Comparison

LearnRussianCases vs Russian Stories

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

Head to head
About

LearnRussianCases

Master the complexities of the Russian case system with this app. It offers clear, bite-sized lessons, focused practice exercises, and detailed progress tracking to help you understand and apply the six Russian cases effectively.

Highlights
  • Bite-sized lessons
  • Focused practice exercises
  • Progress tracking
  • Flashcards
  • Example-led explanations
  • Instant feedback
Features
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Cases are the most challenging (but essential) part of the Russian language. Russian has 6 cases, that affect nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numerals. LearnRussianCases helps you finally understand when and how to use them — with clear bite-sized lessons in plain English, focused practice, and meaningful progress tracking. +++ 38 SIMPLE LESSONS +++ Each lesson targets a single pattern (e.g., accusative masculine nouns) with plain, example-led explanations. +++ FOCUSED PRACTICE +++ Strengthen your understanding with a variety of engaging question types and get instant feedback as you learn. +++ PROGRESS TRACKING +++ Track which cases you've mastered and which to review next. Stay motivated and unlock all the achievements! +++ FLASHCARDS +++ Browse and practice flashcards drawn from all question content, covering every case of a noun or adjective. +++ A PREMIUM EXPERIENCE +++ Lovingly hand-crafted by an Anglo-Russian team, with years of language teaching experience. No ads. No subscriptions. Lifetime updates.

About

Russian Stories

Enhance your language skills by reading and listening to stories tailored to your proficiency level. Instantly look up word meanings, save them for later review with flashcards, and practice with interactive exercises. Offers content in Russian, Turkish, and English.

Highlights
  • Stories at your language level (A1-C2)
  • Tap-to-translate words and phrases
  • Audio playback with highlighted text
  • Flashcard vocabulary review
  • Interactive reading comprehension exercises
  • AI-generated custom texts
  • Progress tracking and statistics
Features
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Improve your Russian, Turkish or English by reading and listening to stories at your level. Tap any word you don't know to see its meaning, save it, and review it later with flashcards. Luna Reader brings reading, listening and word practice together in one place. Pick your level from A1 to C2, follow along with the audio and understand a little more with every story. Read at your level • Stories in Russian, Turkish and English, from A1–A2 up to C1–C2 • Tap a word to see its base form and what the exact form in the sentence means • Turn on paragraph translations whenever you want to check your understanding • Choose your translation language from more than 30 options Listen while you read • Listen to stories read aloud • Follow the highlighted sentence as the audio plays • Adjust the playback speed to suit you • Hear the pronunciation of any word you tap Keep the words you find • Save words and whole sentences to My Words • Review with flashcards: mark each card Again, Almost or Got it, and Luna plans when you see it next • Practice your saved words with quiz, matching and listening rounds Practice with what you read • Fill in the blanks, Paragraph ordering and Build a sentence exercises made from the texts you read More to explore • LunAI: choose a level and a topic, and LunAI creates a text just for you to read and practice • Songs: watch music videos with synced lyrics and tap any word in the lyrics • News: read current news in the language you're learning and tap words as you go • Grammar (for Russian learners): practice questions grouped by topic and level • Authors (for Russian learners): stories and books by classic Russian writers such as Pushkin and Chekhov See your progress • Stats show your daily streak, your accuracy and the words you learned this week • Your saved words and progress sync across your devices with iCloud, without creating an account Luna Premium Luna Reader is free to download, and some stories and features are free to use. Luna Premium unlocks all stories, all grammar topics and more LunAI texts. • Premium is offered as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lunasoft.com.tr/privacy.html Support and contact: info@lunasoft.com.tr

Screenshots

LearnRussianCases4 screens
Russian Stories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Russian Stories at Free against LearnRussianCases's $2.99. Russian Stories also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (91% vs 70%). LearnRussianCases's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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

Russian Stories is free to download; LearnRussianCases costs $2.99 up front. Russian Stories sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. LearnRussianCases asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Russian Stories holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of LearnRussianCases's written reviews are positive against 91% of Russian Stories's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LearnRussianCases ships an update every 5 weeks, Russian Stories every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
LearnRussianCases versus Russian Stories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearnRussianCasesRussian Stories
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (23 ratings)4.8 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2342 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph MalamLUNASOFT DIJITAL HIZMETLER TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Customer experience

LearnRussianCases

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

Russian Stories

All ratings42 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

None

LearnRussianCases

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Russian Stories

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is LearnRussianCases free?
LearnRussianCases costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Russian Stories free?
Russian Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LearnRussianCases or Russian Stories?
Russian Stories is rated higher. LearnRussianCases averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Russian Stories averages 4.8 from 42 ratings.
Do LearnRussianCases or Russian Stories have ads?
Russian Stories shows ads; LearnRussianCases does not.
Which is updated more often, LearnRussianCases or Russian Stories?
LearnRussianCases ships an update every 5 weeks, and Russian Stories every 4 days. Most recently, LearnRussianCases was updated on November 3, 2026 and Russian Stories on November 4, 2026.

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