Comparison

Blarma vs SmartWords

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

Head to head
About

Blarma

This app helps you expand your vocabulary in over 10 languages using AI-generated stories and proven memorization techniques. It offers daily challenges, audio-visual learning, and practice tests to make language learning fast and effective. Focuses on building word knowledge through engaging methods.

Highlights
  • AI-powered stories for vocabulary learning
  • Support for 10+ languages
  • Visual, Listening, Pronunciation, and Writing tests
  • Spaced Repetition System for memorization
  • Daily vocabulary challenges
  • Audio-visual learning methods
Features
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Build real vocabulary in 30 languages with Blarma. Short, daily vocabulary lessons teach the words you will actually use, with no grammar tables and no ads to slow you down. HOW BLARMA WORKS Each vocabulary lesson combines AI stories, flashcards, native audio, and example sentences, so you learn words faster and keep them longer. A spaced repetition system brings each word back right before you forget it, turning today's words into long-term memory. LEARN WITH AI STORIES MADE FOR YOU Blarma turns the words you just learned into a short story written around them and read aloud. You meet every new word in real context, then lock it in with a quick quiz. WHAT YOU GET - Vocabulary in 30 languages - Visual flashcards and word games - Native pronunciation for every word - Example sentences for real context - Practice across reading, writing, and translation - A personal dictionary for your saved words - Progress tracking at your own pace - A clean, ad-free experience WHO IT IS FOR Beginners starting out, learners who struggle to remember words, students preparing for exams, and travelers who want useful everyday words. JOIN 500K+ HAPPY LEARNERS Download Blarma today and start your daily vocabulary lessons in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, German, and many more. Blarma offers monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.blarma.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.blarma.com/privacy.html

About

SmartWords

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SmartWords puts one interesting word at a time on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. It changes a few times a day. Reading it costs you a glance and costs your battery almost nothing. No streaks, no ads, no account. Just words worth knowing. WIDGETS THAT RESPECT YOUR PHONE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in multiple sizes • A fresh word several times a day, with its part of speech and meaning • Built to sip battery: one tiny download per day, zero network calls when the widget updates • Never blank a bundled word list keeps everything working offline A FULL DICTIONARY COMPANION Tap any word to go deeper: • Clear definitions with real example sentences • Pronunciation with IPA and spoken audio • Synonyms, antonyms, and word origins • Search the word library • Save the words you want to keep and revisit them anytime MAKE IT YOURS • Optional daily notification with the morning's word • Today, Saved, and Settings. A simple, focused design with beautiful typography Grow your vocabulary the calm way: one glance at a time.

Screenshots

Blarma4 screens
SmartWords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartWords at none against Blarma's 4. SmartWords also leads on ads (none vs shown). Blarma's advantage is iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price 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. Blarma sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SmartWords asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blarma versus SmartWords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlarmaSmartWords
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (358 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings358 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBLARMA TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETIMark Graham

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Blarma

Subscriptions4
  • Blarma Premium$9.991 Month
  • Blarma Premium$29.991 Year
  • Blarma Premium Family$49.991 Year
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  • Blarma Premium$59.991 Year
None

SmartWords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blarma free?
Blarma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartWords free?
SmartWords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blarma or SmartWords have ads?
Blarma shows ads; SmartWords does not.

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