Awlad vs DARIJA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Awlad
This app offers an engaging way for beginners to learn Arabic. It features illustrated lessons in cartoon format, interactive assessments, and fun mini-stories with voiced dialogues. Designed for immersive learning, it covers reading, writing, and basic dialogue skills.
- Interactive mini-assessments
- Cartoon format lessons
- Fun mini-stories
- Voiced dialogues
- Reading, writing, and dialogue basics
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Awlad School is an arabic language learning software made for beginners. Fully illustrated by the BDouin Studio, it has unique features in the realm of digital learning : - Interactive mini-assessments - Lessons in Cartoon format (!). Effective for immersive learning - Fun mini-stories, to catch young student's attention - Voiced dialogues played by professional comedians Already more than 4000 screens available to learn reading, writing and the first basics of dialogue in arabic! Note: The method is developed under the supervision of Rachid OUZZI, an educational director holding an Ijaza, certifying his memorization of the 7 different types of reading of the Qur'an, and a degree in languages from the University of Sorbonne in France. Feel free to support us by talking about the app around you and leaving a beautiful review : ) PS : Some sections of the app are under active development. Thanks for your patience! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://bdouin.com/privacy-policy-app/
DARIJA
Learn Algerian Arabic (darija), religious Arabic, Classical Arabic, and Maliki jurisprudence with authentic audio pronunciation. Features include quizzes, progress saving, and daily reminders to aid your learning journey.
- Learn Algerian, Religious, Classical Arabic
- Maliki Fiqh lessons
- Authentic audio pronunciation
- Phonetic system for reading Arabic
- Quizzes after lessons
- Progress saving
- Daily learning reminders
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Learn Algerian Arabic (darija) and more, at your own pace, with authentic audio pronunciation. DARIJA offers 4 complete learning paths: ALGERIAN ARABIC (DARIJA) Everyday vocabulary and expressions, exactly as spoken in Algeria, not the classical Arabic from textbooks. RELIGIOUS ARABIC Essential Islamic vocabulary: prayers, supplications (duas), and everyday expressions for practicing Muslims. CLASSICAL ARABIC Modern Standard Arabic, to go beyond the dialect. FIQH (MALIKI JURISPRUDENCE) Purification, prayer, zakat, fasting and manners, explained simply according to the Maliki school (Akhdari, Ibn Abi Zayd's Risala, Ibn Ashir). WHAT MAKES DARIJA DIFFERENT - Audio pronunciation on every word - Simple phonetic system to read Arabic without knowing the alphabet - Quiz after every lesson to lock in what you have learned - Review quiz to test a whole theme at once - Progress saved automatically - Daily reminders to keep you on track Free with ads, or go Premium to unlock everything, ad-free, forever. Download DARIJA and start today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Awlad at none against DARIJA's shown. Awlad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). DARIJA's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Awlad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per month and DARIJA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Awlad ships an update every 5 weeks, DARIJA every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awlad | DARIJA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BDOUIN | mohamed madani |
Customer experience
Awlad
DARIJA
Bugs and requests
Awlad
Reported bugs
1 issue- Application crashes frequently
Requested features
5 requests- Add a widget for home screen
- Improve weekly progress tracking
- Add stories with reading components
- Include dictation exercises
- Option to replay audio instructions
DARIJA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Awlad
- Premium$8.001 Month
- Recurrent Tip 4$19.991 Month
- Recurrent Tip 5$49.991 Month
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- Premium (Annual)$70.001 Year
- Recurrent Tip 7$199.991 Month
- Tip 1$1.99
- Tip Tier 20 EUR$17.99
- Tip 7$44.99
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- Don 9$89.99
- Tip Tier 200 EUR$174.99
DARIJA
- Premium à vie$4.99









