Comparison

Watch and Learn vs Subbylingo

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Watch and Learn4 screens
Subbylingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Watch and Learn versus Subbylingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch and LearnSubbylingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB8 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAnton IvanovOleksandr Yolkin

Customer experience

Watch and Learn

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Subbylingo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Watch and Learn

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$1.491 Month
  • Annual subscription$14.491 Year
One-time10
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro$0.99
  • The Little Shop of Horrors$0.99
  • Carnival of Souls (1962)$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
3 purchases

Subbylingo

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited / 1 month$1.491 Month
  • Unlimited / 6 months$6.996 Months
  • Unlimited / 1 year$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Watch and Learn free?
Watch and Learn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subbylingo free?
Subbylingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Watch and Learn or Subbylingo?
Watch and Learn is rated higher. Watch and Learn averages 2.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Subbylingo averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Watch and Learn or Subbylingo have ads?
Watch and Learn shows ads; Subbylingo does not.
Which is updated more often, Watch and Learn or Subbylingo?
Watch and Learn ships an update every 7 months, and Subbylingo every 9 days. Most recently, Watch and Learn was updated on September 6, 2026 and Subbylingo on September 10, 2026.

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