LingoZING! Learn languages vs ForeignLanguage Graded Readers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LingoZING! Learn languages
Learn English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese through interactive audio-comic graphic novels. Immerse yourself in stories to naturally acquire vocabulary, dialogue, and cultural nuances. Features include playback control, pronunciation practice, and vocabulary saving.
- Interactive audio-comic graphic novels
- Multiple languages and genres
- Adjustable playback speed
- Pronunciation practice and recording
- Vocabulary lookup and saving
- Switch between languages
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LingoZING is the only interactive audio-comic-graphic novel narrative based language and subject learning tool for all ages. Learn English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian the fun way by immersing into fantastic stories in a variety of genres. Experience familiar worlds (Witchblade, One Trick Rip Off), or new ones (Lumberjanes, Wytches) and discover the easiest natural way to learn. THE BENEFITS: LingoZING is efficient because it engages into a context. The brain is stimulated and rewarded in a fundamentally different way from traditional methods of learning languages, enabling you to retain a deeper grasp of a language in a much shorter period of time. Important learning aspects like real world dialogue usage, inflection, intonation and vocabulary are all presented in a natural context, easy to comprehend. Have you ever watched a foreign movie and wished you could control the playback speed to learn some of the dialogue? Wished there was an audio option to hear the characters in comics? LingoZING! combines both! Retention comes easily when learning in the context of an intriguing story-line. WHO IS IT FOR? LingoZING is for language learners of all ages, business executives, parents, teachers, comic readers and educational institutions who are looking for a fun supplement to learn a language. HOW DOES IT WORK? Download and open your favorite title, just like back in the old days, then switch between languages as often as you please, look up the vocabulary, have it read to you in normal speed or slowed down. Save vocabulary when you wish to dig deeper. Listen, repeat and record text - then share it with friends to brag about your new skills! Once you familiarize with your chosen story, you start to live in the language. This allows the mind to instinctively pick up cultural tid-bits which helps in assimilating the spirit of a language. THE PRODUCTION: LingoZING was developed by a handful of culturally diverse people, most of them with backgrounds in the arts and entertainment - and they learned languages using comic books! An incredible effort has gone into actors lending their voices to bring the diverse titles to life, resulting in a rich tapestry of dialogue and setting for each language selected. FEATURES: - Wide selection of titles. Choose from Comedy, History, and Superhero to Family, Sci-Fi, Horror and other genres. Browse, discover and download your favorite titles, classified by genre, age, reading level and creators. - Read, Play. Sit back, and have LZPlay read the book to you. Or interactively zoom in, read, play and switch between the languages as you please. Test your understanding by reading the translations. - Slow Play. Hear every line spoken in a poised voice that enunciates clearly and slowly so you can hear the correct pronunciation. - Pronunciation Check. Practice and record your voice over a frame. - Share your results interactively with an LZGram (FB, Instagram, Twitter) - Dictionary. Learn synonyms by looking up the words in the dictionary. - Notes. Bookmark and separately store any frame using the Circle and Save feature without the boring 'copy and paste’ routine. LingoZING! also provide 3 auto-renew subscription plans per month: - $3.99: you can download 3 comic books - $4.99: you can download 5 comic books - $6.99: you can download 7 comic books Award Winning app. EdTech Cool Tools Finalists 2019 & 2020 we collaborateswith the Institut Français, the Utah Immersion and more FOLLOW US ON: www.facebook.com/LingoZINGapp www.facebook.com/lingozing.fr www.twitter.com/lingoZING www.instagram.com/lingozing CUSTOMER SUPPORT & FEEDBACK: Please contact Help@LingoZing.com or all product or title related questions, and Support@LingoZing.com if you are a content publisher and have questions to your titles. JOIN US AS A PUBLISHER Please contact info@lingozing.com Terms of use: https://www.lingozing.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy policy: https://www.lingozing.com/privacy-policy/
ForeignLanguage Graded Readers
Learn languages through engaging short stories tailored to your proficiency level. Expand vocabulary and improve comprehension in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, or English with controlled language and authentic dialogues. Designed for enjoyable self-study or classroom use.
- Eight short stories per collection
- Controlled language at your level
- Authentic spoken dialogues
- Vocabulary lists
- Chapter summaries and comprehension questions
- Variety of genres
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Read for pleasure at your level and learn a foreign language the fun way! Teach Yourself Short Stories by Olly Richards is a series of easy graded readers for adult and young adult language learners. Featuring eight unmissable short stories for beginners, high-beginners and intermediate learners, the series is available in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian and English. “Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!” - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Expand your vocabulary and improve your comprehension in an enjoyable and natural way: Read in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian or English and improve your language learning skills! The Short Stories collection is designed to give you a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Each foreign language reader gives you: • Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making learning fun, while you acquire a wide range of new vocabulary • Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently • Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability • Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way • Vocabulary lists so you can quickly look up unfamiliar words without interrupting your flow. • Chapter summaries and comprehension questions to help you follow the plot and understand the story. • Enjoyment! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading or listening in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration – “It's too hard!” “I don't understand!” The Beginners collection is for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level (A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference). Intermediate is for low-intermediate to intermediate learners (B1-B2)! You can also purchase a sample to read a story before you buy the full collection. Discover the joy of being entertained in a foreign language, while learning new skills at the same time – Short Stories for Beginners in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian or English! These stories are Ideal for self-study, as well as in the classroom as supplementary learning material. If you are interested in using this content with your students, contact learningsolutions@teachyourself.com What the experts say: “As researchers in language acquisition, we need to study people like [Olly Richards]”. -Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California “Olly's advice on language learning is the real deal, and I recommend you pay attention to what he has to say!” - Benny Lewis, Fluent in 3 Months “When we wanted to create a free online course on how to learn a language we asked Olly to write it with us”. - Dr Tita Beaven, The Open University “Learning a language is challenging, but it's one of the best things you can do for your brain and your learning skill set... Olly Richards is doing some seriously incredible work to empower more and more people to rise to the challenge”. - Jonathan Levi “Olly bridges the gap between theory and practice by helping you to use scientific principles to get real results with your language learning”. - Anthony Metivier, Magnetic Memory Method
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LingoZING! Learn languages at 4.3 against ForeignLanguage Graded Readers's 3.1. LingoZING! Learn languages also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 35%). ForeignLanguage Graded Readers's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. LingoZING! Learn languages sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ForeignLanguage Graded Readers sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LingoZING! Learn languages holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of LingoZING! Learn languages's written reviews are positive against 35% of ForeignLanguage Graded Readers's.
LingoZING! Learn languages ships an update every 3 weeks, ForeignLanguage Graded Readers every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | LingoZING! Learn languages | ForeignLanguage Graded Readers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) — better | 3.1 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews — better | 35.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | LingoZING | Hachette UK (Holdings)Limited |
Customer experience
LingoZING! Learn languages
ForeignLanguage Graded Readers
In-app purchases
LingoZING! Learn languages
- 3 comic book per month$3.991 Month
- 5 comics per month$4.991 Month
- 7 comics per month$6.991 Month
- LZ Comic Book$1.99
- LZ Book$2.99
- LZ Book$3.99
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- LZ Comic Book$4.99
- LZ Comic Book$5.99
- LZ Comic Book$6.99
ForeignLanguage Graded Readers
- Pack of 2 Credits$1.99
- Pack of 11 Credits$10.99
- Pack of 13 Credits$12.99
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- Pack of 15 Credits$14.99
- Pack of 65 Credits$64.99
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