Comparison

Learn Punjabi vs MyScribe

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

Head to head
About

Learn Punjabi

Master Punjabi with this comprehensive language learning app. It offers over 700 letters, words, and phrases, covering Gurmukhi script, numbers, and essential vocabulary. Interactive lessons, native speaker pronunciation, flashcards, and quizzes enhance your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Over 700 letters, words, and phrases
  • Gurmukhi script and numbers
  • Native speaker pronunciation
  • Vocabulary review with flashcards
  • Multiple choice quizzes
  • Customizable study plan
  • Search functionality
Features
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Learn Punjabi on your iPhone or iPad! A beginner-friendly introduction to the Punjabi language, with over 700 letters, words and phrases. Learn the Gurmukhi alphabet and numbers, then build up to everyday words and conversation for greetings, family, food, shopping, travel, health and more. Hear native speakers pronounce every item, with Gurmukhi script, English translation and Roman transcription side by side. Works completely offline, with no ads and no distractions. Learn anywhere, including on the plane to Amritsar. FEATURES - Topics with several short lessons each - Native-speaker pronunciation - Flashcards and vocabulary lists for review - Multiple choice quizzes (quit any time and finish later) - Personal study plan: add words and phrases from any lesson - Search to find any word or phrase quickly, with lesson, translation, transcription and audio - Built-in help section with tips and background on the language Perfect for travelers, heritage learners, and anyone who wants to start speaking Punjabi.

About

MyScribe

Learn Russian at your own pace with a comprehensive course designed for adults. Focus on reading, writing, listening, speaking, and understanding grammar through native speaker audio and teacher-checked lessons. Practice with interactive exercises and offline access.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive A1 beginner's course
  • Cyrillic alphabet instruction with tracing
  • Native Russian speaker audio
  • Handwriting and typing practice
  • Interactive practice rooms per unit
  • Grammar bank with explanations
  • Offline functionality
Features
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MyScribe is a calm, complete way to begin Russian — built for adults who want to learn properly, not chase a streak. Most apps turn language into a game of points and pressure. MyScribe doesn't. There are no scores, no levels, no leaderboards and no timers. What there is: a quiet count of the days you showed up, and — only if you ask for it — one reminder a day, always about something real: a lesson left in the unit, an episode waiting for the commute. The rest is a course you move through at your own pace, the way you'd work through a good book. Every lesson is checked by a native Russian teacher before it reaches you. It's built on four things you actually do with a language: READ — Meet each phrase in print, with a clear English gloss and a note on the sounds that surprise you. WRITE — Write it back by hand. MyScribe is named for the scribe in you: tracing the words yourself is how they stick, and it's the one thing screens usually skip. Prefer the keyboard? You can type instead. LISTEN — Hear everything spoken by real Russian voices — Katya and Maxim, your native hosts — with Sarah to guide you along in English. Or let any lesson read itself to you, hands free, and put the phone in your pocket. UNDERSTAND — And it tells you what the Russian literally says. «У меня есть брат» is, word for word, "at me there is a brother" — because Russian has no verb for "have". Once you can see that, the grammar stops being a set of shapes to memorise. Every phrase in the course carries its literal reading, checked by a Russian teacher. SPEAK — Say it yourself, out loud, in every lesson. Then step into short guided conversations with your hosts and take your turn. WHAT'S INSIDE • A full A1 beginner's course — 23 units, from the Cyrillic alphabet to saying where you're from • The alphabet taught letter by letter — all 33, with stroke-order tracing and a real Russian teacher's own recordings • Real spoken audio throughout — over 1,500 clips, all human-warm • Handwriting practice on every phrase (or type, your choice) • A Practice room for every unit: recognise words, identify sounds, choose the right reply, rebuild a phrase from memory, and hold a short conversation • A Grammar bank that lays out the patterns you've been using, in plain language — including the six cases • Shadowing — 22 episodes made for headphones and a screen-off pocket: the unit's conversation in Russian, then in English, then a gap to say each line back • Lessons on the go — any lesson read aloud, hands free, carrying on through the course while the screen is off • The literal reading of every phrase — what the Russian actually says, word for word, beneath the translation • A fourteen-day rhythm on the home screen — the days you showed up, never a chain that breaks PRIVATE BY DESIGN MyScribe works fully offline — the whole course lives on your device. An account is optional: sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your progress to follow you to another phone, and delete it from the app whenever you like. Your microphone is used only so you can practise speaking; what you say is kept just long enough to play it back to you, and is never sent anywhere. We never ask to track you, and never read your advertising identifier. What the app does report is anonymous: that it was opened, how far through the course somebody got, and whether a purchase happened — so we can tell which of our own ads work and where the course loses people. Nothing is attached that identifies you or your device. TRY IT, THEN DECIDE The first four units are free — the Cyrillic alphabet among them, no sign-in, no time limit. Then choose: one purchase that opens every remaining unit for good, or a weekly or monthly plan that starts with three days free and renews until you cancel. A2 is included either way. No ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://drawbridgestudio.com/myscribe#privacy Здравствуйте — let's begin.

Screenshots

Learn Punjabi4 screens
MyScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MyScribe at Free against Learn Punjabi's $3.99. MyScribe also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months). Learn Punjabi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On 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

MyScribe is free to download; Learn Punjabi costs $3.99 up front. MyScribe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Learn Punjabi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyScribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Punjabi has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Punjabi ships an update every 11 months, MyScribe weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Learn Punjabi versus MyScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn PunjabiMyScribe
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB494 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristina BhararaSteven Decia

Customer experience

Learn Punjabi

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative36.8%

MyScribe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Learn Punjabi

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MyScribe

Subscriptions2
  • Full Course, Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Full Course, Monthly3 Days trial$16.991 Month
One-time1
  • Full Course$49.99

Questions

Is Learn Punjabi free?
Learn Punjabi costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyScribe free?
MyScribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Punjabi or MyScribe?
MyScribe is rated higher. Learn Punjabi averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while MyScribe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Learn Punjabi or MyScribe have ads?
Neither Learn Punjabi nor MyScribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Punjabi or MyScribe?
Learn Punjabi ships an update every 11 months, and MyScribe weekly. Most recently, Learn Punjabi was updated on October 29, 2026 and MyScribe on October 25, 2026.

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