Comparison

CantonSkill vs Lingora

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

Head to head
About

CantonSkill

This app offers a fun, game-based approach to learning spoken Cantonese. It provides engaging lessons designed to help users understand and speak daily conversational phrases. Content can be downloaded for offline access.

Highlights
  • Game-based learning design
  • Offline content download
  • Daily conversational lessons
  • Supports simplified and traditional Chinese
  • Engaging and effective learning
Features
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CantonSkill is the best app for learning Cantonese Chinese. Simple game based design making it addicting, engaging and effective for learners. The app contains numerous enjoyable lessons, helping you learn to understand and to speak daily conversational Cantonese. -Simple game based design -Offline learning: able to download all contents -Supports both simplified or traditional Chinese

About

Lingora

Learn new languages through interactive lessons, vocabulary games, and detailed grammar explanations. Progress from beginner to A1 level with sentence-centric learning and practice tools. Supports a wide range of languages with more being added.

Highlights
  • 500 lessons in 50 units
  • Sentence-centric learning approach
  • Vocabulary games and trainer
  • Grammar quizzes and breakdowns
  • Script and tone trainers
  • Progress tracking
  • Comprehensive dictionary
Features
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The most thorough language course you'll find in an app. 20+ languages, 500 lessons each, every single word of every sentence explained as thoroughly as you care to follow. One sentence might keep you busy for twenty minutes. WHAT'S IN A COURSE Each sentence gets a full lesson wrapped around it. 500 English sentences in all, hand-picked to cover every grammar structure and the full A1 vocabulary. Each word comes with its own full dictionary entry: definition with examples, any conjugation or declension it takes, the grammar topics behind it, and stroke-by-stroke guidance for new scripts. If you want to know why a word looks the way it does, the app can tell you. HOW A LESSON WORKS Each lesson opens with the intro. You hear the sentence before you see what it means. Slow it down, replay as often as you want. Then the Word Breakdown. Tap any word to see what it means and the grammar behind it. Then the literal, word-for-word translation. Then the grammar topics sitting inside the sentence. After the intros, the main session starts. Words and sentences from the current lesson get mixed with whatever's due for review, chosen by the spaced-repetition algorithm so you're practicing what you're closest to forgetting. Your own chosen exercise mix prioritizing reading, writing, or listening. Premium users can even further fine-tune exactly which exercises appear. 25+ WAYS TO PRACTICE Six word games and six sentence games. Flashcards you design yourself, picking what goes on each side. Quick-review tables. Multiple-Choice. Context-clue fill-ins where the wrong answers are similar on purpose. Character stroke practice with real-time validation. Typing exercises with a virtual keyboard. A speech trainer with per-word, color-coded feedback. An AI chat that stays on the lesson's topic and corrects you as you go. And so much more.. REFERENCE A dictionary that searches in native script, in transliteration, or in English. It finds base forms and inflected forms alike. A grammar guide covering every topic that appears in the course. Each has a thorough write-up and example sentences, plus the words and lesson sentences that show it in use. A pronunciation guide covering every consonant and vowel in the language. Tone guides for tonal languages. Script courses for writing systems you haven't learned yet. Conjugation tables for every verb and noun. Character breakdowns for CJK languages. WAYS TO FINE-TUNE Three sliders to weight reading, writing, and listening in each session. Silent mode for studying in public. Transliteration style where more than one exists (Jyutping or Yale, and so on). Diacritics on or off. Full control over what the app does. PROGRESS You'll see progress word by word and lesson by lesson. There's a streak counter, stars on completed lessons, and a weekly leaderboard if you want one. None of it is forced on you. Lifetime users can also export anything they've learned as an Anki deck. LANGUAGES Arabic · Cantonese · Catalan · Dutch · Filipino · French · German · Hindi · Indonesian · Italian · Japanese · Khmer · Korean · Malay · Mandarin · Polish · Portuguese (Brazilian & European) · Russian · Spanish (European & Mexican) · Thai · Turkish · Ukrainian · Vietnamese (Northern & Southern) No hearts. No energy. No cartoons. Just a proper course.

Screenshots

CantonSkill3 screens
Lingora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lingora at none against CantonSkill's shown. Lingora also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). CantonSkill's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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. CantonSkill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lingora sells 40 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lingora holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of CantonSkill's written reviews are positive against 77% of Lingora's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CantonSkill ships an update monthly, Lingora every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CantonSkill versus Lingora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCantonSkillLingora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.6 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews77.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1252 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiu Ling WuAlexander Stebner

Customer experience

CantonSkill

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Lingora

All ratings52 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CantonSkill

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$26.99
40 purchases

Lingora

Subscriptions27
  • Cantonese A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Malay A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Mandarin A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • German A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Korean A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Vietnamese A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Malay A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Mex. Spanish A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Korean A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Thai A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Catalan A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • French A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Polish A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Cantonese A1 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Premium (M)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Indonesian A1 Premium (M)$3.991 Month
  • French A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Bra. Portuguese A1 Premium (M)$3.991 Month
  • Turkish A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Dutch A1 Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Sth.Vietnamese A1 Premium (1m)$3.991 Month
  • All Courses Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Polish A1 Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year
  • Malay A1 Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year
  • Cantonese A1 Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Pro Yearly$11.991 Year
  • All Courses Premium (Monthly)$12.991 Month
One-time13
  • French A1 Lifetime Access$3.99
  • Mandarin A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Eur. Spanish A1 Lifetime$49.99
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  • Malay A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Catalan A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Korean A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Mex.Spanish A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Thai A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Vietnamese A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Polish A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Sth. Vietnamese A1 Lifetime$49.99
  • Cantonese A1 Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Lingora Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is CantonSkill free?
CantonSkill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lingora free?
Lingora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CantonSkill or Lingora?
Lingora is rated higher. CantonSkill averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Lingora averages 4.6 from 52 ratings.
Do CantonSkill or Lingora have ads?
CantonSkill shows ads; Lingora does not.
Which is updated more often, CantonSkill or Lingora?
CantonSkill ships an update monthly, and Lingora every 8 days. Most recently, CantonSkill was updated on October 7, 2026 and Lingora on October 13, 2026.

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