Watch and Learn vs Subbylingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch and Learn
Learn new languages by watching films and series with synchronized subtitles. Tap on unknown words or phrases for instant translations and save them to flashcards for later study. Supports over 40 languages and offers pronunciation practice and knowledge tests.
- Watch films/series in foreign languages
- Interactive subtitles with tap-to-translate
- Save words/phrases to flashcards
- Pronunciation support
- Knowledge tests for vocabulary
- Supports over 40 languages
- Offline dictionaries
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A convenient application for watching films and series in foreign languages with subtitles and learning new words and phrases. Just touch an unknown word or a phrase, get its translation and add a card to learn it later. WATCH - support all popular video formats without conversion - support of subtitles in srt format - download new subtitles from opensubtitles.org - set of interesting films with subtitles for most common languages - audio track selection and many other settings LEARN - intuitive control over the sets of words - ready-made card sets for the most popular languages (English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese) - pronunciation support for words and phrases in foreign languages - knowledge tests for each set of words - export/import cards into csv format TRANSLATE - translate your own phrases and add them to the words sets - transcription for the most popular languages - speech to text function - just say unknown words and app will translate it - edit translations when needed - support over 50 off-line dictionaries - support of 40 languages AND ALSO - synchronization between all iOS devices via iCloud - support of iPhone, iPad and Mac DEVELOPERS LINK support@readandlearnapp.com Main supported video formats: MPEG-4/2/1, MJPEG, H.264, H.263, VP6, VP5, Theora, DV, MPEG-1/2/4, MJPEG, WMV, Cinepak, H.264, H.263, HuffYUV, Indeo3, Theora, Sorenson, VC-1, VP5/6/8/9, H.265, MOV, MP4, AVI, FLV and much more.. Supported languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sesotho, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu.
Subbylingo
Learn a new language by watching your favorite movies with dual subtitles. The app displays subtitles in your target language alongside your native language, making learning intuitive and enjoyable.
- Dual subtitle display
- Learn with favorite movies
- Intuitive language learning
- Supports multiple languages
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With the Subbylingo app, you can study any foreign language by your favorite movies using the embedded subtitles. Simply turn on the subtitles for the language you want to learn and the subtitles in your own language simultaneously. Watch, learn, enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Watch and Learn at 2.0 against Subbylingo's 1.0. Watch and Learn also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Subbylingo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Watch and Learn sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Subbylingo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Watch and Learn holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch and Learn has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Watch and Learn ships an update every 7 months, Subbylingo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watch and Learn | Subbylingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Ivanov | Oleksandr Yolkin |
Customer experience
Watch and Learn
Subbylingo
In-app purchases
Watch and Learn
- Monthly subscription$1.491 Month
- Annual subscription$14.491 Year
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro$0.99
- The Little Shop of Horrors$0.99
- Carnival of Souls (1962)$0.99
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- House on Hounted Hill$0.99
- The Stranger (1946)$0.99
- Suddenly (1954)$0.99
- Blood on the Sun$0.99
- Detour$0.99
- Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)$0.99
- Full version$19.99
Subbylingo
- Unlimited / 1 month$1.491 Month
- Unlimited / 6 months$6.996 Months
- Unlimited / 1 year$9.991 Year









