Bornomala | বর্ণমালা vs Learn Bangla
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bornomala | বর্ণমালা
This app helps non-native speakers, particularly children, learn the Bangla alphabet through an engaging and personalized approach. It adapts to individual learning styles to make the process enjoyable and effective.
- Personalized learning guidance
- Interactive alphabet lessons
- Focus on non-native speakers
- Engaging for children
- Adaptive learning patterns
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Bornomala teaches a child to hear, speak, and read Bangla. It was built by BALA School, a nonprofit weekend Bengali school, for the families in it: children growing up far from Bengali, and parents who want to pass it on. It is free, works entirely offline, and collects nothing about your child. No ads, no accounts, no purchases. THREE VILLAGES, NOT A LIST OF FLASHCARDS স্বরপুর, Vowel Village. Eleven vowels, one house each. Your child meets the friend who lives there, hears the sound, traces the shape stroke by stroke, then takes the letter out into real words. ব্যঞ্জনপুর, Consonant Town. Thirty-nine consonants and signs across nine neighborhoods, grouped by where in the mouth the sound is made. A feather shows the puff of air on খ. A stone shows the buzz in the throat on গ. A bell shows the nose on ঙ. It is real phonics, played as a story. সংখ্যাপুর, Counting River. Every number from ০ to ১০০, met at a landing on a river. Bengali counts things, people, and flat things with different words, and this is where a child learns which to use. THE PART MOST APPS SKIP "ক-এর ভিতরেই অ বসে আছে। তাই ক বলে ক, কা নয়।" The inherent vowel is the single idea that unlocks Bengali reading, and almost no primer says it out loud. Bornomala says it in one sentence a five year old can hold, then shows the same seat being taken by আ, ই, উ, এ and ও so it never hardens into a rule. STORIES TO READ TOGETHER Thirty-seven illustrated storybooks, ordered from first words to real narrative. Every page is narrated in a human voice. Tap any word to hear just that word. Your child can record the page and play it back beside the reading. Tultuli the cat is hidden on every page, and finding her is the reason many children turn it. BANGLA AS YOUR FAMILY SPEAKS IT Some families say খালা, some say মাসি. Some say দিদা, some নানি, some নানু. The app asks which words yours uses, then uses yours. Bangladeshi standard throughout, with the variants treated as correct rather than as mistakes. FOR THE GROWN UP IN THE ROOM An honest progress page. Stars are earned by answering, never by tapping through, and a word only reaches "known" after being right on separate days spread over a week. Optional English under the Bengali, and optional pronunciation in Latin letters, both off by default, for parents who do not read the script. A teacher area behind a parental gate and a PIN, for classrooms sharing a tablet. PLAY THAT IS PRACTICE Ludu with Bengali numbers, Bangla Solitaire, and a word building game, all drawing on the words your child has actually met. WHAT IS IN IT 51 letters, each with its sound, its name, and an example word 101 numbers, ০ to ১০০ 746 words, illustrated and spoken 37 storybooks, narrated word by word 4,381 recordings in a human voice Free, offline, and made by a school rather than a startup.
Learn Bangla
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This app is a great resource to learn Bangla language . The app is engineered to make users fluent enough to easily do conversation in Bangla language by studying for a very short amount of time. Audio functionality and bookmarking is available throughout the app on chapter, section, study mode and quiz mode. The app will help you learn Bangla language using your native language. Following are the main features of this app 1. Supports a long list of Native Languages 2. Uses Text to Speech Engine for Audio Functionality 3. Quizzes 4. Study Mode 5. Bookmarking Study Flashcards and Quiz Questions 6. Progress Indicators for Every Chapter 7. Visualization for Overall Progress 8. Ability to create your own Flashcards with Audio and Images Currently following native languages are supported. 1. English 2. Arabic 3. Zulu 4. Bosnian 5. Bulgarian 6. Burmese 7. Catalan 8. Chinese 9. Croatian 10. Czech 11. Danish 12. Dutch 13. Estonian 14. Filipino 15. Finnish 16. French 17. Galician 18. Georgian 19. German 20. Greek 21. Gujarati 22. Hausa 23. Hebrew 24. Hindi 25. Hungarian 26. Icelandic 27. Indonesian 28. Italian 29. Japanese 30. Javanese 31. Kannada 32. Kazakh 33. Khmer 34. Korean 35. Lao 36. Latvian 37. Lithuanian 38. Macedonian 39. Malay 40. Malayalam 41. Marathi 42. Mongolian 43. Nepali 44. Norwegian 45. Pashto 46. Persian/Farsi 47. Polish 48. Portuguese 49. Punjabi 50. Romanian 51. Russian 52. Serbian 53. Sinhala 54. Slovak 55. Slovenian 56. Spanish 57. Sundanese 58. Swahili 59. Swedish 60. Tamil 61. Telugu 62. Thai 63. Turkish 64. Ukrainian 65. Urdu 66. Uzbek 67. Vietnamese 68. Basque This app teaches you thousands of commonly used words and phrases in Bangla language. Currently it covers following range of topics. 1. Everyday used common expressions 2. Greetings and welcoming others 3. Traveling and directions 4. Numbers and money related 5. Location and places 6. Conversation and social media 7. Time, dates and scheduling 8. Accommodations and arrangements 9. Dining and outdoors 10. Socializing and making friends 11. Movies and entertainment 12. Shopping 13. Communication difficulties 14. Emergency and health 15. General questions 16. Work and profession 17. Weather conditions 18. Miscellaneous topics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bornomala | বর্ণমালা at none against Learn Bangla's 1. Bornomala | বর্ণমালা also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months). Learn Bangla's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Learn Bangla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bornomala | বর্ণমালা asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bornomala | বর্ণমালা ships an update weekly, Learn Bangla every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bornomala | বর্ণমালা | Learn Bangla |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zahid Hossain | Ghumman Tech LLC |
In-app purchases
Bornomala | বর্ণমালা
No in-app purchases
Learn Bangla
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