myBYUH vs TALL Embark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myBYUH
This app connects students with essential university systems, information, and people. It provides access to academic tools, important notifications, and campus resources. Users can also find and join campus events and manage their to-do lists.
- Access Student Center, Canvas, and email
- Receive key notifications and alerts
- Search for people, systems, and resources
- Connect with departments and organizations
- Manage to-do lists
- Find and join campus events
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myBYUH is your one-stop-shop connecting you with the systems, information, people, and updates you'll need to succeed at Brigham Young University–Hawaii. Use the myBYUH app to: - Access the Student Center, Canvas, your BYUH email, and other everyday systems. - Receive key notifications. - Keep updated on announcements and alerts relevant to you. - Search staff, peers, systems, groups, posts, resources, and more. - Connect with departments, services, organizations, and peers. - Stay focused on your most important to-dos. - View personalized resources and content. - Find and join campus events. If you have questions about myBYUH, please contact the Call Center & Helpdesk at (808) 675-3211.
TALL Embark
This app helps users learn over 70 languages with over 2,500 words and 500 phrases. It focuses on listening, reading, speaking, and writing practice, with an emphasis on mastering useful phrases for immediate conversation and understanding language structure.
- Over 70 languages
- 2,500+ words and 500+ phrases
- Listening, reading, speaking, writing practice
- Native speaker audio comparison
- Spaced review system
- Gospel and missionary language focus
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Embark is a language learning app for missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, open to all users with a church account. Over 70 Languages, 2,500+ words, 500+ phrases and more • Tune your ear to native speakers • Learn new sounds and symbols • In the app, practice listening, reading, speaking, and writing to fulfill your language study plan • Master useful phrases to begin conversing right away • Learn the structure of the language Missionaries are encouraged to use TALL Embark once they receive their call, during the MTC, and throughout their mission to learn gospel and daily missionary language. To maximize your learning • Use daily for 15-60 minutes • Complete spaced review each day • Record and compare your voice to native speaker to get used to speaking • Use what you learn right away in real conversation • Make it your own by creating from what you are learning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TALL Embark at 4.8 against myBYUH's 4.1. TALL Embark also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (94 vs 11). myBYUH's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
TALL Embark holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TALL Embark has 94 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of myBYUH's written reviews are positive against 76% of TALL Embark's.
myBYUH ships an update every 5 months, TALL Embark every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myBYUH | TALL Embark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UCROO | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Customer experience
myBYUH
TALL Embark
In-app purchases
myBYUH
No in-app purchases
TALL Embark
No in-app purchases
