Comparison

Verbform vs Dowing

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

Head to head
About

Verbform

Master English irregular verbs with focused drills and spaced repetition. Track your progress and improve grammar for exams and professional use. Fits into a busy schedule with short daily sessions.

Highlights
  • Drills 200 common irregular verbs
  • Tests base, past simple, past participle
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • 5-minute daily sessions
  • Progress tracking and mastery states
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Stop saying "I have went." Every English learner knows irregular verbs are the hardest part — and most apps bury them inside something bigger. Verbform is the focused tool you've been missing. WHAT VERBFORM DOES • Drills the 200 most common English irregular verbs, ranked by real-world frequency • Tests all three forms — base, past simple, past participle — in sentence context • Uses spaced repetition tuned for the interference patterns that make irregular verbs hard • Fits one session into five minutes a day • Tracks every verb's mastery state in a clean visual library • Keeps today's verb and your streak on your home screen widget WHO IT'S FOR Adult English learners at A2 to C1 level. Professionals who trip on past participles under pressure. Students preparing for IELTS or TOEFL. Anyone who has quietly kept a list of verbs they keep getting wrong and wants a real tool to fix it. HOW IT WORKS Open the app. Take a 90-second placement quiz. Verbform shows you exactly which of the top 50 verbs you already know and which ones need work. Your daily session starts the next morning. FREE • Top 50 irregular verbs — the ones you use every single day • Full spaced repetition engine • Streak tracking and daily reminders • Placement quiz • Verb library with mastery tracking • Exercises: Fill in the blank, Odd one out, Quick Match PREMIUM • All 200 irregular verbs — including the Tier 2, 3, and 4 verbs that separate fluent from fluent-enough • Home screen widget with today's verb and streak • Verb detail cards with IPA pronunciation, example sentences • Every future feature by default • Exercises: Fill the story, Give both forms, Name the verb, Spot the error Five minutes a day. Two hundred verbs. One focused tool. Download Verbform and fix the irregular verb problem for good. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://verbform.ftp27.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://verbform.ftp27.dev/terms

About

Dowing

Features
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Practice speaking through simple, focused repetition. Dowing is a shadowing practice app designed to help language learners listen, repeat, record, and review their speaking — without unnecessary distractions. LISTEN AND REPEAT Add the sentences you want to practice and listen to them using voices available on your device. Adjust the playback speed and repeat each sentence at your own pace. RECORD YOUR VOICE Record yourself as many times as you need. Listen back to your attempts and keep practicing until the sentence feels more natural. REVIEW YOUR PRACTICE Keep your sentences, recordings, favorites, and practice history organized so you can easily return to what you want to practice. SIMPLE BY DESIGN Dowing keeps the practice loop simple: Listen. Repeat. Record. Review. No account is required. Your practice data and recordings stay on your device.

Screenshots

Verbform4 screens
Dowing3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dowing at none against Verbform's 2. Dowing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). 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. Verbform sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Dowing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Verbform ships an update monthly, Dowing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Verbform versus Dowing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerbformDowing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksey CherepanovInseok Song

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Verbform

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Dowing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Verbform free?
Verbform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dowing free?
Dowing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Verbform or Dowing have ads?
Neither Verbform nor Dowing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Verbform or Dowing?
Verbform ships an update monthly, and Dowing every 2 days. Most recently, Verbform was updated on October 6, 2026 and Dowing on October 14, 2026.

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