CanTONEse vs Bubblegum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CanTONEse
This app offers an online platform for non-native speakers to improve their Cantonese. It focuses on teaching the general differences between the six Cantonese tones, rather than rote memorization. Features include audio recordings, self-assessment, daily conversations, and an interactive game.
- Cantonese tone education
- Audio recordings
- Self-assessment exercises
- Daily conversation practice
- Interactive learning game
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CanTONEse is an App which aims to provide Non-Cantonese native speaking students with an online learning platform to enhance their Cantonese learning. Instead of helping the non-Cantonese native students memorize the tone of every character, the app try to emphasize the general difference between 6 Cantonese tones. Teaching materials with recordings, self-assessment exercises, daily conversations and an interactive game are available in the App.
Bubblegum
This app uses AI to create personalized Korean reading materials with inline translations and audio. It features an AI tutor for explanations and practice, and a unique review system that resurfaces saved vocabulary within new content. Track your progress with encouraging statistics.
- AI-generated personalized reading content
- Inline translations and grammar explanations
- Synchronized audio narration
- AI Korean tutor chatbot
- Regenerative vocabulary review
- Progress tracking and statistics
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Bubblegum makes learning languages feel clear and personal. Read lessons about what you love, tap any word for help without losing your place, hear natural audio, and see your saved words again right when you need them. Built by language learners for learners. Why learners choose Bubblegum: • Personal lessons: pick from thousands of ideas or write your own, and Poppy, your AI tutor, writes a reading at your level with natural audio in seconds. • Help on tap: see word meanings, grammar notes, and cultural context right inside the text. • Listen as you read: natural narration highlights each line in sync to train your ear. • Ask Poppy anything: get deeper explanations, extra practice, or answers about the language you are learning. • Keep words fresh: Regenerative Review™ brings the words you save back inside future lessons, so you never grind through endless flashcards. • Real momentum: friendly stats celebrate your study time and recent wins. No streaks, no guilt. Every language is taught in its own right: • English (American, British, Australian), Spanish (Spain, Latin America, Río de la Plata), French (France, Canada), and Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal). • Korean, with a course that teaches you to read Hangul. • Japanese, with hiragana, katakana, and kanji courses, plus furigana whenever you want it. • Chinese in Simplified or Traditional characters with Pinyin, and Cantonese with Jyutping and its six tones. • Vietnamese (Northern, Central, Southern) and Arabic (Modern Standard, Egyptian, Moroccan), in the variety you choose. • Indonesian, Malay, Filipino (Tagalog), Cebuano, and Thai, for warm everyday conversations. • Russian and Ukrainian, each with a course that teaches you to read Cyrillic. • German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Bulgarian, and Macedonian, with grammar explained inside real sentences. • Turkish and Azerbaijani, with vowel harmony and word endings explained as you read. • Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian, Albanian, Serbian, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian, with endings explained where you meet them. • Welsh, Irish, Galician, Basque, Catalan, Swahili, Haitian Creole, Nigerian Pidgin, Javanese, Hausa, Ilocano, Maltese, Māori, Somali, Yoruba, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Afrikaans, Uzbek, and Twi, each with natural audio and its own culture. • Toki Pona, a tiny language made for fun and simple ideas. Bubblegum stays proudly learner-first, learner-funded, and ad-free. Need a hand? Email support@bubblegum.la.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CanTONEse at none against Bubblegum's 10. CanTONEse also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Bubblegum's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (168 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Bubblegum sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. CanTONEse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bubblegum holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubblegum has 168 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of CanTONEse's written reviews are positive against 79% of Bubblegum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CanTONEse ships an update every 2 days, Bubblegum daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CanTONEse | Bubblegum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Bubblegum Languages |
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CanTONEse
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In-app purchases
CanTONEse
No in-app purchases
Bubblegum
- Bubblegum Pro Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$13.991 Month
- Bubblegum Plus Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
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- Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription$17.991 Month
- Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Bubblegum Pro 6-Month Subscription7 Days trial$119.996 Months
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