iFlag vs WhatTheFlag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iFlag
This educational app helps students learn and test their knowledge of world flags through engaging quiz and multiplayer games. It offers various game modes to identify countries from flags, maps, and capitals.
- Learn world flags
- Quiz games
- Multiplayer games
- Identify country from flag
- Identify country from map
- Identify capital of country
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iFlag App is a great educational app for students to learn and play the flags of all countries of the world. You can play quiz games or multiplayer games: + Find Flag of Country + Find Capital of Country + Find Country from Map + Find Country from Flag + Find Country from Capital
WhatTheFlag
Identify countries by their flag emojis. Search for countries by name, capital, or flag emoji. View detailed country information including ISO 3166-2 codes.
- Identify countries by flag emoji
- Search by country name
- Search by capital city
- Search by flag emoji
- View ISO 3166-2 codes
- Detailed country information
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How well do you know the flags of the world? WhatTheFlag is an interactive reference guide and collection of educational games designed to help you learn countries, capitals, and national flags. Find a country by its name, capital, international code, or emoji flag. View detailed information, locate capitals on the map, and save countries to your favorites. Features: • A comprehensive collection of country and territory emoji flags • Search by country, capital, flag, or international code • Capital information for each country • ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2, Alpha-3, and numeric country codes • Interactive maps showing capital locations • Themed flag collections • A personal favorites collection • Learning cards for effective memorization • Multiple quiz modes to test your knowledge • Light and dark appearance support • English, Russian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages Learn geography, train your memory, and challenge yourself to recognize every country by its flag. WhatTheFlag is now available on Mac with a completely redesigned interface optimized for larger screens, mouse, trackpad, and keyboard controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WhatTheFlag at every 3 weeks against iFlag's every 5 months. iFlag's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
iFlag ships an update every 5 months, WhatTheFlag every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iFlag | WhatTheFlag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yen Nguyen | Semen Babich |
Customer experience
iFlag
WhatTheFlag
In-app purchases
iFlag
No in-app purchases
WhatTheFlag
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iFlag free?
Is WhatTheFlag free?
Do iFlag or WhatTheFlag have ads?
Which is updated more often, iFlag or WhatTheFlag?
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