Yoruba101 vs LingAfriq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoruba101
Learn the Yoruba language through interactive lessons and engaging games. This app offers a fun and educational introduction to Yoruba, suitable for all ages. It helps users build a foundational understanding of vocabulary and pronunciation.
- Interactive lessons
- Hundreds of words and sentences
- Exciting practice games
- Progress trackers
- Yoruba to English, Spanish, Portuguese translation
- Child-friendly features
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Learn Yoruba language with ease and fun in Yoruba101. Learn the basics of Yoruba Language using over a dozen lessons, Play Games to test your knowledge and Unlock Yoruba Legends to win the ultimate crown in this educative adventure. Yoruba101 is a fun, engaging and educative starter on Yoruba language; a rich language synonymous to millions of people across West Africa, Europe and the Americas. Yoruba101 is useful to Lucumi speakers of the Santeria religion. Yoruba101 is also useful for learning Yoruba words used among the Candomblé. Yoruba101 comes with - Interactive Lessons with hundreds of words & sentences, multiple reading options, easy navigation, repeat, voice, text, colorful graphics, tips and more child-friendly features. - Exciting Games with performance trackers to monitor your progress. - Multiple languages: Yoruba to English, Spanish and Portuguese languages Yoruba101 assumes that the user has no prior understanding of the language and Culture. AppStore Reviews: "...Good for adults, as well as kids." "Good to finally see an app that's interactive and helps my kids learn the basics of Yoruba." "This game is very informative and educational. The practice games definitely help with reading and understanding the Yoruba language" - customer. "This is a very nice and innovative way of teaching people their native language. This app is not just for kids. For someone who can't speak any native language, this has helped me to a significant degree. Looking forward to learning other languages. Well done!!" - Customer "Brilliantly awesome tool for getting the kids to learn Yoruba." - Customer "It sparks a yearning for learning new words and interests. My daughter introduced the app to her older cousin who is Jamaican and she also uses Yoruba words learnt to replace English where possible and impressed her grandad by reading and pronouncing the words correctly at age 7." - Customer
LingAfriq
Immerse yourself in African languages and culture with interactive lessons, history, and cultural nuances. This app offers engaging graphics, videos, and audio to enhance listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Test your knowledge with quizzes and connect with a community of African culture enthusiasts.
- Interactive language lessons
- African history and origins
- Cultural mannerisms and expressions
- Quiz-based knowledge testing
- Community engagement
- Engaging graphics, videos, and audio
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LingAfriq has curated the best and most beautiful of Afrika into an immersive experience. Learn about your languages and culture with us on the LingAfriq Mobile App. Designed by enthusiasts with love for Afrika. Our aim is to keep the learning of Afrikan languages, history, and culture on the big stage. LingAfriq is suitable to learn an Afrikan language for traveling, learning how to have basic interactions with family and friends and Afrikans in diaspora or for anyone to get a general understanding of Afrikan languages and history. Why use LingAfriq? 1. LingAfriq guarantees your learning in an interactive way. Lessons with engaging graphics, videos, and audio to help build your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills 2. Sections dedicated to the history and origin of a particular Afrikan language. Enhanced media clips are used to convey these lessons to learners 3. Mannerism or idiosyncrasy sections to teach learners the intricacies of how locals express themselves while speaking a language. Learn to speak an Afrikan language and express yourself just like the locals would! 4. Quiz-type sections to test learner's knowledge on learning process 5. Join the community of Afrikan lovers to learn a language, history of a language, or just have fun with the quizzes Everyone can learn something on LingAfriq!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yoruba101 at 100% against LingAfriq's 0%. Yoruba101 also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.0). LingAfriq's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume 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. Yoruba101 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LingAfriq asks for nothing beyond the download.
LingAfriq holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Yoruba101's written reviews are positive against 0% of LingAfriq's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Yoruba101 ships an update every 3 months, LingAfriq every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yoruba101 | LingAfriq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wafunk Limited | Fabian Umole |
Customer experience
Yoruba101
LingAfriq
In-app purchases
Yoruba101
- Lessons 2$0.99
- Lesson Set 3$2.99
- Lesson Set 4$2.99
LingAfriq
No in-app purchases







