Comparison

Russian Verbs vs Speaking

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

Head to head
About

Russian Verbs

This app provides a comprehensive reference for Russian verb conjugations, featuring search functionality, multiple language interfaces, and pronunciation aids. It covers various verb moods, aspects, and irregular forms, with offline access and support for dark/light modes.

Highlights
  • Verb conjugation reference
  • Search by verb form or definition
  • Multiple language interfaces
  • Highlighted verb endings
  • Pronunciation stress marks
  • Offline access
  • Dark and light mode support
Features
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Russian Verbs is your most complete and comprehensive reference to verb conjugations of the Russian language. Features: Search by verb form or definition • English, Russian & Latvian user interfaces & verb definitions • Highlighted verb endings • Top 100, reflexive and verbs of motion lists • Stress marks help with pronunciation of verb forms • Share with others or create your favourites • Optimised for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad • Full support for dark and light modes • No Internet connection required Grammar: • Indicative, subjunctive and imperative moods • Imperfective and perfective aspects • Singular & plural persons • Reflexive verbs • Verbs of motion • Irregular verbs

About

Speaking

Features
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Learn Spanish, French, German and other languages with "Speaking"! The fastest way to learn a new language is to practice speaking and listening. Speaking uses speech recognition to listen and transcribe your pronunciation. Then, Speaking gives you the opportunity to check your pronunciation for correctness. If you don't know the proper pronunciation, just type it into Speaking and Speaking will tell you the proper pronunciation. There are times when Speaking does not recognize your pronunciation well. But don't worry. This is your chance to improve your speaking skills, learn proper pronunciation from Speaking, and then try speaking again, paying attention to your accent. If the app can recognize your speech, your speech will work for people! Try using the app in conjunction with your regular vocabulary book or language book to practice your speaking. Your learning efficiency will be greatly improved! Speaking supports the learning of many languages. * • English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Thai, Romanian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech, Greek, Swedish, Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Hebrew, Catalan, Slovak, Norwegian *The above is just an example. Supported languages depend on the voice data installed on your device. You may be able to install more voice data from your device's settings app. Enjoy your speaking practice! The app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Russian Verbs4 screens
Speaking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Speaking at Free against Russian Verbs's $1.99. Speaking also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months). Russian Verbs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Speaking is free to download; Russian Verbs costs $1.99 up front. Speaking sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Russian Verbs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Russian Verbs ships an update every 11 months, Speaking weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Russian Verbs versus Speaking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRussian VerbsSpeaking
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDekSoftRyo Aoyama

In-app purchases

None

Russian Verbs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Speaking

Subscriptions1
  • Remove ads$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Russian Verbs free?
Russian Verbs costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speaking free?
Speaking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Russian Verbs or Speaking have ads?
Speaking shows ads; Russian Verbs does not.
Which is updated more often, Russian Verbs or Speaking?
Russian Verbs ships an update every 11 months, and Speaking weekly. Most recently, Russian Verbs was updated on October 6, 2026 and Speaking on October 4, 2026.

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