Comparison

Be Native vs Palabros

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

Head to head
About

Be Native

Learn Swift and iOS development through podcasts, videos, and articles. Offers structured courses, guided projects, and professional training with subscription tiers. Content is updated weekly with the latest Apple announcements.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of podcasts, videos, and articles
  • Structured courses and guided projects
  • Weekly content updates
  • Professional training from zero to expert
  • Spanish language with English subtitles
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Learn Swift, SwiftUI, and native development for Apple platforms with instructors who have more than 10 years of experience and have taught thousands of students. Be Native combines structured training, guided projects, and continuously updated practical content. Explore sample lessons from many courses and mini-courses to experience the teaching method before choosing a Junior or Senior subscription. Be Native runs natively on iPhone Duo, with layouts for every pose. Fold it to keep video above its information without interrupting playback, read articles like a book across the hinge, or use bedside mode for full-screen video and large podcast controls. BILINGUAL TRAINING New training content includes Spanish and English audio tracks, professional subtitles in both languages, and full transcripts. Dual audio is being extended across the historical catalog. All source code used in the videos is included so you can study, run, and adapt it. FOUR WAYS TO LEARN - Full courses with progressive learning paths and guided projects - Mini-courses focused on specific frameworks, tools, and goals - Quick tips that solve everyday development problems - Practical, reusable code snippets explained with context - Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, SwiftData, architecture, Xcode, GitHub, and AI-assisted development - Weekly content aligned with the latest iOS, Swift, and WWDC updates CODE NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS Save snippets, development tips, programming notes, and ideas from any lesson or article in the new Notes module. On compatible devices where Apple Intelligence is available, you can also ask the system to explain the code in lesson examples. EXPLORE THE PLATFORM Explore articles, videos, newsletters, live sessions, and original Spanish-language podcasts covering the Apple ecosystem. Save favorites, build topic notebooks, and find the right lesson with private on-device semantic search. A PATH FOR EVERY LEVEL Junior unlocks beginner and junior training. Senior unlocks the full path: beginner, junior, intermediate, senior, and expert. Build solid foundations first and move forward when you are ready. TOOLS THAT SUPPORT REAL LEARNING - Digital notebooks and topic-based notes - Timestamp markers inside every video - Favorites, progress tracking, and notifications - VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and reduced-motion support - One subscription for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - A Mac experience built from scratch for macOS, with multi-window workflows Be Native also introduces a more modern design, renewed with ideas and feedback from the community. Be Native does not promise shortcuts. It gives you a clear path to understand code, practice with purpose, and become the developer you would hire. Understand the code. Change the world. ASK, FIND AND KEEP LEARNING Ask Be Native answers questions using your courses, lessons, podcasts, articles and transcripts, on device. Spotlight helps you find lessons by idea, not just by matching words. SiriAI can find lessons, create and manage notes, and play podcasts. These features require iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and SiriAI (beta). SiriAI currently speaks English only. More languages are coming soon. Your Library groups saved, in-progress and completed content, with search, sorting and filters. Organize notes in notebooks and folders, recover them from Recently Deleted, and build your own lists. Article read-aloud remembers your place across devices. On iPad, read articles in a two-page landscape layout. Add Shortcuts to resume a course, reopen recent content or open notes.

About

Palabros

This app serves as a bilingual English and Spanish dictionary, aiding users in understanding, saving, and reviewing vocabulary. It offers features like spaced repetition widgets, reading mode for instant lookups, and etymology exploration to enhance language learning and retention.

