# Learn Swahili - Free WordPower

> Learn Swahili vocabulary and phrases with audio, pronunciation practice, and cultural insights. (iPhone/iPad app by Innovative Language Learning USA LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-swahili-free-wordpower/id300389562 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Innovative Language Learning USA LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/285488930)
- Category: Education, Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 49 App Store ratings · 95 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 110 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2008-12-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-swahili-free-wordpower/id300389562/reviews.md

## What is Learn Swahili?

Are you interested in learning Swahili, but just don't have the time?

Let's face it, not everyone can commit full-time to learning a language. We know there are many things going on in your life: school, work, the kids, that special someone. That's why we developed WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary Free for the ultra-busy, 21st century lifestyle. There's absolutely no reason to miss out on all the benefits of learning Swahili just because you're light on time. With WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary Free, you'll start down the road to fluency and reap the rewards that go with it.

With WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary Free, you'll master 100 of the most frequently used words and phrases in the Swahili language right on your iOS device! The app doubles as a mini travel guide packed with cultural insights and practical Swahili phrases. Learn Swahili with audio recordings of a native Swahili speaker and a voice recorder so you can master perfect pronunciation anywhere, anytime. This list of the 100 most frequently used Swahili words is compact enough to fit a little review into you busy schedule. Study at your convenience at times and places that work for you! WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary Free also comes with an addictive Word of the Day alert!

What makes WordPower so effective? It's Fun, Fast and Easy to Use!

WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary Free FEATURES:
- Completely redesigned UI. The user interface has been redesigned from the ground up to be much cleaner, beautiful, and more user friendly
- New! Level 1 Basic Word List (approximately 200 words): Now you get more than just 1 word a day 
- Support for iOS 6 and 4" Retina displays such as the iPhone 5 and 5th gen iPod Touch
- Swahili Top 100 Words: A special list of words specific to daily life in Kenya or another Swahili-speaking country. You’ll learn handy cultural insights with every entry transforming Word Power into a mini travel and cultural handbook (3G or WiFi required to access Wikipedia links within the app)
- Essential Swahili vocabulary all in one place showing you the spelling, translation, pronunciation, image, class and gender
- Sample Sentences: See and hear practical sample sentences with every word entry
- Updated Basic Resources: Want to explore the Swahili language even more? Learn everything you need to know with this comprehensive source of Swahili learning tips, information and material
- Easy to Use Design: Intuitive iOS swipe navigation allows visual learners to browse vocabulary images quickly. Find everything you need without excessive swiping and tapping
- Custom Flashcard Settings: You're in control of your study sessions. Mix up question types (recognition, production, audio and visual) for a full understanding of each word
- Listening Practice: Hear each word's proper pronunciation by a native speaker
- Perfect your Pronunciation: Compare your pronunciation to the native speaker's with the Voice Recorder, easily accessible throughout the app
- Personalized Word Bank: Save difficult or useful words, with their audio files, to review at any time
- Advanced Search Function: Search entire database in English or Swahili
- Progress Bar: Keep track of how many words you have really mastered

100 words not enough?
Upgrade to WordPower Learn Swahili Vocabulary full edition to get 2000 more words and phrases!

## Key features

- Master 100+ frequently used Swahili words and phrases
- Native speaker audio recordings
- Voice recorder for pronunciation practice
- Cultural insights and travel tips
- Customizable flashcard settings
- Word of the Day alerts

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Upgrade to Full WordPower. Get instant access to all ~2000 words. | $9.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Learn Swahili?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ✨ Rare resource for Swahili
- 🌟 Animal/nature vocabulary is gold
- 👍 Learning made easy with flashcards
- 💖 Inspiring pride and cultural growth
- 🚀 Amazing app
- 👍 Great app
- 🗣️ Fun voice memos
- 💯 Voice is African woman
- 👍 Very good and helpful
- 🥳 So fun and easy
- 💡 Effective learning methods
- 🎯 Communicating with boyfriend
- 🌟 Word of the day is motivating
- 📚 Strategic learning approach
- 🤩 Revived love for language
- 🗣️ Motivated to learn own language
- ✅ Simple to use
- 🗣️ Easy to pronounce words
- 💡 Flashcards are great for words
- 💯 Wonderfully simply organized
- 👍 Helpful and well organised
- 🚀 Great for seeing friends
- 🌟 Been with app over a month
- 📚 Great learning tool
- 💯 Fantastic app
- 💰 Upgrade is well worth it
- 💼 Perfect for business
- 🗂️ Categories like flashcards, word of week, quiz
- 🔥 App is fire
- 🏆 Best app for Swahili
- 🗣️ Hear word and see examples
- 💡 Personal learning experience
- ✅ Easy to follow
- 🎧 Audio on every word
- 💡 Tests vary
- 🌟 Helps keep motivated
- 👍 Very good, easy to learn
- 🗣️ Pronounce properly
- 📚 Useful for basics
- 🤝 Polite conversations
- 💡 Start learning basics quickly
- 🗣️ Girlfriend impressed
- 📚 Structure of courses easy to follow
- 💯 Nice
- 🚀 User friendly
- 👌 Great app, easy to use
- 👍 Good
- 🗣️ Hear words and practice pronunciation
- 💬 Able to speak with friend
- 🗣️ Impressed by teaching
- 💡 Smart way to learn
- 🗣️ Good job conversing in Tanzania
- 🗣️ Pronounces words
- 💯 Love it
- 💯 Good
- 🗣️ Husband impressed by app's pronunciation
- 🖼️ Pictures included
- 👍 Great learning tool
- ✅ Easy to use and learn from
- 🗣️ Great help for holiday
- 🗣️ Useful vocabulary
- 💡 Nice way to revise and learn
- 🌟 Excellent selection of words
- 🤩 Cool, like word a day
- 💡 Educational
- 🚀 Keeps up to date
- ✅ Easy to learn at own pace
- 💡 Love the changes
- 🗣️ Brilliant with example phrases
- 📚 Understand word usage in context
- 🌟 Add more words to vocabulary
- 👍 Vocabulary boost
- ✅ Simple and helpful
- 💬 Learn new word everyday
- 📚 Review growing vocabulary
- 🗣️ Practice pronunciation
- 👍 Enjoy picking up words
- ✅ Works great
- 💡 Great job

