Amharic Pocket Guide vs HaHu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amharic Pocket Guide
Learn basic Amharic with this guide, featuring audio for characters, words, and sentences spoken by a native speaker. It includes quizzes to reinforce learning and covers useful phrases across eight categories.
- Learn to read, speak, and understand Amharic
- Practice introductions and simple conversations
- Reinforce learning with quizzes
- High-fidelity audio recordings by a native speaker
- Eight detailed learning categories
- Useful categorized sentences and translations
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Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and it is spoken widely throughout the nation. Did you know that, after Arabic, Amharic is the most spoken Semitic language in the world? The Amharic Pocket Guide will easily help you learn the language whether you are traveling to Ethiopia or longing to teach your young ones. Here is how the app will help you; it will help you: • Read, speak and understand basic Amharic • Introduce yourself and carry on simple conversations • Retain what you have learned through quizzes The Amharic Pocket Guide offers 128kb high fidelity and crystal clear audio for every Amharic character, word as well as sentence. The application has eight detailed categories and it includes useful sentences, recorded audio, and categorized translations. All recordings are done by a native Amharic speaker. We’re continually improving our application content and adding new words. It is perfect for anyone who wants to learn Amharic. With Amharic Pocket Guide, learning Amharic is simply easy. Give it a try, you’ll be surprised how much you learn!
HaHu
Master the Amharic alphabet with interactive lessons and pronunciation feedback. Practice reading and speaking characters, track your progress, and focus on missed letters. Available offline in English and Amharic.
- Pronunciation feedback
- Interactive character learning
- Timed pronunciation tests
- Progress tracking and history
- Offline functionality
- Retry missed characters
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HaHu: Speak! teaches you how to read and pronounce every character in the Amharic alphabet. Learn Don’t know any of the characters? Then start here. Listen to the sound of each character and try saying it yourself. The app will give you instant feedback on your pronunciation. You can listen to your pronunciations as you go. Keep trying until you have it down pat! Test Put your skills to the test. Say the character before time expires! Increase difficulty by lowering the time limit and shuffling the characters. How fast can you go? Track Progress You can see all of your past sessions on the history page. Score, mode, time limit, and more are all saved. You can retry previous sessions. With “Retry Missed,” you can focus on the characters you missed. Language The app is available in both English and Amharic. Offline No internet connection necessary. Subscription The base forms of each character are free. Subscribe to unlock all 231 characters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HaHu at Free against Amharic Pocket Guide's $0.99. HaHu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Amharic Pocket Guide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 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
HaHu is free to download; Amharic Pocket Guide costs $0.99 up front. HaHu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Amharic Pocket Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
HaHu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amharic Pocket Guide has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Amharic Pocket Guide ships an update every 4 months, HaHu every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amharic Pocket Guide | HaHu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | theNextTrain | Azariah Seblu |
Customer experience
Amharic Pocket Guide
HaHu
In-app purchases
Amharic Pocket Guide
No in-app purchases
HaHu
- Full Alphabet Access$0.991 Month
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