Laika vs Natulang
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.
Natulang
This app focuses on spoken language acquisition through real-life dialogues and advanced voice technology. It offers hands-free learning and personalized lessons, making it accessible for all users, including those who are blind. Learn to speak fluently by practicing conversations.
- Speak real-life dialogues
- Voice generation and recognition
- Personalized lessons
- Hands-free learning
- VoiceOver support for blind users
- Japanese hiragana and kanji learning
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Is your goal to ACTUALLY SPEAK a new language? Tired of gamified tapping apps that just waste your time? Try Natulang! While other language-learning apps may focus on tapping and typing, Natulang is all about speaking. Our cutting-edge voice generation and recognition capabilities allow you to learn real-life dialogues by speaking them out loud, giving you the confidence you need to speak with native speakers. With Natulang, you'll spend most of your time speaking, which is the key to mastering any language. Currently supported languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Dutch, Turkish, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, English, Japanese Why Natulang? •Speak your way to fluency: With Natulang, you'll spend most of your time speaking, which is the key to mastering any language. •Real-life dialogues: Our cutting-edge voice generation and recognition capabilities make it easy to learn real-life dialogues, giving you the confidence you need to speak with native speakers. •Personalized learning: Our personalized lessons are tailored to your unique needs, ensuring that the information sticks in your long-term memory. •Hands-free language learning: With Natulang, you can learn a new language without having to constantly look at your phone or tablet. Our voice generation and recognition capabilities allow for hands-free language learning, so you can practice speaking while cooking, exercising, or doing other activities. •Accessible for blind users: Natulang fully supports VoiceOver, making it an excellent choice for blind and visually impaired users. The app’s speech-centric approach enables effective, immersive language learning without visual interaction. •Japanese, step by step: Learn hiragana and kanji with tables, flash cards and kanji explanations, show Japanese with furigana or romaji, and practice reading with short stories built from words you've learned. PLEASE NOTE: Some of the lessons in this app are free, but you will need a subscription to access all of them. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current payment period. Your iTunes account will be charged at the same price for renewal within the 24 hours before the end of the current payment period unless you change your subscription preferences in your Account Settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: http://support.natulang.com/privacy_policy.html Terms of Service: http://support.natulang.com/eula.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Laika at none against Natulang's 10. Laika also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Natulang's advantage is ratings volume (425 vs 37) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, 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. Natulang sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Laika asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Laika against 4.8 for Natulang. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Natulang has 425 ratings behind it against 37, 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 90% of Natulang's.
Laika ships an update fortnightly, Natulang every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Laika | Natulang |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better | 4.8 (425 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 425 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandra Myshkina | Natulang OU |
Customer experience
Laika
Natulang
Bugs and requests
Laika
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Natulang
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes on opening for some users
- Incompatibility issues with certain devices and OS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Option to skip recap lessons
- Ability to save progress and resume lessons
- More customization and settings options
- Addition of more languages like Japanese and Chinese
- Vocabulary word bank and grammar explanation features
In-app purchases
Laika
No in-app purchases
Natulang
- Natulang Premium7 Days trial3 variants$9.991 Month
- Natulang Premium3 variants$9.991 Month
- 200 Custom Phrases$9.99
- Natulang Lifetime French$119.99
- Natulang Lifetime Spanish$119.99
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- Natulang All Languages$199.99