**Cons**

- 💰 Many features locked
- 💰 Upgrade required for more content
- 💰 Only basic words free
- 💰 $10 fee for full version
- 🤔 Context not explained
- 🐛 Incorrect audio files
- 🐛 Some words incorrect
- 🐛 Some words spelled wrong
- 🐛 Voice doesn't match word
- 🐛 Not all words are Swahili
- 🐛 Sentences don't match vocals
- 🐛 Audio files missing
- 🐛 Recordings don't match words
- 🐛 Too few conjugational words
- 🐛 Numbers, verbs, days/months missing
- 🐛 Some phrases make no sense
- 🐛 Odd words seldom used
- 🐛 Everyday words not prioritized
- 🐛 Short words only, no sentences
- 🐛 Not what expected
- 🐛 Slow to get anywhere
- 🐛 Random words, hard to form sentences
- 🐛 Only 1 word initially
- 🐛 No sound, speaker icons don't work
- 🐛 Reluctant to spend $10 without sound
- 🐛 Very limited content
- 🐛 Poor word choices
- 🐛 Taping audio does not work
- 🐛 Not all words are correct
- 🐛 Some words not common
- 🐛 Some words are not actual Swahili words
- 🐛 Poor software engineering
- 🐛 Inefficient space utilization
- 🐛 Not free at all
- 🐛 Lots of potential but too little to test
- 🐛 Waste of a download
- 🐛 Only one word and audio doesn't work
- 🐛 Crap
- 🐛 Rubbish
- 🐛 Just Okay
- 🐛 Ugh
- 🐛 Poor Value for Money
- 🐛 Ribbish

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Incorrect audio files
- Some words incorrect
- Some words spelled wrong
- Voice doesn't match word
- Not all words are Swahili
- Sentences don't match vocals
- Audio files missing
- Recordings don't match words
- Taping audio does not work
- No sound, speaker icons don't work
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices

**Most requested features**

- Add grammar
- More conjugational words
- Include numbers, verbs, days/months
- Prioritize everyday words
- Include sentences
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Categories for specific needs
- Searchable word list
- More context for phrases

## Recent user reviews (10 of 95)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-swahili-free-wordpower/id300389562/reviews.md

### 4/5 — A Rare Resource

*2024-12-27, version 5.0*

There are not many ways to learn Swahili, so this is a precious resource. I work in a wildlife park, so the animal and nature vocabulary is gold.

### 4/5 — Going to use what I learn.

*2023-04-21*

Love the reminders and can’t wait to use when I go to Kenya in June.

### 5/5 — Learning made Easy

*2022-07-26*

I love it!They offer flash cards.

### 4/5 — Inspiring Pride, layering Love

*2021-02-07*

My intended is in Tanzania and when I messengered in Swahili she was shocked, proud and appreciated my cultural growth.

### 5/5 — TheKyuubi88

*2020-08-07*

It’s an amazing app thank you so much

### 5/5 — Asante Sana!!

*2020-06-04*

I love this app!

### 4/5 — Great

*2019-11-21*

Great

### 4/5 — Nice App to Learn the Mother Tongue…

*2019-09-16*

Liking the app so far, learning the mother tongue of Afrika and speaking it back through voice memos makes it fun to do, tryna learn as much as possible so I can speak something other than the Queen’s English. Keep it up, much appreciated, the voice is definitely an Afrikan woman which makes it 10x better all over. Thanks again, keep up the good work.

### 5/5 — Good app

*2019-07-15*

Very good app very helpful

### 5/5 — So fun yay :D

*2019-04-05*

Me and my african mom practice this everyday and its so funn and a bunch of african people are coming on saturday for a party so i know how to speak swahili. Its really easy! I got past level 1 in like 1-3 hours

## Frequently asked questions about Learn Swahili

### What does the Learn Swahili - Free WordPower app do?

This app helps you learn Swahili vocabulary and phrases, focusing on the most frequently used words. It includes audio from native speakers, pronunciation practice tools, cultural insights, and customizable flashcards, making it suitable for busy learners.

