Imitara vs Widgi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Imitara
Master African languages like Soninke, Bambara, and Wolof through an immersive listening and speaking approach. This app bypasses traditional grammar lessons, enabling you to speak confidently from day one with practical exercises.
- Learn Soninke, Bambara, Wolof
- Focus on listening and speaking
- Speak from day one
- Practical exercises
- No grammar lessons
- Natural language absorption
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Learn African languages as fast as possible! Our method focuses on listening and speaking, so you’ll start speaking Soninke, Bambara, Wolof, and more with confidence—quickly and naturally. No complicated books or long grammar lessons needed. Just listen, repeat, and absorb effortlessly. Understand the structure, build your own sentences, and speak from day one with practical exercises that get you talking fast. Start speaking an African language today!
Widgi
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Widgi est une application d apprentissage des langues africaines. Elle permet d apprendre a parler naturellement grace a l audio, la video et l intelligence artificielle. L application commence avec le moore, langue largement parlee au Burkina Faso. D autres langues africaines sont en cours d integration, notamment le dioula, le bambara et le wolof. Apprendre avec Widgi est simple et pratique. Les lecons sont basees sur des situations reelles du quotidien comme les salutations, la famille, le voyage et la vie sociale. Les utilisateurs ecoutent des phrases prononcees par des locuteurs natifs afin d apprendre la bonne prononciation et l intonation naturelle. Widgi integre egalement la video pour rendre l apprentissage plus immersif et plus facile a memoriser. Grace a l intelligence artificielle, l apprentissage est progressif et interactif. Les contenus sont adaptes aux situations concretes de la vie de tous les jours. Widgi est ideal pour les debutants la diaspora africaine les voyageurs les etudiants toute personne interessee par les langues et cultures africaines Langues disponibles et a venir Moore Burkina Faso Dioula Cote d Ivoire Bambara Mali Wolof Senegal Autres langues africaines a venir Widgi a pour mission de valoriser les langues et cultures africaines en utilisant la technologie moderne pour les rendre accessibles partout dans le monde.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widgi at none against Imitara's 1. Widgi also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Imitara sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widgi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Imitara ships an update every 3 months, Widgi every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Imitara | Widgi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tandian Abdoulaye | David zongo |
In-app purchases
Imitara
- Imitara Premium$22.99
Widgi
No in-app purchases









