Comparison

Learn German vs Learn German

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

Head to head
About

Learn German

This app offers interactive German language lessons and games designed for various learners. It covers essential vocabulary, phrases, and grammar through real-life scenarios and includes native speaker audio for pronunciation. Progress can be tracked across devices.

Highlights
  • 96 real-life situation lessons
  • 3000+ vocabulary words and phrases
  • Hangman and Concentration games
  • Native speaker audio for pronunciation
  • 7 verb conjugation lessons
  • Adaptive multiple-choice quizzes
  • iCloud lesson progress syncing
Features
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WIE GEHT'S ® is the award-winning app that makes learning German simple and fun! Quickly learn essential vocabulary, phrases, and grammar concepts. Designed especially for students and tourists as well as business and medical professionals. Vocabulary and Phrases ------------- • Contains 96 lessons based on REAL LIFE situations including flight and hotel reservations, dining out, shopping, exploring and meeting new friends. • Includes over 3000 VOCABULARY words and phrases for both beginner and advanced learners. • Play while learning with Hangman and Concentration games. • Learn to PRONOUNCE correctly with high-quality audio by NATIVE SPEAKERS. • 7 verb CONJUGATION lessons covering common verb groups and tenses. Quizzing Features ------------- • Multiple-choice quiz ADAPTS to your skill level. • Memorize words quickly with our DYNAMIC QUIZZING algorithm. • Track LESSON PROGRESS across devices with iCloud syncing. Please note that premium lessons within the app are available with a subscription. The options for a subscription are: Monthly subscription for $2.99 USD (or the equivalent in local currency), and Annual subscription for $9.99 USD (or the equivalent in local currency). Subscriptions automatically renew, unless auto-renew is turned off in your iTunes App Store preference at least 24-hours before the beginning of the next payment cycle. Upon cancellation of your subscription, access to the premium lessons will terminate at the end of the current payment cycle. ------------ We're always happy to hear from you! Have a suggestion or problem? Contact us at info@pangaealearning.com Lessons include: - Greetings - How Are You? - Social Etiquette - Meeting People - The Letter ß - Nominative Articles - Subject Pronouns - Talking About Languages - Present Tense - Auxiliary and Modal Verbs - Popular Weak Verbs - Popular Strong Verbs - Interrogative Pronouns - How Old Are You? - Telling Time - Grammar Terms - Nominative Adjectives - Demonstrative Pronouns - Imperative Mood - Directions - Travel and Transportation - Weather and Climate - Let's Go to the Beach - Accusative Articles - Accusative Pronouns - Accusative Adjectives - Accusative Prepositions - Dative Articles - Dative Pronouns - Dative and Genitive Adjectives - Dative Prepositions - Two-Way Prepositions - Genitive Articles - Genitive Pronouns - Gentive Prepositions - Fruits and Vegetables - Food - Colors - Colors II - Family - Extended Family - Describing People - Numbers (0-10) - Numbers (11-19) - Numbers (20-100) - Numbers (100-1,000,000) - Ordinal Numbers - Days of the Week - Months and Seasons - Holidays - Human Body - Human Body II - The Face - The Hand - Clothes - Clothes (Accessories) - Animals (Mammals) - Animals (Others) - Ordering in a Restaurant - At the Airport - At the Hotel - Sightseeing - Money - Going Shopping - Going Shopping II - Emergencies - Emergencies II - Health and Medical - At the Post Office - Nationalities - Countries - Love and Romance - Sports - False Friends - School - Jobs and Professions - Jobs and Professions II - Simple Past Tense - Computers and Internet - News - At the Office - Business - Business II - Banking and Finance - Cleaning House - In the Kitchen - In the Bedroom - In the Living Room - Entertainment - Present Subjunctive - Internal Organs - Diseases and Conditions - Medications - Treatments - Religion Privacy Policy - https://pollylingu.al/en/privacy Terms and Conditions - https://pollylingu.al/en/terms_and_conditions

About

Learn German

Learn German vocabulary through engaging mini-games and beautiful illustrations. This app focuses on 5-minute daily sessions, making learning fun and addictive. It emphasizes practical words and the German alphabet, with optional premium features for faster progress.

