Comparison

TCF, DELF vs Basic

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

Head to head
About

TCF, DELF

Prepare for French language proficiency tests with comprehensive lessons, interactive activities, and simulated exams. Access grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation exercises to improve your skills for DELF and TCF certifications.

Highlights
  • Over 400 lessons with dialogues
  • 1200+ activities with explanations
  • DELF and TCF test simulations
  • Educational and cultural videos
  • Corrected dictations for phonics
  • YouTube channel for extra resources
Features
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As a result of a partnership between Learning Vibes and Digischool, the mobile application superFLE - an "all-in-one" companion - allows you to revise, to dive deep your knowledge on grammar, conjugations and vocabulary and to train efficiently for the FLE tests and certifications (DELF and TCF), doesn’t matter your level (A1, A2, B1 and B2) of the CEFR. The app’s strengths : - more than 400 complete lessons with dialogues to listen to and examples to understand grammar rules, conjugation and learn vocabulary - over 1200 activities with corrections and detailed explanations - training and simulations for the DELF A1, A2, B1, B2 and the TCF - educational videos in addition to the lessons - corrected dictations to work on phonics - cultural videos to understand French-speaker societies and cultures - a YouTube channel superFLE with additional and fun resources Free registration and premium offers on the subscription. Find superFLE on social networks: Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Are you a FLE / FLI teacher or in charge of a training structure (language center, association, school or university, Alliance Française, French Institute...)? Feel free to contact us to try the Premium version of the application and discover our dedicate special offers and preferential prices: super-fle@digischool.fr 3 subscription options are available for the application (weekly, monthly and quarterly). Your subscription will be automatically renewed unless the automatic renewal is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current payment period. When the subscription expires, access to all the courses and features in the app will be cut out at the end of the current payment period. Read our terms and conditions : https://www.digischool.fr/informations-utiles/conditions-generales-dutilisation

About

Basic

Features
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Learn the basics of French, with instructions pronounced in your mother tongue ? Yes, that is now possible with Basic-Français. Basic-Français was developed to teach the basics of French in partnership with the City of Paris and the „Ile de France“ region, with some European co-financing. Basic-Français is an App which guides you through your first steps in the process of learning French. Ludo and Vic were created to represent all the peoples of this World and to promote gender equality. They let you discover French through dialogues (in French) which cover many aspects of daily life. There are also many pictures that will help you to increase your vocabulary Basic-Français breaks the wall of words by giving orally the instructions to the exercices, in your mother tongue. This will enable you to learn the basics of French independently of your level of schooling. Basic-Français can even be developed for mother tongues that have no alphabet. Since the instructions are given in a language that you understand, this reduces considerably your level of stress. It makes learning both faster and easier. There are also many activities, including voice recognition, to enhance your prononciation, to help in memorizing and make learning more fun ! Basic-Français covers the first level (A1) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. This will give you the means to progress rapidly in your learning of French. Basic-Français does not use up your data plan. All the activities are fully operational with no internet connection. This is a very important, and rare, characteristic in Apps these days

Screenshots

TCF, DELF4 screens
Basic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Basic at none against TCF, DELF's shown. Basic also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TCF, DELF sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Basic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TCF, DELF versus Basic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTCF, DELFBasic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB907 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperdigiSchoolLudo-Vic

In-app purchases

5 purchases

TCF, DELF

Subscriptions5
  • FLE - 1 semaine$4.997 Days
  • FLE - 1 mois$9.491 Month
  • digiSchool Pass - mensuel$12.991 Month
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  • FLE - Trimestre$20.493 Months
  • digiSchool Pass - annuel$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Basic

One-time1
  • Full access$9.99

Questions

Is TCF, DELF free?
TCF, DELF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic free?
Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TCF, DELF or Basic have ads?
TCF, DELF shows ads; Basic does not.

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