Comparison

GRADegy vs Most Common Words

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

Head to head
About

GRADegy

This app provides a gamified path to personal achievement and connects users with a supportive community. It helps users set and track goals through engaging, game-like mechanics.

Highlights
  • Gamified goal setting
  • Personal success roadmap
  • Supportive community
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievement system
Features
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Your gamified roadmap to personal success and a support community!

About

Most Common Words

Master 31 languages with 3,000 essential words and over 100,000 example sentences. Features hands-free learning, spaced repetition, quizzes, and offline access. Sync progress across devices and personalize your studies with custom word lists.

Highlights
  • 3,000 essential vocabulary words
  • 100,000+ example sentences
  • Hands-free learning
  • Spaced repetition system
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Offline access
  • Progress sync across devices
Features
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Master 31 languages effortlessly with 3k essential vocabulary words, over 100k example sentences, hands-free learning, quizzes, spaced repetition, sync, dictionary, and notifications - Perfect for beginners and advanced learners - 3000 words are all you need to express yourself and have everyday conversations in a language easily. This app has all the most common ones that are essential to know for everyday conversations, always available on your phone, anywhere, anytime, even while offline. - 100k+ example sentences with native pronunciation to put vocabulary into real conversation context - Automatic and flexible spaced repetition, so you will always see and practice the words that are the most beneficial to review based on last review time, number of times reviews, and current status of the word - Filter by levels (A1, A2, B1, B2), over 100 topics, categories, and sub-categories (e.g. family, food, entertainment, home, time, work, nature, body, travel, society, feelings, health, education, technology), and parts of speech (adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions) - Study without even opening the app, on your lock screen or smartwatch, with flexibly scheduled notifications - Flashcard autoplay and auto-pronounce loops over your flashcards for times when you are multi-tasking and cannot use your hands for an effortless hands-free learning experience (so you can learn even when working, watching a movie, or doing chores) - Practice with your favorite interactive quiz types to master your vocabulary (there are a total of 9 practice quiz types with 36 total variations regarding hint, answer type, and language) - Easily accessible dictionary that lets you search with keywords, and you can even expand your search to all 100k+ example sentences that contain the given keywords - Backup and sync your word progress, stars, statistics, and practices across all devices in real-time so that you can pick up any of your devices with the latest state already synced - Stick to your goals by setting a daily review goal, and optional daily notifications to remind you to study - You can understand your current study level and progress and monitor the current states of all 3000 most common words with a single glance from the main screen - Add your own words and tags with instant auto-translate for faster adding - Import your own word lists from plaintext files with flexible delimiters (comma, semicolon, tab, or custom separators) to personalize your learning experience with specialized vocabulary from your textbooks, work, or interests - Home screen widget keeps your learning active by cycling through your currently studying words directly on your phone's home screen - review vocabulary without even opening the app - Core features are free forever, while extra features can be unlocked by in-app purchases The following translations translations are supported for English learners, or speakers: Spanish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Estonian, Croatian, Czech, Indonesian, Turkish, Chinese, Arabic, Lithuanian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Hindi, Afrikaans, Vietnamese Conjugations are available for English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish, Indonesian, Romanian, Danish Reader and Books are available for people studying German, Spanish, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch from English

Screenshots

GRADegy4 screens
Most Common Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GRADegy at none against Most Common Words's 7. GRADegy also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Most Common Words's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Most Common Words sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. GRADegy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Most Common Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GRADegy has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GRADegy ships an update every 3 weeks, Most Common Words every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GRADegy versus Most Common Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGRADegyMost Common Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli SobhaniDominik Gyecsek

Customer experience

GRADegy

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Most Common Words

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GRADegy

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Most Common Words

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Pro$12.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro2 variants$79.99
  • Lifetime Pro2 variants$119.99

Questions

Is GRADegy free?
GRADegy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Most Common Words free?
Most Common Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GRADegy or Most Common Words?
Most Common Words is rated higher. GRADegy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Most Common Words averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GRADegy or Most Common Words have ads?
Neither GRADegy nor Most Common Words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GRADegy or Most Common Words?
GRADegy ships an update every 3 weeks, and Most Common Words every 6 weeks. Most recently, GRADegy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Most Common Words on October 2, 2026.

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