GIA vs Learn About Gemstones
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GIA
This app helps shoppers and sellers understand diamond quality using interactive tools and educational content. It allows users to save and share diamond reports, find local retailers, and even match diamonds to their reports.
- Interactive 4Cs tools
- Diamond buying tips and articles
- Save and share diamond reports
- GIA retailer lookup
- Point-of-sale tools for sellers
- Diamond inscription matching
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Are You Shopping for Diamonds? 1. 4Cs Interactive Tools: Use sliding scales to compare color, clarity and cut grades and to visualize carat weight. 2. Diamond Buying Tips: Learn how to buy diamonds with our 4Cs blog articles. Know the difference between laboratory-grown and natural diamonds, and discover diamond ring lore. 3. Save and Send GIA Reports: Name and save your GIA diamond and jewelry reports. Drop someone a hint by sending your list! 4. GIA Retailer Lookup: Find local retailers that offer GIA-graded diamonds or have GIA-trained staff. Do You Sell Diamonds? 1. Point-of-Sale Tools: Use 4Cs sliding scales to help clients understand color, clarity and cut grades and to visualize carat weight. 2. 4Cs Blog Articles: Brush up on diamond knowledge such as fluorescence and diamond treatments. Romance clients with diamond lore and refer them to our blog for diamond buying tips. 3. Diamond and Jewelry Report Check: View, save and share GIA diamond and jewelry reports with ease across multiple devices. Name your reports to keep them organized. 4. Inscription Matching: Connect to a GIA Match iD instrument to match your diamond to its authorized GIA diamond report. Once matched, the report will appear on the GIA App and can be saved and sent. 5. GIA Resources: Boost your business with our services. Sign up for our Retailer Lookup to attract local clients looking for GIA-graded diamonds. Need to have a diamond graded? Open a lab account right in the app.
Learn About Gemstones
This educational app helps users memorize and identify beautiful gemstones through study modes, quizzes, and audio pronunciation. It offers progress tracking and bookmarking features for an effective learning experience.
- Gemstone identification
- Audio pronunciation (Text to Speech)
- Quizzes
- Study Mode
- Bookmarking
- Progress tracking
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This app is a great resource to memorize Most Beautiful Gemstones. The app is engineered to make users perfect identifying famous gems by studying for a very short amount of time. Audio functionality and bookmarking is available throughout the app on chapter, section, study mode and quiz modes. The app will help you learn the correct pronunciation of gemstones using English language. Following are the main features of this app 1. Supports pronouncing Gemstones in English Language 2. Uses Text to Speech Engine for Audio Functionality 3. Quizzes 4. Study Mode 5. Bookmarking Study Flashcards and Quiz Questions 6. Progress Indicators for Every Chapter 7. Visualization for Overall Progress Currently following gemstones are supported Wulfenite Mimetite Silver Hercynite Iris Agate Tourmaline with Lepidolite Aquamarine Rutile Hessonite Garnet Ammonite Chrysocolla Opal Red Beryl Emerald Limonite after Marcasite Haüyne Gold Purple Fluorite with Calcite Moldavite Chrome Tourmaline (Dravite) Anglesite Ruby Zoisite Euclase on Calcite Rainbow Obsidian Dumortierite in Quartz Osmium Welo Opal Rainbow Fluorite Pietersite Goethite Quartz with Hematite, Papagoite, Ajoite and Kaolinite Fulgurite Chalcanthite Dendritic Agate Fluorite with Schorl Amethyst Scepter Petrified Wood Opal with an “Ocean” Inside Watermelon Tourmaline Iridescent Ammonite Shell Charoite Rainbow Opal Golden Rutilated Quartz Multicolor Labradorite Smithsonite Blue Azurite Flower Faceted Ametrine Blue Green Tourmaline Crazy Lace Agate Gold Fan-Shaped Cacoxenite
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GIA at 89% against Learn About Gemstones's 0%. GIA also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Learn About Gemstones sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GIA asks for nothing beyond the download.
GIA holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GIA has 528 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of GIA's written reviews are positive against 0% of Learn About Gemstones's.
GIA ships an update every 6 weeks, Learn About Gemstones every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | GIA | Learn About Gemstones |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (528 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 528 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GIA | Ghumman Tech LLC |
Customer experience
GIA
Learn About Gemstones
In-app purchases
GIA
No in-app purchases
Learn About Gemstones
- Remove Ads$9.99
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