Comparison

uTalk vs Mahina

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

uTalk

Learn over 150 languages with native speaker audio and interactive games. Build vocabulary and pronunciation skills through useful everyday phrases and 60+ topics. Progress through difficulty levels and track your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Learn from native speakers
  • Interactive games
  • 60+ learning topics
  • Offline content download
  • Progress tracking
  • Pronunciation practice
Features
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LEARN LANGUAGES FAST: uTalk gets results because every word you hear is in your new language and you speak, listen and understand from the start. With free starter words in 150+ languages, you can try it risk-free. Score 100% in the games and you can unlock an extra topic for free. WHY UTALK WORKS: 1. LEARN FROM THE LOCALS: We record native speakers so you hear every word pronounced clearly. Mimic their pronunciation and compare your intonation with theirs. Practise until you get it right – you can even slow the audio down if it’s too fast. 2. USEFUL EVERYDAY WORDS AND PHRASES. Topics take around two to three hours to complete. But you can dip in for just five minutes at a time or longer. With 60+ topics, that’s a total of 180 hours of learning. 3. KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED: Check your scores on progress bars as you move through five progressively difficult games. To get full marks, you’ll have to know the words as well as your own language. WHO’S IT FOR? uTalk’s tried and trusted way to learn a new language has been developed over 30 years and is perfect for beginners. But its wide-ranging language is also invaluable for intermediates looking to improve their vocabulary and pronunciation. HOW IT WORKS: Subscribe to everything on uTalk or buy individual languages or topics. The app automatically syncs between your devices. Work offline by downloading content. FIND YOUR LANGUAGE: A: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Arabic (Egypt, Gulf, Lebanon, Modern Standard, Morocco), Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani B: Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese C: Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chibemba, Chichewa, Chinese Mandarin, Cockney, Croatian, Czech D: Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha E: English (Australia, Canada, India, Scotland, UK, US), Esperanto, Estonian F: Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (France & Canada) G: Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Gujarati H: Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian I: Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian J: Japanese, Javanese K: Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji & Sorani), Kutchi, Kyrgyz L: Ladino, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lingala, Luganda, Luxembourgish M: Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian N: Neapolitan, Nepali, Norwegian O: Odia, Oromo P: Papiamentu, Pashto, Persian, Pidgin (Nigerian), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil), Punjabi (India & Pakistan) R: Romanian, Russian S: Sami (Southern), Samoan, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shona, Sicilian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (Spain, Argentina & Latin America), Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German T: Tajiki, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tok Pisin, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen U: Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek V: Vietnamese W: Welsh, Wolof, Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) X: Xhosa Y: Yoruba Z: Zulu 60+ TOPICS: Accommodation, Adjectives, Alphabet, Animals, Bathroom, Body, Business, Calendar, Camping, Clothes, Colours, Cooking, Countries, Directions, Doctor, Driving, Emergencies, Family, Farming, Food, Fruit, Golf, Football, Holiday, Illness, Ingredients, Kitchen, Hobbies, Numbers, Occupations, Olympics, Prepositions, Restaurant, Sailing, School, Shopping, Skiing, Social Phrases, Sports, Technology, Transport Any questions? support@utalk.com. Visit us now at utalk.com Information about uTalk subscriptions A subscription to uTalk is £7.99 a month, or the equivalent in local currency. Subscriptions give you access to all of uTalk’s content, in every language Subscriptions last one month, and auto-renew every month unless cancelled Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions can be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase Terms and Conditions - https://utalk.com/termsandconditions.html

About

Mahina

This app provides an accurate 3D moon phase viewer, calculating phases from Earth-moon-sun geometry. It incorporates traditional Hawaiian lunar calendar day names and offers detailed ephemeris data. All calculations are performed locally, and it includes features like animation, widgets, and upcoming phase alerts.

