RUS Buddy vs Cura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RUS Buddy
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Learn new Russian words and phrases in a game manner. A word or phrase is accompanied by three different versions in English. Your task is to learn a new word in repetitive manner. For a quiet study, the game is accompanied by the emerging hints. When studying Russian, you will also fill up the vocabulary of the English words. Tips are accompanied by duplicated words in Estonian, Spanish, French and German. This is a great way to start learning a couple more languages.
Cura
This app uses a timed recognition method to help you learn Russian vocabulary quickly. It presents words rapidly, forcing instant comprehension rather than slow deciphering. The word bank focuses on the most common Russian terms to build a foundational vocabulary.
- Timed word recognition
- Adjustable speed and word count
- Focus on common vocabulary
- Instant comprehension training
- Build elementary vocabulary
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Having a hard time learning Russian? You can sound out Cyrillic, but it still takes you forever to work out what a word actually means? CURA, the Commonly Used Russian Assistant, is built around one simple idea: there's a difference between reading a word and knowing it. CURA closes that gap. SIGHT LEARNING A Russian word flashes on screen for a fraction of a second, then disappears. You pick what you saw. Because there's no time to sound it out, recognition has to become automatic, which is exactly what fluent reading feels like. Five speeds, from relaxed to blink-and-you-miss-it, in either direction. FLASH CARDS New in this version. Study any word with two-sided flash cards scheduled by spaced repetition. Each card comes back just before you would forget it, so your review time goes where it is actually needed instead of drilling words you already know. CYRILLIC ALPHABET Just getting started? Learn to read all 33 letters, sorted by how much trouble they tend to cause, with special attention to the "false friends" that look like Latin letters but sound completely different. ALSO INSIDE - 300 of the most common Russian words, organized into three frequency tiers - Every word with its stress marked and a romanization - Problem Words mode that resurfaces the vocabulary you keep missing - Daily streaks, stars, and progress tracking to keep you coming back Whether you are learning your first Cyrillic letter or sharpening vocabulary you already half-know, CURA turns reading Russian into knowing Russian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RUS Buddy at none against Cura's shown. RUS Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | RUS Buddy | Cura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 86 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramill Ibragimov | Hoang Harry Tran |
In-app purchases
RUS Buddy
No in-app purchases
Cura
No in-app purchases









