Comparison

iMekMak vs 5001 Words

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

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About

iMekMak

This app helps users understand Turkish verb conjugation by breaking down suffixes and their order. It supports numerous tenses, modifiers, and switches, and can generate participles, verbal nouns, and gerunds from verbs. It also includes over 3000 verbs with English translations.

Highlights
  • Turkish verb conjugation
  • Suffix order explanation
  • Multiple tenses and modifiers
  • Participles, verbal nouns, gerunds
  • Over 3000 verb recognition
  • Optional color coding and hyphens
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Use iMekMak to help you understand how Turkish suffixes are put together and in which order. Just enter a Turkish (or English) verb and it will do the rest. - Tenses: • Past • Reported Past • Simple Present (aorist) • Present Progressive • Future • Conditional • Optative/Subjunctive • Necessitative • Imperative and more... - Modifiers for the tenses: • Narrative past, • Reported Past • Conditional - Switches: • Causative • Passive • Potential • Negative • Question Conjugate verbs in all of the combinations described above. - In Participles Mode you can produce adjectives from verbs. • -miş (past) • -dik (present/past) • -en (present/subject) • -r / -mez (aorist) • -ecek (future) • -esi (wish/desire) - In Verbal Nouns Mode you can produce nouns from verbs. • -mek (infinitive) • -me (short infinitive) • -iş (the way...) - In Gerunds Mode you can produce again nouns from verbs but these have additional properties that verbal nouns do not have. • -erek (by doing...) • -ip (and...) • -ince (when...) • -meden (before/without...) • -dikçe (the more...) • -mektense (instead of...) • -ken (while...) • -eli (since...) • -diği zaman (when...) • -diğinde (when...) • -diği sürece (so long as...) • -ene kadar (until...) - Over 3000 verbs embedded for recognition, over a 1500 of which have English translations available. (So this can be useful for Turks learning English too) - Optional colour coding of suffixes as well as hyphens to separate suffixes to help digest those long words! - iMekMak is now a free app with all formerly paywalled features unlocked for all users.

About

5001 Words

Features
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5001 Words — Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards Every language is a window into a different way of seeing the world. 5001 Words gives you 5,001 carefully chosen vocabulary cards in 80+ languages — from the most-spoken tongues on earth to languages that rarely appear in any app, carried by communities whose stories deserve to be heard. LANGUAGES INCLUDED (a sample — 200+ decks across 80+ languages in total): • Spanish – English • Yiddish – English • Arabic – English • Hindi – English • Hebrew – English (with niqqud vowel marks) • Ukrainian – English • Japanese – English • Korean – English • Chinese – English (Taiwan / Traditional) • Vietnamese – English • Turkish – English • Persian – English • French – English • German – English • Italian – English • Portuguese – English • Dutch – English • Polish – English • Swahili – English • Bengali – English • …plus 60+ more, including many that rarely appear in any app, and specialised vocabulary for trades, healthcare, travel, cuisine, and business KEY FEATURES: • 5,001 cards per language deck — carefully curated vocabulary • Native-speaker quality audio — Microsoft Neural TTS voices, copyright-free • Browse by language or curated collection — pick the language you already know once, then explore by region or theme • Bidirectional learning — study in both directions with one tap, audio on both sides • Auto-play — cards read aloud automatically as you swipe • Focus Mode — drill a custom set of 5–100 unlearned words until mastered • Word Search — instantly find any word across all your installed decks, no flipping through cards to track one down • Mark as Learned — hides words you know, tracks your progress • Landscape study mode — full-screen card view for distraction-free sessions • Light, Dark, and System appearance • Downloadable packs — language packs download on demand (~55–280 MB each); the word list itself is ready to study within seconds • Report mistakes — flag any card with one tap to send a correction • Full Apple Watch support — same features on your wrist • Home screen & lock screen widgets — rotating vocabulary word every 15 minutes • VoiceOver support — flip, next/previous, and play-audio all work as accessible custom actions • App interface itself available in 77 languages, not just the vocabulary content • Privacy-first — no account required, no third-party ad network, no tracking SDKs; everything stays on your device HOW IT WORKS: 1. Pick the language you already know (once, from onboarding) 2. Browse decks by language or curated collection, and download one 3. Swipe cards left and right to navigate 4. Tap to flip and reveal the translation 5. Double-tap to hear the word pronounced 6. Mark words as learned to track your progress PERFECT FOR: • Heritage speakers reconnecting with an ancestral language • Language enthusiasts exploring the world's linguistic richness • Travelers who want to speak, not just point • Students preparing for exams • Tradespeople and professionals learning job-specific vocabulary • Anyone who believes knowing a word is knowing a piece of someone's world No subscription. No account required. Just vocabulary. (5001 Words shows occasional small self-hosted promotional banners — never a third-party ad network, no tracking.)

Screenshots

iMekMak4 screens
5001 Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 5001 Words at none against iMekMak's 1. 5001 Words also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). iMekMak's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. iMekMak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 5001 Words asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMekMak ships an update monthly, 5001 Words weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iMekMak versus 5001 Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMekMak5001 Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn LeeOleksandr Turevskiy

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iMekMak

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$3.99
None

5001 Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMekMak free?
iMekMak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 5001 Words free?
5001 Words is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iMekMak or 5001 Words have ads?
Neither iMekMak nor 5001 Words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMekMak or 5001 Words?
iMekMak ships an update monthly, and 5001 Words weekly. Most recently, iMekMak was updated on September 24, 2026 and 5001 Words on October 8, 2026.

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