Comparison

uTalk vs Koyo

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

Koyo

Learn Nigerian languages like Yoruba, Igbo, and Edo with culturally relevant lessons. Go beyond vocabulary to understand real conversations and connect with people. Features bite-sized daily lessons, real audio, and smart repetition for effective learning.

Highlights
  • Learn Yoruba, Igbo, Edo
  • Cultural context in lessons
  • Real audio and accents
  • Bite-sized daily lessons
  • Exercises for real fluency
  • Smart repetition system
Features
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Join thousands of learners globally reconnecting with their roots through Yoruba, Igbo, and Edo — the Nigerian language learning app built for real culture and real fluency. Whether you want to learn Yoruba, learn Igbo, or learn Edo, Koyo helps you speak, understand, and belong, not just memorize vocabulary. Every lesson is built with native audio, real accents, and the cultural context textbooks leave out. Maybe you grew up hearing Edo in the kitchen but never learned to speak back. Maybe you're flying into Lagos next month and want to say more than "hello”. Whatever brought you here, you're not too late. Most apps teach you what a word means. Koyo teaches you what it feels like to use it — the right greeting for an elder, the phrase that makes your grandmother smile because you finally got it right. Key Features* •⁠ ⁠Learn Yoruba, Igbo & Edo — structured lessons for beginners and intermediate learners • Real Audio & Real Accents — improve pronunciation with authentic speakers •⁠ ⁠Daily Bite-Sized Lessons — learn in just five minutes a day •⁠ ⁠Exercises for Real Fluency — listening, typing, matching, conversation practice •⁠ ⁠Smart Repetition — remember vocabulary with spaced repetition •⁠ ⁠Cultural Insights — the meaning behind the words, not just the translation Who Koyo is for • Nigerians in the diaspora reconnecting with their heritage •⁠ Anyone who wants to learn Yoruba, Igbo, Edo and many more african languages to come •⁠ Travelers visiting Nigeria •⁠ ⁠Parents teaching Nigerian languages to their children •⁠ ⁠Partners learning their spouse's language •⁠ ⁠Anyone interested in Nigerian culture, Afrobeats, and Nollywood Koyo currently offers Yoruba, Igbo, and Edo, with more Nigerian and African languages on the way. Download Koyo and start speaking Nigerian languages with confidence — one word at a time.

Screenshots

uTalk4 screens
Koyo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: uTalk at 4.4 against Koyo's 3.3. uTalk also leads on ratings volume (987 vs 12). Koyo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 90) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. uTalk sells 89 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Koyo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

uTalk holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uTalk has 987 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of uTalk's written reviews are positive against 58% of Koyo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uTalk ships an update monthly, Koyo every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
uTalk versus Koyo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruTalkKoyo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (987 ratings) — better3.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings987 — better12
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB81 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEuroTalkKoyo Global Inc.

Customer experience

uTalk

All ratings987 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative30.5%

Koyo

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%

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

Koyo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

89 purchases

uTalk

Subscriptions17
  • Learn Latin American Spanish$3.991 Month
  • Learn Hebrew$3.991 Month
  • Learn Neapolitan$7.991 Month
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  • 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-time72
  • 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 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

Koyo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uTalk free?
uTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Koyo free?
Koyo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uTalk or Koyo?
uTalk is rated higher. uTalk averages 4.4 out of 5 from 987 ratings, while Koyo averages 3.3 from 12 ratings.
Do uTalk or Koyo have ads?
Neither uTalk nor Koyo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uTalk or Koyo?
uTalk ships an update monthly, and Koyo every 5 days. Most recently, uTalk was updated on September 22, 2026 and Koyo on September 9, 2026.

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