Comparison

Thai Poly Words vs ThaiCards

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

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About

Thai Poly Words

Master Thai vocabulary and phrases with authentic content created by a native speaker. Learn through categorized word lists, example sentences, audio pronunciation, and interactive quizzes and games. Unlock all content with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Authentic native Thai content
  • Categorized vocabulary lists
  • Everyday phrase learning
  • Example sentences with translations
  • Native audio pronunciation
  • Vocabulary and phrase quizzes
  • Fun learning games
Features
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Welcome, Thai Learners! I am Grace from "Thai with Grace", a youtube channel that helps people learn Thai. As a Thai teacher, I noticed that many students struggle with learning and memorizing new words. This is why I created this app - to help you learn Thai vocabulary and sentences effectively. Authentic Content: All content in this app - words, phrases, sentences, audios, and translations—has been personally created and recorded by me, a native Thai speaker. This guarantees that everything you learn is accurate, high-quality, and contextually relevant. I chose Thai words that are frequently used, helpful to know, or related to Thailand. Each word comes with the audio, an example sentence with audio, the translation, transliteration (romanization), and the literal translation. I included the literal translation so that you can memorize easier by seeing the breakdown of the sentence. I also chose Thai phrases that will help you in everyday situations. Features - Category View: Learn many Thai vocabulary through categories like food, verbs, adjectives, and more. Start with 13 free Thai word categories, 3 free Thai phrases categories or unlock all 80+ categories with a one-time purchase. - Word Lists: Each word comes with the Thai writing, phonetic transliteration, English translation, and native audio pronunciation. Nearly 1500 words. - Phrases Lists: Learn useful everyday Thai phrases. Nearly 200 phrases with audios, translation, transliteration. - Example sentences: Understand how to use each word in context with an example sentence for each word, complete with translation, transliteration, literal translation, and audio. - Audio playback: Perfect your pronunciation with high-quality audio samples for each word. - Quizzes: Test your knowledge with a quiz designed to test your learning. - Favorite words: Bookmark Thai words and Thai phrases that interest you or that you wish to review later. - Games: Play 4 games (Thai verbs, Thai adjectives, Food, Animals) to learn Thai in a fun way! This app is perfect for learners of Thai of all levels, whether you want to learn new vocabs for an upcoming trip or you are an intermediate learner wanting to learn new words and sentences. Ready to learn Thai? Download Poly Thai Words.

About

ThaiCards

Features
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ThaiCards is a Thai flashcard app built on spaced repetition. It shows you each word right before you would forget it, and keeps bringing it back until it sticks. Every card carries Thai script, romanization, English and audio, so you can start before you can read Thai. Most of them carry a picture of the moment you would use the word in, which is what makes them stay put. Free to start. A beginner deck, the street food phrases and the coached practice tracks are open before you pay for anything, and you do not need an account to try them. Flashcards - Spaced repetition shows each word right before you would forget it. - Tap to flip between Thai and English. Swipe right or up when you know it, left or down to keep studying it. - Thai script, romanization and English on every card, with audio and tone information. - A daily queue sized to about ten minutes. Word Explorer - Browse thousands of common Thai words by category: basics, food, drinks, travel and more. - Ordered by how often Thai people actually say them, not by dictionary order. - Mark words known to clear them, or keep them in your deck. Situations - Whole phrases for the moments you are actually in: a food stall, a taxi, a market, a family meal, the bank counter. - Fourteen cards work the other way round. They show what somebody says to YOU, with the answer to give back, because asking a question is only half of it. - Tap any word in a phrase to see what it means, hear it on its own, and add it to your own deck. - Written for people who spend real time in Thailand, including a section for Isan and family life rather than tourism. Watch - A hands-off mode for the times you do not want to answer anything. Words play one after another with the audio and an illustration. - Choose one, two, three or four seconds a card and it keeps going on its own. - Slide anywhere in the deck: back to the most common words, forward into rarer ones, or to the point your studying has reached. - Over 2,500 Thai words, each with its own illustration. Coached practice - Work through guided tracks step by step, with a teacher panel that reads each line aloud. - Practice introductions and everyday conversation, one prompt at a time. - Choose your mix of Thai and English: mostly Thai, mostly English, or both. - Speak your answer and check it, or reveal the meaning and move on. Made for beginners - No prior Thai needed. Romanization sits beside the script from the first card. - An optional free account syncs your progress across devices. ThaiCards is an independent project, built by someone who splits time between the US and Thailand and married into a Thai family. It is updated often. If something is broken or confusing, email the developer and a human will answer. An internet connection is required. Subscription ThaiCards Premium is 1.99 USD per month and renews automatically until you cancel. The free tier includes a beginner deck, the street food situations and the coached practice. Premium opens the full deck catalogue, the rest of Watch and every Situations set, keeping words from Word Explorer, and custom vocabulary. You can cancel any time in Settings on your iPhone under your Apple Account, then Subscriptions. Cancelling stops the next renewal, and your access continues through the end of the period you have paid for. Terms of Service: https://flashcards.alexsears.org/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flashcards.alexsears.org/privacy.html

Screenshots

Thai Poly Words4 screens
ThaiCards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ThaiCards at every 4 days against Thai Poly Words's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Thai Poly Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ThaiCards sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thai Poly Words ships an update every 3 months, ThaiCards every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Thai Poly Words versus ThaiCards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThai Poly WordsThaiCards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdgar RuizAlex Sears CPA LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Thai Poly Words

One-time1
  • Thai Poly Words$7.99
1 purchases

ThaiCards

Subscriptions1
  • Thai Tutor Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Thai Poly Words free?
Thai Poly Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThaiCards free?
ThaiCards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thai Poly Words or ThaiCards have ads?
Neither Thai Poly Words nor ThaiCards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thai Poly Words or ThaiCards?
Thai Poly Words ships an update every 3 months, and ThaiCards every 4 days. Most recently, Thai Poly Words was updated on October 15, 2026 and ThaiCards on October 10, 2026.

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