Comparison

Mango Languages vs Earworms

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

Head to head
About

Mango Languages

Learn to speak foreign languages with conversational lessons focused on real language, culture, and progress. Features native speaker recordings, pronunciation tools, and personalized reviews. Download lessons for offline access and enjoy a distraction-free learning experience.

Highlights
  • Conversational lessons
  • 70+ languages
  • Native speaker recordings
  • Pronunciation comparison tool
  • Personalized reviews
  • Offline lesson access
  • No ads
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Ready to have real conversations? Mango Languages prioritizes real language, real culture, and real progress. Our comprehensive learning platform offers conversational language lessons in 70+ languages, teaching vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and culture simultaneously. From preparing for vacation or working abroad, to personal development and academic growth, our language courses are designed to take you wherever you wish to go. HOW DOES MANGO WORK? Learn languages from native speakers with courses that feature thousands of real recordings. Enhance comprehension with interactive listening and reading activities and bolster your learning with personalized daily reviews. Refine speaking skills with phonetic spellings, natural and slow pronunciations, and our pronunciation comparison tool. Sync progress across all platforms and NO ADS, so you can learn anywhere, at any time, with no distractions. WHY CHOOSE MANGO? Practical, Authentic Content: The outcome of using Mango is the ability to speak and communicate in real conversations. Linguist-Approved Language Courses: Each course is designed by expert linguists to provide high-quality instruction that produces real results. Placement Tests: Not sure where to start? Use our placement tests in select languages to identify the best starting point. Individualized Review: Our intelligent review system helps you retain knowledge through spaced repetition and adapts to your progress. Practice with Flashcards: Supercharge your vocabulary with built-in flashcards or take it a step further and create your own lists! On-The-Go Learning: Download lessons to your phone for offline access and take advantage of our hands-free audio feature! HOW CAN I START? When you sign up, you can find free access through a subscribing organization, like a public library, or you can subscribe with a 14-day free trial. Cancel at any time. Serious about language learning? Our paid subscriptions include: Individual Plan: Access to all of our languages in one learning profile. Family Plan: Access to all of our languages for you and up to five additional family members. For questions or feedback, please contact support@mangolanguages.com ​​Available Courses for English Speakers: • Arabic (Egyptian) • Arabic (Iraqi) • Arabic (Levantine) • Arabic (Modern Standard) • Armenian • Azerbaijani • Bengali • Chaldean Aramaic • Chinese (Cantonese) • Chinese (Mandarin) • Croatian • Czech • Cherokee • Danish • Dari • Dutch • Dzongkha • Filipino (Tagalog) • Finnish • French • French (Canadian) • German • Greek • Greek (Ancient) • Greek (Koine) • Haitian Creole • Hawaiian • Hebrew (Modern) • Hebrew (Biblical) • Hindi • Hungarian • Icelandic • Igbo • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Javanese • Kazakh • Korean • Latin • Malay • Malayalam • Norwegian • Pashto • Persian (Farsi) • Polish • Portuguese (Brazilian) • Potawatomi • Punjabi (Pakistani) • Romanian • Russian • Scottish Gaelic • Serbian • Shanghainese • Slovak • Spanish (Castilian) • Spanish (Latin American) • Swahili • Swedish • Tamil • Telugu • Thai • Turkish • Tuvan • Ukrainian • Urdu • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Yiddish Available Courses to Learn English: • English for Arabic (Egyptian) Speakers • English for Arabic (Modern Standard) Speakers • English for Armenian Speakers • English for Bengali Speakers • English for Chinese (Cantonese) Speakers • English for Chinese (Mandarin) Speakers • English for French Speakers • English for German Speakers • English for Greek Speakers • English for Haitian Creole Speakers • English for Hmong Speakers • English for Italian Speakers • English for Japanese Speakers • English for Korean Speakers • English for Polish Speakers • English for Portuguese (Brazilian) Speakers • English for Russian Speakers • English for Somali Speakers • English for Spanish (Latin American) Speakers • English for Turkish Speakers • English for Vietnamese Speakers https://mangolanguages.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/

About

Earworms

Learn languages effectively using the "earworm effect" with catchy music and lyrics. This method anchors foreign language words and phrases into your long-term memory through engaging, brain-based audio-visual lessons. Improve vocabulary and grammar with bite-sized tracks and native speaker pronunciation.

