Comparison

Learn Esperanto vs NerLan

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

Head to head
About

Learn Esperanto

Master Esperanto with practical phrase-based lessons and synchronized audio-text learning. Build real communication skills through everyday expressions, memorization tools, and structured topics. Ideal for beginners and travelers aiming to speak naturally.

Highlights
  • Audio + text synchronization
  • Practical phrasebook-based lessons
  • Flashcards for memorization
  • Favorites for personalized learning
  • 100+ structured learning topics
  • 2000+ useful phrases
Features
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Learn Esperanto with confidence using a clear, practical, and beginner-friendly learning experience. Learn Esperanto โ€“ Lentil helps you quickly build real communication skills through synchronized audio and text, structured phrase-based lessons, and powerful memorization tools. Whether you are starting from scratch, exploring Esperanto as an international language, or looking to communicate with a global community, this Esperanto learning app makes it simple to understand and speak naturally. Instead of overwhelming grammar explanations, the app focuses on useful Esperanto phrases, everyday expressions, and accurate pronunciation. Listen to native-quality Esperanto audio while reading perfectly matched text on screen, then repeat at your own pace. This immersive audio-text approach trains listening, reading, and speaking together, helping you learn faster and retain Esperanto vocabulary more effectively. Key features: โ€ข Audio + text synchronization for immersive learning Follow spoken Esperanto with perfectly timed on-screen text. This powerful listening-reading method improves pronunciation, comprehension, and confidence so you can speak Esperanto more naturally from the beginning. โ€ข Practical phrasebook-based lessons Learn essential Esperanto phrases organized by real-life situations such as greetings, introductions, travel, dining, shopping, and daily conversations. Focus on language you can use immediately. โ€ข Flashcards for fast memorization Strengthen your Esperanto vocabulary and phrases with simple, effective Esperanto flashcards designed for quick review, better recall, and long-term retention. โ€ข Favorites to personalize your learning Save important Esperanto phrases and expressions to your favorites list for instant access and focused revision whenever you want. โ€ข 100+ structured learning topics Progress through a wide range of carefully organized topics that guide you step by step from beginner essentials to confident everyday communication. โ€ข 2000+ useful phrases and expressions Build a strong foundation with a large collection of practical Esperanto phrases suitable for beginners, travelers, and anyone wanting to speak Esperanto in real contexts. โ€ข Designed for beginners and travelers Start with no prior knowledge and learn at your own pace. Perfect for language enthusiasts, international travelers, students, or anyone interested in connecting through Esperanto. Use Learn Esperanto โ€“ Lentil during your commute, in short daily study sessions, or while preparing for real conversations. Practice with Esperanto audio lessons, improve reading through synchronized text, and gain speaking confidence with ready-to-use phrases for everyday situations. If you want a clean, focused, and effective way to learn Esperanto, this app provides a premium learning experience that keeps you motivated and progressing step by step. Start today and discover how enjoyable and accessible it can be to learn Esperanto and communicate with confidence worldwide. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.myapp.page/privacy-policy

About

NerLan

Features
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NerLan is a podcast player built for people learning a language by listening. Subscribe to any show by pasting an Apple Podcasts link or an RSS address, then play it with the controls a learner actually needs: variable speed from 0.5x to 2x, repeat one or repeat all, precise skip, and a lock screen and Control Center that move between episodes rather than nudging fifteen seconds at a time. Then study what you heard. TRANSCRIPTS THAT FOLLOW ALONG Generate a transcript of any episode and the sentence being spoken stays highlighted and centred as the audio plays. Tap a line to jump straight to it, or loop a single sentence until it sticks. TRANSLATION Render the transcript into your language, sentence by sentence, and read it alongside the original. Generated once and kept, so re-reading costs nothing. STUDY HANDOUTS Turn an episode into a review sheet - overview, grammar points, example sentences, and vocabulary - drawn from its own transcript. Examples stay in the language you are studying, glossed in the language you choose. SHADOWING PRACTICE Loop a sentence, record yourself reading it aloud, and play your version back against the original. LISTEN OFFLINE Download episodes for the commute, or let anything you stream to the end be kept automatically. Downloads are grouped by show and language, filterable, and available with no signal. WIDGETS Up Next, Latest Episode, My Shows, and a listening-streak widget for the Home and Lock Screen - all playable without opening the app. SIRI "Play [show] in NerLan", resume where you left off, change the speed, or ask how long you have listened this week. Give a show a nickname Siri can actually hear when its real title is in a script Siri does not speak. YOUR AI, YOUR CHOICE AI features are optional and run on credentials you provide - either an OpenAI API key billed to your own account, or your own OpenAI-compatible server, including one on your own machine. Your key is kept in the device keychain. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs. There is no NerLan server, so there is nowhere for your listening to be sent. Optional iCloud sync writes to your own account so your library survives a reinstall; audio is never synced. NerLan plays podcasts from their own public feeds. All audio content belongs to its publishers.

Screenshots

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NerLan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NerLan at none against Learn Esperanto's 3. NerLan also leads on ads (none vs shown). Learn Esperanto's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn Esperanto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. NerLan asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Learn Esperanto versus NerLan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn EsperantoNerLan
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperAtech Consultancy LtdMAO YUAN KAO

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn Esperanto

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99
None

NerLan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn Esperanto free?
Learn Esperanto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NerLan free?
NerLan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Learn Esperanto or NerLan have ads?
Learn Esperanto shows ads; NerLan does not.

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