Topics vs Charli
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Topics
This app helps intermediate language learners practice with real-world content. It uses AI to adapt stories and news to your level, making authentic material understandable and enjoyable. Focus on specific language skills through engaging topics without the frustration of complex texts.
- Adapted stories and news
- AI content rewriting
- Smart word review
- Focused skill improvement
- Multiple languages supported
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[FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS] Learn Languages with Real-World Content, Adapted to Your Level Now you can learn Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, and Indonesian! Struggling to practice languages with real-world content? Topics makes it easy by adapting stories and news to your level so you can enjoy authentic material without feeling overwhelmed. As an intermediate learner, diving into real news, books, or movies can still be too difficult. Topics solves this by using AI to adjust content to match your vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension level, so you can learn naturally without frustration. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a topic you love, from the life of Leonardo da Vinci to breaking news. 2. Topics adapts it to your level, making it understandable while keeping it real. 3. Enjoy learning through engaging content, without the struggle of complex texts. KEY FEATURES • Stories: Choose from a growing library of carefully crafted stories. • News: Practice your target language with real-world news tailored to your level. • AI Adaptation: Content is rewritten to match your vocabulary and grammar skills. • Smart Word Review: Learn words in context and review them easily. • Focused Learning: Each topic highlights a specific language skill to help you improve faster. Skip the boring lessons and learn languages with content that excites you! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Charli
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Charli is a voice language teacher for people who already speak some of a language and have stopped being corrected. Once people understand you, they stop correcting you. Charli corrects what you actually said, names the pattern behind each mistake in your native language, and keeps a record of every structure you command and every one you do not. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone who can already speak some Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, German, French, or English. A few sentences is enough to start. Charli is not a place to start from zero. Preparing for a speaking exam? The DELE, HSK, IELTS, and TOEFL speaking sections score the structures you produce out loud, which is exactly what Charli corrects and tracks. It does not teach the exam format. IN A SESSION Pick a language, pick Grammar or Scenarios, pick 5, 10, or 30 minutes, and talk about anything. Charli listens to what you said, not a cleaned-up version of it, and corrects you in the moment with a short explanation in your language. When it is confident about the pattern, the correction carries the grammar concept's name. Reaching for a word you do not have? Charli hands it to you and the conversation keeps moving. Rather stop on a correction than push through? The conversation waits. Replay it, highlight the words that surprised you, say "Hey Charli" to talk it over in your own language, then pick the conversation back up. AFTER YOU STOP TALKING Every session ends with a reflection: the sentence you actually said, mistakes preserved rather than cleaned up, next to the corrected form, with the concept underneath. Charli classifies each mistake on four dimensions: word form, tense, vocabulary choice, and sentence grammar. Open a concept into a short spoken lesson in your native language, hear wrong-versus-right examples in the language you are learning, then produce the form yourself, out loud. After grammar sessions there is a quick check: one sentence, one part highlighted, what is this pattern called? Get it right and that concept's star lights. Slip on it later and the star dims until you win it back. THE FLUENCY MAP Charli tracks the language's structures by name (gender agreement, the imperfect subjunctive, clitic placement, and so on down the list). Each one reads Commanded, Emerging, Needs repair, or Not yet tested. Tap one and your own sentences are the evidence. Structures you have never attempted sit there by name, holding the number down. No credit for showing up. No streaks. The number moves when your speech moves. Your history keeps every reflection, so you can see which mistakes stop appearing. You can also ignore all of this and just talk. It is there for the day you want to know what is holding you back. LANGUAGES Learn Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, German, French, or English. The app and its explanations are available in English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Burmese, Punjabi, and Ukrainian. SUBSCRIPTION Charli is a monthly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Service: https://charli.chat/terms Privacy Policy: https://charli.chat/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Charli at 16.4 against Topics's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Topics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Charli sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Topics ships an update every 5 days, Charli every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Topics | Charli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Topics, Inc | Charli Family Corporation |
In-app purchases
Topics
- YouPlus Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
- Monthly Unlimited Subscription$17.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited Subscription3 Days trial$119.991 Year
Charli
- Charli Monthly$59.991 Month









