Amharic Pocket Guide vs Gursha
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!
Gursha
Learn Amharic through practical conversations and the Ethiopic script. Focuses on real-life situations, native audio, and building useful vocabulary instead of grammar exercises.
- Real conversation learning
- Ethiopic (Fidel) script
- Native audio pronunciation
- Alphabet tracing
- Practical vocabulary building
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Learn Amharic for the moments that matter — family, food, and community. Gursha teaches real conversations and Ethiopic (Fidel) script, not grammar drills. Listen to native audio, trace the alphabet, and build words you'll actually use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gursha at Free against Amharic Pocket Guide's $0.99. Gursha also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Amharic Pocket Guide's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Gursha is free to download; Amharic Pocket Guide costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gursha 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, Gursha every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amharic Pocket Guide | Gursha |
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | theNextTrain | Muse Gimicael |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Amharic Pocket Guide
No in-app purchases
Gursha
No in-app purchases
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