Comparison

Idioms vs 30hands

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

Head to head
About

Idioms

Enhance your English with over 700 multiple-choice questions and definitions of common idioms. Practice by topic or take random mock tests to improve your understanding and usage of native expressions. Track your progress with detailed results and a visual meter.

Highlights
  • 700+ multiple-choice idiom questions
  • 600+ idiom definitions and examples
  • Study idioms by topic
  • Random mock test mode
  • Detailed test results and progress tracking
  • Customizable timer settings
  • Shake to skip questions
Features
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Description Idioms are the real guts of English. Idioms app provides learners with an opportunity to improve strategies for successfully utilising native level expressions Idioms is a multiple choice quiz system for English which provides 700 common idiomatic questions across different topic & categories with explanations of 619 Idioms with meanings & examples. Idioms was designed to provide a method of aquiring idiomatic expressions and a context for using them in everyday English conversation. Idioms can help learners to improve their understanding and usage of idioms. Custom timer setting can assist learners to improve response times under exam time constraints. Research suggests that kids and adults learn most quickly when playing learning games with real-time error-feedback. PREPARE BY TOPICS: Light version have only 56 Questions and 81 Idioms Phrases(For full version 700 Questions and 600 Idioms Phrases). You can study the idioms by topic. All questions are sorted by topic. It also tells you the areas that each topic covers. ** Voice Over ** Top 100 Idioms ** Animals ** Business ** Clothes and Colours ** Food ** Legal ** Negotiations MOCK TEST MODE: In mock test questions are presented randomly from all the topics. DETAILED TEST RESULTS: A summary of the practice test is presented at the end of each test. It shows you the time you took, the score, which questions you answered correctly and where you were wrong. And yes, you can E-MAIL the results. PROGRESS METER: The app records your progress as you start giving practice tests. It shows you a beautiful pie chart so that you can track your weak areas and give more focus on them. VERY EASY TO USE: You don't need to press too many buttons or encounter any alert messages. The app is very interactive and needs minimum user input. Shake your iPhone/iPod & iPad to skip a question. FEATURE LIST: • Over 700 multiple-choice questions & over 600 definitions and examples of various idioms. • Choose number of questions you would like in each test. • E-mail yourself the test results and track your progress. • A new module, "Progress Meter" keeps track of how you are performing in a particular topic or mock test. • Choose your own timer settings. • Shake your iPhone/iPod & iPad to skip a question. • Cool sound effects. (You can turn them off if desired.) • Choose your own zoom factor for your question graphics. • Special algorithm that randomizes questions every time you take a test. Eknath Kadam Web SiteIdioms Support * Privacy Policy: http://www.webrichsoftware.com/privacy.html * EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

30hands

Features
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Type a topic. Get an editable slide deck. Narrate it into a finished video — all in one app. 30hands turns what you know into clear, narrated videos: training modules, onboarding walkthroughs, course lectures, explainers and lessons. No timeline editing, no avatars — just your slides and your voice. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start from a topic and let AI build the outline and slides — or import a PDF, a Google Slides deck, or images 2. Edit any slide, then swipe through and narrate in your own voice 3. Export a captioned video in portrait or landscape, or publish a shareable link WHY 30HANDS • Topic → deck → narrated video in one pass. No juggling a slide tool, a recorder and an editor • Your voice, not a synthetic avatar — viewers hear the expert • No timeline to learn: swipe to the next slide as you talk FEATURES • AI slide generation from a topic, with editable outlines and slides • Import PDFs, Google Slides, photos, or capture with your camera • Auto-captions with multiple styles • Portrait and landscape export • Save to Photos, share anywhere, or publish to the web with a link • Teams: invite colleagues with a code and organize projects together GREAT FOR • Instructional designers and L&D teams turning decks into training videos • Instructors recording lectures and course content • Consultants, coaches and creators making explainers • Teachers building video lessons and flipped-classroom content From the creator of the original 30hands app (2012), downloaded millions of times. PLANS Free: 3 projects, 10 AI-generated slides, and videos up to 5 minutes (with watermark). Pro and Pro+: unlimited projects and video length, no watermark, and monthly AI slide credits. Available as monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://30hands.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://30hands.com/privacy

Screenshots

Idioms4 screens
30hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Idioms at 15.0 against 30hands's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Idioms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 30hands sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idioms ships an update every 5 months, 30hands every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Idioms versus 30hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdioms30hands
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB30 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperWebrich Software LimitedHumble Media

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idioms

One-time1
  • Full Question Bank$2.99
8 purchases

30hands

Subscriptions4
  • Teacher Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Teacher Pro Plus Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Teacher Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
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  • Teacher Pro Plus Yearly$119.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 AI Credits$9.99
  • 100 AI Credits$19.99
  • 250 AI Credits$39.99
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  • 500 AI Credits$49.99

Questions

Is Idioms free?
Idioms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 30hands free?
30hands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idioms or 30hands have ads?
Neither Idioms nor 30hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idioms or 30hands?
Idioms ships an update every 5 months, and 30hands every 7 months. Most recently, Idioms was updated on October 27, 2026 and 30hands on October 4, 2026.

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