Comparison

Dreaming vs Spanish Learning App

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

Spanish Learning App

Embark on an interactive language learning adventure with engaging chats and stories. Follow a unique character's journey to master languages, overcoming challenges along the way. This app offers a fun and effective approach to language acquisition.

Highlights
  • Interactive pre-scripted chats
  • Engaging stories for language learning
  • Character-driven learning journey
  • Overcome language learning challenges
  • Share language knowledge
Features
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LEARN SPANISH INSIDE A LOUD LATINO FAMILY GROUP CHAT The Martínez family texts you in Spanish. Tía Carmen sends cat GIFs at 2am, Abuela Lupita sends Sunday stickers, and Rosa is nine and keeps a spreadsheet of everyone's weaknesses. You read the thread, tap any word you don't know, and choose a reply. That's the lesson. Other Spanish apps give you single words with no story attached, or a feed of native videos that are way over your head. PolyGOAT gives you Spanish you can almost understand, in a story you want to finish. *WHY IT WORKS* It's comprehensible input, built as a course instead of an endless feed. Each lesson sits just above what you already know. Words come back on purpose. A word from Abuela's taco rant shows up three lessons later in a joke, then in a voice note from Diego. By the fourth time you're not translating it. *SILVER AND GOLD: SAME DRAMA, DIFFERENT VERBS* Chats come back too. Finish one, then replay the same scene from a different seat. Ana's first chat in Silver is Abuela Lupita telling you what Ana wants, so it's all third person. The Gold one puts you in the group deciding together, so it's all nosotros. You already know the story, so the only new thing left to notice is the verb. That is why conjugation stops being a table you memorize. *WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO* ► Read family group chats that arrive one message at a time, paced like real texting ► Choose your reply in Spanish instead of typing it ► Tap any word for its translation, right there inside the message ► Replay a chat in Silver and Gold for a different person and tense ► Read short stories with audio, and repeat any line as many times as you need ► Get voice notes, GIFs, photos, videos, and a ten-emoji argument about whether means happy or condescending ► Fight the Evil Grammigle, a very rude eagle who makes you conjugate verbs *FOR BEGINNERS, AND FOR PEOPLE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE* Starting from zero: the first chats are short, slow, and mostly guessable. Already know some Spanish: the family talks faster, the jokes stop being obvious, the stories get longer. Either way you're reading real Spanish on day one, not "the boy eats an apple". *WRITTEN BY HUMANS* Every chat and every story is written by writers who care about the punchline. Nothing here is scraped, and it isn't an English textbook run through a translator. If a line is funny in Spanish, somebody made it funny in Spanish. Spanish is live now. More languages are coming. *IT'S FREE* Enjoy free chats and stories every day. Download it and read your first Spanish conversation tonight. We also offer a paid subscription for people who want to learn faster. Privacy Policy: https://polygoat.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dreaming4 screens
Spanish Learning App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dreaming at none against Spanish Learning App's shown. Dreaming also leads on ratings volume (208 vs 12). Spanish Learning App'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 Spanish Learning App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spanish Learning App 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 12, 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 Spanish Learning App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dreaming ships an update every 9 days, Spanish Learning App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dreaming versus Spanish Learning App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamingSpanish Learning App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (208 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings208 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB76 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDreaming Languages, Inc.Language Goats, Inc.

Customer experience

Dreaming

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

Spanish Learning App

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dreaming

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

Spanish Learning App

Subscriptions2
  • PolyGOAT Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • PolyGOAT Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • PolyGOAT Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Dreaming free?
Dreaming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spanish Learning App free?
Spanish Learning App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dreaming or Spanish Learning App?
Spanish Learning App is rated higher. Dreaming averages 4.8 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while Spanish Learning App averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Dreaming or Spanish Learning App have ads?
Spanish Learning App shows ads; Dreaming does not.
Which is updated more often, Dreaming or Spanish Learning App?
Dreaming ships an update every 9 days, and Spanish Learning App every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dreaming was updated on October 13, 2026 and Spanish Learning App on October 2, 2026.

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