Comparison

Mina vs ShakoMako

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

Head to head
About

Mina

Learn new languages through engaging games and interactive challenges. Track your progress with visual activity maps and compete with friends to improve your vocabulary and performance. Unlock unlimited custom courses and illustrated content with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Gamified learning experience
  • Progress tracking with heatmap
  • Social competition with friends
  • Unlimited custom courses (subscription)
  • Illustrated course creation (subscription)
  • Access to all courses (subscription)
Features
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Learn languages by playing. Mina is an indie vocab app: tiny games, illustrated words, and progress you’ll actually want to open. A few minutes is a real session. LEARN BY PLAYING • Quiz, Swipe, Bubbles, Spell, and Scroll — short rounds that fit a commute • Picture, sound, and the word together so it sticks • Perfect for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, and 6 more languages YOUR LISTS, YOUR PACE • Official Mina courses • Unlimited custom courses (Premium) • Import Anki decks and play them as games • Community courses to explore and publish PROGRESS YOU’LL OPEN • Activity heatmap and streaks • XP, levels, and weekly rankings • Compete with friends • Review words you’ve learned or only seen Mina is built by one developer, with players in the loop. Free to start on iPhone and iPad. ———— MINA PREMIUM Unlocks: • Unlimited custom course creation • Illustrated course creation • Access to all Mina courses • Review of learned and seen words • Premium access across Mina products Plans (prices shown in the app, may vary by region): • Premium Monthly • Premium Yearly • Lifetime Premium Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No cancellation of the current period. Terms of Use: https://minatori.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://minatori.app/privacy

About

ShakoMako

Features
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ShakoMako makes learning a new language genuinely fun. Pick Spanish, French, Italian, or Arabic and start with bite-size lessons you can finish in a few minutes a day. LEARN BY DOING • Quick flashcard lessons with audio — hear every word • Multiple-choice quizzes that lock in what you learn • Real, useful phrases for travel, school, and everyday life • Fun mini-games to practice without it feeling like work STAY MOTIVATED • Build a daily streak and watch it grow • Earn XP and level up as you learn • Track your progress across every language • A daily word and daily goals to keep you coming back FOUR LANGUAGES, ONE APP Spanish, French, Italian, and Arabic — switch anytime, learn at your own pace. ShakoMako Premium unlocks all lessons, every phrase pack, and your full progress dashboard. Try it free, upgrade when you're ready. Start your language adventure today — ¡Vamos! / Allons-y! / Andiamo! / يلا ——— ShakoMako Premium subscription • Monthly — $4.99/month • Annual — $39.99/year (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://shakomako.ai/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://shakomako.ai/privacy.html

Screenshots

Mina4 screens
ShakoMako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShakoMako at none against Mina's 3. On price, ads, 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. Mina sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ShakoMako asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mina versus ShakoMako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinaShakoMako
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLUNATORI9406-1348 Quebec inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mina

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yealry1 Month trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$114.99
None

ShakoMako

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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