Comparison

BLEND vs Sokuyaku

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

Head to head
About

BLEND

This app allows users to check school communications, report absences or lateness, and view attendance and grades. It requires an account provided by the school to access its features.

Highlights
  • Check school communications
  • Report absences and lateness
  • View attendance records
  • Check grades
  • Requires school-provided account
Features
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学校からの連絡確認や、欠席や遅刻連絡の送信、 出欠や成績の確認が可能です。 ※学校から配布されたアカウントを用いてご利用ください。

About

Sokuyaku

Features
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Speak a Japanese sentence and see it in English, Italian, Spanish and German at once, in large, easy-to-read type. Tap the play button on a card to hear it spoken. - Speak, get 4 languages Press the record button and speak Japanese. On-device speech recognition transcribes it, and the moment you finish, all four translations appear. Translation uses iOS's built-in Translation framework. Download the language data once and it works offline. Big, readable text. Tap the play button to hear the phrase in that language. - Save it, look back at night Every phrase is saved by day. Search them, or export as text, Markdown or CSV. At the end of the day you get a short story built from that day's phrases, plus a 5-question quiz (fill in the blank, pick the meaning). Free: once a week. Pro: every day. On devices with Apple Intelligence the story is written on the device. On other devices, or if that fails, only the day's Japanese and translations (text only) are sent to our server and on to an AI model. No audio or device identifiers are sent, and you can turn this off in Settings. Tap "Explain" on a card and an AI breaks the sentence into words, shows polite and casual variants, and adds a one-line grammar note (free: 3 per day). - Free and Pro Speak, translate, listen and save are free with no limit on the number of recordings. Pro gives you a story and quiz every day and unlimited export. AI generation (explanation cards, plus stories made in the cloud) is shared, up to 1,000 a month; if you use them up, you can buy an add-on pack. - Purchases and subscriptions Sokuyaku Pro (Monthly) / Sokuyaku Pro Monthly - 1 month, auto-renewing, JPY 600 per month Sokuyaku Pro (Yearly) / Sokuyaku Pro Yearly - 1 year, auto-renewing, JPY 3,600 per year; eligible new customers get the first 7 days free Sokuyaku Pro (Lifetime) / Sokuyaku Pro Lifetime - JPY 7,800, one-time purchase, does not auto-renew Explanation Add-on (300) / Sokuyaku Credits 300 - JPY 300, consumable; adds 300 more AI uses for explanation cards and stories generated in the cloud, combined, once Pro's 1,000 for the month are used up. They do not expire and carry over to the next month The prices above are those of the Japan App Store; in other countries and regions the price in the local currency is shown on the purchase screen. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. If a free trial applies, it turns into a paid subscription and is charged unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged the same price for the renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can view, change or cancel a subscription in Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://legal-pages-hiros-projects-fdd12c60.vercel.app/sokuyaku/privacy Requires iOS 26 or later. Speech recognition and translation run on the on-device models in iOS 26.

Screenshots

BLEND3 screens
Sokuyaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BLEND at none against Sokuyaku's 4. BLEND also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sokuyaku sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BLEND asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
BLEND versus Sokuyaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLENDSokuyaku
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews9.4% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerモチベーションワークス株式会社hiroyuki matsuzaki

In-app purchases

None

BLEND

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sokuyaku

Subscriptions2
  • Sokuyaku Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Sokuyaku Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time2
  • Explanation Add-on (300)$1.99
  • Sokuyaku Pro (Lifetime)$49.99

Questions

Is BLEND free?
BLEND is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sokuyaku free?
Sokuyaku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLEND or Sokuyaku have ads?
Neither BLEND nor Sokuyaku shows ads.

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