Comparison

Dreaming vs Palazzo Languages

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

Head to head
About

Dreaming

This app teaches languages through comprehensible input, using videos you can understand from the start. It focuses on natural language exposure without vocabulary lists or grammar drills, making learning intuitive.

Highlights
  • Comprehensible input method
  • Video-based learning
  • Natural language exposure
  • No vocabulary lists
  • No grammar drills
  • Content for all levels
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Learn languages the way humans actually do. Dreaming is the language-learning app behind Dreaming Spanish and Dreaming French — trusted by millions of learners worldwide and recognized as a winner of TIME’s The Best Inventions of 2025. Dreaming helps you learn languages through comprehensible input — immersing yourself in the language by watching videos you understand, from day one. No vocabulary lists. No grammar drills. No pressure to speak before you’re ready. Just real language, used naturally, and presented at a level you can follow. Terms and Conditions: https://www.dreaming.com/termsofuse Privacy Policy: https://www.dreaming.com/privacy

About

Palazzo Languages

Learn languages using neuroscience-based memory techniques. This app employs visual memory palaces and mnemonic images to help you memorize vocabulary and grammar concepts efficiently and permanently. It's designed to enhance learning and improve test scores.

Highlights
  • Memory palace video courses
  • Image-based mnemonics
  • Vocabulary flashcards with audio
  • Verb conjugation flashcards
  • Customizable study content
  • Progress tracking
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Language Learning, Reimagined. Learn a language efficiently by unlocking your memory’s innate ability to remember images and locations. Palazzo uses memory techniques based in neuroscience to help you easily memorize vast quantities of new vocabulary words and grammar concepts. Our unique method combines video-based “memory palaces” and mnemonic images to make learning fun, efficient, and permanent. Trials have proved that learning by this method dramatically improves test scores after even just a single use. In addition, users can choose the words and concepts that they want to study, making Palazzo easily compatible with any other study methods, including other apps or in-person classes. So whether you’re embarking on a self-taught language-learning journey, a student wanting to finish at the top of your class, an advanced speaker wanting to master a difficult tense, or you want to progress through the curriculum on another language-learning app faster and remember things better, Palazzo will help you harness the magic of visual learning to actually achieve your language-learning goals. Subscribers to Palazzo currently get access to: ◆Spanish◆ 2,000 vocabulary flashcards covering the most frequently used Spanish words, each equipped with audio, example sentences, and a unique image-based mnemonic to facilitate rapid vocabulary acquisition and retention. 17,000 verb conjugation flashcards (every conjugation for every verb within the top 1,000 most frequently used Spanish words) each equipped with audio, example sentences, and an image-based mnemonic from our verb conjugation video course. 13 animated video “memory palaces” full of characters which symbolize all of the difficult-to-remember verb conjugations for all major tenses. Our video course currently includes the following videos: • Present Tense AR Verbs • Present Tense ER Verbs • Present Tense IR Verbs • Preterite Tense AR Verbs • Preterite Tense ER and IR Verbs • Imperfect Tense AR Verbs • Imperfect Tense ER and IR Verbs • Future Tense AR, ER, and IR Verbs • Conditional Tense AR, ER, and IR Verbs • Subjunctive Mood AR Verbs • Subjunctive Mood ER and IR Verbs • Imperfect Subjunctive Mood AR, ER, and IR Verbs • Affirmative and Negative Imperative Mood AR, ER, and IR Verbs In addition, we are currently developing thousands more vocabulary and verb conjugation flashcards, as well as a Spanish grammar video course. ◆Other Languages◆ We are currently developing curricula for several other languages, and plan to release these as soon as possible, starting with French. * Thanks for checking us out. If you find these techniques to be powerful, please give us a rating in the app store and share Palazzo with your fellow language learners. This will help us generate more and better content. Enjoy the journey! * A note on our usage limits: we currently limit our daily flashcard interactions at 198 new cards + reviews per day for each user (99 vocabulary cards and 99 conjugation cards). Our spaced-repetition algorithm is designed to promote long-term memory retention, eliminating the need for cramming, and our studies show that exceeding this limit leads to rapid user review fatigue and language study abandonment. If you feel strongly that you would like to increase your review limit beyond that threshold, please contact us via the ‘report a problem’ link in the main menu and let us know your motivations for intensive study and we can increase this limit on an individual basis. Thanks for your understanding.

Screenshots

Dreaming4 screens
Palazzo Languages4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dreaming at none against Palazzo Languages's shown. Dreaming also leads on ratings volume (208 vs 24). Palazzo Languages's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dreaming sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Palazzo Languages sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Palazzo Languages holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreaming has 208 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Dreaming's written reviews are positive against 100% of Palazzo Languages's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dreaming ships an update every 9 days, Palazzo Languages every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dreaming versus Palazzo Languages: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamingPalazzo Languages
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (208 ratings)5.0 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings208 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB106 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDreaming Languages, Inc.MEMORY PALACE LANGUAGE APP, LLC

Customer experience

Dreaming

All ratings208 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative10.7%

Palazzo Languages

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dreaming

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium Double$14.991 Month
6 purchases

Palazzo Languages

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Membership$1.001 Month
  • Monthly Membership$5.001 Month
  • Annual Membership$9.891 Year
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  • Monthly Membership$10.001 Month
  • Annual Membership$49.001 Year
  • Annual Membership$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Dreaming free?
Dreaming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Palazzo Languages free?
Palazzo Languages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dreaming or Palazzo Languages?
Palazzo Languages is rated higher. Dreaming averages 4.8 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while Palazzo Languages averages 5.0 from 24 ratings.
Do Dreaming or Palazzo Languages have ads?
Palazzo Languages shows ads; Dreaming does not.
Which is updated more often, Dreaming or Palazzo Languages?
Dreaming ships an update every 9 days, and Palazzo Languages every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dreaming was updated on October 1, 2026 and Palazzo Languages on October 1, 2026.

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