Comparison

Liberation Philology Gothic vs Fluency Refrain

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

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About

Liberation Philology Gothic

Practice Gothic vocabulary and grammar with a continuous multiple-choice testing system. Reinforce your knowledge through immediate feedback and repetition, covering vocabulary, noun declensions, and verb conjugations.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary practice
  • Grammar drills
  • Noun declension tests
  • Verb conjugation tests
  • 160 vocabulary levels
  • Reference module
Features
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Gothic is the only East Germanic language of which significant evidence survives, thanks largely to a single copy of Bishop Wulfila’s fourth-century translation of the Bible. As Gothic preserves a number of features and complexities lost in the modern Germanic languages, its study requires significant memorisation, which is where Liberation Philology Gothic can help. With Liberation Philology Gothic installed on your phone, you can instantly summon a continuous multiple-choice test to help you practise Gothic vocabulary and grammar. It immediately confirms or corrects each answer you give, and reinforces your knowledge by repetition. • Vocabulary: 160 levels, each testing the translation of 10 words between English and Gothic. Interspersed among these are cumulative levels reviewing what has been learned earlier (giving a total of 181 levels). • Nouns: Tests your ability to parse and decline all types of Gothic nouns. • Verbs: Tests your ability to parse and conjugate all classes of Gothic verbs. A further Reference module allows you to review the vocabulary word-list and the noun and verb paradigms. All Gothic words are written in the standard modern system of transliteration.

About

Fluency Refrain

Learn pronunciation by speaking phrases in unison with studio voices, not by repeating after them. Add your own phrases and use spaced review to master them. Supports multiple languages and integrates with Fluency Streak.

Highlights
  • Chorus with studio voices
  • Add custom phrases
  • Spaced review system
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Idioms, proverbs, tongue-twisters
  • Integration with Fluency Streak
Features
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Fluency Refrain is a pronunciation app built on one idea: you learn to say a phrase by saying it WITH the voice, not after it. Pick a language, add the phrases you actually want to say, and chorus them: speak in unison with a studio voice, again and again, until the phrase comes up to full speed. Then let review bring each phrase back right before you forget it. CHORUS, DON'T REPEAT Repeating after a recording leaves a gap where your own accent creeps back in. Chorusing closes that gap. You say the phrase at the same time as the voice, matching its rhythm, stress and melody, with a tap-to-adjust gap and tempo so you can start slow and speed up as it sticks. YOUR PHRASES, NOT A SYLLABUS Start from a short seed pack for your goal (first phrases, travel basics, hard-to-pronounce phrases, or expressions worth collecting) and then add anything you like: a line from a show, something a friend said, the sentence you fumbled yesterday. Every phrase gets a studio voice in the language and variety you chose. REVIEW THAT BRINGS PHRASES BACK Spaced review schedules each phrase for the moment it is about to fade. Say it, reveal it, hear it, grade yourself. Phrases you nail come back less often; phrases you miss come back sooner. IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND TONGUE-TWISTERS Checked packs of idioms, proverbs and tongue-twisters for French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Greek, with meanings and references, ready to chorus. More languages on the way. BUILT FOR POLYGLOTS Keep as many languages as you like. Pin up to three as your focus, and the app tells you which language needs you next. Transliteration for non-Latin scripts. Studio voices in 80+ languages and regional varieties. WORKS WITH FLUENCY STREAK Link Fluency Refrain to Fluency Streak and every chorus and review session counts toward your daily language streak automatically. WHAT TESTERS SAY "I found that chorusing revolutionized my ability to learn Korean. This app has revolutionized my ability to chorus. It is simple to use, has many uses, and permits the addition of all kinds of material. I love it!" — Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, author of The Tao of K-drama (Oxford University Press) FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited languages, up to 20 phrases, full chorus and review. Refrain Pro removes the phrase limit. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://fluencyrefrain.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Liberation Philology Gothic4 screens
Fluency Refrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fluency Refrain at Free against Liberation Philology Gothic's $2.99. Fluency Refrain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months). Liberation Philology Gothic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (23 vs 4). On ads and device support 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

Fluency Refrain is free to download; Liberation Philology Gothic costs $2.99 up front. Fluency Refrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Liberation Philology Gothic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fluency Refrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liberation Philology Gothic has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Liberation Philology Gothic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fluency Refrain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liberation Philology Gothic ships an update every 11 months, Fluency Refrain weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Liberation Philology Gothic versus Fluency Refrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiberation Philology GothicFluency Refrain
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDavid ArthurGeorge Dick

Customer experience

Liberation Philology Gothic

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral13.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Fluency Refrain

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Liberation Philology Gothic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fluency Refrain

Subscriptions3
  • Refrain Pro — Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Refrain Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Refrain Pro — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Liberation Philology Gothic free?
Liberation Philology Gothic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluency Refrain free?
Fluency Refrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Liberation Philology Gothic or Fluency Refrain?
Fluency Refrain is rated higher. Liberation Philology Gothic averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Fluency Refrain averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Liberation Philology Gothic or Fluency Refrain have ads?
Neither Liberation Philology Gothic nor Fluency Refrain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Liberation Philology Gothic or Fluency Refrain?
Liberation Philology Gothic ships an update every 11 months, and Fluency Refrain weekly. Most recently, Liberation Philology Gothic was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fluency Refrain on November 6, 2026.

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