Songlingo vs Canary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Songlingo
Learn Spanish and explore its culture using your favorite music. Features include a karaoke mode with lyrics and integrated flashcards for vocabulary retention. This free app offers a personalized and engaging language learning experience.
- Learn Spanish through music
- Karaoke mode with lyrics
- Supports millions of songs
- Integrated flashcards
- Personalized learning
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Learn Spanish through music for free! Songlingo is a fun, personalized app for learning languages and their culture. - Engaging karaoke mode to follow along with lyrics - Supports millions of your favorite songs - Integrated flashcards to remember vocabulary
Canary
Learn spoken language through popular songs and practice with native speakers. Understand slang, improve pronunciation by singing, and build confidence in real conversations. Move from music to fluency.
- Learn slang and everyday expressions
- Improve pronunciation by singing
- Practice with real learners and native speakers
- Chat and practice through social profiles
- Learn phrases in context from songs
- Sing along in karaoke mode
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Want to speak a new language like a real person, not like a textbook? Canary helps you learn real spoken language through the songs people actually listen to including slang, everyday expressions, and cultural phrases. Music makes words stick. Conversation makes them real. With Canary, you learn how people actually speak then you practice it immediately with real learners and native speakers. You will: - Understand slang and everyday expressions - Improve pronunciation by singing along - Stop translating in your head - Practice through chat and social profiles - Build confidence in real conversations Most language apps teach formal phrases. Canary teaches how people actually talk. Pick a song. See synced lyrics with translations. Learn phrases in context. Sing in karaoke mode. Chat and practice with real people. From music to conversation. Languages available: French, Spanish, Italian, English and more. Download Canary and start speaking like a local. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canary at 4.7 against Songlingo's 3.9. Canary also leads on ratings volume (441 vs 11) and review sentiment (51% vs 43%). Songlingo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Canary sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Songlingo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Canary holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canary has 441 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Songlingo's written reviews are positive against 51% of Canary's.
Songlingo ships an update every 10 days, Canary every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Songlingo | Canary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (441 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 51.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 441 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 256 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Elitzur | Laxir Corp |
Customer experience
Songlingo
Canary
In-app purchases
Songlingo
No in-app purchases
Canary
- Canary Pro - Weekly$6.997 Days
- Canary Pro - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Canary Pro - Monthly$12.991 Month
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- Canary Pro - Special Offer$29.991 Year
- Annual Offer$29.991 Year
- Canary Pro - Annualy$44.991 Year
- Canary Pro - Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Canary Pro - Annual3 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
- Canary Pro - Annual V3 Days trial$79.991 Year
