Comparison

Dreaming vs Lernlang

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

Lernlang

This app helps you learn Spanish faster by focusing on high-frequency vocabulary and real-world usage. It uses stories, AI conversation practice, and spaced repetition to build comprehension and speaking confidence.

Highlights
  • High-frequency vocabulary
  • AI conversation tutor
  • Spaced repetition system
  • Multiple practice modes
  • Spanish stories
  • Grammar lessons
  • Pronunciation practice
Features
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Most language apps start you at "hello" no matter how much you already know. Lernlang tests you first, for words and for grammar, and starts you where you actually are. A two minute test runs you across the whole frequency list and works out which words you already have. A second one does the same for grammar, so you test out of the tenses and forms you already own instead of sitting through the present tense again. After that it teaches the most common words before the rare ones, because the first 1,000 words in a language cover around 80% of everyday conversation. Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Portuguese. Pick one or work through all six. WHAT'S IN IT Two placement tests. One finds the words you know, one finds the grammar you know. Both let you skip what you would otherwise sit through twice. A 5,000 word course per language, ordered by how often words actually turn up. Reviews scheduled with FSRS, so a word comes back just before you would forget it, not on a fixed timetable. Flashcards, multiple choice, typing, listening, and speaking practice with your own voice. Mandarin tones included. Conjugation drilled tense by tense, and only the tenses the test says you are missing. Grammar taught through the pairs people actually get stuck on. Ser and estar. Savoir and connaître. Wissen and kennen. 了 and 过. Short stories built only from words you have already learned, so you can read one end to end without stopping to look things up. An AI tutor you can hold a conversation with when you want to use what you know rather than drill it. A profile that tells you how many words you know and what that is worth in CEFR terms. No streak nagging, and nothing that makes you replay content you have already proven you know. You start where you are and move forward. Terms of Use: https://www.lernlangapp.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.lernlangapp.com/pp

Screenshots

Dreaming4 screens
Lernlang4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dreaming and Lernlang both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Dreaming's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lernlang's. Dreaming also leads on ratings volume (231 vs 12). Lernlang's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dreaming sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Lernlang sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Dreaming against 4.8 for Lernlang. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreaming has 231 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Dreaming's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lernlang's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dreaming ships an update every 10 days, Lernlang every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dreaming versus Lernlang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamingLernlang
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (231 ratings) — better4.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings231 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB204 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperDreaming Languages, Inc.Jonathan Goubeaux

Customer experience

Dreaming

All ratings230 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.3%

Lernlang

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dreaming

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

Lernlang

Subscriptions4
  • Langlern Pro$6.991 Month
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Langlern Pro$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Dreaming free?
Dreaming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lernlang free?
Lernlang is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dreaming or Lernlang?
Dreaming is rated higher. Dreaming averages 4.8 out of 5 from 231 ratings, while Lernlang averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Dreaming or Lernlang have ads?
Neither Dreaming nor Lernlang shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dreaming or Lernlang?
Dreaming ships an update every 10 days, and Lernlang every 2 days. Most recently, Dreaming was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lernlang on October 24, 2026.

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