Language Lab vs EllementaryEnglish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Language Lab
Enhance your language learning with interactive flashcards, quizzes, and audio exercises. Practice vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation with content from bestselling language programs. Study on-the-go and track your progress with this comprehensive tool.
- Flashcard sets with study and quiz modes
- Review quizzes for concept mastery
- Progress tracking and self-assessment
- Audio recordings of reading passages
- Pronunciation practice with native speaker comparison
- Text-to-speech pronunciation guidance
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This app helps you study vocabulary, grammar, verbs, and more from many of our bestselling language programs. Designed by our expert authors, these flashcards, quizzes, and audio recordings are perfect for study on-the-go! FEATURES: Depending on the program, this app supports McGraw-Hill books with: ● Flashcard sets, with study mode and quiz mode, for all vocabulary lists in the book. ● Review quizzes that provide additional practice and ensure mastery of key concepts. ● Progress checks that allow self-assessment of your understanding. ● Audio recordings of reading passages and exercise answers from the book. ● Record yourself function to compare your pronunciation with native speakers. ● Text-to-speech pronunciation guidance for most flashcards. LANGUAGES: English (ESL), French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Also, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean. PROGRAMS: The content in this app is designed to support bestselling books from the Trade division of McGraw-Hill, including programs in our "Practice Makes Perfect", "Easy Step-by-Step", "Easy Reader", and "The Ultimate Review and Practice" series.
EllementaryEnglish
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ELLementary English is created to help new english learners with very common words used on a daily basis with the english words and definitons, also the spanich words and definitons. Also equipped with speech to word, it has over 50 adjective used daily. Family names such as mother, brother, grandma, etc. We have also included words that are usually used in a classroom to help be able to navigate school. Current developers: Makynna Goodman, Merssy Larios, Mason Scoville
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EllementaryEnglish at monthly against Language Lab's every 4 months. Language Lab's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Language Lab ships an update every 4 months, EllementaryEnglish monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Language Lab | EllementaryEnglish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McGraw-Hill | Robby Blakemore |
Bugs and requests
Language Lab
Reported bugs
4 issues- Audio not working
- App crashing when trying to record
- Incorrect answers in quizzes and flashcards
- Missing content for certain books
Requested features
5 requests- Add audio playback speed controls
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Proofread content and fix errors
- Ensure all books are supported
- Enhance user interface and navigation
EllementaryEnglish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Language Lab
No in-app purchases
EllementaryEnglish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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