My RCS vs blas.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My RCS
Stay informed with campus-specific news, events, and urgent notifications. Manage your schedule, access course materials, and keep your conservatoire email and Office 365 account readily available.
- Campus-specific news, events, and notifications
- Integrated conservatoire email
- Centralized calendar with timetable and deadlines
- Direct access to Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- Office 365 account access
- Links to essential college systems
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Along with campus specific news, events and important notifications you will be able to see upcoming deadlines, review your progress and receive urgent messages, reminders and notifications from the conservatoire. Features include: - Alerts, notifications, News and events these will be specific to you and your course - Email – Your Conservatoire email right there on your home screen so you never miss a new email - Calendar – Your timetable, Outlook Calendar and Tasks, including VLE assignment deadlines, all in one central place - VLE – Easy Access to the Virtual Learning Environment for your course materials, submitting work and accessing the full range of support services - Office365 – Access to your Office 365 account to work and study wherever you are Plus all the information and links to essential college systems that you will need to support your time at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in your very own MyRCS app.
blas.
Master Irish and Welsh with a comprehensive language learning tool designed for adults. It offers in-depth grammar, adaptive exercises, and speech recognition for pronunciation practice. Track your progress with detailed analytics and engage in realistic conversations with a digital tutor.
- In-depth grammar for Irish and Welsh
- Adaptive difficulty for mutation drills
- 12+ exercise types including translation and comprehension
- Speech recognition for pronunciation feedback
- Spaced repetition for optimal retention
- Progress tracking and mistake analysis
- Interactive conversation tutor
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The Celtic languages are living languages. But the tools available to learners have never matched the languages themselves. Generic apps translate Spanish-course templates. Grammar books explain rules you can't apply. blas. is built from scratch for the six living Celtic languages. Séimhiú, urú, treigladau, kemmadurioù. We are the only app that drills consonant mutations systematically, alongside conjugation, declension, reading, listening, conversation, and daily word games built around how Celtic grammar actually works. No mascots. No confetti. No streak guilt. Clean design, precise feedback, progress you can measure. SIX CELTIC LANGUAGES Gaeilge (Irish), Cymraeg (Welsh), Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic), Brezhoneg (Breton), Kernewek (Cornish), Gaelg (Manx). Terms of Use: https://blasapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://blasapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My RCS at none against blas.'s 5. My RCS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.3.0 vs 17.0). blas.'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (75 vs 1). On price, 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. blas. sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. My RCS asks for nothing beyond the download.
My RCS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: blas. has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
My RCS ships an update every 24 months, blas. every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My RCS | blas. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 68.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.3.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 263 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collabco | threefold |
Customer experience
My RCS
blas.
In-app purchases
My RCS
No in-app purchases
blas.
- blas. Premium Monthly$17.991 Month
- Monthly Family$19.991 Month
- blas. Premium Annual$99.991 Year
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- Annual Family$149.001 Year
- Lifetime$199.99
