Italio
Learn Italian from zero. The B1 exam is in there if you need it.
Italio teaches you the words, the grammar and the listening, and it brings each one back just before you would have lost it. If a citizenship or residence exam is ahead of you, its four sections and the full timed simulations are in the app too. The app speaks your language. The content stays Italian, because that is what you came to learn.
Available on iOS and Android. Free A1 level and exam guide, one purchase for the whole course, no subscription.
One app, every level.
Start where you are. Each level is a complete pack: words with audio, grammar cards, practice and review. The rungs above arrive as you climb.
Simulation 2: the real verdict
Three complete citizenship exams, plus one full simulation each for B2 and C1, with the real timing and the real rule: every section must pass on its own. No averaging.
The line is the section pass mark. Writing and speaking are self-assessed on the examiner's criteria.
Exactly what the examiner puts in front of you.
Listening, reading, writing and speaking, in the shape and timing of the real paper. Every closed item comes with an explanation in your language. Every open task comes with a model answer and the examiner's criteria.
Listening
Short dialogues with one question each, longer announcements with the true statements to find. Recorded in clear Italian, played twice, as on the day.
Reading
Notices, rules, emails and short articles with twelve statements to check, plus gap-fill texts that test grammar in context.
Writing
The formal email of 80 to 120 words with the three points to cover, a word counter, a model answer and a checklist to mark your own text.
Speaking
The self-introduction and the discussion topics. Record yourself, listen back, compare with a model answer, tick the criteria. Recordings stay on your phone.
The app, screen by screen.
Three screens from the app, as they are.
Explained in the language you think in.
Grammar, instructions, explanations and the exam guide are written for you, not translated word by word. The Italian stays Italian.
A path that sticks
Every lesson asks you to produce Italian: you type the word, you hear it, you use it in a sentence. Missed words come back sooner, learned words later. Miss a day and nothing is lost.
The exam guide
Which exam you need, who is exempt, how to enrol, where it takes place, what it costs, what happens on the day, when the result arrives and what comes after. From the official sources, dated.
Works offline
Everything is inside the app after installation: the words, the audio, the exams. On the train, at work, anywhere. One purchase, no subscription, and no clock running against your exam date.
Questions people ask
Which exam do I need for citizenship?
Level B1 of Italian, certified by one of the four recognised bodies (CILS, CELI, CERT.IT, PLIDA), unless you hold an Italian school diploma or are exempt. The guide inside the app explains each case with its source.
Is the A2 test for the residence permit included?
Yes. The A2 level and the shape of the free Prefettura test are part of the path, and all of it comes with the single purchase.
Is Italio affiliated with CILS, CELI or the Ministry?
No. Italio is an independent app by IOCODO LLC. All exercises are original material written on the public syllabi of the four certifying bodies. The names CILS, CELI, CERT.IT and PLIDA belong to their owners.
Where do my voice recordings go?
Nowhere. They are saved on your phone for you to listen back and compare. They are never uploaded.
Official sources
Italio is an independent study app by IOCODO LLC. It is not a government service, it does not represent the Ministero dell'Interno or any certifying body, and it cannot enrol you for the exam. Every rule quoted on this page and inside the app comes from these sources, checked on 20 August 2026.