Pair Words vs Viglot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pair Words
This app helps you memorize vocabulary through an interactive word-pairing system. Practice words in multiple languages with a distraction-free interface and speaking sessions. It's fully offline and does not collect any user data.
- Interactive word pairing
- Speaking practice sessions
- Offline functionality
- Supports nine languages
- Distraction-free interface
- Learn in both directions
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• 14 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin), Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Indonesian • 110 language pairs — learn in both directions (e.g. French → Japanese, English → German) • Speaking practice with on-device speech recognition • Spaced repetition — words you know come back less often; weak words return for review • Review mistakes — quick quiz for words you’re still learning • 2,000+ word pairs per direction for most language combinations • Works offline — no internet needed after install • Light, minimal design focused on learning
Viglot
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Viglot is an AI language tutor for speaking practice. Hold real spoken conversations in 40+ languages, from Spanish, German and French to Japanese, and get fluent — built for learners past the basics. Most language learning apps stop right where you start needing them most. Viglot is built for learners who've outgrown the basics — intermediate to advanced (CEFR B1–C2). Instead of looping through canned phrases, every lesson is a complete scenario built around what you actually care about: a doctor's appointment, a contract negotiation, a conversation in a stadium, ordering in a new city. Tell Viglot your interests and it builds the situations. LEARN FROM REAL SCENES, NOT WORD LISTS Every phrase comes with a vivid, AI-generated image and native-quality audio, so vocabulary sticks to a moment instead of a flashcard. Fresh content is generated each session, in any pair of 40+ languages, in either direction. Learn German from Persian, Spanish from English, or Japanese from French — every combination gets the same depth. SPEAK, AND ACTUALLY GET FEEDBACK Read each phrase aloud and Viglot listens, scoring your pronunciation and delivery so you build the habit of speaking, not just reading. In Voice Tasks you hold a real spoken conversation with a goal to hit: book the appointment, explain the symptoms, close the deal. The AI judges whether you pulled it off and tells you what to try next. MAKE YOURSELF UNDERSTOOD In Negotiation, the AI misunderstands you on purpose. Rephrase, give an example, or ask a clarifying question until your point finally lands — the way real conversations actually work. 17 EXERCISE TYPES, A REAL PROGRESSION Each chunk of vocabulary moves through a deliberate arc, from recognition to production: flashcards, multiple choice, listening comprehension, catch the words, reverse translation, minimal pairs, fill-in-the-blank, word order, error correction, sentence reconstruction, speech, grammar-in-context, saying it in your own words and more. Most apps reward recognition. Viglot only counts a word as learned once you've produced it yourself. SPACED REPETITION THAT RESPECTS YOUR TIME The same proven method serious students use to retain thousands of terms. Cards you struggle with come back sooner; cards you master fade into longer intervals. Difficulty also adapts to your real success rate and pronunciation, so you're always training at the edge of what you can do — a faster path to fluency. 40+ LANGUAGES, EQUAL DEPTH Learn Spanish, French, German, English, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi and many more — with full right-to-left support for Arabic, Persian and Hebrew, plus regional dialects. The app interface itself is translated into 36 languages, so you can learn in your own. PREPARING FOR AN EXAM? Type your exam as the topic, for example DELE B1, DELF A2, Goethe B1, JLPT N4, HSK 3 or TOPIK II, and your lessons follow its syllabus unit by unit. Any other topic works just as well. Viglot isn't affiliated with any exam provider. WHO IT'S FOR It works across the full CEFR range (A1–C2) and is tuned for B1 and up — learners who recognize words but can't produce them when it counts. The earlier A1–A2 levels lean on recognition and word banks to build your base. Viglot is not made for complete beginners: it assumes you already know the basics. FREE TO USE, WITH PREMIUM The core exercises are free. Premium unlocks the AI-heavy features — pronunciation scoring, Voice Tasks, Negotiation, listening comprehension, cultural insight, What Would You Say, In Your Own Words and AI grammar grading — which run real AI on every session. Premium is a monthly subscription; cancel anytime. Stop practicing sentences you'll never use. Start having the conversations that matter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://viglot.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://viglot.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
Pair Words and Viglot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pair Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Viglot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pair Words ships an update fortnightly, Viglot weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pair Words | Viglot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milan Karakaya | Viktor Pergjoka |
In-app purchases
Pair Words
- Pair Words - Learn Languages$2.99
Viglot
- Premium$12.991 Month









