SHI vs Yugtun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHI
Learn the Tlingit language with this app. It offers hundreds of vocabulary entries and phrases across various categories, complete with audio from fluent speakers. Practice pronunciation, explore the writing system, and test your knowledge with quizzes.
- Hundreds of vocabulary entries
- 20+ learning categories
- Audio from fluent speakers
- Pronunciation and writing system introduction
- Category-based quizzes
- Progress tracking
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The “Tlingit Language” app helps to build skills in the language. This app contains hundreds of entries in more than 20 different categories all with accompanying audio for vocabulary and phrases. Quiz yourself by category and beat your previous quiz scores. The app also contains isolated alphabet sounds as an introduction to basic pronunciation and the writing system. The app is designed as an introduction to the Tlingit language and is a supplementary tool for teachers and learners. Audio for the vocabulary and phrases is provided by a variety of fluent speakers.
Yugtun
Learn the Yup'ik language with over 600 voice recordings from fluent speakers. Engage with interactive games, quizzes, and a searchable database. Explore cultural insights through multimedia content to help preserve this indigenous language.
- Over 600 native speaker voice recordings
- Three levels of interactive games
- Three types of quizzes
- Searchable language database
- Culture notes with multimedia
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This Yugtun Language App consists of over 600 recordings of fluent Native speakers' voice. - 3 levels of games - 3 types of quizzes - Searchable database - Culture Notes with audio, video, images and much more. We hope you will enjoy this app and help bring this beautiful language back into the homes where it belongs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Yugtun at every 9 days against SHI's every 7 months. Yugtun also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SHI against 4.9 for Yugtun. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 41 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of SHI's written reviews are positive against 100% of Yugtun's.
SHI ships an update every 7 months, Yugtun every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHI | Yugtun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better | 4.9 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 530 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sealaska Heritage Institute | Thornton Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
SHI
Yugtun
In-app purchases
SHI
No in-app purchases
Yugtun
No in-app purchases
