SubTune vs Howcomet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubTune
Enhance your language learning with this browser extension that adds interactive dual subtitles to YouTube videos. Tap words for instant translations and pronunciation, and save new vocabulary directly from your viewing experience.
- Dual subtitles on YouTube
- Tap for word translation and pronunciation
- Auto-pause by sentence
- One-click vocabulary saving
- Safari browser extension
- Learn from real YouTube content
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Turn videos into language lessons with SubTune. Watch YouTube in Safari with two subtitle tracks at once. Tap any word for a translation, pronunciation, and grammar help—without leaving the video. LEARN FROM REAL SPEECH • Follow original and translated subtitles together • Tap words and phrases to translate them in context • Slow down playback and repeat sentences • Automatically pause after each sentence • Save new words to your personal vocabulary MADE FOR APPLE Use SubTune on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase unlocks Premium on all supported devices for your account. TRY IT FREE Start learning with YouTube videos for free. Premium unlocks unlimited word lookups and saved vocabulary. Great for: • Language learners and ESL students • Listening and pronunciation practice • Travel vlogs, interviews, tutorials, and more Stop switching between the video and a dictionary. Learn in context, understand fast speech, and remember more of what you watch. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. SubTune is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Howcomet
This app helps children learn by answering their questions and prompting them with a follow-up question. It tracks their understanding through a star system and encourages revision of forgotten topics. Parents can set rewards for their child's learning achievements.
- Age-appropriate answers to child's questions
- Interactive follow-up questions
- Progress tracking with stars
- Spaced repetition for forgotten topics
- Parent-set rewards system
- Parent dashboard for insights
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Kids ask about a hundred things a day. Howcomet is somewhere to put them. The kid a question — typed, or held down and spoken out loud. They get an answer written for their age, not a page of search results. Then Howcomet asks them one question back. Anyone can hand a child an answer. Getting it back in their own words is what makes them really learn something. Every question they work through becomes a star. The stars form a sky they can look at — a real record of what they have understood. Stars fade if they are left alone. Coming back to a faded one is worth more than practicing something they already know, so Howcomet quietly nudges them towards the things they are forgetting. That is the same idea behind flashcards and revision timetables, without a child ever having to know it. When kids finishing a question, they earns stardust. Parents set what stardust is worth: half an hour later at bedtime, a trip to the park, the LEGO set. Howcomet never takes a payment for any of it and never delivers anything. The child asks, parents decide and hand it over. It is a promise between the child and parents, and the app just keeps count. For parents, they have their own page, on their own device, shows what their kids have been curious about this week and which stars are fading — which is usually the better dinner-table question. The parents set the rewards and the prices. Kids can also suggest one, but only the parents can put a price on it. Every question is screened before it is answered. If we refuse one, the parents are told the same day. No adverts. No third-party trackers or analytics. Nothing is sold to anyone. Child's questions are never used to train AI models. There is no way for a child to message another child, post anything publicly, or be contacted by a stranger. There are no social features at all, by design. A grown-up sets the account up from an emailed link on their own device, and nothing works until they have finished the setup. Privacy policy: https://howcomet.com/privacy Terms of use: https://howcomet.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Howcomet at 100% against SubTune's 20%. Howcomet also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6). SubTune's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. SubTune sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Howcomet sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Howcomet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubTune has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of SubTune's written reviews are positive against 100% of Howcomet's.
| Parameter | SubTune | Howcomet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ENGLISH IN GAMES | Yajuan Ju |
Customer experience
SubTune
Howcomet
In-app purchases
SubTune
- Subtitles to Video for month$1.991 Month
- Subtitles to Video - Monthly$3.491 Month
- Subtitles to Video for month$5.991 Month
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- Subtitles to Video$5.991 Month
- Subtitles to Video - Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Subtitles to Video2 variants$19.996 Months
- Subtitles to Video Annually2 variants$39.991 Year
- Subtune: Annual App Pack$49.991 Year
Howcomet
- Howcomet$7.991 Month
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