Dot Languages vs Speakeasy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dot Languages
Master Mandarin Chinese with a structured curriculum aligned to HSK 3.0 and TOCFL 2.0. Engage with AI-powered exercises, personalized practice, and a vast library of lessons and articles. Track progress, stay motivated with gamified elements, and even bring your own content for study.
- HSK 3.0 & TOCFL 2.0 aligned curriculum
- AI-powered exercises and personalized practice
- 11,000+ lessons covering vocabulary, grammar, reading
- Daily refreshed articles with in-app dictionary
- Spaced repetition for vocabulary retention
- Animated stroke-order character writing
- Speech recognition for pronunciation practice
- User-added content and study material generation
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Dot Languages is a complete Chinese learning app: lessons carefully written and crafted by humans, advanced exercises powered by AI — all built around a structured curriculum aligned to HSK 3.0 (2021 and 2025) and TOCFL 2.0 (2023), with personalised practice. Learn at your own pace through a dynamic HSK-aligned learning path with 11,000+ lessons covering vocabulary, grammar, and reading. Read new articles daily, refreshed for every HSK level, and look up any word in a comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary with character components. Practice that adapts to you: spaced repetition for vocabulary retention, animated stroke-order character writing, speech recognition for pronunciation, multiple choice, matching, sentence arrangement, flash cards, and AI-evaluated open-ended questions. Stay motivated with awards, streaks, learning milestones, leaderboards, and social profiles. Track your performance with weekly progress charts. Bring your own content — add private articles from any source and generate study material from text you paste in. More features: family plans, teacher classroom tools, grammar with sentence-structure analysis, and variable-speed audio narration of articles.
Speakeasy
This app transforms your favorite videos into a personalized language learning experience. Save phrases, practice speaking with AI, and immerse yourself in authentic content for effective language acquisition.
- Learn from real videos
- Interactive transcripts and translations
- Personalized phrasebook
- AI-powered speaking practice
- Instant pronunciation feedback
- Supports over 10 languages
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Speakeasy turns the content you already love into your best language learning tool. Watch real videos, save phrases that matter to you, and practice speaking with AI, completing the full loop from passive watching to active speaking. MADE FOR LEARNERS - BY LEARNERS Whether you're a beginner picking up your first phrases or an intermediate learner trying to break through a plateau, Speakeasy meets you where you are. Perfect for self-learners, travelers, heritage speakers, and anyone tired of boring textbook apps. WATCH REAL CONTENT Browse videos in over 10 Languages. Learn from authentic content with interactive transcripts and translations — not scripted textbook dialogues. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Tap any word or phrase to save it to your personal phrasebook. Every phrase comes with context, translations, and pronunciation so you remember where and how it was used. PRACTICE SPEAKING Have real conversations with AI language partners that adapt to your level. Voice chat lets you practice speaking and get instant feedback so you actually learn to talk, not just read. WHY SPEAKEASY? Most language apps teach you isolated words through repetitive drills. Speakeasy is different — you learn from content that actually interests you, save the phrases you'll actually use, and practice speaking until it sticks. It's the full immersion loop: Watch → Save → Speak. Privacy Policy: https://www.learnspeakeasy.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.learnspeakeasy.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speakeasy at 4.5 against Dot Languages's 4.2. Dot Languages's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Dot Languages sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month and Speakeasy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speakeasy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dot Languages has 55 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Dot Languages's written reviews are positive against 75% of Speakeasy's.
Dot Languages ships an update every 5 days, Speakeasy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dot Languages | Speakeasy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (55 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dot Languages ApS | Mattheos Drivas |
Customer experience
Dot Languages
Speakeasy
Bugs and requests
Dot Languages
Reported bugs
12 issues- App closes every time after signing up
- App not opening
- App crashes on startup
- Articles disappear when hitting back icon
- Return button partially visible after lesson
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- Bug where leaving and re-entering a story counts as two reads
- App freezes and never works again
- Login screen freezes
- App doesn't load at all
- Kicks out of login every time app is opened
- Streak and articles read does not carry across devices
- Button of 'open more stories' doesn't work
Requested features
9 requests- Add Korean and Japanese language options
- Add stories in addition to articles
- Option for lifetime subscription
- Speaking exercises
- More vibrant colors and backgrounds
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- Pictures to help remember words
- Way to practice tones for each character
- Option to switch to traditional characters
- App for Cantonese
Speakeasy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dot Languages
- Standard Monthly7 Days trial$9.001 Month
- Dot Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$18.491 Month
- Standard Yearly7 Days trial$72.001 Year
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- Dot Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$135.991 Year
- Dot Premium - Family Plan7 Days trial$339.001 Year
Speakeasy
- Speakeasy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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