Russian Alphabet vs Speak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Russian Alphabet
This app helps users learn, write, and quiz themselves on the 33 letters of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. It offers interactive cards, native speaker pronunciation, handwriting practice, and various quiz modes, all designed for offline use. It's suitable for both children and adults looking to begin their Russian language journey.
- Interactive letter cards
- Native speaker pronunciation
- Handwriting tracing practice
- Offline alphabet grid
- Multiple quiz modes
- Printable practice sheets
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Здравствуйте, друзья! (Hello, friends!) Take your first step into Russian with Russian Alphabet. Learn to recognize, pronounce and write all 33 letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, in a simple app that works for kids and adults. LEARN • Swipe through a card for every letter, in uppercase and lowercase • Tap to hear the letter's name, spoken by a native Russian speaker • See and hear an illustrated Russian word for each letter ALPHABET GRID • See all 33 letters at a glance • Play the whole alphabet in order, with each letter highlighted as it is spoken • Tap any letter to jump straight to it WRITE • Trace each letter with your finger over a guide outline • Change brush colors, hide the outline to test yourself, and erase to try again • Print practice sheets for pen-and-paper handwriting practice QUIZ • Hear a sound and pick the matching letter or picture • Sprint: answer as many as you can in 60 seconds • Survival: keep going until your first mistake • Choose Letters, Pictures, or a mix of both • Review the letters you missed and beat your best score for every mode MADE FOR LEARNING • Everything is included: no in-app purchases, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline, so you can practice anywhere • Supports iPhone and iPad, light and dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver
Speak
Learn to read, write, and pronounce AkanTwi with English translations and media aids. This app helps preserve culture by teaching the language across generations, featuring interactive quizzes and audio recording capabilities.
- Read, write, and pronounce AkanTwi
- English phrase translations
- Audio recording and playback
- Create custom translations
- Intelligent quiz modes
- Media display for learning
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Akan(Twi) Language is widely spoken in Ghana and around the world with many Akan(Twi) people and children living in many countries of the world. This Talkasoft app ensures that the Akan(Twi) culture and tradition is kept from generation to generation. The app teaches users how to read, write and pronounce Akan(Twi) Language. The app also uses English phrase translations to ensure accurate understanding of the Akan(Twi) language. This professional version enables users to update the translated data if they are using it to teach others as there are many ways to speak a language. It also enable users to create new data translations, record and play back or delete audio Akan(Twi) data, record and play back or delete dialog audio Akan(Twi) data. Dialog audio data helps to elaborate on the translated Akan(Twi) data and may be used to teach the user what to expect in reply to what they are saying to local speakers of the language. The Akan(Twi) translations are also aided by media display such as pictures or video information. The app comes with advance and intelligent Quiz modes to test the user's knowledge of accented characters and/or also with just basic understanding of the language. The app has graphical images associated with most translations to support learning with kids and children.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Russian Alphabet at 82% against Speak's 0%. Russian Alphabet also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 44 months) and ratings volume (603 vs 1). Speak's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Russian Alphabet costs $0.99 and Speak $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Speak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Russian Alphabet has 603 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Russian Alphabet's written reviews are positive against 0% of Speak's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Russian Alphabet ships an update monthly, Speak every 44 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Russian Alphabet | Speak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (603 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 603 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 44 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hamdouchi Interactive, LLC | Talkasoft Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Russian Alphabet
Speak
Bugs and requests
Russian Alphabet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound not working for some users
- Crashes and compatibility issues with iOS updates
- Writing practice feature not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add more advanced learning features
- Include both uppercase and lowercase letters
- Improve audio quality and pronunciation
- Expand to cover more vocabulary and grammar
Speak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Russian Alphabet
No in-app purchases
Speak
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Russian Alphabet free?
Is Speak free?
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