Comparison

Duory vs Maranta

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

Head to head
About

Duory

This app helps you learn languages by organizing your notes, practicing vocabulary, and journaling in your target languages. It offers features like translation, pronunciation recording, and widgets to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Organize notes for multiple languages
  • Practice vocabulary hands-free
  • Journal in target languages
  • Capture phrases from various sources
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • In-app translation and transliteration
  • Record and playback pronunciation
Features
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Save time and stay focused—no more bouncing between translation apps, Google search and your notes. Study, practice, and reflect with dynamic language notes. Why Duory? • Duory is the smartest way to take language notes on your phone. • Duory lets you keep and organize notes for all your target languages in one place. • Save time and stay focused — no more bouncing between Google Search and your notes. • Practice hands-free while doing boring chores. • Improve your output by journaling in your target languages. • Capture interesting phrases from anywhere! • Browse vocabulary from your own notes in a focused, immersive way. • Make them stick with Home and Lock Screen widgets. • Duory supports 40 target languages. NOTES • Duory is designed to perform language tasks on-device thanks to Apple’s language APIs and other offline language tools. • To perform translations, iOS needs to download language dictionaries for each language pair. This only happens once for each pair. • Duory requires access to your microphone for you to record pronunciation of phrases and your camera for scanning text. FREE FOREVER Get started for free with these features: • Create notes and journals in one target language. • Enhance your language journals with Apple Journaling Suggestions. • Capture phrases from your physical textbooks, Duolingo sessions, images, or RTF/PDF documents. • Use a handy widget to reinforce recently learned words and phrases. • In-app translation and transliteration, including Hiragana and Pinyin. • Record and play back your phrases (no playlists on the free plan). • Access notes you create during your free trial or subscription – forever! Important: If you create notes in target languages outside of the initial language during an active subscription, they will become read-only when your subscription expires (the notes you create in your oldest target language will remain editable forever) DUORY PLUS PLANS Unlock the full power of Duory with a subscription: • Create notes and journals in multiple languages. • Turn your phrases into playlists for hands-free practice. • Control playback from your lock screen or Control Center. • Turn plain notes into memorable ones with stickers and pictures. • Sync your notes and journals to iCloud. Plans are available on a monthly or annual basis. Your payment is charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Start your journey with a 14-day free trial on annual plans—cancel anytime to avoid charges. You will always have permanent access to notes created during the trial period or while your subscription was active. However, an active subscription is required to create new notes or edit existing ones in languages other than the first target language you added in Duory. Notes created in the first target language you add to Duory remain editable forever with or without an active subscription. LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SUPPORT ** Duory uses Apple’s Translation API for on-device translation. Here’s the full list of supported languages: • Arabic • Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) • Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional) • Dutch • English • French • German • Hindi • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil) • Russian • Spanish (Spain) • Thai • Turkish • Ukrainian • Vietnamese PRIVACY Duory is designed with your privacy in mind. We don’t track your data or store your information. Privacy Policy: https://duory.alewa.co/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://duory.alewa.co/terms.html

About

Maranta

Identify plants with a photo, get personalized care advice, and track their health. This AI botanist helps you understand your plants' needs, from watering schedules to identifying diseases.

Highlights
  • AI plant identification from photos
  • Personalized plant care advice
  • Disease and pest diagnosis
  • Smart care reminders
  • Plant health tracking
  • Toxicity information
Features
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Yellow leaves? Not sure what your plant is called or how often to water it? Ask Maranta, your AI botanist. Snap a photo: it identifies the plant, tells you how healthy it is and answers every question, day after day. YOUR AI BOTANIST, ALWAYS IN YOUR POCKET • Ask anything about plant care, even with a photo: the Plant Doctor, Maranta's AI botanist, answers • Every plant has its own chat: the Plant Doctor knows its species, health, season and overdue care • Plant diseases, pests, yellow or dry leaves: it explains the likely cause and what to do • When your care plan needs to change, one tap on "Apply" updates your schedule PLANT IDENTIFIER • Over 50,000 identifiable species: houseplants, flowers, succulents, trees and garden plants • A full care sheet for every plant: light, water, humidity, difficulty and origin • Toxicity for dogs, cats and children, always in view PLANT HEALTH, IN PERCENT • Every scan gives a health score and explains what it sees: leaves, color, signs of stress • A weekly photo check-in shows how your plant changes over time SMART CARE REMINDERS • Watering, misting, fertilizing, repotting and pruning, plant by plant • Watering follows the season • Busy today? Postpone a task with one tap YOUR WHOLE GARDEN AT A GLANCE • See which plants are thriving and which need you • Light and dark theme, in 6 languages FREE PLAN AND MARANTA PRO The free plan includes up to 5 plants, 20 scans and 10 Plant Doctor messages a month. Maranta Pro removes every limit and adds your plant's health history with a trend chart. Try Pro free for 7 days. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, from your account settings. Terms: https://marantacare.com/?lang=en#terms Privacy: https://marantacare.com/?lang=en#privacy Support: support@marantacare.com

Screenshots

Duory4 screens
Maranta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Maranta at 5.0 against Duory's 1.0. Maranta also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Duory's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Duory sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Maranta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Maranta holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duory ships an update every 5 days, Maranta monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Duory versus Maranta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuoryMaranta
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdegboyega DadaBenard Luli

Customer experience

Duory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Maranta

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Duory

Subscriptions4
  • Duory Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Duory Family Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Duory Plus (Annual)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Duory Family Plus (Annual)14 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Maranta

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Duory free?
Duory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Maranta free?
Maranta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Duory or Maranta?
Maranta is rated higher. Duory averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Maranta averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Duory or Maranta have ads?
Neither Duory nor Maranta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duory or Maranta?
Duory ships an update every 5 days, and Maranta monthly. Most recently, Duory was updated on November 4, 2026 and Maranta on October 31, 2026.

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