Comparison

Polis Inventory vs My Words List

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

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About

Polis Inventory

Explore ancient Greek settlements from the Archaic and Classical periods. This interactive map visualizes and filters historical data based on physical and historical parameters, offering a digital companion to a seminal scholarly work.

Highlights
  • Interactive map of ancient Greek poleis
  • Search and filter by physical/historical parameters
  • Data based on scholarly inventory
  • View parameter definitions in-app
  • Export data in GeoJSON format
  • No user data tracking
Features
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Polis-Inventory maps the ancient Greek settlements from the Archaic and Classical periods (c. 650–325 BCE) as identified in the pioneering work published by the Copenhagen Polis Centre, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by M. H. Hansen and T. Nielsen (Oxford, 2005; here referred to as the “HN Inventory”). The digital dataset in Polis-Inventory, based on the HN Inventory, comes primarily from the website polis.stanford.edu, managed by Stanford University’s Department of Classics. The dataset reflects ongoing digitization and enhancement of the original print work by the Stanford team and subsequent classical scholars. We continue to advance the data, improving locations and correcting errors as they are encountered. Polis-Inventory is an informative, interactive companion to the HN Inventory, allowing visualization, search, and filtering of the poleis using a set of physical and historical parameters. Parameter definitions are available in context as you browse. Further detail and attribution can be found at odysseymaps.io, polis.stanford.edu, and in the HN Inventory itself. If you would like a copy of the data in this app, you can copy it to your clipboard in GeoJSON format from the About page. Privacy: No user data is tracked or stored by Polis-Inventory. Support: An optional Tip Jar is available to support ongoing development (tips are voluntary and don’t unlock features). Independence: Polis-Inventory is an independent companion and is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by Stanford University or Oxford University Press.

About

My Words List

Features
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* Supported languages are Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hungarian, Islandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh. * Up to 3 languages can be learned at the same time * Simple training mode where you decide if you have learned the word well

Screenshots

Polis Inventory4 screens
My Words List3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Polis Inventory at Free against My Words List's $2.99. Polis Inventory also leads on device support (3 vs 1). My Words List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Polis Inventory is free to download; My Words List costs $2.99 up front. Polis Inventory sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. My Words List asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Polis Inventory versus My Words List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolis InventoryMy Words List
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJess TaylorIan Bernatcki

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Polis Inventory

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
None

My Words List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polis Inventory free?
Polis Inventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Words List free?
My Words List costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polis Inventory or My Words List have ads?
Neither Polis Inventory nor My Words List shows ads.

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