Storylabs vs Dreaming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storylabs
Engage with illustrated, interactive stories designed by teachers to help you master new languages. Practice with flashcards and games, and connect with others to tell your own stories. Build fluency through fun, acquisition-focused learning.
- Illustrated interactive stories
- Text-to-speech reader
- Flashcards
- Learning games
- Connect with native speakers
- User-generated stories
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Read to learn language with our illustrated, interactive stories. Master teachers crafted these classroom-tested stories to engage learners with high-frequency vocabulary written for acquisition. Listen to the stories with our text-to-speech reader. Connect with native speakers and other learners to tell your own version of the story. Use the flashcards. Play the games. Have fun learning the language faster and better than you ever thought possible. Build fluency with Storylabs.
Dreaming
This app teaches languages through comprehensible input, using videos you can understand from the start. It focuses on natural language exposure without vocabulary lists or grammar drills, making learning intuitive.
- Comprehensible input method
- Video-based learning
- Natural language exposure
- No vocabulary lists
- No grammar drills
- Content for all levels
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Learn languages the way humans actually do. Dreaming is the language-learning app behind Dreaming Spanish and Dreaming French — trusted by millions of learners worldwide and recognized as a winner of TIME’s The Best Inventions of 2025. Dreaming helps you learn languages through comprehensible input — immersing yourself in the language by watching videos you understand, from day one. No vocabulary lists. No grammar drills. No pressure to speak before you’re ready. Just real language, used naturally, and presented at a level you can follow. Terms and Conditions: https://www.dreaming.com/termsofuse Privacy Policy: https://www.dreaming.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dreaming at 88% against Storylabs's 0%. Dreaming also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (208 vs 2). Storylabs's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Storylabs sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dreaming sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dreaming holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreaming has 208 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Storylabs's written reviews are positive against 88% of Dreaming's.
Storylabs ships an update every 6 days, Dreaming every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Storylabs | Dreaming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (208 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 208 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AARON STEPHENS | Dreaming Languages, Inc. |
Customer experience
Storylabs
Dreaming
In-app purchases
Storylabs
- The Girl (Korean)$0.99
- The Short Girl$0.99
- What Kind of Juice?$0.99
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- The Girl Wants Hot Chocolate$0.99
- Basquetbolista Le Da un Perro$0.99
- La Mujer y el Perro Pequeño$1.99
- The Legend of La Llorona$1.99
- La Chica Nueva$4.99
- The New Girl$4.99
- Xóchitl's Tears$7.99
Dreaming
- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium Double$14.991 Month
