggle with come back more often. Words you've mastered fade out. Review sessions adapt to what you actually need.
Record yourself and compare with the target pronunciation. Practice the sounds that English speakers consistently get wrong.
Track your progress across six pillars: language, food, culture, people, locals knowledge, and scenarios. See exactly where to improve.
Five tap-to-call numbers, six step-by-step emergency guides. Always free, never paywalled — because someone in a crisis can't start a subscription first.
Immigration, police checkpoints, markets, taxis, temples, hospitals. Includes what you say, what you'll hear back, and the one rule that matters.
Every festival through 2028 with cultural context. Get reminders before major holidays so you're prepared, not caught off-guard.
Save any phrase from any screen into custom folders. Your saved phrases sync across devices and are ready to play offline.
Learn the Thai alphabet systematically — consonants, vowels, tone rules. See how the script maps to the sounds you've already learned.
Free to download. No account required to start. Core phrases, tones, and Right Now mode are available to everyone.