Comparison

Ling vs Namfus

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

Head to head
About

Ling

Master over 70 languages with fun, bite-sized lessons. Develop speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills with native speaker audio and cultural insights. Science-backed methods ensure retention, making even difficult languages accessible.

Highlights
  • 70+ languages available
  • Bite-sized lessons
  • Native speaker audio
  • Cultural insights
  • Speaking, reading, listening, writing skills
  • Science-backed learning methodology
Features
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Finally, a language-learning app that helps beginner to advanced learners speak, read, write, and listen in 70+ languages. Download Ling for FREE and start learning… Afrikaans • Albanian • Amharic • Arabic • Armenian • Azerbaijani • Bengali • Bosnian • Bulgarian • Burmese • Cantonese • Catalan • Cebuano • Chinese Simplified • Chinese Traditional • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch • English • Estonian • Finnish • French • German • Georgian • Greek • Gujarati • Hebrew • Hindi • Hokkien • Hungarian • Icelandic • Ilocano • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Javanese • Kannada • Kazakh • Khmer • Korean • Lao • Latvian • Lithuanian • Macedonian • Malaysian • Malayalam • Maori • Marathi • Mongolian • Norwegian • Nepali • Polish • Portuguese • Pashto • Persian • Punjabi • Romanian • Russian • Serbian • Sinhala • Slovak • Slovenian • Somali • Sorbian • Spanish • Sundanese • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Tamil • Telugu • Thai • Turkish • Ukrainian • Urdu • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Yoruba Build speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills all in one place, plus… - Hard languages made easy: Find languages not commonly featured in other apps and enjoy lessons that make learning simple - Cultural insights: Understand the beautiful cultures behind lesser-known languages with our Culture Notes feature - Native speaker guidance: Learn correct pronunciation with audio from native speakers - Science-backed learning: Our methodology ensures you retain what you learn, making even the most difficult languages stick - Motivating: Track your progress, set language goals, and earn rewards as you practice and grow - Daily practice: Turn language learning into a habit with daily lessons that fit into your routine Experience more of Ling... https://ling-app.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ling_app/ https://www.youtube.com/@LingLearnLanguages https://www.tiktok.com/@ling_app?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/Ling.learn.languages/ https://www.quora.com/Ling-Language-Lessons If you have any comments, suggestions, or concerns, please feel free to reach out at support@ling-app.com Terms of Use: https://ling-app.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://ling-app.com/privacy-policy/

About

Namfus

Access comprehensive school information including your schedule, assignments, attendance, and assessments. Stay updated on ongoing and upcoming lessons with a clear overview of your academic progress.

Highlights
  • School information overview
  • Lesson schedule
  • Assignment tracking
  • Attendance records
  • Assessment details
  • Timetable management
Features
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Namfus brings the whole school community into one app — kindergartens, schools and municipalities. Families, students, teachers and school leaders each get their own view of the same school day. FOR FAMILIES All your children in one place, from kindergarten through school. See the timetable, homework and grades, follow attendance, and report an absence in a few taps — with a note, a time window, or a document when the school asks for one. If your child is in kindergarten, you get their whole day: when they arrived and who dropped them off, what they ate, how long they slept, diaper changes, mood, and the staff's notes home. Photos from the day appear in the app, and you decide which kinds of photo sharing you consent to. You can also change who collects your child, request new stay times, and sign up for extra registration days. FOR STUDENTS Your timetable, your homework, your attendance and your results — the school day on your phone. FOR TEACHERS Everything for the lesson you are teaching right now. Take attendance in a single screen — present, absent, late, excused — record behaviour and any other categories your school has set up, read the lesson plan, and assign homework without leaving the class. Still on paper attendance sheets? Scan the QR code at the top, photograph the sheet, and Namfus reads the marks for you. Rows it is unsure about are flagged for review, and the name column is cropped out before the image is ever sent. FOR SCHOOL LEADERS Keep the school in sync. Today's attendance, trends by weekday, by class and across the school year, staff absences, and which lessons still need cover. Approve reported absences and staff leave as they come in. And when someone needs help right now, Quick Response alerts the whole response team and shows you who is on the way. FOR MUNICIPALITIES District administrators see every school at once — students, staff, absences and unfilled cover across the district. BUILT FOR SCHOOLS • Available in Icelandic, English, Danish, German, Swedish and Norwegian • Messages from the school are translated automatically into your language • Hold more than one role, or work across more than one school? Switch between them without signing out • Push notifications for the things that actually concern you Namfus is provided through your school or municipality. You will need an account from them to sign in.

Screenshots

Ling4 screens
Namfus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Namfus at none against Ling's 22. Namfus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Ling's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (16K vs 1). On price, 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. Ling sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Namfus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Namfus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ling has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ling ships an update weekly, Namfus every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Ling versus Namfus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingNamfus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMYA LABS COMPANY LIMITEDNamfus

Customer experience

Ling

All ratings16,391 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews2,187 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral12.3%
Negative26.6%

Namfus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ling

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Progress resets to zero
  • Incorrect translations and pronunciations
  • Lessons skipping ahead unexpectedly
  • Microphone issues, can't record properly
  • Sync issues across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow retry/go back in lessons
  • Improve speech recognition
  • Add grammar explanations
  • Provide more review and practice options
  • Introduce alphabet/writing system first

Namfus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Ling

Subscriptions19
  • Ling Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Language Learning Plan$10.991 Month
  • Ling Monthly Subscription2 variants$14.991 Month
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  • Ling Pro 1 Month Subscription$16.991 Month
  • Ling Half Yearly Subscription$39.996 Months
  • Ling 3 Month Subscription$39.993 Months
  • Learn Language Pro Yearly 77 Days trial$48.991 Year
  • Ling Pro Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$54.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription$59.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Black Friday Offer7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$79.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Ling Pro 12 Month Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Ling Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$119.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ling Pro Lifetime Plan$199.99
None

Namfus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ling free?
Ling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Namfus free?
Namfus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ling or Namfus?
Namfus is rated higher. Ling averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Namfus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ling or Namfus have ads?
Ling shows ads; Namfus does not.
Which is updated more often, Ling or Namfus?
Ling ships an update weekly, and Namfus every 6 months. Most recently, Ling was updated on October 21, 2026 and Namfus on October 9, 2026.

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