Stacks vs Journeva
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Stacks
Create flashcards from your own experiences and conversations. This app uses spaced repetition to help you remember vocabulary longer with less study. It supports over 100 languages and offers offline study capabilities.
- Create cards from stories and conversations
- Spaced repetition system (FSRS)
- Offline study mode
- Automatic translations
- Supports over 100 languages
- Romanization for select scripts
- Clean, minimal interface
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Your stories are better. Life's too short to cram from borrowed lists. Stacks turns trips and conversations into cards, then spaced-repetition (FSRS) handles the science. Episodic memory meets spaced repetition. Dream team. Benefits: โข Keep momentum anywhere โ Study offline on flights, trains, or dead zones. โข Stay in sync across devices โ Your progress follows you automatically. โข Focus without distractions โ No ads, just learning. โข Create cards in seconds โ Automatic translations speed up card creation. โข Learn with clearer meanings โ Premium DeepL translations offer high accuracy and context. โข Remember longer with less study โ FSRS schedules reviews at the right time. โข Learn the language you care about โ Supports over 100 languages. โข Crack non-Latin scripts faster โ Romanization for select languages like Japanese, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. โข Feel calm while you study โ A clean, minimal interface that gets out of the way. Free and Plus Create up to 40 cards for free. Upgrade to Stacks Plus for unlimited cards, DeepL translations, spaced repetition customisation, and more. Perfect for language learners, students, and polyglots who want to study offline, master vocabulary, and remember more with flashcards. Privacy Policy: https://www.thestacksapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.thestacksapp.com/terms-of-service EUSA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/minterms/
Journeva
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Stories worth reading, in the language you're learning. Journeva is a library of short stories about things worth knowing โ this month's good news, life lessons and folk tales, health tips, quotes from great books, simple recipes, travel stories, and everyday conversations. You read them because they're interesting. The language comes along. Every story exists in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, and at four levels โ A1, A2, B1, B2. Same plot, same characters, same facts, told in richer language as you climb. Start where it's comfortable; move up when it feels easy. TAP ANY WORD No dictionary, no second app. Tap a word for its meaning, a note on the grammar, and every other story where it appears โ because meeting a word again, somewhere new, is what makes it stick. READ IT IN TWO LANGUAGES Read a story in the language you're learning, then switch to one you already know to check yourself. Every story is written in all five languages, so nothing is lost in a quick translation. LISTEN ALONG Every story can be read aloud, with the words lighting up as they're spoken, at whatever speed suits you. PRACTICE THAT REMEMBERS Save a word while reading and it comes back later for a short practice session โ with the sentence you found it in, not the word on its own. A NEW STORY EVERY WEEKDAY A new true story every weekday, including this month's real news, retold at every level. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your progress lives on your device. FREE TO START Ten stories are free at every level, and every story is free at A1. Journeva Premium unlocks every story at every level, narration at every level (A1 narration is free on every story), and unlimited practice โ with a 7-day free trial. Family Sharing included. Privacy Policy: https://journeva.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Journeva at weekly against Stacks's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Stacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months and Journeva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stacks ships an update every 3 months, Journeva weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stacks | Journeva |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lewis Hoy | Shehan Chamara Withanage Perera |
In-app purchases
Stacks
- Stacks+ Quarterly$9.993 Months
- Stacks+ Yearly$27.991 Year
Journeva
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual$22.991 Year









