Dreaming vs Spanish Learning App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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.
- Interactive pre-scripted chats
- Engaging stories for language learning
- Character-driven learning journey
- Overcome language learning challenges
- Share language knowledge
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Dreaming | Spanish Learning App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dreaming Languages, Inc. | Language Goats, Inc. |
Customer experience
Dreaming
Spanish Learning App
In-app purchases
Dreaming
- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium Double$14.991 Month
Spanish Learning App
- PolyGOAT Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- PolyGOAT Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- PolyGOAT Pro Lifetime$79.99








