Comparison

Русско vs Chamala

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

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Русско

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Русско-чувашский разговорник можно использовать соответственно, как разговорник, так и инструмент для изучения чувашского языка. Все чувашские слова написаны русскими буквами и разбиты на 15 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: Общие фразы (41 слово) Числа, счет (37 слов) Семья (33 слова) Прилагательные (118 слов) Цвета (42 слова) Город, дом (33 слова) Действия (106 слов) Животные (60 слов) Здоровье (13 слов) Дни недели, месяца (29 слов) Транспорт (28 слов) Покупки (29 слов) Части тела (29 слов) Время (33 слова) Вопросы (35 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
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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

Русско4 screens
Chamala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chamala at none against Русско's shown. Chamala also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). Русско's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Русско ships an update every 4 months, Chamala every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Русско versus Chamala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterРусскоChamala
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey OganesyanMarat Faizerakhmanov

In-app purchases

None

Русско

No in-app purchases

None

Chamala

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Русско free?
Русско is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chamala free?
Chamala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Русско or Chamala have ads?
Русско shows ads; Chamala does not.
Which is updated more often, Русско or Chamala?
Русско ships an update every 4 months, and Chamala every 6 days. Most recently, Русско was updated on November 7, 2026 and Chamala on November 14, 2026.

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