Comparison

Learn Pashto vs Silq

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

Head to head
About

Learn Pashto

This educational app helps non-Pakhtoon speakers learn the Pashto language through a structured curriculum. It covers alphabets, numbers, vocabulary, phrases, and conversation, with voiceovers and English/Urdu comparisons. It functions as a Pashto-English dictionary for beginners.

Highlights
  • Pashto alphabets with English comparison and voiceover
  • Pashto numbers and counting with transliteration and voiceover
  • Daily use vocabulary sections
  • Common phrases with translation and audio
  • Conversation practice for greetings and daily interactions
  • Pashto-English dictionary functionality
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Learn Pashto is an educational App, which is designed to facilitate the non-Pakhtoon users with the connotations of Pashto literature. This smart phone App is for the convenient facilitation of those users who are keen seekers to learn Pashto language in easy way. This Pashto learning app for Urdu & English speakers is feature-rich with its user friendly and light weighted frames covering almost every aspect towards learning Pashto. It will serve as a guide for those who are novice in this field and for those who are foreign to the Pakhtoon belt still yearn to learn its syntax and literature. Main preliminary screen contains options for the users to opt from their desirable features. The best thing lies in its sequence of options starting from Pashto Alphabets to vocabulary and from Pashto phrases to conversation just like a teacher who starts from basics and helps in mastering the beginners. Others features include: • Alphabets: Alphabets are the backbone of any language to learn. Pashto alphabets with English comparison are added for easy comprehension along voice over. These features make it a worthy app which even don’t require Pashto keyboard. • Numbers: Learn Pashto numbers & counting with transliteration, transliteration, and voice over in English & Urdu. • Vocabulary: Vocabulary contains the significant parts of Pashto literature, which further is divided into other sections to familiarize the user with the daily use of words. • Phrases: Phrases contain precise and short sentences of daily life along translation and audio voice to eliminate the hurdle of quick learning. • Conversation: No one can master a language until be able to converse in it. The conversation part covers Pashto greetings, helping sentences, public and restaurant conversation along introduction and small talks. Nothing is better than a sleek App, which acts as a Pashto English dictionary to guide the beginners in appropriate way. The aforementioned features has made it a worth downloading App for the seekers who want to learn Pashto in no time. Download, rate, and share, manan’na!

About

Silq

This app offers a gamified approach to learning languages from Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. It focuses on heritage languages and cultural context, making learning fun and engaging through points, levels, and streaks. It's designed for diaspora communities and anyone interested in these specific language families.

Highlights
  • Gamified learning with points and levels
  • Focus on heritage languages
  • Cultural context and authentic vocabulary
  • Covers Persian (Dari), Pashto, Tajik, Uzbek, and more
  • Progress tracking with streaks
  • Regional language variations acknowledged
Features
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Learn Dari, Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi — plus 20+ more heritage languages the big apps skip. You pick the dialect, and the lessons follow. YOU PICK THE DIALECT Most language apps do not know the difference between Afghan Dari and Iranian Farsi, or Afghan Pashto and Pakistani Pakhto. Silq does. Choose the variant before you start and every lesson, phrase and script sample follows it. Those differences are a huge part of our heritage. LEARN LIKE YOU PLAY Silq turns language learning into a game. Earn points, unlock levels and build streaks as you work through vocabulary, phrases and real conversations. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Everyday conversational phrases Family and cultural vocabulary Numbers, greetings and essentials Native script alongside transliteration, so you can read it and say it Reading and pronunciation fundamentals LANGUAGES AVAILABLE Persian / Farsi (including Afghan Dari) Pashto (Afghan and Pakistani Pakhto) Urdu Punjabi (Pakistani and Indian) Tajik Uzbek Arabic (Egyptian, Syrian, Palestinian, Sudanese, and more dialects soon) Gujarati Tamil Telugu Malayalam Sindhi Kurdish (Kurmanji and Sorani) Marathi Kazakh Sinhala Nepali Kyrgyz Turkish and more coming WHY SILQ Many mainstream apps do not cover Pashto, Dari, Sindhi or Sinhala at all. Silq was built to fill that gap — giving diaspora speakers a way to learn the language their grandparents spoke, their parents tried to teach them, and they always meant to get around to. PERFECT FOR Diaspora communities reconnecting with their roots Parents teaching their kids the mother tongue Adults who understand the language but cannot speak it Heritage learners honouring their family history Anyone curious about Central and South Asian languages FREE TO START Silq is free to download and free to begin. A Silq Premium subscription (auto-renewing) unlocks full course access, additional languages and all premium lessons. Subscription price and billing terms are shown in the app before you purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and your subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Start your streak today. Your heritage is waiting. Questions, feedback, or want to help us add a language? We are built by the community, for the community. Reach us at info@speaksilq.com or visit https://speaksilq.com LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://speaksilq.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Learn Pashto4 screens
Silq4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Silq at 3.6 against Learn Pashto's 3.1. Silq also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (80 vs 13). Learn Pashto's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 30%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Learn Pashto sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Silq sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Silq holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silq has 80 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Learn Pashto's written reviews are positive against 30% of Silq's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Pashto ships an update every 6 months, Silq every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Learn Pashto versus Silq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn PashtoSilq
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)3.6 (80 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1380 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyber DesignzRahim Siddiq

Customer experience

Learn Pashto

All ratings13 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral23.1%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative30.0%

Silq

All ratings80 ratings
Positive58.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative33.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Pashto

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
16 purchases

Silq

Subscriptions13
  • One Language - Monthly3 Days trial$2.291 Month
  • Extra Language – Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Add Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Basic Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Basic International – Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • One Language - Yearly3 Days trial$37.991 Year
  • Extra Language – Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Upgrade – Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Add Yearly3 Days trial$50.001 Year
  • All Languages - Yearly3 Days trial$56.991 Year
  • Basic Yearly3 Days trial$99.001 Year
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$149.001 Year
One-time3
  • Premium International Lifetime$89.99
  • One Time Purchase - Basic$189.99
  • One Time Purchase - Premium$289.99

Questions

Is Learn Pashto free?
Learn Pashto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silq free?
Silq is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Pashto or Silq?
Silq is rated higher. Learn Pashto averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Silq averages 3.6 from 80 ratings.
Do Learn Pashto or Silq have ads?
Neither Learn Pashto nor Silq shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Pashto or Silq?
Learn Pashto ships an update every 6 months, and Silq every 8 days. Most recently, Learn Pashto was updated on October 24, 2026 and Silq on October 31, 2026.

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