Sokoon سكون vs WASEL App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sokoon سكون
Learn Arabic Sign Language through video clips and a searchable lexicon. This app helps you communicate with the deaf community and promotes social inclusion.
- Learn sign language via video clips
- Search for words and sentences
- Expand sign language lexicon
- Communicate with the deaf community
- Available in Arabic and English
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Do you want to learn sign language? Are you curious to know its details and components? With its symbols, expressions, and gestures, It is a beautiful and expressive language that our deaf community communicates through, similar to verbal language. You can now communicate with the deaf easily, as the "Sokoon" application allows you to learn sign language word equivalents through video clips and to search for words and sentences to expand your lexicon in sign language. You can really contribute in granting the deaf people the basic human right to social involvement by learning sign language through the Sokoon app. The Sukoon app is available in both Arabic and English.
WASEL App
This app provides free video calls with sign language interpreters for deaf and mute individuals to access emergency services and other essential resources. It also offers instant translation and electronic form filling assistance.
- Free video calls with sign language interpreters
- Access to emergency services
- Instant translation service
- Electronic form filling assistance
- Services for hearing disabilities
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WASEL is a digital application that enables people with hearing disabilities and communication difficulties to access multiple services through free video calls, including emergency services, ambulance, firefighting and electricity complaints. It also provides instant translation service and electronic form filling services, all using sign language by SL interpreters with the highest level of experience who are present in the Technical Center for Services for Persons with Hearing Disabilities and Communication Difficulties, which is the first free center of its kind in the Arab region and Africa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WASEL App at 5.0 against Sokoon سكون's 4.3. WASEL App also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.1). Sokoon سكون's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WASEL App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sokoon سكون has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sokoon سكون ships an update every 2 months, WASEL App every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 28, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sokoon سكون | WASEL App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ministry of Social Development and Family | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) |
Customer experience
Sokoon سكون
WASEL App
In-app purchases
Sokoon سكون
No in-app purchases
WASEL App
No in-app purchases
