Comparison

Canary vs Language Soup

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Language Soup

Practice speaking a new language in a low-pressure, supportive community. Daily voice challenges and feedback from real people help you overcome speaking anxiety and start conversing confidently.

Highlights
  • Daily voice challenges
  • Low-pressure speaking practice
  • Community feedback
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Fun avatars
Features
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Stop memorizing new languages and start thinking in them. Language Soup is the first language app that trains your brain how to think in another language and culture. Listen, speak and learn with friends! Listening: Language Soup is based on a method called comprehensible input. In short, when you listen to a lot of content at or above your level, your brain starts to think in a new language (just like how babies learn!) How to listen: Check out top shows from our users. Select a show. Listen for as long as you would like (start with at least 5 min a day!). Record your session. Compete with others on the leaderboard. Tip! You are going to need a LOT of hours of listening to work your way to fluency and daily practice is better than random long bursts! Speaking: Afraid to speak? Don't worry! Everyone gets nervous to speak in a new language! Language Soup encourages speaking from day 1. Yes day 1! With our easy and hard speaking prompts, users can record voice memos and get instant feedback on small things to improve. How to speak: Open the "speak" button, select an "easy" or "hard" prompt. Click record, don't think just speak for at least a minute! Use filler words, try your best to just fill the time by saying as much as you can or repeating the prompt several times. Save your recording, look at the feedback and listen to other learners! Community: Learning is BORING alone so we made this app to create micro language communities! With the community section, you have your own forum to ask users questions. What's the best comedy podcast for Hungarian right now? Ask! Have a favorite hack for learning tones in Mandarin? Post! Want to make a weekly call for beginners to go deeper? Post! Language Soup is a ground breaking language learning app. Please reach out to noah@language-soup.com if you would like to learn more.

Screenshots

Canary4 screens
Language Soup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Language Soup at none against Canary's 12. Language Soup also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 51%). Canary's advantage is ratings volume (432 vs 11) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Canary sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Language Soup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Canary against 4.6 for Language Soup. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canary has 432 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Canary's written reviews are positive against 86% of Language Soup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canary ships an update every 6 days, Language Soup every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Canary versus Language Soup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanaryLanguage Soup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (432 ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews51.3% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings432 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLaxir CorpNoah Aire

Customer experience

Canary

All ratings431 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive51.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative38.5%

Language Soup

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Canary

Subscriptions11
  • Canary Pro - Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Canary Pro - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Canary Pro - Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Canary Pro - Monthly II$12.991 Month
  • 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$69.991 Year
  • Canary Pro - Annual V3 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Language Soup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Canary free?
Canary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Language Soup free?
Language Soup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Canary or Language Soup?
Canary is rated higher. Canary averages 4.7 out of 5 from 432 ratings, while Language Soup averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Canary or Language Soup have ads?
Neither Canary nor Language Soup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Canary or Language Soup?
Canary ships an update every 6 days, and Language Soup every 2 weeks. Most recently, Canary was updated on October 25, 2026 and Language Soup on October 24, 2026.

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