Comparison

Lexirise vs Coco

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

Head to head
About

Lexirise

Learn languages through engaging content like comics, podcasts, and videos. Tap words for instant translations and save them for spaced repetition reviews. Practice speaking and track your progress with offline study options.

Highlights
  • Learn from comics, podcasts, and videos
  • Tap words for instant readings and meanings
  • Save words with context sentences
  • Spaced repetition reviews
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Offline study and progress tracking
Features
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Stay in the story. Learn the words along the way. Learn Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more from comics, podcasts, captioned YouTube videos, books, and your own uploads. Tap a word for its reading and meaning. Save it with the sentence it came from. Review it later, without building flashcards by hand. Real content can be hard at first. But you don't have to know every word to start enjoying it. Lexirise puts help where you need it, so one unknown word doesn't end your reading session. READ ANOTHER CHAPTER Read manga, manhua, and webtoons with tappable text. See pinyin, furigana, and word meanings without switching to a dictionary. Bring your own books, PDFs, comics, text, and audio too. HEAR THE WORDS YOU'RE READING Follow podcasts with interactive transcripts. Tap a word as you hear it, check the meaning, and keep listening. Watch captioned YouTube videos with word lookup in the app. SAVE THE WORD, NOT JUST THE TRANSLATION Keep useful words with their source sentence, reading, and audio. Sort them into decks and tags, or export them to Anki. Your collection comes from things you chose to read and hear. REMEMBER WHAT YOU MEET Short spaced-repetition reviews bring words back when they need practice. Use reading, typing, and listening modes, or build a study session from your own material. TAKE IT INTO A CONVERSATION Practice speaking with guided missions and feedback. Live Transcript helps you follow conversations and lessons, look up words, and return to saved transcripts. KEEP GOING, WHEREVER YOU ARE Download supported material and reviews for offline study. Track reading, listening, reviews, and streaks. Add a Study Today widget, join the weekly League, or study with friends in a Study Circle. Your words and progress sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web. The included Safari extension adds lookup tools to supported websites. Lexirise is for learners who want to spend more time with the language they love, not follow a fixed course of canned lessons. Start free. Pick a comic or podcast, then tap the first word you don't know. Optional Pro plans unlock higher limits and advanced tools, including speaking practice and Live Transcript. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Coco

Learn Mandarin Chinese through engaging stories tailored to your skill level. Access interactive tools for word meanings, pinyin, and grammar, alongside native audio for listening and speaking practice. Track your progress with quizzes and flashcards.

Highlights
  • Illustrated stories graded by level
  • Tap-to-translate word meanings and pinyin
  • Native speaker audio with slow mode
  • SRS flashcards for vocabulary review
  • HSK curriculum alignment
  • Offline reading capability
Features
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Learn Chinese with stories written by a real native teacher. 200+ illustrated stories, 73 levels, from your first words to HSK 6. Every Coco story is written by Yaxuan, a native Chinese teacher, and graded to your level. You read real Chinese from day one, with the tools to understand every word. READ WITH HELP ON EVERY PAGE - Tap any word for its meaning, pinyin, tones and example sentences - Translate the whole page in one tap - Turn pinyin and tone colors on or off as you improve - Grammar explained right inside the story LISTEN AND SPEAK - Native Beijing-accent audio for every story - Slow mode for beginners - Shadowing practice for pronunciation, tones and rhythm REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ - Save words while you read - Review them with SRS flashcards made from your own stories - Quizzes after every story: characters, pinyin, tones, listening, speaking, translation A REAL CURRICULUM - HSK 1 to HSK 6, level by level, in the right order - Real Chinese news adapted to your level - Offline reading - XP, streaks and badges to keep you going Rated 4.9 by learners. Download Coco Chinese and read your way to fluency. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lexirise4 screens
Coco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coco at 5.0 against Lexirise's 3.8. Coco also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Lexirise's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lexirise sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Coco sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coco holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Lexirise's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coco's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lexirise ships an update weekly, Coco fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lexirise versus Coco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLexiriseCoco
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLexiriseJeremy Pitault

Customer experience

Lexirise

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Coco

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Lexirise

Subscriptions7
  • Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Referral Offer$14.991 Month
  • Pro Annual Referral Offer7 Days trial$79.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual$79.991 Year
  • Pro Annual Offer$79.991 Year
  • Pro Annual1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$169.99
  • Lifetime$199.99
5 purchases

Coco

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$33.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$45.991 Year
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  • Yearly Premium Subscription$47.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Lexirise free?
Lexirise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coco free?
Coco is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lexirise or Coco?
Coco is rated higher. Lexirise averages 3.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Coco averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Lexirise or Coco have ads?
Coco shows ads; Lexirise does not.
Which is updated more often, Lexirise or Coco?
Lexirise ships an update weekly, and Coco fortnightly. Most recently, Lexirise was updated on November 6, 2026 and Coco on November 4, 2026.

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