Comparison

App Gerlyver vs blas.

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

Head to head
About

App Gerlyver

This app provides access to a comprehensive English-Cornish dictionary, allowing users to search for words and explore related entries. It supports both English and Cornish user interfaces, making it a valuable tool for language learners and enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Search English or Cornish headwords
  • View all entries for a headword
  • Drill down to related entries
  • English and Cornish UI languages
  • Cornish terminology search
Features
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The App Gerlyver allows you to search the Gerlyver an Akademi Kernewek dictionary, as well as to standardized terminology, from mobile devices. Features include: - easily search English or Cornish headwords - show all entries for a given English or Cornish headwords - drill down feature to find related entries - Cornish and English user interface languages, with the ability to change language in Settings. App Gerlyver was developed by Bangor University's Language Technologies Unit and was part funded by Cornwall Council.

About

blas.

Learn all six living Celtic languages with a unique app built from the ground up for their specific grammar. It systematically drills consonant mutations, conjugation, declension, and more, offering precise feedback and measurable progress without gamified distractions.

Highlights
  • Covers all six living Celtic languages
  • Systematic drills for consonant mutations
  • Grammar, conjugation, and declension practice
  • Reading, listening, and conversation exercises
  • Daily word games
  • Clean design with precise feedback
Features
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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

Screenshots

App Gerlyver3 screens
blas.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: App Gerlyver at none against blas.'s 5. App Gerlyver also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). blas.'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. blas. sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. App Gerlyver asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App Gerlyver ships an update every 13 months, blas. every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
App Gerlyver versus blas.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp Gerlyverblas.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (92 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews67.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—92 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB368 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBangor Universitythreefold

Customer experience

App Gerlyver

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

blas.

All ratings91 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative17.9%

In-app purchases

None

App Gerlyver

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

blas.

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time1
  • Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is App Gerlyver free?
App Gerlyver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is blas. free?
blas. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do App Gerlyver or blas. have ads?
Neither App Gerlyver nor blas. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, App Gerlyver or blas.?
App Gerlyver ships an update every 13 months, and blas. every 4 days. Most recently, App Gerlyver was updated on November 3, 2026 and blas. on November 15, 2026.

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