Comparison

Earworms vs Fast Language Learning

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

Head to head
About

Earworms

Learn languages effectively using the "earworm effect" with catchy music and lyrics. This method anchors foreign language words and phrases into your long-term memory through engaging, brain-based audio-visual lessons. Improve vocabulary and grammar with bite-sized tracks and native speaker pronunciation.

Highlights
  • Learn languages with music and lyrics
  • Brain-based learning technique
  • Audio-visual experience with karaoke lyrics
  • 6-9 minute learning tracks
  • Content-rich language based on CEF
  • Native speaker pronunciation
Features
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Do you know what “earworm effect” is? Experience it while you learn languages with catchy music and lyrics that you just can't get out of your head. This highly effective award-winning learning technique uses music as the medium to transport words and phrases of a foreign language into your long-term memory. Start your language learning now! Learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Maltese, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Arabic, or Turkish and improve your vocabulary and grammar using the power of music. Earworms plant the words of a foreign language into your head with easy language courses. Try our language learning with music lyrics demo for free. THE EARWOMS METHOD 1. Brain-based: The Earworms method not only provides the words, phrases and grammar that you need for language learning, it also actively anchors them into the auditory cortex of your brain! It’s much more than language courses, it's language learning! Learn French, Spanish, English, Italian, German or Dutch listening to music lyrics. 2. Music is the key: Using music as the medium to learn languages is not only fun, it is also effective. Firstly, music puts the learner into the optimum state of consciousness for learning different languages. Secondly, music lyrics learning allows repetition (a prerequisite for language learning). On top of that, music engages and stimulates both hemispheres of the brain, unleashing more learning potential. 3. Chunking: Instead of language learning in terms of individual words and grammar, the Earworms approach immerses the learner in real-life dialogues and expressions with lyrics. These are broken down into bite-size chunks, practiced rhythmically with music and then reconstructed into full sentences. This gives the learner a strong sense of how real language courses are constructed and learning French, Spanish, German, Italian, English and other different languages and their vocabulary becomes easy. IMPORTANT FEATURES * Developed by language teaching experts. * Convenient. 6-9 minute tracks. Listen and learn track by track, any time, anywhere. * Audio-visual experience with 'karaoke-like' live lyrics feature. * Specific unambiguous goals. 200+ optimally selected sets of words and phrases for language learning. * Measurable. Easy tracking of progress of your language courses. * Target language spoken by native speakers - so correct pronunciation is acquired automatically. * Relevant. Carefully chosen content-rich language. Based on the CEF (Common European Framework) and immediately useful to the learner. * Time-bound. The musical memory method enables real rapid progress. E.g. you can learn to count up to 999 in Mandarin in an hour (!) or retain and recall words, phrases and structures in one language level within a couple of weeks. * Educational discounts are available. Visit https://www.earwormslearning.com/edu LANGUAGES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE French + German + Italian + Spanish (European) + Spanish (Lat. American) + Mandarin + Cantonese + Japanese + Arabic + Portuguese (European) + Portuguese (Brazilian) + Russian + Greek + Turkish + Polish + English + Dutch LEVELS There are 3 learning levels available, which will take you up to intermediate level (CEF level A2). * Volume 1. Within a few hours of listening to this volume, you'll have enough vocabulary knowledge of a language to be able to deal with real-life situations like taking a taxi, at the hotel, at the restaurant, requesting, polite phrases, finding your way, numbers, dealing with problems and so on. * Volume 2. This language course will soon have you talking about yourself, chatting and even flirting! * Volume 3. Here you learn more useful everyday situations while going more into the structure, the grammatical rules of the language while improving your vocabulary. NB. The app includes a demo album, full tracks of all languages available – and is free to download. You can then in-app purchase full courses.

About

Fast Language Learning

This app offers a fun and effective way to learn new languages through personalized, game-like lessons. It focuses on building speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills with a vocabulary of over 4,000 essential words. Users can also translate text and images using their camera.

