Comparison

Migaku vs Tagalog Decks

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

Head to head
About

Migaku

This app helps you learn languages by making content interactive. Click words in subtitles or text to get definitions, create flashcards, and personalize study sessions. It focuses on high-frequency words for efficient learning.

Highlights
  • Interactive subtitles for YouTube
  • One-click media-rich flashcard creation
  • Personalized study sessions
  • Data-driven courses for beginners
  • Word frequency-based vocabulary learning
  • AI sentence breakdown and explanations
Features
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Learning languages is actually pretty simple: if you consume content you enjoy, and you understand that content, you will make progress. Period. Migaku (and its Chrome browser extension) enables you to do that: 1. Our courses take you from zero to 80% comprehension in ~6 months (10 cards/day) 2. We make text interactive: click words in your phone's YouTube subtitles to see what they mean 3. We let you make media-rich flashcards out of those words with one click 4. We make personalized study sessions out of the flashcards you create 5. Repeat! Whether you're learning Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, Italian, German, Cantonese, Portuguese, English, French or Vietnamese, Migaku equips you with the tools you need to make real progress. Migaku requires a paid subscription to access its courses, features, and AI tools. Migaku – AI Language Learning Tool ■ How languages are really learned: If you want to watch movies in other languages, then you need to learn languages with movies. If you want to read books in other languages, then you need to learn languages by reading. As you spend more time doing the things you enjoy doing in the language you're learning, you'll build the unique skills you need to more easily do those things. Unfortunately, it's difficult to read books and watch movies in another language as a beginner. And that's where Migaku comes in ■ Data-driven courses for beginners The problem with most apps and textbooks is that they teach you what someone else thinks language learners need to know, and those things may not reflect what you actually need to learn to do the things that are important to you. This matters because not all words are used equally often: while a college-educated native speaker knows ~30,000 words, you only need to know ~1,500 words to recognize 80% of the words in modern media. Our flashcard-based courses teach you these ~1,500 words—the ones that are useful to everyone, no matter their goals—plus a few hundred basic grammar points. What makes our courses special is that every "next" flashcard contains only one new word, making Migaku's learning curve super smooth. You're always learning something new, but never overwhelmed. It's a fluent language learning approach. Migaku courses are currently available for Japanese, Mandarin, and Korean. ■ Turn subtitles and text into interactive language learning opportunities Migaku makes texts interactive: just click on words to see what they mean. You can also hear audio recordings from native speakers, reference images of the term, check example sentences, get an AI explanation of what the word means in context, have AI break sentences down for you word-by-word, or see a translation of the sentence that your word appears in. Basically, Migaku lets you consume content in another language as if you knew as many words as a native speaker. Our mobile app supports YouTube, manually pasted content, and physical content like books or street signs. Our Chrome extension supports web pages and several popular streaming websites. ■ Create custom study cards or import language flashcards Find a useful looking word while consuming content? Turn it into a high-quality flashcard with one button, and Migaku's spaced repetition language practice algorithm will create personalized study sessions for you. You'll be nudged to review these flashcards periodically, ensuring you remember them. Decks designed for the Anki flashcard app can be converted for use with Migaku, too. ■ Study anywhere, even offline Migaku's courses and any flashcards you make are available offline and automatically sync between all of your devices. ■ Learn multiple languages at once A single Migaku subscription gives you access to all of Migaku's languages and lets you use all of Migaku's features and AI language learning tools as much as you want. - - - Immerse → enjoy → improve

About

Tagalog Decks

Master Tagalog vocabulary with spaced repetition and word frequency lists. Utilize pre-made decks or create your own custom flashcards for effective language learning.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition system (SRS)
  • Word frequency lists
  • Official Tagalog 2k Deck
  • Custom deck creation
  • Vocabulary learning
Features
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Discover a better way to learn Tagalog vocabulary using spaced repetition (SRS) and word frequency lists. Official home of the Tagalog 2k Deck by Tagalog.com. Learn from the popular 2k deck or build your own custom decks.

Screenshots

Migaku4 screens
Tagalog Decks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Migaku at Free against Tagalog Decks's $2.99. Migaku also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (377 vs 4). Tagalog Decks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Migaku is free to download; Tagalog Decks costs $2.99 up front. Migaku sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. Tagalog Decks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Migaku against 4.3 for Tagalog Decks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Migaku has 377 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Migaku's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tagalog Decks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Migaku ships an update weekly, Tagalog Decks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Migaku versus Tagalog Decks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMigakuTagalog Decks
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (377 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings377 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB43 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperMigaku Inc.Keith Kosmin

Customer experience

Migaku

All ratings375 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative24.1%

Tagalog Decks

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Migaku

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to create new accounts in the app
  • Broken kanji course with empty cards
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode for learning on the go
  • Expanded support for more languages
  • Better integration with Anki and other SRS apps
  • More customization options for flashcards and reviews

Tagalog Decks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Migaku

Subscriptions8
  • Migaku Standard2 variants$14.001 Month
  • Migaku Standard7 Days trial$14.001 Month
  • Early Access2 variants$21.001 Month
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  • Early Access7 Days trial$21.001 Month
  • Migaku Standard$136.991 Year
  • Migaku Standard7 Days trial$136.991 Year
  • Early Access$179.991 Year
  • Early Access7 Days trial$179.991 Year
One-time5
  • Lifetime$214.99
  • Lifetime$289.00
  • Lifetime$344.99
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  • Lifetime$359.00
  • Lifetime$719.00
None

Tagalog Decks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Migaku free?
Migaku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tagalog Decks free?
Tagalog Decks costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Migaku or Tagalog Decks?
Migaku is rated higher. Migaku averages 4.4 out of 5 from 377 ratings, while Tagalog Decks averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Migaku or Tagalog Decks have ads?
Neither Migaku nor Tagalog Decks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Migaku or Tagalog Decks?
Migaku ships an update weekly, and Tagalog Decks every 6 weeks. Most recently, Migaku was updated on October 27, 2026 and Tagalog Decks on October 24, 2026.

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