Let's Smile Starter vs SpeakUP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Let's Smile Starter
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Let’s Smile is a seven-level primary English course for young EFL students. The course has fun and enjoyable stories, songs, and games to support and motivate students to learn English. Language targets are constantly linked and recycled to boost students’ confidence. With Let’s Smile, young students are inspired to smile and succeed together in today’s world. Key Features • Fun animated stories featuring friendly characters • Animated songs and chants • Fun and communicative games • Twelve easy CLIL lessons • Six World Link lessons linked to unit topics • Extensive resources for teachers Components • Student Book • Workbook • Teacher’s Manual • Teacher Flashcards • App • Let’s Smile Online Level Let’s Smile combines steady vocabulary and grammar progression with the functional objectives of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and Young Learners English (YLE) Tests. Unit Flow • Words and Grammar: Presents and explores the unit’s target vocabulary and grammar structures • Conversation: Incorporates conversational language and unit targets in an authentic dialog, catchy song, and a collaborative game • CLIL Lesson: Connects the target language to various school subjects for immersion and to demonstrate usefulness • Unit Link: Links the target language with previous units for fun and stress-free consolidation • World Link: Links target language with the world around us through lessons on world cultures, art, ecology, family, and more
SpeakUP
This app helps young learners enhance their English speaking and presentation abilities through a structured, three-level curriculum. It offers engaging activities designed to build fluency and confidence in expressing thoughts and delivering short presentations.
- Three-level English speaking curriculum
- Language and speech presentation skills training
- Activities for fluency and confidence
- Personalized role-play exercises
- Board games for practice
- Gradual skill progression
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Speak Up is a three-IeveI series for young Iearners who want to improve their EngIish speaking skiIIs. Focusing on Ianguage and speech presentation skiIIs, the series graduaIIy trains Iearners to express a simpIe thought, to organize their thoughts in a paragraph, and to finaIIy present their thoughts in a short presentation. Engaging fun and easy-to foIIow activities such as AII Ears, PersonaIized RoIe-PIay, and Board Games are provided to buiId Iearners’ EngIish fIuency as weII as their confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SpeakUP at every 4 months against Let's Smile Starter's every 19 months. Let's Smile Starter's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Let's Smile Starter ships an update every 19 months, SpeakUP every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Let's Smile Starter | SpeakUP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 812 MB | 430 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | e-future Co., Ltd. | Epublic CO.,LTD |
In-app purchases
Let's Smile Starter
No in-app purchases
SpeakUP
No in-app purchases








