Comparison

Language Reactor vs LangPanda

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

Head to head
About

Language Reactor

Learn languages by watching YouTube videos, podcasts, and movies. This app provides seamless AI-powered translations and an AI tutor to explain slang and idioms. Practice pronunciation with real-time transcriptions and sentence-by-sentence subtitles.

Highlights
  • Learn from real YouTube videos, podcasts, and movies
  • AI-powered translations in 80+ languages
  • AI Assistant for instant explanations
  • Shadowing practice for pronunciation
  • Sentence-by-sentence synchronized subtitles
  • Part-of-speech highlighting for grammar
Features
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You know the words. Real speech still gets away from you. Sound familiar? Fast. Blurred together. Half the sounds gone. With PlayLingo you learn from what you actually enjoy: movie scenes, YouTube, podcasts, books. Lingo, your AI assistant, explains any word or phrase, and you start to understand real speech. WATCH: movies, shows and any YouTube video • Learn from movie scenes, cartoons, interviews and your favorite YouTubers • Open any YouTube video, or start with collections picked for your level, from A1 to C2 • Bilingual subtitles, line by line, with a translation that fits the scene LISTEN: podcasts you'll actually understand • Podcasts in the language you're learning, from short lessons to real conversations • Every episode gets subtitles: tap a word, see the translation, break down the phrase READ: books, on the page or out loud • Classics and short stories in the language you're learning • Read line by line with translation, or let a natural voice read the book to you on a walk BRING YOUR OWN • Any book, document or photo of a page becomes a lesson, and your own audio and video get subtitles LINGO, YOUR AI ASSISTANT, EXPLAINS EVERY WORD • Tap a word or an idiom and see what it means in this exact sentence. "Make sure" is one phrase, not two words • Hear how a word really sounds and see how the sentence is built, with parts of speech in color • Ask Lingo about anything you didn't get, or type a phrase in your language and hear how it's said PRACTICE INSIDE EVERY VIDEO • Choose how to watch: just enjoy, test your understanding, train your ear, build lines or speak • Hide the translation and work out the meaning, or hide the text and catch every line by ear • Shadow each line out loud, and watch the words light up as you say them WORDS THAT STICK • Save words from subtitles, books or your chat with Lingo in one tap • Spaced repetition brings each word back right before you'd forget it • Every card keeps the sentence, and the movie moment, where you met the word • Your saved words on your Home Screen, a new one every hour • A few minutes a day keeps your streak going, and freezes cover the busy days PLAYLINGO PRO Unlimited watching and practice, chat with Lingo, and AI subtitles for any podcast and your own recordings. Cancel anytime in the App Store. WHAT PEOPLE SAY (App Store reviews) "For the first time, I actually enjoy learning English." "The only app I use to watch English videos. It's simple, and works great." "Love the dual subtitle function." 67 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Russian and more, each with explanations in your language. Watch, listen and read what you love. The language follows. Contact: info@playlingo.app Terms of Use: https://playlingo.app/terms

About

LangPanda

Learn languages by watching videos. Save sentences, look up words instantly, and review them with adaptive flashcards. Study real language in context, not just word lists.

Highlights
  • Learn from YouTube videos
  • Instant word lookup
  • Spaced repetition flashcards
  • Native language context
  • AI explanations
  • Speech shadowing
  • Progress tracking
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LangPanda turns the videos you watch into language learning. Save sentences with one tap, look up unfamiliar words instantly, and review them later with FSRS spaced repetition that adapts to how well you remember. Every flashcard is native content which lets you study real language in real context, not isolated word lists. FREE FEATURES - Watch YouTube videos and learn from subtitles - Look up words with dictionaries - See frequency ranking on each word - Japanese Furigana on subtitles - Japanese Pitch Accent on dictionary lookups - Chinese pinyin support on subtitles - Cantonese Jyutping support subtitles - Tone coloring on subtitles PAID FEATURES - Track known and learning words - AI Explanations in 1 Click - Shadow native speech to build fluency - Save sentences from videos - FSRS-5 spaced-repetition flashcards - Global leaderboards - Detailed analytics and review stats - Video Comprehension stats - Sync across devices SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: - LangPanda Pro Monthly — $8.99 / month - LangPanda Pro Yearly — $89.99 / year (best value) - 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before period ends - Manage / cancel anytime in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions 36 Languages Supported: Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Cantonese, Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian Send any feedback to ios@langpanda.com Terms: https://langpanda.com/terms Privacy: https://langpanda.com/privacy

Screenshots

Language Reactor4 screens
LangPanda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LangPanda at 5.0 against Language Reactor's 4.5. LangPanda also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Language Reactor's advantage is ratings volume (811 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Language Reactor sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and LangPanda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LangPanda holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Language Reactor has 811 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Language Reactor's written reviews are positive against 100% of LangPanda's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Language Reactor ships an update every 8 days, LangPanda weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Language Reactor versus LangPanda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguage ReactorLangPanda
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (811 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings811 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB76 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAlexey NenastyevChristopher LaBonty

Customer experience

Language Reactor

All ratings809 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative12.7%

LangPanda

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Language Reactor

Subscriptions8
  • PlayLingo PRO$2.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • PlayLingo Pro$11.901 Month
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  • PlayLingo PRO$34.996 Months
  • PlayLingo Pro$74.991 Year
  • PlayLingo Pro1 Year trial$74.991 Year
  • PlayLingo Pro3 Days trial$74.991 Year
  • PlayLingo Pro Family$119.991 Year
2 purchases

LangPanda

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Language Reactor free?
Language Reactor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LangPanda free?
LangPanda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Language Reactor or LangPanda?
LangPanda is rated higher. Language Reactor averages 4.5 out of 5 from 811 ratings, while LangPanda averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Language Reactor or LangPanda have ads?
Neither Language Reactor nor LangPanda shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Language Reactor or LangPanda?
Language Reactor ships an update every 8 days, and LangPanda weekly. Most recently, Language Reactor was updated on October 25, 2026 and LangPanda on October 13, 2026.

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