Highlights
  • Learn languages with music and lyrics
  • Brain-based learning technique
  • Audio-visual experience with karaoke lyrics
  • 6-9 minute learning tracks
  • Content-rich language based on CEF
  • Native speaker pronunciation
Features
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Do you know what “earworm effect” is? Experience it while you learn languages with catchy music and lyrics that you just can't get out of your head. This highly effective award-winning learning technique uses music as the medium to transport words and phrases of a foreign language into your long-term memory. Start your language learning now! Learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Maltese, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Arabic, or Turkish and improve your vocabulary and grammar using the power of music. Earworms plant the words of a foreign language into your head with easy language courses. Try our language learning with music lyrics demo for free. THE EARWOMS METHOD 1. Brain-based: The Earworms method not only provides the words, phrases and grammar that you need for language learning, it also actively anchors them into the auditory cortex of your brain! It’s much more than language courses, it's language learning! Learn French, Spanish, English, Italian, German or Dutch listening to music lyrics. 2. Music is the key: Using music as the medium to learn languages is not only fun, it is also effective. Firstly, music puts the learner into the optimum state of consciousness for learning different languages. Secondly, music lyrics learning allows repetition (a prerequisite for language learning). On top of that, music engages and stimulates both hemispheres of the brain, unleashing more learning potential. 3. Chunking: Instead of language learning in terms of individual words and grammar, the Earworms approach immerses the learner in real-life dialogues and expressions with lyrics. These are broken down into bite-size chunks, practiced rhythmically with music and then reconstructed into full sentences. This gives the learner a strong sense of how real language courses are constructed and learning French, Spanish, German, Italian, English and other different languages and their vocabulary becomes easy. IMPORTANT FEATURES * Developed by language teaching experts. * Convenient. 6-9 minute tracks. Listen and learn track by track, any time, anywhere. * Audio-visual experience with 'karaoke-like' live lyrics feature. * Specific unambiguous goals. 200+ optimally selected sets of words and phrases for language learning. * Measurable. Easy tracking of progress of your language courses. * Target language spoken by native speakers - so correct pronunciation is acquired automatically. * Relevant. Carefully chosen content-rich language. Based on the CEF (Common European Framework) and immediately useful to the learner. * Time-bound. The musical memory method enables real rapid progress. E.g. you can learn to count up to 999 in Mandarin in an hour (!) or retain and recall words, phrases and structures in one language level within a couple of weeks. * Educational discounts are available. Visit https://www.earwormslearning.com/edu LANGUAGES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE French + German + Italian + Spanish (European) + Spanish (Lat. American) + Mandarin + Cantonese + Japanese + Arabic + Portuguese (European) + Portuguese (Brazilian) + Russian + Greek + Turkish + Polish + English + Dutch LEVELS There are 3 learning levels available, which will take you up to intermediate level (CEF level A2). * Volume 1. Within a few hours of listening to this volume, you'll have enough vocabulary knowledge of a language to be able to deal with real-life situations like taking a taxi, at the hotel, at the restaurant, requesting, polite phrases, finding your way, numbers, dealing with problems and so on. * Volume 2. This language course will soon have you talking about yourself, chatting and even flirting! * Volume 3. Here you learn more useful everyday situations while going more into the structure, the grammatical rules of the language while improving your vocabulary. NB. The app includes a demo album, full tracks of all languages available – and is free to download. You can then in-app purchase full courses.