Highlights
  • 3D moon phase visualization
  • Hawaiian lunar calendar integration
  • Detailed ephemeris data
  • Offline calculations
  • Moon phase animation
  • Customizable widgets
  • Upcoming phase alerts
Features
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Moon phase viewer with a Hawaiian twist!  Accurately shows the current phase of the moon generated from a 3-D model of the earth-moon-sun geometry. Calculations are based on detailed equations that correctly take into account orbital characteristics such as inclination, distance, obliquity, nutation, libration, AND [optionally] the device's location on the surface of the Earth. Also generates relevant ephemeris data viewable on separate detail pages. Does not require a network connection; all calculations are performed locally within the app. Estimates the traditional Hawaiian lunar calendar day name based on calculated predictions for the astronomical full moon occurring near the beginning of the Hawaiian day Hoku. Traditional Hawaiian days ends at sunset, not midnight. * Allows two-finger pinch-zoom gesture. * Animate the phases of the moon over time by selecting "Animate" from the action menu; tap the animation to stop. Double-tap to reset back to current time, rotation, and zoom. The information icon in the lower-right corner brings up the action menu with multiple options. * Details page displays several moon ephemeris calculations for the given date and time. Items can be reordered and/or deleted from the list to prioritize which data items are displayed. Long-press on a value to copy to clipboard. * Motion sensors [if enabled] automatically rotate the moon image on the Phase tab to keep it in sync with what one might see in the sky. Enable Location Services for this feature to work. If Location Services are turned off, use the two-finger rotate gesture to manually rotate the moon image. * Lists upcoming phases with their dates and times on the Upcoming tab, and optionally displays alert notifications when they are about to occur. Identifies full moon at perigee as a "super moon." * Shows the phases of the moon for a full calendar year on the Calendar tab - swipe left and right to see other years. * Today widget quickly shows the current phase of the moon and the traditional Hawaiian day name on the lock screen or when the app's icon is Force Touched. If location information is available, will also show the parallactic angle, whether the moon is visible above the horizon, and next rise and set times. * iOS14 users can add new widgets to their home screen pages. These widgets display upcoming phase milestones, the current Hawaiian day name and fishing/planting hints, and/or the current month of moon phases in calendar form. Users in the southern hemisphere should go to the Settings app, scroll down to the Mahina settings, and set the "Hemisphere" setting to "Southern." The application will try to automatically set this value if location permission was granted, but it couldn't hurt to make sure. Two iOS permissions need to be granted for the app to utilize its full feature set. Location Services is needed to know when the moon rises and sets, and its orientation/rotation in the sky as seen from the device location. The app does not track the user's location or send that location off the device. It uses a three-kilometer location radius that updates whenever the device travels more than 80 kilometers (~50 miles) from the last known position. Notification permission is needed to display local alerts when phase milestones are about to occur (full moon, new moon, first and last quarters). The alerts are locally generated and do not come from any external service. We will never show ads within this app!

Screenshots

uTalk4 screens
Mahina4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: uTalk at Free against Mahina's $0.99. uTalk also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 12) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Mahina's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 93). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

uTalk is free to download; Mahina costs $0.99 up front. uTalk sells 92 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Mahina asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for uTalk against 4.5 for Mahina. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uTalk has 1K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of uTalk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mahina's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uTalk ships an update monthly, Mahina every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
uTalk versus Mahina: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruTalkMahina
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (1K ratings)4.5 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEuroTalkRonald Logan

Customer experience

uTalk

All ratings1,008 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews481 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative31.8%

Mahina

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

uTalk

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Syncing and login issues
  • Incorrect translations or pronunciations
  • Compatibility problems on newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • Improve user interface for larger screens
  • Allow users to record and compare their own pronunciation
  • Provide more localized content for each language
  • Improve subscription management and cancellation process