Highlights
  • Bilingual English/Spanish dictionary
  • Spaced repetition widgets
  • Reading mode for instant lookups
  • Interactive etymology
  • Offline dictionary access
  • Word of the Day feature
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Find a word. Understand it. Make it yours. Palabros is an English and Spanish dictionary for people who love reading, writing and discovering words. The app is available in both languages. Look up a meaning when you need it. Linger on its nuances when it sparks your curiosity. Save the words that matter to you and come back to them until they become part of your vocabulary. And if you're learning English or Spanish, save their translations too. Widgets bring your words and translations to your Home Screen. They show them again with spaced repetition, without setting time aside to study. UNDERSTAND A WORD Read the definition alongside a clear, simple explanation. Check synonyms and antonyms, hear how it's pronounced and explore its origin with interactive etymology. BILINGUAL MODE Explore translations from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English. Translations are grouped by meaning, next to the definitions that clarify their nuances. Save a word's translations and come back to them whenever you like. Find them in your widgets and review them to learn word by word. KEEP READING Some words make you stop in the middle of a page. With Reading Mode, say a word out loud and see its meaning without typing it or putting your book down. If you prefer, listen to the explanation. When you finish, choose which of the words you looked up you want to save. COME BACK TO YOUR WORDS A word you found in a novel. Another you'd like to use when you write. A term you want to remember for your studies. Keep them in your library, organize them with tags, filter your collection and import your own lists. REVIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE Review your words in four ways: pick the word, pick the definition and, with Palabros Pro, type the word or explain it in your own words. You can also review translations: choose every correct equivalent among several options or, with Palabros Pro, type the translation you remember. If you review your words now and then, Palabros identifies the ones you find hardest to remember. With smart priority turned on, widgets show them more often, mixed in with the rest. Palabros Pro review widgets hide definitions or translations. Take a moment to recall them before you reveal them. Statistics show your progress. DISCOVER SOMETHING EVERY DAY Word of the Day is an invitation to learn a new meaning. Some words come illustrated. See it in the app and in its widgets, including the extra-large portrait widget. Siri and Shortcuts actions let you look up, save and review words, or build your own shortcuts. A DICTIONARY THAT GOES WITH YOU The English and Spanish dictionaries are built into the app, so you can look up definitions offline. On compatible devices, Apple Intelligence generates explanations on device. Translations by meaning need a connection; other features may require downloaded resources. Palabros has no ads. Read, look up and review in peace. PALABROS PRO Palabros is free to download. Palabros Pro expands your library and your tools: unlimited saved words, unlimited Reading Mode sessions, all four word review modes, typed translation review, word and translation review widgets, tags and filters, list import, statistics, widget personalization, exclusive icons and future Palabros Pro improvements. Choose a monthly subscription, try the annual plan with seven days free if you're eligible, or get lifetime access. For the words you want to make yours. LEGAL · Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://nachocerrato.com/palabros/privacy/

Screenshots

Be Native4 screens
Palabros4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Palabros at every 4 days against Be Native's fortnightly. Palabros also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 2). Be Native's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. Be Native sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Palabros sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Be Native against 4.9 for Palabros. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Palabros has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Be Native's written reviews are positive against 88% of Palabros's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Be Native ships an update fortnightly, Palabros every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Be Native versus Palabros: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBe NativePalabros
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings218 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBN CodingNacho Cerrato Ruiz

Customer experience

Be Native

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Palabros

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Be Native

Subscriptions5
  • Junior Developer (Monthly)$17.991 Month
  • Senior Developer (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Junior Developer (Annually)$178.991 Year
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  • Developer Senior (6 Months)$180.996 Months
  • Senior Developer (Annually)$299.991 Year
6 purchases

Palabros

Subscriptions4
  • Palabros Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Palabros Month$2.991 Month
  • Palabros Annual7 Days trial$15.991 Year
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  • Palabros Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Palabros Pro$35.99
  • Palabros Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Be Native free?
Be Native is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Palabros free?
Palabros is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Be Native or Palabros?
Be Native is rated higher. Be Native averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Palabros averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Be Native or Palabros have ads?
Neither Be Native nor Palabros shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Be Native or Palabros?
Be Native ships an update fortnightly, and Palabros every 4 days. Most recently, Be Native was updated on November 12, 2026 and Palabros on November 13, 2026.

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