Laika vs soloviy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laika
Learn witty Ukrainian swear words with daily notifications, definitions, and usage examples. Save your favorite phrases, share them with friends, and explore the unique world of Ukrainian profanity.
- Daily notifications with swear words
- Definitions and usage examples
- Save favorite phrases
- Share with friends
- Learn Ukrainian language
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Laika — це мобільний застосунок, який вчить дотепно лаятися українською. Щодня ти отримуватимеш сповіщення із лайливими висловами, їхнім значенням та прикладами уживання. Зберігай лайку на випадок важливих переговорів. Створюй список улюблених дотепів, ділися із друзями та вчи українську! Laika - це спроба метамовної рефлексії щодо української обсценної лексики, виклик лінгвістичним табу та запрошення до самобутнього світу української лайки.
soloviy
Explore the rich tapestry of Ukrainian language with this app. Discover regional dialects, informal expressions, and unique idioms. Contribute your own local words to expand the community-driven dictionary.
- Discover regional dialects
- Learn informal expressions
- Explore interesting idioms
- User-submitted content
- Community-driven dictionary
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soloviy is a dictionary of living Ukrainian and a set of word games. The app is in Ukrainian. More than 17,000 dialect, rare and colourful words from every region of Ukraine: meanings, examples, a map of where people say them, and related words. Play every day: • Daily Challenge: ten questions, the same for everyone. One try, a daily leaderboard. • 60-second Blitz: how many words can you get in a minute? • Word stress: practise stress in words from the Ukrainian school exam list. • Where is the word from?, Guess the meaning, Surzhyk or standard, Word cards. • Day streaks, daily tasks, rating and a tournament. Map of living Ukrainian: • Regional words of every oblast on one map. • The dialects of Ukraine, from Hutsul to Slobozhan. • How densely each oblast is recorded. Dictionary: • Search by word or meaning, filter by region and word type. • Word of the day. • Add your own words: the dictionary is made by its users.
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Verdict
Laika and soloviy both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Laika's written reviews are positive against 33% of soloviy's. Laika also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). soloviy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Laika against 5.0 for soloviy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laika has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Laika's written reviews are positive against 33% of soloviy's.
Laika ships an update fortnightly, soloviy every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Laika | soloviy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandra Myshkina | Hera Aliieva |
Customer experience
Laika
soloviy
In-app purchases
Laika
No in-app purchases
soloviy
No in-app purchases
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