Comparison

Orðagull vs BÍN

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

Head to head
About

Orðagull

This educational app strengthens vocabulary, working memory, auditory processing, and language expression for students. It aims to make learning engaging for young children and can also benefit older learners or those studying Icelandic as a second language.

Highlights
  • Strengthens vocabulary
  • Improves working memory
  • Enhances auditory processing
  • Develops language expression
  • Listening comprehension exercises
  • Reading comprehension practice
  • Progress tracking for students
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Smáforritið Orðagull miðar að því að styrkja orðaforða, vinnsluminni, heyrnræna úrvinnslu og máltjáningu nemenda. Allt eru þetta mikilvægir undirstöðuþættir máls og læsis. Gengið er út frá því að smáforritið henti elstu börnum í leikskóla og börnum á yngsta stigi grunnskóla. Einnig getur það nýst eldri nemendum, sem og nemendum sem eru að læra íslensku sem annað tungumál. Höfundar eru Bjartey Sigurðardóttir, talmeinafræðingur og læsisráðgjafi hjá Menntamálastofnun, og Ásthildur Bj. Snorradóttir, talmeinafræðingur hjá Skrifstofu fræðslu og frístundasviðs Hafnarfjarðar. Teikningar eru unnar af Búa Kristjánssyni og Margrét Júlíana Sigurðardóttir sá um upplestur. Tölvuleikjafyrirtækið Rosamosi vann alla hugbúnaðarvinnu. Smáforritið er enn sem komið er eingöngu til á íslensku. Leitast er við að virkja áhuga nemenda með því að gera námsefnið skemmtilegt og áhugavert. Þannig eru nýtt þau tækifæri sem felast í smáforritum til að viðhalda áhuga nemenda og styrkja þá grunnþætti náms sem nefndir voru hér að framan. Þrátt fyrir að forritið sé í grunninn hugsað sem málörvunarefni er einnig mögulegt að nota það til lestrarþjálfunar og sem skemmtilega afþreyingu. Í gegnum skráningarkerfi forritsins er foreldrum og kennurum gert kleift að meta árangur og fylgjast með framförum. Einnig er mögulegt að nemendur geti sjálfir fylgst með eigin framförum. Í byrjun verður hægt að nálgast forritið án endurgjalds hjá App Store. Möguleikar sem forritið býður upp á: Að hlusta á og fara eftir heyrnrænum fyrirmælum Muna og endurtaka fyrirmæli Já og nei spurningar Orðaforði Orðalestur Lesskilningur Hlustunarskilningur

About

BÍN

Access detailed inflectional forms for Icelandic words. This app utilizes the BÍN-core database API to provide comprehensive grammatical information for Icelandic vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Icelandic word inflection retrieval
  • Access to BÍN-core database
  • Grammatical information for vocabulary
  • Utilizes published API
Features
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BÍN-kjarninn is an app used to retrieve inflection information for Icelandic words accessed via the published API to the BÍN-core database, © The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 2002-2025.

Screenshots

Orðagull4 screens
BÍN3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orðagull at 100% against BÍN's 0%. BÍN's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BÍN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Orðagull's written reviews are positive against 0% of BÍN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orðagull ships an update every 4 months, BÍN weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Orðagull versus BÍN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrðagullBÍN
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRosamosi ehf.William Stewart

Customer experience

Orðagull

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BÍN

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Orðagull

No in-app purchases

None

BÍN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orðagull free?
Orðagull is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BÍN free?
BÍN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orðagull or BÍN?
BÍN is rated higher. Orðagull averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while BÍN averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Orðagull or BÍN have ads?
Neither Orðagull nor BÍN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orðagull or BÍN?
Orðagull ships an update every 4 months, and BÍN weekly. Most recently, Orðagull was updated on September 20, 2026 and BÍN on September 12, 2026.

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