The Perfecting App vs Synapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Perfecting App
Stay connected with your church community. Access sermons, make online donations, and sign up for upcoming events. This app simplifies church engagement.
- Listen to sermons
- Give online
- Sign up for events
- Stay connected with church
- Access church resources
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The Perfecting App helps you stay connected with our church, listen to sermons, give online, sign-up for events and more! For more information visit, www.theperfectingchurch.org Mobile app version: 6.20.0
Synapse
This app focuses on language learning through sound and memory, using immersive stories and ear training exercises. It offers visual grammar guides, camera-based flashcards, and collaborative learning features. Learn 26 languages with a science-backed approach.
- Immersive story podcasts
- Science-based ear training
- Camera-powered flashcards
- Visual grammar tables
- Collaborative sentence practice
- Alphabet courses from zero
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You are not too old. The "critical period" is a myth: adult brains still rewire with intentional focus plus quality restful sleep. Synapse is a language learning app built on that science: train your ear first, make mistakes on purpose, and let each night of sleep lock in the day's practice. No streaks to protect, no guilt trips. STORY PODCASTS Follow a whole story in your new language on day 1. Short, immersive stories told slowly and clearly: read along word by word, tap anything to learn it instantly, and keep listening with the screen locked — a podcast that teaches. EAR TRAINING Hear the difference between words that used to sound identical. Your native language decides which sounds you can't hear yet; listening exercises built for your exact native/target pair train you to catch what native speakers hear effortlessly. Soundalike drills then tackle the words that trip learners up. ALPHABETS FROM ZERO Sound out real words in an alphabet that was pure noise to you last week. Letter-by-letter audio courses take you from zero, one sound at a time. (Rolling out language by language.) FLASHCARDS FROM YOUR LIFE Learn the words your own life is made of. Point your camera at anything with Language Lens and learn its name on the spot; spaced repetition then brings each word back right before you'd forget it, so it sticks for good. GRAMMAR YOU CAN SEE Say the right form without reciting a rule. Conjugations and cases as clear visual tables, linked to real example sentences — patterns instead of memorized rules. LEARN TOGETHER Trade your first real sentences with another person this week. Pair up with a partner and exchange short daily messages in each other's target language. Family kits (select language pairs) give parents and kids a shared track. 26 LANGUAGES Korean, Japanese, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Russian, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi and more — with the interface in your own language too. THE METHOD Free video lessons at synapseko.com explain the science behind it all. Your progress follows you to any device with a free account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Synapse at every 3 days against The Perfecting App's every 3 months. The Perfecting App's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Perfecting App against 5.0 for Synapse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Perfecting App has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
The Perfecting App ships an update every 3 months, Synapse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Perfecting App | Synapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Perfecting Church | The Synaptic Learning Company LLC |
Customer experience
The Perfecting App
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In-app purchases
The Perfecting App
No in-app purchases
Synapse
No in-app purchases
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