Comparison

Dot Languages vs Gomgom

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

Head to head
About

Dot Languages

Master Mandarin Chinese with engaging texts tailored to your skill level, from beginner to advanced. Practice reading, listening, and writing with daily new content covering diverse topics. Share and discover texts with a community of learners.

Highlights
  • Learn Mandarin Chinese texts
  • HSK 1-9 level categorization
  • Daily new text additions
  • Custom text creation and sharing
  • Reading, listening, and writing practice
  • Progress tracking
Features
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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.

About

Gomgom

Features
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Gomgom is an AI reading and writing coach that keeps children on paper and pencil instead of a screen. For grades 4 through 9, one piece a day: read, think, write. This is not an app you leave running. The passage prints to A4 and is read on paper. The thinking is written by hand, on paper. The app is opened only to photograph the finished page and let Gomgom ask a question about it. No screen-time guilt — just the habit of sitting with paper and pencil. Gomgom the bear never hands over the answer. It asks the kind of question that makes a child push their own thinking one step further. Please note: Gomgom is a Korean-language app. The reading passages, the coaching conversations, and the entire interface are in Korean. This listing is in English so Korean-speaking families abroad can find it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Read the passage — social studies, science, literature, and ethics texts matched to your child's grade, printed on paper (every passage has a PDF print button) 2. Take a stance — decide whether you agree with the writer's claim 3. Write your reasons — put down why you think what you think 4. Talk it through with Gomgom — answer Gomgom's questions and sharpen the thought 5. Keep it as a finished piece — reading, thinking, and writing stack up as a learning record FOR PARENTS - Reading happens on paper. Screen reading is not the default; the app is for what comes after — talking the thinking through and keeping the record. - No ads. There are none anywhere in the app. - Minimal data from your child. Sign-up and payment run through the parent account, and the child uses only a nickname and a grade. We do not collect a child's real name or date of birth. WHAT IT BUILDS - Thinking: separating a claim from its evidence, and holding a position of your own - Literacy: the habit of reading a grade-level passage calmly, all the way to the end - Writing: one complete read-think-write cycle a day FEATURES - Korean reading passages by grade, for upper elementary and middle school - Print (PDF) button — one or two A4 pages with the grade, title, and discussion questions - Socratic conversation with Gomgom, in child-appropriate Korean with safety guardrails - A light comprehension quiz on what was read - A learning and growth record parents can open SUBSCRIPTION Gomgom Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. The price is shown on the App Store purchase sheet before payment. Privacy Policy: https://lionandthelab.com/fathom/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dot Languages4 screens
Gomgom4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dot Languages and Gomgom are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Dot Languages sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month and Gomgom sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Languages ships an update every 5 days, Gomgom every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dot Languages versus Gomgom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot LanguagesGomgom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.5
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB98 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDot Languages ApSEuiseok Kim

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

Gomgom

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Dot Languages

Subscriptions5
  • 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
1 purchases

Gomgom

Subscriptions1
  • Fathom Premium Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Dot Languages free?
Dot Languages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gomgom free?
Gomgom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dot Languages or Gomgom have ads?
Neither Dot Languages nor Gomgom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Languages or Gomgom?
Dot Languages ships an update every 5 days, and Gomgom every 4 days. Most recently, Dot Languages was updated on October 27, 2026 and Gomgom on October 24, 2026.

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