### What are the key features of this Swahili learning app?

Key features include mastering over 100 essential Swahili words and phrases, listening to native speaker audio, practicing pronunciation with a voice recorder, accessing cultural insights for travel, and using customizable flashcard settings for effective study. It also offers a 'Word of the Day' alert.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering a basic set of Swahili words. It also includes in-app purchases, likely for additional vocabulary lists or advanced features, allowing users to expand their learning experience.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app is designed for iOS devices and supports iOS 6 and 4-inch Retina displays, such as the iPhone 5 and 5th gen iPod Touch. Users will need a 3G or WiFi connection to access certain features like Wikipedia links.

### Who is this app best suited for?

This app is ideal for individuals who are interested in learning Swahili but have a busy schedule. It's particularly useful for travelers preparing to visit Swahili-speaking regions, students, or anyone looking for a convenient way to acquire basic Swahili vocabulary and pronunciation skills.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0 — 2016-06-22

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

What's new in v5.0? A LOT.

-NEW: you asked for it. You got it! You can now have multiple custom word lists in your Word Bank. Take control of organizing your study sessions. Wondering where your old Word Bank went? Don't worry. Your existing Word Bank will be moved to the new Starred word list. If you have an iCloud account, all of your custom lists and your Starred list will be backed up to iCloud and synced across your devices.
-NEW: add a word to one of your custom word lists by tapping on the new "Add to List" button on the word detail screen. You can also quickly add a word to the Starred list by tapping on the Star icon in the upper right.
-NEW: a beautiful new user interface
-NEW: it's now much easier to review words you're having trouble with! when you mark flashcards as wrong, they'll now be automatically added to a new flashcard deck called "Missed words." You'll find the new deck on the Flashcards screen at the top. When you mark these words as correct, they'll be automatically removed from the "Missed words" deck. If you'd like to manually remove words instead, just go to More->Settings (on iPad, Settings), then go into Flashcard Settings and turn off "Auto-remove missed words when marked right"
-NEW: transliterations are now hidden for sample sentences when they're turned off in Word View Settings
-NEW: you can now set the maximum flashcards per session to all available words instead of the max being 100
-FIXED: fixed an issue that would cause words of the day to be missing audio and images
-lots of other various bugfixes and improvements

### 4.8 — 2015-12-02

-NEW: by popular demand, you can now control the speed words and sentences are played back at! Just tap on the speaker icon in the top right of the screen and choose your speed: 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.5x, or 2x. You can also adjust the playback speed by going to Settings->Audio Settings.
-NEW: find a problem or error with a word or sentence? Tap the new red ! icon in the upper right of the word detail screen to send us an error report right from the app. 
-NEW: tap and hold any text for a few seconds to bring up the option to copy it and then paste it wherever you'd like!
-NEW: don't like that the word of the day notification pops up at midnight? No problem. Just go into Settings->New Word Settings and choose what time you'd like your word of the day notification to be delivered!
-NEW: on the subject of the word of the day, now tapping on the word of the day notification will take you straight to it.
-FIXED: flashcard font magnification settings
-FIXED: fixes for iOS 9 and other general bug fixes.

### 4.7 — 2015-09-09

-NEW: the app will now check for wordbank backups on iCloud when it's first launched and give you the option to restore it if there is one. This is great for people who are either installing the app on a new device or had to delete and reinstall it.
-NEW: the app will now check for a newer version of your wordbank on iCloud when it launches. If it finds one, it'll give you the option to restore the newer version. This is great for people who use the app on multiple devices and want to keep their wordbank up to date across all their devices.
-NEW: the Lite version of the app will now ask you if you want to restore your in-app purchase on first launch. This is also great for people who are either installing the app on a new device or had to delete and reinstall it.
-improved the wordbank sync user interface
-other various bugfixes and under the hood improvements

### 4.6 — 2015-06-23

-NEW: backup and sync your wordbank through iCloud. If you have an iCloud account, your wordbank will automatically be backed up to iCloud and be made available to all of your iCloud iOS devices. Tap on the new Sync button on the WordBank screen to create a backup manually or restore from an existing backup.
-NEW: manage your downloaded media. Need to free up some space? Something go wrong with your media download? You can now delete any or all downloaded media without having to delete the whole app. Just go to the Setting screen and tap on the Manage Downloaded Media button.
-FIXED: word of the day notifications are now fixed and in sync with actual word of the day in the app
-other various bugfixes and improvements

### 4.5 — 2015-04-22

-get started faster with the new smaller app size! Get started with the first 2 courses and categories included in the app. Unlock the full version and download all the other courses and categories right then or download them as you get to them. Once a course/category has been downloaded, it can be used offline. 
-support for higher res iPhone 6 and 6+ screens
-lots of content corrections
-lots of other bugfixes and under the hood improvements

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