Comparison

Learn Persian (Beginners) vs Strophe

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

Head to head
About

Learn Persian (Beginners)

Master Persian with a comprehensive, self-paced course designed for beginners. Learn the alphabet, build vocabulary, and practice reading, writing, and listening with native audio. Study offline anytime, anywhere, with interactive exercises and a review mode to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Offline Persian course
  • Learn alphabet and vocabulary
  • Practice reading, writing, listening
  • Native audio recordings
  • Review mode for reinforcement
  • Interactive exercises
  • Weekly user ranking
Features
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Want to learn Persian in an easy and flexible way? With over 30 million downloads worldwide, the BNR Languages apps help you study Persian in a practical, simple, and independent way. The complete course allows you to start from scratch, learn the alphabet, build your vocabulary, and practice reading, writing, and listening with native audio recordings. Study on your own, at your own pace, with no daily limits, and use the review mode to reinforce everything you've already learned. Perfect for anyone who wants to learn Persian quickly — whether for travel, study, work, or to communicate better with family and friends. Find out why our app is the ideal choice to study anytime, anywhere: - Offline Persian course — from beginner to advanced levels. - Study independently, at your own pace, without the need for teachers. - No time limits or daily activity restrictions. - Interactive exercises with images that make learning easier. - Review mode to practice and refresh the content. - Native audio recordings with adjustable playback speed. - Different types of exercises: reading, writing, and listening. - Intuitive and easy-to-use interface for all ages. - Join the weekly ranking and compete with other users. - The app works completely offline — no internet connection needed. - All content is available for free. Download now and start learning Persian in a simple, practical, and flexible way — at your own pace! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Strophe

Features
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Learn a song, a poem, or a speech by heart — one line at a time. Strophe is a prompter for memorizing text word for word. Paste in the lyrics you're learning, or pick a piece from the built-in library, and practice it the way you'd actually perform it: line by line, in order, start to finish. RECALL BEFORE YOU SEE Strophe shows you nothing to begin with. You try to remember the first line, then tap to reveal it and check yourself. Tap again for the next. Nothing is on screen that you haven't already earned — a prompter that shows you the line first isn't an easier setting, it's no exercise at all. BE HONEST ABOUT THE HARD ONES Fumbled a line? Mark it shaky or missed. The walk doesn't rush on: you get a moment to work out what comes next, because the moment you admit you missed a line is the moment you've just read the correct one. IT DECIDES WHEN YOU PRACTICE At the end of a run, Strophe reads your line-by-line verdicts and schedules the next session — using FSRS, the same spaced-repetition algorithm serious memorizers use. Pieces you know come back rarely. Pieces you're still learning come back soon. You can always overrule it. BUILT FOR WHOLE PIECES A song is not a stack of flashcards. Strophe never shuffles your lines or drills them out of order, because the order is the thing you're learning. Verses, stanza breaks and section markers stay where they belong. Paste a long speech and it can split it into clause-length lines you can actually hold. NO STREAKS, NO BADGES, NO NAGGING One reminder a day at an hour you choose, and nothing else. No points, no congratulation, no pressure to come back. The session summary tells you what happened and what's next — that's all. FOUR PIECES TO START Kipling's If—, Henley's Invictus, Ehrmann's Desiderata, and Donne's "No man is an island." Every one taken from an archival source, word for word, and read in full before it shipped. Add your own by pasting them in. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Practice on your phone, or put your Mac on the music stand. Your pieces and your progress sync over iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No ads. Your texts stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.

Screenshots

Learn Persian (Beginners)4 screens
Strophe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strophe at none against Learn Persian (Beginners)'s 9. Strophe also leads on ads (none vs shown). Learn Persian (Beginners)'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support 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. Learn Persian (Beginners) sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Strophe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Learn Persian (Beginners) versus Strophe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Persian (Beginners)Strophe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (202 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings202 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBNR LANGUAGES INC.Thorbjørn Throndsen Bonvik

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Learn Persian (Beginners)

Subscriptions6
  • Premium$1.991 Month
  • Unlock all categories$3.991 Month
  • Unlock all categories$5.991 Month
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  • Premium$19.991 Year
  • Unlock all categories$24.991 Year
  • Unlock all categories$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Unlock categories - lifetime$59.99
  • Unlock categories - lifetime$69.99
None

Strophe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn Persian (Beginners) free?
Learn Persian (Beginners) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strophe free?
Strophe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Learn Persian (Beginners) or Strophe have ads?
Learn Persian (Beginners) shows ads; Strophe does not.

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