Patrick O'Brian Quotes vs LatinLearn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patrick O'Brian Quotes
Explore quotes from Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic novels, each paired with a map of its approximate location. Search for specific quotes within the collection. This free application is supported by the Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project.
- Random quote selection
- Quote search functionality
- Map integration for quote locations
- Access to Napoleonic era novels
- Free to use
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Patrick O'Brian's twenty Napoleonic 'Age of Sail' novels chronicle the voyages of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. This application presents a random selection of quotes from those novels. Each quote is accompanied by a map showing it's approximated location. A search function is available to find a particular quote. Data for 'Patrick O'Brian Quotes' is indexed by the Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project at Cannonade.net. Quotes from the Patrick O'Brian novels © 1999-2009 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. and © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. We do not, and will not ever, charge for this application or access to the data it indexes. If you would like to support the Patrick O'Brian mapping project and Cannonade.Net, please visit us or check out our other applications on the store.
LatinLearn
Learn Latin through interactive questions and bite-sized lessons. Progress from basic vocabulary to reading real Latin texts, with grammar explained through practical use. Track your learning journey and maintain a daily streak.
- Interactive question-based learning
- Bite-sized lessons
- Learn grammar through use
- Build toward reading real authors
- Progress tracking and daily streaks
- Multiple language support for instruction
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Early access: the full Latin course, free for now. Learn Latin the way you actually remember it — by answering questions, not memorising tables. LatinLearn takes you from your very first Latin words to reading real Latin, one short lesson at a time. Every idea is broken into bite-sized questions — parsing, meaning, and translating real phrases — so progress feels steady and never overwhelming. • Start from zero — no prior Latin needed • Short lessons that fit your day • Learn grammar through use, with gentle hints, not rote rules • Build toward reading real Latin authors • Track your progress and keep a daily streak • A Library of real Latin: Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Livy, Pliny and more • Taught in English, French, German or Italian — your choice Whether you are learning for pleasure or taking Latin at school, LatinLearn meets you where you are. The vocabulary is built on the DCC Latin Core Vocabulary, the 1,000 most frequent words in Latin literature, and the grammar takes you from the first declension through participles and indirect statement to the subjunctive. You learn to produce Latin as well as read it, until the forms come without thinking and real Latin starts to open up. Two ways in The course is a story: a Roman family in Ostia, the port of Rome, which you follow chapter by chapter while the grammar builds underneath, with every new form met in the story before you practise it. The Library is where you read real Latin: 68 texts from Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Livy, Pliny and others, from the fall of Troy and Dido’s death to Pliny at Vesuvius and Cicero against Catiline. Each text is read from start to finish, a short section at a time. Every Latin word is glossed (tap it to see what it means), there are questions after each passage, and when a sentence won’t come together, tap Help me read it to see it in prose order, with a note on how it works. You can write your own translation and compare it with a model answer. Taught in French, German or Italian, the Library has a smaller selection so far, with more texts on the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Patrick O'Brian Quotes at 5.0 against LatinLearn's 4.5. LatinLearn's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Patrick O'Brian Quotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Patrick O'Brian Quotes ships an update every 3 months, LatinLearn every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patrick O'Brian Quotes | LatinLearn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cannonade.Net | Daniel Nolan-Neylan |
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Patrick O'Brian Quotes
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In-app purchases
Patrick O'Brian Quotes
No in-app purchases
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