The Grace Gazette vs DICTA Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Grace Gazette
Student journalists from Grace Church School share their reporting and stories. This app provides a platform for young writers to publish their work and for readers to stay informed about school news.
- Student-led journalism
- School news updates
- Reporting on events
- Published student work
- Educational content
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Student reporters covering the High School at Grace Church School.
DICTA Learning
Master Latin and ancient Greek vocabulary with interactive flashcards, writing exercises, and drawing activities. Access a comprehensive lexicon with audio pronunciations. Receive daily vocabulary reminders via notifications and widgets.
- Digital flashcards
- Write Mode for self-assessment
- Draw Mode for muscle memory
- Lexicon of terms
- Audio recordings of terms
- Daily term notifications
- iPhone widget for daily term
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DICTA assists with the learning of Latin and ancient Greek vocabulary by unique study features; these features include pre-made, digital flashcards, "Write Mode" for self-assessment, and "Draw Mode" for muscle-memory development. DICTA also provides a lexis of relevant terms in each language, audio recordings of Latin terms, and an optional daily notification and iphone widget displaying a "Daily Term," among other features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DICTA Learning at fortnightly against The Grace Gazette's every 18 months. The Grace Gazette's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Grace Gazette against 5.0 for DICTA Learning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Grace Gazette has 55 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Grace Gazette ships an update every 18 months, DICTA Learning fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Grace Gazette | DICTA Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | appful GmbH | DICTA LANGUAGES LEARNING DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM COMPANY INC. |
Customer experience
The Grace Gazette
DICTA Learning
In-app purchases
The Grace Gazette
No in-app purchases
DICTA Learning
No in-app purchases
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