Comparison

Earworms vs Lwingo

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

Lwingo

Practice a new language by listening to Wikipedia podcasts on topics you love. Improve vocabulary with synchronized transcripts and translations. Test your knowledge with flashcards and hangman games.

Highlights
  • Learn languages with podcasts
  • Wikipedia articles as audio
  • Synchronized transcripts
  • In-app translations
  • Save and study new words
  • Flashcard and hangman games
Features
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Learn languages with podcasts Lwingo is the best app to practice a new language through listening to interesting Wikipedia podcasts about your favorite topics: - Many articles to listen to as a podcast, in Spanish, French, German or English - Learn about your favorite topics while enriching your vocabulary: History, Science, Culture, Art, Geography - Podcast transcript synchronized and always available for an easier understanding - Translation in your native language is always available, to help learn new words and enrich your vocabulary - save unknown words, study and learn them easily by playing Flashcards and put your new knowledge to the test by playing hangman

Screenshots

Earworms4 screens
Lwingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Earworms at 72% against Lwingo's 0%. Earworms also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (357 vs 1). Lwingo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lwingo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Earworms holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earworms has 357 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Earworms's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lwingo's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Earworms versus Lwingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarwormsLwingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (357 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings357 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerearworms LtdAnnapurnApp Technologies UG haftungsbeschrankt

Customer experience

Earworms

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

Lwingo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Lwingo

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
None

Lwingo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Earworms free?
Earworms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lwingo free?
Lwingo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Earworms or Lwingo?
Earworms is rated higher. Earworms averages 4.8 out of 5 from 357 ratings, while Lwingo averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Earworms or Lwingo have ads?
Neither Earworms nor Lwingo shows ads.

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