Mahina

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

92 purchases

uTalk

Subscriptions19
  • Learn German$3.991 Month
  • Learn Latin American Spanish$3.991 Month
  • Learn Hebrew$3.991 Month
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  • Learn Tigrinya$7.991 Month
  • Learn Neapolitan$7.991 Month
  • Learn Luganda$7.991 Month
  • Learn Wolof$7.991 Month
  • Learn Amharic$7.991 Month
  • Learn Sesotho (Southern Sotho)$7.991 Month
  • Learn Argentinian Spanish$7.991 Month
  • Learn Canadian French$7.991 Month
  • Learn Swiss German$7.991 Month
  • Learn Cebuano$7.991 Month
  • Learn Flemish$7.991 Month
  • Learn Georgian$7.991 Month
  • Learn Ilocano$7.991 Month
  • uTalk Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
  • uTalk's 150+ Languages$11.991 Month
  • Learn Kinyarwanda$34.996 Months
One-time73
  • Single Topic Purchase$0.99
  • Taster uCoin Pack$1.99
  • 200 uCoins$8.99
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  • 800 uCoins$32.99
  • Learn Russian$49.99
  • Learn Latin American Spanish$49.99
  • Learn French$54.99
  • Learn Spanish (European)$54.99
  • Learn Modern Standard Arabic$54.99
  • Learn Slovenian$54.99
  • Learn Kazakh$54.99
  • Learn Dari$54.99
  • Learn Luganda$54.99
  • Learn Xhosa$54.99
  • Learn Portuguese$54.99
  • Learn Maltese$54.99
  • Learn Neapolitan$54.99
  • Learn Bosnian$54.99
  • Learn Chinese (Mandarin)$54.99
  • Learn Armenian$54.99
  • Learn Basque$54.99
  • Learn Estonian$54.99
  • Learn Italian$54.99
  • Learn Dutch$54.99
  • Learn Kinyarwanda$54.99
  • Learn Pashto$54.99
  • Learn Dzongkha$54.99
  • Learn Malayalam$54.99
  • Learn Gujarati$54.99
  • Learn Catalan$54.99
  • Learn Latvian$54.99
  • Learn Japanese$54.99
  • Learn Shona$54.99
  • Learn Korean$54.99
  • Learn Tswana$54.99
  • Learn Flemish$54.99
  • Learn Yoruba$54.99
  • Learn Khmer$54.99
  • Learn Greenlandic$54.99
  • Learn Argentinian Spanish$54.99
  • Learn Filipino (Tagalog)$54.99
  • Learn Amharic$54.99
  • Learn Swiss German$54.99
  • Learn Irish$54.99
  • Learn Macedonian$54.99
  • Learn Haitian Creole$54.99
  • Learn Nepali$54.99
  • Learn Egyptian Arabic$54.99
  • Learn Albanian$54.99
  • Learn Kurdish (Sorani)$54.99
  • Learn Georgian$54.99
  • Learn Shanghainese$54.99
  • Learn Urdu$54.99
  • Learn Bengali$54.99
  • Learn Tibetan$54.99
  • Learn Tigrinya$54.99
  • Learn Sicilian$54.99
  • Learn Sinhala$54.99
  • Pack of 2600 uCoins$64.99
  • Learn Croatian$69.99
  • Learn Kyrgyz$99.99
  • Learn Chichewa$99.99
  • Learn Lao$99.99
  • Learn Scots$99.99
  • Learn Ilocano$99.99
  • Learn Samoan$99.99
  • Arabic (Gulf)$99.99
  • Learn Wolof$99.99
  • Learn Cebuano$99.99
  • Learn Moroccan Arabic$99.99
  • Learn Lebanese Arabic$99.99
  • Learn Canadian French$99.99
  • uTalk's 150+ Languages$199.99
None

Mahina

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uTalk free?
uTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahina free?
Mahina costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uTalk or Mahina?
Mahina is rated higher. uTalk averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Mahina averages 4.5 from 12 ratings.
Do uTalk or Mahina have ads?
Neither uTalk nor Mahina shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uTalk or Mahina?
uTalk ships an update monthly, and Mahina every 4 months. Most recently, uTalk was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mahina on October 29, 2026.

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