Highlights
  • Personalized, game-like lessons
  • Memorize 4,000 essential words
  • Practice speaking, reading, listening, writing
  • Camera translation for text and images
  • Progress tracking with rewards
  • Multiple language options
Features
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Words is the easiest way to learn a new language. It’s free, fun and effective. Words is changing the way people learn languages using advanced technology to personalize every lesson for you. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills now! Words helps you prepare for real conversations in Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, German, English, and more. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing to build your vocabulary and grammar skills. Memorize 4,000 essential words in just 10 minutes a day! Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you will find the app extremely useful. Key Features: • Words is fun and effective. Game-like lessons help you to build clear speaking, reading, listening and writing skills. • Personalize your language learning with 10+ categories. • Professionally curated vocabulary list with more than 4,000 words • Track your progress. Work toward your language learning goals with rewards when you make practicing a daily habit! • Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, English. • Translate any pic or text using your camera. Take a photo or upload one from your gallery. Words will recognize the object and translate it into any language you want. Easily translate menus, signs, or any paper document. You can also listen to the pronunciation of the translation in the target language. If you like Words, try Words Premium for 3 days free! Learn a language fast with no ads and unlimited courses. Get fun with review midterm quiz to measure how much you’ve learned! If you choose to purchase Words Premium, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://wordslanguage.com/privacy.html Terms of Services: https://wordslanguage.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Earworms4 screens
Fast Language Learning4 screens

Verdict

The call

Earworms and Fast Language Learning both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Earworms's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fast Language Learning's. Earworms also leads on ratings volume (357 vs 75). Fast Language Learning's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Earworms sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Fast Language Learning sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Earworms against 4.7 for Fast Language Learning. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 357 and 75 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Earworms's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fast Language Learning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earworms ships an update every 5 months, Fast Language Learning every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Earworms versus Fast Language Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarwormsFast Language Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (357 ratings) — better4.7 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings357 — better75
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerearworms LtdKITA BILGI TEKNOLOJILERI LIMITED SIRKETI

Customer experience

Earworms

All ratings357 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral10.8%
Negative16.9%

Fast Language Learning

All ratings75 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Earworms

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes every few minutes on iPhone
  • Network error on startup despite internet connection
  • Infinite loop on initial setup screen
  • App closes unexpectedly during playback
  • Restore purchases feature not functioning
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  • Activation code cannot be claimed in app
  • Tracks download corrupted or fail to load
  • Text display shows English instead of native script
  • Phrase book download button subscribes to email instead
  • App no longer works after OS updates
  • Category selection feature removed in newer version

Requested features

11 requests
  • Additional volume levels for existing languages
  • More lessons and expanded content library
  • Autoplay feature for continuous listening
  • Repeat single track functionality
  • Ability to select specific lesson categories
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  • Business-focused lesson modules
  • Emergency/medical/police interaction lessons
  • Grocery shopping and tradesperson lessons
  • More Cantonese, Maltese, Hindi, and Finnish content
  • Improved booklet formatting and accessibility
  • Direct email contact option for support

Fast Language Learning

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Earworms

One-time16
  • Try before you buyFree
  • Essayez avant d’acheterFree
  • Álbum de demostraciónFree
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  • French Vol. 1$11.99
  • Italian Vol. 1$11.99
  • Spanish Lat. Am. Vol. 1$11.99
  • Portuguese Vol.1$11.99
  • French Vol. 2$11.99
  • Dutch Vol. 1-2$19.99
  • Japanese Vol. 1-2$19.99
  • Spanish Lat. Am. Vol. 1-3$27.99
  • Bundle deals, French Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle deals, German Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle deals, Italian Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle, Spanish Eu. Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Portuguese Vol.1-3$28.99
5 purchases

Fast Language Learning

Subscriptions5
  • Words Weekly Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Words Monthly Premium3 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Words 3 Months Premium$29.993 Months
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  • Words 6 Months Premium$49.996 Months
  • Words Yearly Premium3 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Earworms free?
Earworms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast Language Learning free?
Fast Language Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Earworms or Fast Language Learning?
Earworms is rated higher. Earworms averages 4.8 out of 5 from 357 ratings, while Fast Language Learning averages 4.7 from 75 ratings.
Do Earworms or Fast Language Learning have ads?
Neither Earworms nor Fast Language Learning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Earworms or Fast Language Learning?
Earworms ships an update every 5 months, and Fast Language Learning every 5 weeks. Most recently, Earworms was updated on October 15, 2026 and Fast Language Learning on October 10, 2026.

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