LingoClip vs Nonsense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LingoClip
Learn languages by completing song lyrics. Improve listening, vocabulary, reading, and grammar skills through engaging musical content. Offers various game modes, a bilingual dictionary, and progress tracking.
- Fill-in-the-blank lyric games
- Bilingual dictionary and translation
- Multiple game modes (Choice, Type, Karaoke)
- Vocabulary expansion
- Progress tracking and achievements
- Multiplayer and friend challenges
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It's very easy and fun! All you have to do is play a song of your choice and listen closely to complete the missing words of the song lyrics. With LingoClip, also known as LyricsTraining, you will not only quickly improve your listening comprehension, but also expand your vocabulary by learning new words and expressions, improving your reading comprehension and boosting your grammar skills. Forget about studying and memorizing endless vocabulary lists for a moment. Learn effortlessly and let your brain do the rest of the work. Just play and have fun while you practice. “Learning is most successful when students are relaxed, confident and enjoying their learning” — John Truscott “Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and does not require tedious drill” — Stephen Krashen Thousands of teachers around the world already use LingoClip and recommend it to their students. LingoClip really works! MUSIC AND LANGUAGE LEARNING Music stimulates learning and memorization naturally. It is just like when we were kids! Listening to different accents and intonations helps our brain become more flexible and adaptable so that it can recognize different sounds of a new language. You will not be able to keep yourself from singing along while you listen to the songs and follow the lyrics, which will also improve your pronunciation. Apart from musical content, there is other content that may interest you, such as movie clips, TV shows, talks, etc. Check out our list of genres. MAJOR FEATURES • Different game modes: Choice and Type. Select the difficulty that best suits your level or simply enjoy the video and lyrics in Karaoke mode. • Bilingual dictionary and integrated translation. Press and hold any word or expression to learn its meaning or translate it into your language. (Not available for romanized languages) • Level up. Play every day to level up, complete new lyrics and earn new achievements. • Expand your vocabulary. The more you play, the more words you will get and the greater your language proficiency becomes. • Compete against other users. Try to get the best score by competing with users from your country or the rest of the world. • Challenge your friends. Create and share friends-only challenges. • Track your progress. Check your activity history to track your progress. OVER TEN LANGUAGES Learn English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese (Rōmaji), Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, or Catalan. More languages on the way. PREMIUM FEATURES Play three games a day for free, or switch to premium to play without limits and unlock some important features: • Play thousands of lyrics without waiting. • Translate any word or phrase without limits. • Access your vocabulary and your complete activity history. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. To cancel your subscription, please go to your iTunes account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lingoclip.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://lingoclip.com/terms COMMUNITY OF USERS Join a great community of over 10 million users. If you cannot find a song, write to support@lingoclip.com, or collaborate with us by adding your favorite songs through our website: https://lingoclip.com What are you waiting for? Start learning by playing!
Nonsense
Learn languages by immersing yourself in movie scenes. Understand words and grammar with in-context explanations and hear how native speakers actually use the language. New movies are added weekly, with English and Spanish available now and more languages coming soon.
- Immerse in movie scenes
- In-context explanations
- Learn native speaker usage
- New movies added weekly
- English and Spanish available
- Ad-free option
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TL;DR: Learn a new language from movies you love. That's really all you need to know…but If you have time to waste reading a characteristically lengthy app description designed for search optimization then, by all means, continue reading. Our bigtech overlords want to make sure you understand what's going to happen after you download our language learning app. So let's be abundantly clear. With our Nonsense you WILL NOT: • Get fluent in 30 days • Unscramble sentences • Get "easy" language examples • Increase your test scores in just 10 hours • Be harassed by colorful birds • Learn how to order coffee* What you WILL do is: • Immerse in Hollywood movie scenes • Understand words and grammar with in-context explanations • Hear many different voices and ways of saying things • Learn how native speakers actually use the language • Remember what you learn forever • Be able to quote Shrek in foreign language Learn 39 languages for free from your favorite movies: English, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Slovak, Greek, Romanian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Georgian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Thai, Farsi, Hebrew and Arabic. You can watch all the content for free (with annoying ads). You can pay to get rid of ads plus get unlimited saved words and scenes. You can pay a ridiculous amount to get UHD video and spatial audio. *You'll eventually learn how to order coffee because we add new movies every week. You're bound to get a coffee ordering scene at some point. Make sure you sign up for push notifications if you want to stay in the loop for new movie and feature drops. Privacy Policy: https://www.nonsense.com/en/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.nonsense.com/en/terms-and-conditions All marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LingoClip at none against Nonsense's shown. LingoClip also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 73%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. LingoClip sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nonsense sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LingoClip against 4.7 for Nonsense. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 609 and 396 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of LingoClip's written reviews are positive against 73% of Nonsense's.
LingoClip ships an update every 5 weeks, Nonsense every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LingoClip | Nonsense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (609 ratings) — better | 4.7 (396 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 609 — better | 396 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Elasthink | The Nonsense Company, Inc. |
Customer experience
LingoClip
Nonsense
Bugs and requests
LingoClip
Reported bugs
3 issues- Songs failing to load due to YouTube issues
- Inability to exit song and return to main menu without restarting the app
- Inconsistent behavior of the app after recent updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more song options, especially for popular artists and genres
- Implement typing mode for more interactive learning
- Provide translation and definition of lyrics
- Offer iPad and Mac versions of the app
- Add more language options, especially Russian, Chinese, and Arabic
Nonsense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LingoClip
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
- Annual Premium$29.991 Year
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- Annual Premium$59.991 Year
Nonsense
- Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Premium Plus Monthly$14.991 Month
- Premium Annual$69.991 Year
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- Premium Plus$149.991 Year








