Mentava Reading vs Dex Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentava Reading
This app guides children through the entire reading journey, from basic phonics to independent reading. It is designed to foster self-sufficiency and confidence in young learners. Contact your teacher for login details.
- Step-by-step reading guidance
- Zero to independent reading
- Fosters self-sufficient learners
- Designed for children
- iPad compatible
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Mentava is now available as an iPad app! Contact your teacher for login instructions. Mentava guides students step-by-step along the entire reading journey from zero to independent reading. It's designed from the ground up to help students become self-sufficient, independent learners.
Dex Camera
This educational camera app helps children learn a second language through real-world, multilingual play. It connects to a companion app for configuration and customization.
- Real-world language learning
- Multilingual play
- Companion app for configuration
- Kid-friendly interface
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The Dex Camera is a language learning camera teaches your kid second language via real world, multilingual plays. Dex Copilot lets you connect and configure Dex Camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dex Camera at 4.5 against Mentava Reading's 3.8. Dex Camera also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 55%) and ratings volume (153 vs 28). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Dex Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dex Camera has 153 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Mentava Reading's written reviews are positive against 74% of Dex Camera's.
Mentava Reading ships an update fortnightly, Dex Camera every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentava Reading | Dex Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) | 4.5 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 372 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mentava | Worldex Lab, Inc |
Customer experience
Mentava Reading
Dex Camera
In-app purchases
Mentava Reading
No in-app purchases
Dex Camera
No in-app purchases