Highlights
  • Illustrated vocabulary learning
  • 5-minute daily sessions
  • Addictive mini-games
  • Focus on practical words
  • German alphabet learning
  • Native speaker pronunciations
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Drops makes language learning an effortless fun. Practical vocabulary is bound to your memories through beautiful graphics and quick mini-games. The crazy part? You have only 5 mins per day to learn German. Might sound insane but works like a charm! :) These are the ingredients of the secret sauce: 100% illustrated: Pictures directly carry the meaning - you don’t have to use your native language at all! No intermediary. Faster, more effective and of course more fun for German learning process! :) 5 min sessions: limiting practice time sounds crazy but it it makes it incredibly addictive - which is cool thing for learning. The barrier of entry is close to zero so you can’t have any excuses: you’ll have 5 minutes even on the busiest day! Effortless play: We know why games are fun and addictive and distilled the essence into Drops. The result is a truly immersive experience but it’s not waste of your time while you play because you build a valuable knowledge. Quick: Keyboard typing is painfully slow. Welcome rapid swipes and taps! Especially for German vowels, and consonants. Trust us, you’ll need those extra seconds during the quick learning session ;) Vocabulary only: Zero grammar, just handpicked practical words. That’s our focus and we do it extremely well. The app teaches the German alphabet as well. Forge a habit: Drops wants to make you language learning addict. Effectiveness is nothing without a well established habit. We help you build one! We are extremely proud of our lovely word pronunciations by seasoned voice talents! Drops is free for casual learners: more than 2700 words in 150+ topics are all available for everyone. Hardcore language learners can subscribe for premium to progress faster with unlimited German language learning time. Our goal is to empower people of the world via language knowledge by providing a special tool that utilizes the universal language we all speak: pictures. ----------------- Keep tuned as even more languages are in the works! Payment information: 1 month - $13 1 quarter - $30 1 year - $90 - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Have questions? Feel free to contact us at sup@languagedrops.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/language_drops Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnwithDrops Blog: https://medium.com/languagedrops Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/language_drops/ Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://languagedrops.com/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Learn German4 screens
Learn German4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Learn German at none against Learn German's shown. Learn German's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (93% vs 74%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Learn German sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Learn German sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn German holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn German has 838 ratings behind it against 135, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Learn German's written reviews are positive against 93% of Learn German's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn German ships an update every 2 months, Learn German every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Learn German versus Learn German: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn GermanLearn German
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (135 ratings)4.7 (838 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135838 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size771 MB207 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnline Language HelpPLANB LABS OU

Customer experience

Learn German

All ratings135 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative16.5%

Learn German

All ratings825 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews1,036 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

Learn German

From 135 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to navigate
  • 🎮 Engaging games and interactive learning methods
  • 🔊 Clear audio pronunciation and speech recognition
  • 📚 Well-organized progressive lessons
  • 💾 Effective memory retention and spaced repetition

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchase requirement ($10 passport)
  • 🔐 Limited free content, most features locked behind paywall
  • ❌ Grammatical errors and spelling mistakes in lessons
  • 🎓 Weak grammar explanations and limited advanced content
  • 🐛 Inconsistent verb conjugation exercises (sie ambiguity)

Learn German

From 838 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for learning German
  • 🚀 Effective repetition and vocabulary building
  • 🎨 Visually appealing and interactive
  • 💡 Unique learning approach with mini-games
  • ⏱️ Convenient 5-minute daily sessions

Room to improve

  • ⏳ Limited free usage time (5 minutes per day)
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤔 Lack of grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • 🔊 No pronunciation feedback or audio lessons

Bugs and requests

Learn German

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Server connection errors and loading failures
  • Incorrect pronunciation mappings (e.g., dreihundert/zweihundert)
  • Misspelled words and typos in content
  • Inconsistent verb conjugation answers
  • App crashes and freezing issues
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  • NO ACCESS pop-up notifications appearing incorrectly
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Incompatibility with iPod Touch 4G and older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Slower audio playback speed option
  • English-to-German translation exercises
  • Flashcard system for vocabulary review
  • Ability to save difficult words for later practice
  • More interactive grammar explanations and tables
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  • Dialogue and conversation practice
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Sentence context for verb conjugation exercises

Learn German

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with in-app purchases and subscription management

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand free usage time
  • Provide grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • Add pronunciation feedback and audio lessons
  • Implement a review/progress tracking system
  • Allow users to create their own vocabulary lists

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn German

Subscriptions2
  • Pangaea Passport$2.991 Month
  • Pangaea Passport$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pangaea Passport - All Languages$9.99
8 purchases

Learn German

Subscriptions8
  • Unlimited time!$7.991 Month
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$11.991 Month
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  • Daily 10 minutes bonus$22.991 Month
  • Premium$39.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Learn German free?
Learn German is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn German free?
Learn German is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn German or Learn German?
Learn German is rated higher. Learn German averages 4.5 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Learn German averages 4.7 from 838 ratings.
Do Learn German or Learn German have ads?
Learn German shows ads; Learn German does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn German or Learn German?
Learn German ships an update every 2 months, and Learn German every 9 days. Most recently, Learn German was updated on November 1, 2026 and Learn German on November 11, 2026.

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