e vs Verbum Daily Etymology
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
Explore over 1,000 digitized medieval manuscripts with high-resolution images. Bookmark, download, and view historical documents offline, complete with scholarly descriptions.
- 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.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | e | Verbum Daily Etymology |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 70 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | text & bytes LLC | BENJAMIN MORRIS BRENT |
Customer experience
e
Verbum Daily Etymology
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
Verbum Daily Etymology
- Verbum Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
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