Screenshots

Mango Languages4 screens
Earworms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mango Languages at fortnightly against Earworms's every 5 months. Mango Languages also leads on ratings volume (44K vs 357) and chart position (#175 vs unranked). Earworms's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Mango Languages sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month and Earworms sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Mango Languages against 4.8 for Earworms. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mango Languages has 44K ratings behind it against 357, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Mango Languages's written reviews are positive against 71% of Earworms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mango Languages ships an update fortnightly, Earworms every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Mango Languages versus Earworms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango LanguagesEarworms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (44K ratings)4.8 (357 ratings)
Positive reviews77.7% of reviews — better71.2% of reviews
Number of ratings44K — better357
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#175 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.512.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCreative Empire, LLCearworms Ltd

Customer experience

Mango Languages

All ratings44,297 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews394 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.2%

Earworms

All ratings357 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral11.0%
Negative17.8%

User reviews

Mango Languages

From 44K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective language learning
  • 👍 Useful features (pronunciation, review cards, etc.)
  • 🌍 Wide variety of languages
  • 💰 Free through libraries
  • 👍 Engaging and interactive lessons

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and login issues
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Limited content for some languages
  • 🔀 Disruptive changes to lesson structure
  • 📖 Lack of grammar explanations

Earworms

From 357 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎵 Music-based learning method effectively reinforces memory
  • 👍 Easy and intuitive to use
  • ⭐ Excellent customer support team
  • 🎯 Practical, conversational phrases for real-world use
  • 🧠 Words and phrases stick in memory effortlessly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
  • 📱 Poor booklet formatting on mobile devices
  • 💸 Pricing considered expensive by some users
  • ❌ Limited number of lessons per language
  • 🔧 App lacks autoplay/continuous playback feature

Bugs and requests

Mango Languages

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when accessing flashcards
  • Downloading issues when traveling abroad
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between lessons

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More grammar and writing support
  • Improved vocabulary tools
  • Customizable lesson structure
  • Offline access improvements

Earworms

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes every few minutes on iPhone
  • Network error on startup despite internet connection
  • Infinite loop on initial setup screen
  • App closes unexpectedly during playback
  • Restore purchases feature not functioning
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  • Activation code cannot be claimed in app
  • Tracks download corrupted or fail to load
  • Text display shows English instead of native script
  • Phrase book download button subscribes to email instead
  • App no longer works after OS updates
  • Category selection feature removed in newer version

Requested features

11 requests
  • Additional volume levels for existing languages
  • More lessons and expanded content library
  • Autoplay feature for continuous listening
  • Repeat single track functionality
  • Ability to select specific lesson categories
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  • Business-focused lesson modules
  • Emergency/medical/police interaction lessons
  • Grocery shopping and tradesperson lessons
  • More Cantonese, Maltese, Hindi, and Finnish content
  • Improved booklet formatting and accessibility
  • Direct email contact option for support

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mango Languages

Subscriptions4
  • Individual Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Family Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Individual Plan (Yearly)14 Days trial$119.991 Year
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  • Family Plan (Yearly)14 Days trial$149.991 Year
16 purchases

Earworms

One-time16
  • Try before you buyFree
  • Essayez avant d’acheterFree
  • Álbum de demostraciónFree
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  • French Vol. 1$11.99
  • Italian Vol. 1$11.99
  • Spanish Lat. Am. Vol. 1$11.99
  • Portuguese Vol.1$11.99
  • French Vol. 2$11.99
  • Dutch Vol. 1-2$19.99
  • Japanese Vol. 1-2$19.99
  • Spanish Lat. Am. Vol. 1-3$27.99
  • Bundle deals, French Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle deals, German Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle deals, Italian Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Bundle, Spanish Eu. Vol. 1-3$28.99
  • Portuguese Vol.1-3$28.99

Questions

Is Mango Languages free?
Mango Languages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earworms free?
Earworms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mango Languages or Earworms?
Mango Languages and Earworms are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 44K and 357 ratings respectively.
Do Mango Languages or Earworms have ads?
Neither Mango Languages nor Earworms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango Languages or Earworms?
Mango Languages ships an update fortnightly, and Earworms every 5 months. Most recently, Mango Languages was updated on September 26, 2026 and Earworms on September 19, 2026.

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