Comparison

Language Lab vs EllementaryEnglish

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

EllementaryEnglish

Features
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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

Screenshots

Language Lab4 screens
EllementaryEnglish4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Language Lab ships an update every 4 months, EllementaryEnglish monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Language Lab versus EllementaryEnglish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguage LabEllementaryEnglish
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMcGraw-HillRobby 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

None

Language Lab

No in-app purchases

None

EllementaryEnglish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Language Lab free?
Language Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EllementaryEnglish free?
EllementaryEnglish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Language Lab or EllementaryEnglish have ads?
Neither Language Lab nor EllementaryEnglish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Language Lab or EllementaryEnglish?
Language Lab ships an update every 4 months, and EllementaryEnglish monthly. Most recently, Language Lab was updated on October 24, 2026 and EllementaryEnglish on October 25, 2026.

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