Comparison

shlang vs SpeakJoy

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

Head to head
About

shlang

Enhance your foreign language learning by easily capturing and reviewing new words and phrases encountered in media and text. This app helps you build vocabulary by tracking known words, providing definitions and examples, and offering spaced repetition for effective recall.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary tracking
  • Word and phrase definitions
  • Translation to any language
  • Spaced repetition for recall
  • Subtitle search for movies/TV
  • Text and article import
  • Auto language detection
Features
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How often do you use a dictionary while watching a movie, reading a book or a web article in a foreign language? Probably often. Do you recall all those words or phrases which you used a dictionary for in 1 week? Probably not. You can use many applications: dictionaries, translators, memory cards and so on to build your vocabulary. Anyway it would require some manual work to recognize different word forms, phrases and idioms. Shlang makes things easier for you, all what you need is in one place - focus on unknown words before reading/watching: Words and Phrases - mark words or phrases you already know, they will be in your vocabulary and do not bother you next time; - let Shlang know about your language (English only atm) level and Shlang will be able to not show easy (for your level personally) words; - work with unknown words or phrases: - see definitions; - see examples; - translate to any language you want/know; - if still not sure you get familiar with a word or a phrase, mark the one "to repeat" so next time you face the one Shlang will help you to recall; - repeat any of the words or phrases from your vocabulary. Media - search for movie/TV subtitles - (soon) search for books - open (with Share) - web articles, - YouTube video with subtitles, - (soon) YouTube song with lyrics. - paste any text into Shlang. Languages - advanced support for English: grouping related words, phrase verbs, (soon) idioms; - support for 180+ languages: word extraction, translation; - auto detection of text language: useful for web articles when the language is not predefined like in movies or books.

About

SpeakJoy

Master real-world conversations in new languages with this personal companion app. Currently offering English and Chinese, with more languages and features planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Real-world conversation practice
  • Personal language companion
  • English language learning
  • Chinese language learning
  • Future language expansion
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Your personal language companion for mastering real-world conversation in any language of your choice. English and Chinese learning for now. More languages, lessons and improvements will come soon.

Screenshots

shlang4 screens
SpeakJoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SpeakJoy at fortnightly against shlang's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for shlang against 5.0 for SpeakJoy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

shlang ships an update every 2 months, SpeakJoy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
shlang versus SpeakJoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametershlangSpeakJoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey SamsonovInevitable Engine LLC

Customer experience

shlang

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SpeakJoy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

shlang

No in-app purchases

None

SpeakJoy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is shlang free?
shlang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpeakJoy free?
SpeakJoy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, shlang or SpeakJoy?
shlang and SpeakJoy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do shlang or SpeakJoy have ads?
Neither shlang nor SpeakJoy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, shlang or SpeakJoy?
shlang ships an update every 2 months, and SpeakJoy fortnightly. Most recently, shlang was updated on June 16, 2026 and SpeakJoy on September 9, 2026.

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