Qlango vs Fluent Fiction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qlango
Master over 70 languages with personalized lessons and interactive games. This app adapts to your learning pace and goals, allowing you to practice from any language and receive real-time feedback. Features include spaced repetition, CEFR level support, and AI-powered assistance.
- Learn 70+ languages from any other language
- Interactive games like Wordle-style
- Personalized lessons based on mistakes
- Spaced repetition system
- Real-time hints and grammar tips
- Hands-free audio mode
- AI and expert Q&A
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Learn 80+ languages — your way. Fast, fun, and focused on real progress. Qlango is the smarter way to master languages — from the most popular to the most rare — with personalized lessons, interactive games, and features designed to help you actually remember what you learn. Whether you're starting Spanish, brushing up on French, or exploring Icelandic, Qlango adapts to your pace and goals. You can even learn from any language — not just English. Why Qlango is different: • Answer in your target language only — like real learners do • Learn 70+ languages from any other language • Practice with smart games like Wordle-style, Minute Rush, and Unscramble • Get hints, feedback, and grammar tips in real time • Personalized lessons based on your mistakes and speed • Spaced repetition with increasing difficulty • Supports CEFR levels A1–B2 • Placement test to start at the right level • Hands-free audio mode for on-the-go learning • Parallel audiobooks with subtitles in your native language • Subtitles for non-Latin alphabets • Earn diplomas and track your progress • Ask questions — our AI or experts answer them Trusted by learners worldwide: • 5-star reviews from language nerds and beginners alike • Featured in Forbes and Yahoo Finance • Rated by the Educational App Store Download Qlango today and start your language learning journey the smarter way — anytime, anywhere. The complete list of languages: Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (American), English (British), Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Mexican), Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese. Privacy Policy: https://qlango.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://qlango.com/terms-of-use
Fluent Fiction
Learn languages through engaging stories and bilingual retellings. This app enhances listening comprehension with cultural context, vocabulary lists, and transcripts. It's ideal for travelers, those connecting with heritage, or anyone wanting to master a new language.
- Story-based language learning
- Bilingual sentence-by-sentence retellings
- Vocabulary lists
- Audio transcripts
- Cultural context explanations
- Supports over 30 languages
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Are you ready to supercharge your listening comprehension? The Fluent Fiction App is the perfect tool for you. Studies show that the key to mastering a second language is through repetition and active processing. That's why each episode of our podcast features a story in your target language, followed by a sentence-by-sentence retelling that alternates between that language and English. This approach not only allows you to fully understand and absorb the vocabulary and grammar but also provides a bilingual support to aid your listening comprehension. But we don't stop there. Research in sociolinguistics highlights the importance of culture in language learning, which is why we provide a list of vocabulary words and a transcript of the audio to help you understand the cultural context of the story. And for your convenience, we also include a transcript of the audio to help you refer back to any parts you may have struggled with. It's not just for language learners, it's also for travelers or people who wants to connect with their roots. Are you planning a trip soon? Maybe you want to speak with your grandparents in their native language? Our podcast will equip you with the cultural and linguistic background needed to fully immerse yourself to provide the most effective method for mastering listening comprehension. Don't miss this opportunity, give our podcast a try and see the results for yourself. Fluent Fiction supports: Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Welsh, with more (Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), and Russian) coming soon! Fluent Fiction Plus is an additional subscription available for each language that unlocks removes ads from the podcast episodes, gives you access to the full back catalog of that language's content, access to daily new episodes, and LiveLantern view for all episodes! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fluent Fiction at none against Qlango's shown. Qlango's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (74% vs 50%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Qlango sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Fluent Fiction sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $1.79 per 7 days. 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 Qlango against 4.6 for Fluent Fiction. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qlango has 117 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Qlango's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fluent Fiction's.
Qlango ships an update weekly, Fluent Fiction every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Qlango | Fluent Fiction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (117 ratings) — better | 4.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Qlango d.o.o. | Verbari LLC |
Customer experience
Qlango
Fluent Fiction
In-app purchases
Qlango
- Qlango Premium$3.991 Month
- Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
- Monthly subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
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- Yearly subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly subscription6 Months trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- One time payment$119.99
Fluent Fiction
- Norwegian Subscription$1.797 Days
- Romanian Subscription$1.797 Days
- Ukrainian Subscription$1.797 Days
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- Bulgarian Subscription$1.797 Days
- Afrikaans Subscription$1.797 Days
- Croatian Subscription$5.951 Month
- Swedish Subscription$5.951 Month
- French Subscription$5.951 Month
- Spanish Subscription$5.951 Month
- Romanian Subscription$5.951 Month
- Ukrainian Subscription$5.951 Month
- Vietnamese Subscription$5.951 Month
- Bulgarian Subscription$5.951 Month
- Welsh Subscription$29.496 Months
- Afrikaans Subscription$29.496 Months
- Polyglot Pass (All languages)$29.991 Month
- Afrikaans Subscription7 Days trial$49.951 Year
- Romanian Subscription7 Days trial$49.951 Year
- Hebrew Subscription7 Days trial$49.951 Year
- Hungarian Subscription7 Days trial$49.951 Year
- Norwegian Subscription7 Days trial$49.951 Year
- Slovenian Subscription$49.951 Year
- Welsh Subscription$49.951 Year
- Swedish Subscription$49.951 Year
- Turkish Subscription$49.951 Year
- Bulgarian Subscription$49.951 Year
- Polyglot Pass (All languages)7 Days trial$99.991 Year









