Comparison

Wokabulary vs VokabelWidget

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

Head to head
About

Wokabulary

This app helps you learn foreign languages by creating and practicing your own vocabulary flashcards. It uses spaced repetition to optimize learning and offers various quiz modes. Syncs across devices and supports over 35 languages.

Highlights
  • Create custom vocabulary flashcards
  • Spaced repetition learning system
  • Multiple quiz modes (flashcard, typing, spelling)
  • Organize words with tags and search
  • Cross-device syncing with iCloud
  • Integrated dictionary and translation
  • Learning statistics and achievements
Features
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Are you learning a language in school, evening class, or in self-study? Collect, practice and organize your individual foreign language words with Wokabulary! Wokabulary is not a language course app. Wokabulary is a versatile flash card learning tool that lets you manage and practice your own vocabulary. ADD AND LEARN YOUR PERSONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WORDS • Collect the words you pick up in class, while reading, or on the street. • Wokabulary can handle any foreign language and any script. • Easily manage multiple languages. SMART VOCABULARY/WORD LEARNING The heart of Wokabulary is its built-in spaced-repetition system: • Words get automatically sorted in learning levels. • New and difficult words are asked more often — old and easy words less often. • Always learn what you need to practice! PRACTICE ANYWHERE Add words and learn on all your devices: • iPhone • iPad • Mac • Watch • Seamlessly synced with iCloud VERSATILE QUIZ MODES Practice your words in three quiz modes: • Flash card quiz: Learn and repeat your words. • Typing quiz: Practice your writing skills. • Spelling quiz: Test your listening comprehension. EASILY ORGANIZE YOUR WORDS Efficiently manage and look up words: • Powerful search and filters. • Categorize your words with tags. • Directly find hard words and synonyms. DETAILED STATISTICS Keep up a steady learning pace and stay motivated: • Track your progress. • Unlock achievements. • Compare with your friends. DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Lookup and translate words with just one tap: • Machine-translate words with DeepL. • Look up words in the macOS and iOS dictionaries. • Available for over 35 languages. SHARE WORDS WITH FRIENDS Easily exchange words with others: • Share words with your classmates. • Export and import CSV files. ======== Wokabulary is free to use with up to 60 words. To add more words, a subscription is needed. The subscription is a Universal Purchase and applies to Wokabulary on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch. A Family Sharing plan is available, which lets you share your subscription with your family. For questions and support, please contact us on: support.wokabulary.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

VokabelWidget

Learn vocabulary passively with flashcards displayed one by one. Customize display times and easily add your own words. Syncs across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Passive learning with flashcards
  • Customizable display timing
  • Add and edit own vocabulary
  • Multi-language support
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Split-screen functionality on iPad
Features
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VokabelWidget shows your words large on a flashcard — one after another, at the pace you set. You lay your iPhone next to you or stand the iPad beside you, and between two pieces of work your eye catches a word. You learn in passing, without setting time aside for it. THE FLASHCARD The word stands large in the middle. After a delay you choose, the translation appears below it — a moment to answer for yourself before you read it. When the display time is up, the next word follows; anywhere between five seconds and five minutes. The arrow on the card moves on sooner, the pause button holds a word for as long as you want — and you can still page on while it does. YOUR LIST AT A GLANCE A tap on the list symbol shows every word currently going round: the foreign word and its translation side by side — on an iPhone the translation sits below the word, so that long words can be read in full. Above it sits a search field that searches both at once — upper and lower case, umlauts and accents may all be left out, “grusse” finds “Grüße”. BESIDE YOUR WORK On an iPad the app does not need the screen to itself. Put it beside another app in Split View, in Slide Over or as a window of its own: as long as it can be seen it keeps going, and you read along while you do something else. YOUR OWN WORDS Behind the gear on the card you enter both words and tap “Add”. You often need to type only one half: the app suggests the translation, worked out on your own device, with nothing leaving it. If either word is already in your list, the app asks first and shows you what it found. Every word can be corrected in place, hidden with a switch instead of deleted, and removed for good with a swipe. The free edition holds 200 entries. AS MANY LANGUAGES AS YOU LIKE Set up as many vocabulary languages as you want and name them yourself; the home language you pick from every language your device knows. Each language keeps a list of its own, and a tap turns the direction of questioning around. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Your words live in your iCloud: what you enter here is already there on your other devices with this app — and the other way round. The Mac edition is in the same store. SAVING AND BRINGING BACK In the gear, on the “System” tab, you save your whole vocabulary to a file — every language at once. It goes into the Files app, into your iCloud if you like, and opens in Numbers or Excel, to look at or to pass on. Loading works the same way, and it works with someone else’s list too: two columns are enough, the word and its translation. Before anything happens the app shows you what it found and asks whether it should be added to your stock or replace it. ALSO • Sample vocabulary from the first launch, so there is nothing to set up first • Interface in English and German • No ads, no accounts, no subscription, nothing to sign up for Your words stay your business: the app collects nothing and sends nothing to us. The only outside service is your own iCloud. If you would also like to test yourself on your words, print them or hear them read aloud, VokabelWidget Pro does that.

Screenshots

Wokabulary4 screens
VokabelWidget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VokabelWidget at none against Wokabulary's 4. VokabelWidget also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wokabulary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. VokabelWidget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wokabulary ships an update every 3 weeks, VokabelWidget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wokabulary versus VokabelWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWokabularyVokabelWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoding Friends GmbHRolf Fuessner

Customer experience

Wokabulary

All ratings27 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral10.1%
Negative17.4%

VokabelWidget

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Wokabulary

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Apple Watch performance issues with large databases (resolved in later updates)
  • Mac input not syncing to phone (older reviews)
  • Language selection window closes immediately (iOS 18.1)
  • Import/export function disappeared after CSV import
  • Synchronization issues (slow or not happening)
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  • App runs very slowly
  • Labels not syncing between Mac and phone
  • Computer and mobile versions slow to open

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add duplicate word search or detection
  • Directional arrow on quiz to switch stimulus and response
  • Improve translation tool integration (multiple suggestions, AI examples)
  • Add CSV import shortcut in Shortcuts app
  • Adjustable font size in flashcards
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  • More vocabulary lists in different languages
  • Option to customize SRS levels
  • Display tags during quizzes
  • Add keyboard control for vocabulary entry
  • Auto-select last used tag
  • Automatic scaling of font size for long words/sentences
  • Search function for languages
  • Add a spell checker and definition suggestions
  • Ability to program multiple revision reminders per day
  • Slicing review mode on all words
  • Syncing of vocabulary across different languages
  • Predictive text display
  • Function to input pronunciation of entered words

VokabelWidget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Wokabulary

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Flex$3.491 Month
  • Unlimited Pro$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited Family$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Family$129.99
None

VokabelWidget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wokabulary free?
Wokabulary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VokabelWidget free?
VokabelWidget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wokabulary or VokabelWidget have ads?
Neither Wokabulary nor VokabelWidget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wokabulary or VokabelWidget?
Wokabulary ships an update every 3 weeks, and VokabelWidget every 2 days. Most recently, Wokabulary was updated on October 27, 2026 and VokabelWidget on October 9, 2026.

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