Comparison

e vs Verbum Daily Etymology

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

Head to head
About

e

Explore over 1,000 digitized medieval manuscripts with high-resolution images. Bookmark, download, and view historical documents offline, complete with scholarly descriptions.

Highlights
  • Browse over 1,000 digitized manuscripts
  • View over 450,000 high-resolution pages
  • Bookmark favorite manuscripts
  • Download manuscripts for offline viewing
  • Access scholarly manuscript descriptions
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The Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland. Browse through over 3'000 fully digitized manuscripts on your iPhone and iPad. Over 1'000'000 pages in high resolution. Bookmark, download and view manuscripts offline. Includes scholarly manuscript descriptions from official catalogs. Explore medieval and early modern manuscripts from Swiss collections on iPhone and iPad. Browse illuminated codices, papyri, fragments, liturgical books, literary works, scientific texts, and even modern autographs such as Albert Einstein’s. The collection spans many centuries and languages, from Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Sanskrit, and Persian to French, English, Old High German and even Nahuatl.

About

Verbum Daily Etymology

Explore the fascinating origins and historical journeys of words with daily etymology lessons. Uncover the cultural influences behind everyday language through interactive cards and timelines. Discover related words and track your learning progress.

Highlights
  • Daily word etymology cards
  • Interactive historical timelines
  • Discover word families
  • Favorite and revisit words
  • Widgets for home and lock screen
  • Daily learning notifications
  • Streak counter
Features
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Every word has a story. Language is a living record of every culture that shaped it. Greek philosophers, Roman lawyers, Viking raiders, French nobles, Saxon farmers- they all left fingerprints on the words you use every day. Verbum presents those fingerprints in a beautiful, interactive app. Each day, one word. Its definition, origin, and amazing history of how it traveled through time to reach you, from Proto-Indo-European roots spoken five thousand years ago to modern English. Flip the card to go deeper: a timeline tracing every language the word passed through, the remarkable facts most etymologies skip, and the family of English words that grew from the same ancient root. You'll never look at language the same way again. Features: - Beautiful daily word card with full etymology - Timeline tracing every language and culture the word passed through - Discover the family of words sharing the same root - Star your favorites and return to them anytime - Go through words by date or shuffle though them to keep learning - Small, medium, and lock screen widgets - Daily notifications, set to your preferred time - Streak counter to track your daily habit - Share words that stop you in your tracks Verbum Pro unlocks every future word for $0.99/month, billed monthly, auto-renewing. Terms of Use apply and are available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

e4 screens
Verbum Daily Etymology4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: e at 5.0 against Verbum Daily Etymology's 4.3. e also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Verbum Daily Etymology's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 70 months) and device support. On price and ratings volume 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. Verbum Daily Etymology sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. e asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

e holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 70 months, Verbum Daily Etymology every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
e versus Verbum Daily Etymology: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereVerbum Daily Etymology
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsEvery 10 days — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developertext & bytes LLCBENJAMIN MORRIS BRENT

Customer experience

e

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Verbum Daily Etymology

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Verbum Daily Etymology

Subscriptions1
  • Verbum Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verbum Daily Etymology free?
Verbum Daily Etymology is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, e or Verbum Daily Etymology?
e is rated higher. e averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Verbum Daily Etymology averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Which is updated more often, e or Verbum Daily Etymology?
e ships an update every 70 months, and Verbum Daily Etymology every 10 days. Most recently, e was updated on October 8, 2026 and Verbum Daily Etymology on October 5, 2026.

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