Excellent English vs Wordy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Excellent English
Improve your English speaking, listening, and writing skills with just 10 minutes a day. Learn over 500 new words monthly and retain up to 90% of your learning using spaced repetition. This app breaks down complex topics into manageable lessons.
- Daily 10-minute lessons
- Learn 500+ new words monthly
- Spaced repetition for retention
- Improve speaking, listening, writing
- Learn collocations, idioms, grammar
- University-endorsed learning approach
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Mastering English is simpler than you think! Just dedicate 10 minutes of your day, and you'll notice remarkable progress in your speaking, listening, and writing abilities in no time. Through the Excellent app, you'll effortlessly enhance your conversational skills and comprehension by acquiring more than 500 new words each month, steadily expanding your vocabulary. By utilizing the spaced repetition technique, you can significantly enhance your ability to recall words and phrases compared to traditional lessons. Over the course of a year, you'll retain up to 90% of your learning. The Excellent app employs a learning approach endorsed by leading global universities. Breaking complex subjects into smaller segments enables you to grasp essential information efficiently, whether it's common English collocations, idioms, or grammar principles. Access to the Excellent application is offered on a subscription basis. In order to use the app’s services, you will need to subscribe to any of the available plans. If you choose to subscribe, the payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same price. You can manage your subscription at any time and turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases an Excellent subscription. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/196tGP5XDtSeDkTDPPK986SyWEp5Db8hidF_M9CQVdgg/edit
Wordy
Learn over 20 languages using real movie and series clips. Improve vocabulary, listening comprehension, and pronunciation with thousands of curated film scenes. Stay motivated with a daily streak system and track your progress.
- Learn languages from movie and series clips
- 15,000+ curated film clips
- Real subtitles with native speaker audio
- Daily streak system for motivation
- Instant translation and example sentences
- Vocabulary organized by level (A1-C2)
- Streaming service support
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Learn a new language the way people actually speak it. Every word in Wordy arrives inside a real film or series scene — said by an actor, at full speed. Not a studio recording of someone reading slowly, and not a synthetic voice. Now with two complete courses: English and Spanish. HOW IT WORKS You follow one clear path, a lesson at a time. Each lesson gives you a handful of new words, then drops them straight into a scene from a real movie or show, so you hear the word doing its job before you ever have to produce it. Then you use it. Build the phrase from blocks, spell the word out, pick the meaning, hold a short conversation, and say the line out loud while the app listens and marks every word as you speak. INSIDE EVERY LESSON • Real film and series clips for each new word • Speaking practice with live, word-by-word feedback • Dialogues where you choose your side of the conversation • Phrase and word building, from single letters to full sentences • Review lessons that bring earlier words back right before you'd forget them • A section exam to prove it stuck WHY SCENES BEAT SENTENCES Real speech is fast, it slurs, it skips words, and it leans on expressions no course ever lists. That is exactly why textbook audio feels easy and real conversation feels impossible. Wordy closes that gap from your very first lesson: you are listening to the real thing from day one, in doses short enough to actually follow. BEYOND THE COURSE • A library of thousands of clips to explore on your own • Tap any word in any subtitle for an instant translation • Save words and practise them on a spaced schedule, so they stay • Vocabulary sorted by level, A1 through C2 • A daily streak that keeps the habit alive LANGUAGES Full courses in English and Spanish. Clips and vocabulary practice in 20+ more, including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Greek and Ukrainian. The app itself speaks 26 languages, so you learn through the one you already know. Whether you are starting from nothing or unsticking an intermediate plateau, a few minutes a day is enough to feel the difference. Wordy Premium Subscriptions: - Wordy Premium Yearly: $39.99/year (with free trial) - Wordy Premium Monthly: $9.99/month If you choose to purchase Wordy Premium, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://wordy.info/privacy Terms of Use: https://wordy.info/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Wordy at free with in-app purchases against Excellent English's subscription. Wordy also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 360). Excellent English's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Excellent English sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Wordy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Excellent English against 4.7 for Wordy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wordy has 2.5K ratings behind it against 360, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Excellent English's written reviews are positive against 86% of Wordy's.
Excellent English ships an update every 3 weeks, Wordy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Excellent English | Wordy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (360 ratings) — better | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews | 85.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 360 | 2.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dzmitry Viarenich | Appalex Ltd. |
Customer experience
Excellent English
Wordy
User reviews
Excellent English
From 360 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Rapid vocabulary acquisition compared to competitors
- 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface
- 📚 Effective learning methodology with spaced repetition
- 🎯 Customizable learning topics and themes
- ⏱️ Bite-sized daily lessons that fit busy schedules
Room to improve
- 📱 iPad interface not optimized for tablet use
- 🔄 No cloud sync between devices (progress lost on phone change)
- 🌐 Limited language options (missing Korean, Persian, Greek)
- 🎤 Lacks pronunciation/audio features
- 🔀 Inconsistent word translations and meanings
Wordy
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Interesting and nice learning approach
- 👍 Fun, easy, and interesting way to learn English
- 👍 A fun approach to learning
- 👍 Amazing app
- 👍 Very good
Room to improve
- 🐛 There are errors playing videos
- 🐛 No sound
- 🐛 NOT WORKING
Bugs and requests
Excellent English
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent word translations between sessions
- Progress lost when switching devices
Requested features
9 requests- iCloud/cloud synchronization for cross-device progress
- iPad-optimized interface
- Korean language support
- Persian language support
- Greek language support
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- Audio pronunciation feature
- Ability to reverse learning direction (hear target language)
- AI-powered features
- ESL teacher-friendly options
Wordy
Reported bugs
3 issues- There are errors playing videos
- No sound
- NOT WORKING
Requested features
2 requests- Please have translate to Vietnamese
- Filter certain TV or movie ratings
In-app purchases
Excellent English
- Full access for 1 week7 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Full access for 3 months$12.993 Months
- Full access for 6 months$19.996 Months
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- Full access for 2 months7 Days trial$29.992 Months
- Full access for 1 year7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Full access forever$39.99
Wordy
- Language Learning3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Language Learning$9.991 Month
- Language Learning2 variants$19.991 Month
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- Language Learning7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Language Learning7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Language Learning7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Language Learning$89.99








