Comparison

Portal vs Auntys Academy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Portal

This app offers an engaging way to learn 10 Indian languages through interactive stories and contextual learning. It focuses on practical application rather than rote memorization, with features like reading, writing practice, and number learning.

Highlights
  • Interactive stories for contextual learning
  • Learn 10 Indian languages
  • Reading and writing practice
  • Number learning
  • Topic-based story selection
  • Earn in-app rewards
Features
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Portal teaches you an Indian language the way you learned your first one: by following a story and working out what the words mean from what is happening around them. Ten languages, in your pocket. Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu. STORIES, NOT DRILLS Matching pictures to words teaches you to match pictures to words. Portal drops you into short scenarios with real dialogue, so meaning arrives with context attached and stays there. START WHERE YOU WANT Choose stories from the topics you actually need or find interesting. No locked pathway forcing you through vocabulary you will never use before you reach the words you needed on day one. READ THE SCRIPT A dedicated Reading section. Learn: a structured route through vowels, consonants and signs, opening with an introduction to how the script works and why it is shaped the way it is. Practice: quiz yourself by sound or by letter. Set how many questions you want. Portal tracks your accuracy and helps master weak letters. WRITE THE SCRIPT Portal teaches how to write inside the app, in three stages: 1. The app draws the letter for you, stroke by stroke 2. You trace over it 3. You write it on a blank canvas, and the app tells you whether you got it right Then Practice the letters learned. Portal tracks your accuracy and helps master weak letters. NUMBERS, PHRASES AND GRAMMAR Learn to count in your chosen language, step by step. New sections for basic phrases and basic grammar sit alongside the stories, for anyone who wants a little more scaffolding than pure context can give. SEE YOUR PROGRESS A statistics section with graphs and a skill by skill breakdown, so you know which parts of the language are solid and which ones need work. EARN GEMS Finish a story, collect gems. *SHAPE THE APP Send feedback straight from Settings, suggest new features, and vote on what other learners have asked for. Questions or problems? Reach out to us at support@portal.deatomize.com Privacy Policy: https://portal.deatomize.com/privacy-policy

About

Auntys Academy

Features
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This App requires a subscription-based payment model for the following reasons: 1.⁠ ⁠Continuous Learning Children in the 3–7 age range experience rapid developmental changes. A subscription model supports: Regular updates with new material tailored to the child’s growing skills. Adaptive learning: As children progress, the app can offer increasingly challenging content—something that requires ongoing development and maintenance behind the scenes. 2.⁠ ⁠High-Quality Content A subscription model is required in order to create high quality content and also to provide parents with individual feedback. 3.⁠ ⁠Motivation for Progress The model encourages Long-term engagement and a consistent educational journey from preschool to early primary school levels A one-time payment would not cover the cost of maintaining and scaling this level of progression. 4.⁠ ⁠No Ads Subscription will allow the app to stay ad-free, which is: Safer for young children Better for concentration More aligned with parents’ expectations This reduces exposure to inappropriate or distracting content that may be present in free or ad-supported apps. 5.⁠ ⁠Support and Maintenance Subscriptions fund: Bug fixes Security updates Customer support Ongoing compatibility with devices and operating system updates This ensures a smooth and reliable experience for both children and parents over time. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.auntysacademy.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Portal4 screens
Auntys Academy2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Portal at none against Auntys Academy's 1. Auntys Academy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Auntys Academy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Portal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Portal versus Auntys Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortalAuntys Academy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeatomize LLPCognitive Resources Limited

In-app purchases

None

Portal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Auntys Academy

Subscriptions1
  • Auntys Academy$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Portal free?
Portal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auntys Academy free?
Auntys Academy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Portal or Auntys Academy have ads?
Neither Portal nor Auntys Academy shows ads.

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