Comparison

Go Native vs StoryReader

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

Head to head
About

Go Native

This app helps you consistently build vocabulary and effectively remember foreign words and phrases. It offers structured courses, personalized word lists, and a variety of exercises and games to make learning natural and engaging.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition system for memorization
  • Pre-made vocabulary courses (A1-B1)
  • Create custom word lists
  • 19 types of vocabulary exercises
  • Vocabulary games (crosswords, word-builder)
  • Grammar explanations and exercises
  • Alphabet and pronunciation guides
Features
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Learn new words and phrases with GoNative: flashcards, spaced repetition, and daily practice. Build vocabulary for everyday conversations, work, travel, and language exams. Learn English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or Polish. Choose British or American English, or European or Brazilian Portuguese. Review at the right time GoNative schedules your reviews and shows you which words to revisit. Spend more time on difficult words and track your progress with a calendar and statistics. Choose which exercises to use and how many practice sessions to complete for each list. Start with ready-made courses Vocabulary courses at A1, A2, and B1 each include 1,000 words, plus a separate course covering 500 everyday phrases. Short lessons of 20 words, translations, audio, example sentences, and images help you learn words in context. Beginners can also explore the alphabet and its sounds. Build your own word lists Add your own words and phrases, look up translations in the dictionary, and create lists for work, study, or travel. Explore vocabulary by topic, save unfamiliar words as you read, or import them from text, files, photos, and screenshots. Build vocabulary for exams Explore word collections for IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge English, DELF/DALF, DELE, Goethe, and other language exams. Choose an available level, mark words you already know, and add the ones you need to your study lists. Exams and levels vary by language. Practice writing, listening, and speaking Choose translations, type what you hear, build words from letters and sentences from words, fill in gaps, and find synonyms. Say words and sentences aloud and use speech recognition to check your answers. Focus your practice on the skills you want to develop. Learn through stories and podcasts Read stories or your own texts, translate words and passages, and save useful vocabulary. Listen to narrated stories with word highlighting. Podcasts include dialogues with transcripts, translations, and comprehension questions, plus vocabulary episodes for review. Narrated stories and podcasts vary by language. Listen and repeat aloud Play words, translations, and example sentences in the background, even with your screen locked. Set the number of repeats and the length of pauses. Hide podcast transcripts to practice listening comprehension, or turn on pauses after each line so you can repeat it aloud. Put grammar into practice Explore rules and examples, then practice with exercises. Verb conjugation and article exercises are available for supported languages. Test your vocabulary, check your knowledge of synonyms, and take quizzes on different topics. Review with word games Solve crosswords, recall translations in Word Sprint, guess words letter by letter, and make smaller words from a longer one in Word Maker. Available games vary by language and the words you are studying. Get more with Premium+ Download study lists to review offline. Continue learning in the web app with the same account. Get AI explanations of sentence structure. Create PDF flashcards and verb tables to print, generate MP3 audio from your lists, and save or share materials directly from the app. You can also share your subscription with family and create classes for your students. GoNative offers free features and a Premium+ subscription. Some features and learning materials require a subscription. Start with a course or your own list, and make vocabulary practice part of your day. Use of this app is subject to Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

StoryReader

Features
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StoryReader – Learn English: read stories and grow your vocabulary StoryReader – Learn English helps you learn languages by reading. Open a story, tap any word to see its definition and hear it with text-to-speech (TTS). Save words to your vocabulary, review with flashcards and quizzes, and read with bilingual mode when you want a translation of the current passage. Read from many sources • Built-in stories to start reading right away • Project Gutenberg – thousands of free classic books • Your own .txt files • Google Sheets and RSS feeds Learn as you read • Tap a word for definition and translation • Hear pronunciation with TTS (system or online engine) • Save words to your vocabulary with optional notes • Highlight sentences and translate them Review and remember • Vocabulary list with filters and sorting • Flashcards with TTS on flip • Quiz: pick the right word for the definition (4+ words) • Paste text to extract and add words in bulk Comfortable reading • Adjustable font size, line height, and background • Light, dark, or system theme • Bookmarks, table of contents, and search in story • Reading goals and simple stats For everyone • Supports 8 languages for the app interface (e.g. English, Vietnamese, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian, Chinese) • TTS for multiple languages with fallback to English when needed Download StoryReader – Learn English and turn reading into a habit that builds your vocabulary every day.

Screenshots

Go Native4 screens
StoryReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StoryReader at none against Go Native's 2. Go Native's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Go Native sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. StoryReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go Native ships an update every 2 weeks, StoryReader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Go Native versus StoryReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo NativeStoryReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksiy KudryaThanh Truong

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Go Native

Subscriptions2
  • Premium+1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium+2 Months trial$17.991 Year
None

StoryReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go Native free?
Go Native is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StoryReader free?
StoryReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Go Native or StoryReader have ads?
StoryReader shows ads; Go Native does not.
Which is updated more often, Go Native or StoryReader?
Go Native ships an update every 2 weeks, and StoryReader monthly. Most recently, Go Native was updated on October 27, 2026 and StoryReader on October 25, 2026.

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