Comparison

Русско цыганский разговорник vs Chamala

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Русско цыганский разговорник

This app serves as a phrasebook and learning tool for the Romani language, designed for Russian speakers. It organizes vocabulary into 16 thematic categories and includes a testing feature to track progress and identify errors.

Highlights
  • Thematic vocabulary organization
  • Romani language learning tool
  • Phrasebook functionality
  • Progress tracking tests
  • Error identification
  • Designed for Russian speakers
Features
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Русско-цыганский разговорник можно использовать соответственно, как разговорник, так и инструмент для изучения цыганского языка. Все цыганские слова написаны русскими буквами и разбиты на 16 логических тем, то есть разговорник рассчитан на русскоговорящего пользователя (туриста). После прохождения теста по выбранной теме, можно просматривать ошибки. Также, результат прохождения теста по каждой из тем сохраняется, ваша цель - выучить все слова в выбранной теме на 100%. Приложение позволить Вам сделать первый шаг к изучению языка, заинтересовать вас, а дальше уже Вам решать - ограничиваться только разговорными фразами на русском языке, или идти дальше, изучая грамматику, лексику и синтаксис. Для изучения, в разговорнике представлены следующие темы: Приветствие (7 слов) Общие фразы (55 слов) Местоимения (48 слов) Вопросы (10 слов) Ответы (11 слов) Описание (23 слова) Люди (16 слов) Семья (20 слов) Время (12 слов) Место (10 слов) Части тела (11 слов) Продукты (20 слов) Одежда, украшения (7 слов) Природа (14 слов) Отношения (54 слова) В отеле (7 слов) Желаю Вам удачи!

About

Chamala

Learn Tatar from scratch with daily lessons, vocabulary, interactive games, and an AI chat partner. Features a comprehensive dictionary and content for children. Everything is free with no subscription required.

Highlights
  • Daily short lessons
  • Vocabulary with audio
  • Interactive practice games
  • AI Tatar chat partner
  • Offline Tatar-Russian dictionary
  • Content for children
Features
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Chamala helps you learn the Tatar language from scratch. Short daily sessions of a few minutes: a course, words with audio, practice games, a dictionary and a chat bot that talks to you in Tatar. The app has been installed more than 35,000 times. COURSE FROM ZERO 16 lessons in 8 modules, from greetings to talking about yourself. Every lesson has theory, new words, dialogues and a quiz at the end. Dialogues are fully voiced, many with a video. STEP BY STEP 25 short lessons in 5 units: introductions, food, family, home and town, describing things. Pick the translation, match pairs, build phrases, write what you hear and speak out loud. Every unit comes with a grammar guide. 520+ WORDS AND PHRASES WITH AUDIO Picture flashcards by topic: animals, food, family, nature, town, clothes, numbers, colours. Listen to every word, and tap one to open its card with examples. PRACTICE GAMES • Words — translate a Tatar word • Translate — translate a phrase • Pairs — match a word with its translation • Gaps — fill a word into a phrase • Speaking — speech recognition checks your Tatar • Affixes — build a word from a stem and endings • Harmony — practise Tatar vowel harmony SMART REVIEW Chamala keeps track of how well you know each word and brings it back just as you start to forget it. CHAT IN TATAR Talk to an AI partner: meeting someone, shopping, chatting with a colleague or any topic you like. Reply by text or voice, listen to the answers and open the translation. TATAR–RUSSIAN DICTIONARY 11,900+ words that work offline. Search in Tatar or Russian, in any word form: «китапларда» finds «китап». Translate a word from Tatar to Russian and back in seconds. FOR KIDS The Tatar alphabet, first words in 8 topics, picture games, letter games and word building, picture stories, poems and songs. Kids earn stars and trade them for colouring pages to print. WORD OF THE DAY Add the widget to your home screen and get a new Tatar word every day. Every Tatar letter — ә, ө, ү, җ, ң, һ — works in words, audio and exercises. The app is available in English and Russian. Chamala is for complete beginners, heritage learners who want to bring back the language of their family, visitors to Kazan and Tatarstan, and kids learning with their parents. Everything is free, with no subscription. Сәлам! Let's start.

Screenshots

Русско цыганский разговорник4 screens
Chamala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chamala at 4.7 against Русско цыганский разговорник's 4.0. Chamala also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Русско цыганский разговорник's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chamala holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chamala has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Русско цыганский разговорник's written reviews are positive against 73% of Chamala's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Русско цыганский разговорник ships an update every 2 months, Chamala every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Русско цыганский разговорник versus Chamala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterРусско цыганский разговорникChamala
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey OganesyanMarat Faizerakhmanov

Customer experience

Русско цыганский разговорник

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Chamala

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Русско цыганский разговорник

No in-app purchases

None

Chamala

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Русско цыганский разговорник free?
Русско цыганский разговорник is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chamala free?
Chamala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Русско цыганский разговорник or Chamala?
Chamala is rated higher. Русско цыганский разговорник averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chamala averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Русско цыганский разговорник or Chamala have ads?
Neither Русско цыганский разговорник nor Chamala shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Русско цыганский разговорник or Chamala?
Русско цыганский разговорник ships an update every 2 months, and Chamala every 6 days. Most recently, Русско цыганский разговорник was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chamala on November 14, 2026.

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